Mary Warner

EDUCATION

1974 M.A. California State University, Sacramento
1973 Graduate Exchange, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1971 B.A. California State University, Sacramento

TEACHING

1993 Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1991-93 Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1989 Artist ln Residence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (Fall)
1988 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, (Fall)
1981 82 Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
1978,82 Assistant Professor, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1977-78 Visiting Instructor, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Jan to Sept)
1974 75 Painting Instructor, part time, California State University, Sacramento, CA

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS

1993 Nevada State Council on the Arts, Individual Fellowship
1989 U Cross Foundation Residency, March 27 May 2
1985-86 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship
1984 Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship, Drawing and Prints
1976 C.E.T.A. Fellowship, City of Sacramento, CA

AWARDS

1999 “Best of Las Vegas,” Review Journal Community Achievement Award, Arts and Entertainment, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce


PUBLIC/CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
1996 California State University, Sacramento Commission
1996 Rio Hotel and Casino Corporate Collection Commission
1995-97 McCarran Airport Mural Commission
1995-96 Las Vegas Hilton Commission
1995 University of California Medical Center Commission
1992 California State Fair, Commemorative Poster, Commission, Sacramento, CA
1992 Summerlin Corporation, Commission, Las Vegas, NV.
1992 Embassy Corporation Commission
1991 Governors Art Award, Commission, Nevada State Arts Council

WORKSHOPS/LECTURES/SYMPOSIUMS

1997 "Showgirl" "Beauty is the Beast" Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, LV,NV

1994 Lecture "Armchair Discussion" Mary Warner / Cathie Kelly Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
"The Female Artist in Art,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
Lecture "Beyond The Neon," M.G.M Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

1993 Lecture "Conversations With the Artists" NICA, Las Vegas, NV

1992 Lecture, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

1991 Lecture "Narrative in Art" Vice Chancellors Teaching Scholars Program

University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Lecture, "Overview and Recent Research," Churchill Public Library, Fallon, NV

1990 Lecture/Exhibition, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Lecture/Exhibition, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

1989 Lecture, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus, Christi, TX

1985 Lecture/Exhibition, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX

1983 Visiting Artist, University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM

1982 Lecture/Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1978 Lecture/Exhibition, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Watercolor Workshop, Butte, MT, sponsored by SHARE

1977 Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, WA

1976 Visiting Artist, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

1975 California State University, Sacramento, CA

1974 University of California, Davis, CA

1973 Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA

EXHIBITIONS *Denotes two person exhibitions

2002 *"Avant Garden", Recent work, JAYJAY, Sacramento, CA
“Artificial Splendor,” Frumlin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2001 "The Seventies Show",Sakato Gallery, Sacramento, CA Curated by Charles Johnson
*"Spring", Recent work Carson/Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 "Ultra Lounge,” NICA, Las Vegas, NV Curated by Dave Hickey
"Ultra Lounge," University of Florida, Tampa, FL

1999 *Botanical, Small Works,” Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“Different Looks,” Metcalf Gallery, Alumni Center, U.N.L.V.
“Splendor Of Color,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
*”Rafat/Warner,” Marjorie Barrick Museum, U.N.L.V
Boulder City Art Show, Boulder City, NV

1998 *Lisa Livingstone Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
*Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
“Ultra Lounge, Diverse Works,” Houston, TX
Curated by Dave Hickey

1997 “R.l.V.M.,” Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
*New Work,” Art Sordillo, Thomas Oldham Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“The Vegas Show,”Rosamund Felsen Gallery,Santa Monica, CA

Curated Jeffrey Vallance

1996 “Rubber, lcing, Velvet, Meat,” Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
“Pushing the Envelope,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
*Fly by Night,” Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
“Nevada Biennial Exhibition,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

“Absolute Nevada,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
“Fertile Ground,” Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR
“SEXY,” Armory Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Curated by Hilary Baker and Julia Couzens
“States of Elvis,” Carleton College Gallery, Carleton, MN
Curated by J. Voltura
“A Floral Arrangement,” Douglas County Art Center, Castle Rock, CO
Las Vegas Watercolor Society Annual, Summerlin Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
"Bold Expressions," 41 St Annual Exhibition, Carmichael, CA

1995 “SEXY,” Temporary Contemporary, LV NV Curated by Hilary Baker and Julia Couzens
“Faculty Exhibition,” Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
“Liberace,” Curated by Jeffrey Vallance The Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, NV
“Art 3,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
*”States of Elvis,” World Fair Park Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Curated by Jeanne Voltura
“Art of the Deal,” Temporary Contemporary, LV,NV
Curated by Joy Prendergast
“Traditional to Contemporary; 200 Years of American Art,” Marietta Cobb History

1994 Heldorado Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, CA

1992 Book cover juried comp. Dana Marie Lull Gallery, Spring Valley Library LV,NV

1991 Contemporary Artists Co operative Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV

1990 University of Nevada, Reno, Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, Reno, NV

1988 University of Oklahoma Student Exhibit, Museum of Art, Norman, OK

1980 “Festival of Art and Music,” EMC, Billings, MT ( Panel of Artist and Composers)
“Women and the Arts: From Object to Subject” UM, Billings MT

JUDGINGS
Student Art Show, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

1979 University of Montana, Student Art Show, Missoula, MT

GROUP SHOWS

1981 Aselections 14 The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1980 "Animals Celebration," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
"Animals," Allen Hancock Building, Santa Maria, CA
"Show of Hands," University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
University of Montana Faculty Exhibition, Missoula Museum of the Arts, MT
*John Bolles Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
"23rd National Exhibit of Prints and Drawings," Oklahoma Art Center, OK
Faculty Exhibition, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT
*Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Roseville, CA
"Montana Current Ideas," Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT (Catalog)
Carson Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1979 The Animal Show," L A.C.E. (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), LA, CA
1979 "Fall 1979," Carson Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1979 "Animals Celebration," Sonoma University, Fine Arts Gallery, Sonoma, CA
1979 Group Show, Rebecca Cooper Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1979 *Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1978 *University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
*Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Roseville, CA
Arizona National, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Moment Warner, Lammon, Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA
1977 "Downtown Dog Show," DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Art in Public Places Exhibition," Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum,
Spokane, WA
"Dog Show," Manolides Gallery, Seattle, WA
*Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
"Touching All Things," Walnut Creek Civic Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
*Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
*Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Touching All Things" Portland Center of Visual Arts, Portland, OR
Sacramento Community Artists Exhibition, Sacramento Civic Center, CA
"Reflections," Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID
1976 "Flamingos and Palm Trees," Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA
*Gallery of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA


1975 "Untitled," Eastern Washington State College, Cheyney, WA
“Well-Known Artists from Sacramento " CSU, Sacramento, CA (Catalog)
"Animal Imagery," California State University, Hayward, CA
"Fifty Years of Crocker Kingsley," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Group Show, Pavilion Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"1975 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art,"

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (Catalog)
1974 *Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Lake of Pines, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Museum Purchase Award
*University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1973 "Sacramento", Sierra College, Auburn, CA
"Crocker Kingsley Exhibition," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (Catalog)
"The Valley Show", San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
"Chicago," Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
*Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
"Chicago and Vicinity Show", Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1972 Northern California Arts Exhibit, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1989 "Recent Work", Jennifer Pauls Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

"Blue Star 4", curated by Lucy Lippard, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
1988 "Realism Now," Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
"Drawn from Life": Interpretive Landscape, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, TX
"Dog Show," Braunstein/Quay, San Francisco, CA
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
"Hothouse," John Michael, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Awl.


1987 "Group Show," D.W. Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Animals," California State University, Fullerton, CA
1987 *"Recent Work," Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1987 *Garden Show, D.W. Gallery, Dallas, TX
1986 *"Recent Work," Carson and Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1986 "Group Show," Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986 *”Recent Work," D.W. Gallery, Dallas, TX
1985 Mid America Art Alliance Traveling Exhibition 1985,86 (Catalog)
1985 "California Narrative," Downey Museum, Downey, CA
1985 *Recent Work,” Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "Female," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1985 "Couples," A Party of Two C.S.U. Chico Art Gallery
1985 “ Firehouse Art Center, Norman, OK
1985 "Summer 84," Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver, CO
1985 "American Seen," Adams Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX
1985 *Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1985 "9th Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition," Emporia State U, KS

1985 Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Ml
1984 *Artsplace 11, Oklahoma City, OK
1984 "Animals," Willingheart Gallery, Austin, TX
1983 "Soho, Noho & Tribeca," Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
1983 "The American Realists," Fischer Fine Art, London, England
1983 *Brunswick Gallery, Missoula MT

1983 Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1983 "U.S.A. Today," Artworks Gallery, Rochester, NY
1983 *Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1983 “Winterworks," Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1982 Selected Drawing, "New Drawing in America" Sutton Place, Gilford, Surrey, UK

1982 Museum of Modern Art (Casa Pesaro), Venice, Italy
1982 "Sacramento State, the 70's" (Catalog) Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Laguna Beach, CA; Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1982 *Carson and Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1982 Group Show, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
1982 The First Annual Wild West Show, Alberta College of Art Gallery,

Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Catalog)
1982 "New Drawing in America," The Drawing Center, New York, NY (Catalog)
1982 *Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1981 “Wind and Dust," The Lawndale Annex, University of Houston, TX (Catalog)
1981 "Animals: Celebration and Communion," San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA
1981 University of Oklahoma Faculty Exhibition, Fred Jones Memorial Museum, Norman, OK, Museum of Art, Marietta, GA,
1995 *”Flora as Metaphor,” Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO, April
1994 Small Works Exhibition, Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
1994 “Artists ~ Architects Collaborate" Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
1994 “Las Vegas! U.S A,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
1994 “The First 10 Years,” Selemions from the permanent collections, Big Red Gallery, Ucross, Wy
1994 “Apocalyptic Teapot,” Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
1994 "The Eleven" Metcalf Gallery, Alumni Center, UNLV
1994 *"The Nature of Culture" Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV,

1993 “Southwest Portrait Exhibition,” Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas,
1993 "On, In, or Out of the Bag," Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art,
1993 “Faculty Exhibition,” UNLV Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1993 "The Y Chromosome," Contemporary Arts Collective
1993 “Womens Work" Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art
1992 Women of the Americas, Allied Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV (Jurors Award)
1992 "Recent Work," Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada
1992 "Biennial 92," Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas
1992 "Animals," Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1992 *”Recent Work,” Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992 "A View From the Center," The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA

1992 "Nevada," exhibition for National Women's Month, Luria Art Gallery,

Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada
1992 “Crocker Kingsley Anniversary Exhibition,”Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992 “Women of The Americas" group invitational Metcalf Gallery,

Richard Tam Alumni Center, UNLV

1992 "Smart House," UNLV Faculty and Graduate Students Exhibition, LVCC
1992 "Gallery Artists" Mark Masuaka Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1992 “Hands and Flowers," Green Valley Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
1991 “Faculty Exhibition,”Harris Fine Arts Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo,UT
1991 "Las Vegas Women's Invitational,"Barrett Gallery,Allied Arts Center LV, NV

1991 "Six Annual Summer Invitational," Leedy/Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1991 "Under The Influences," Group Invitational, Metcalf Gallery,

Richard Tam Alumni Center UNLV
1991 *“Recent Work," Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas
1990 "Symbolic Narratives," Big Red Gallery, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, Wyoming
1990 *”Recent Work," Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
1990 "Bovine Devine," Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
1990 "Biennial 90, Nevada," Nevada State Museum, & Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
1990 "Sacramento", Fort Mason Gallery, San Francisco
1990 *"Jim Pink & Mary Warner," Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO

1990 *Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1989 "A 20th Century Bestiary," Rene Fotouhi Fine Art, New York, NY

PUBLICA TIONS / REVIEWS

Sacramento Union, November 6, 1972. Review
“Leisure” Sacramento Bee, November 5, 1972. Review
Art Week, November 17, 1973. Review
Leisure Sacramento Be), November 11, 1973. Review
Charles Johnson Gainesville Sun Florida, November 3, 1974. Review-Marshal
San Francisco Chronide, October 7, 1974. Review-T. Albright
Art Gallery Magazine, December, 1974. Feature
Leisure Sacramento Bee, April 28, 1974. Review
Art Week, May 25, 1974. 40th Crocker Kingsley Review
Art Forum, May 1975, Review Whitney Biennial by Roberta Smith
Sacramento Bee, May 5, 1975. A Circuit of Individual Styles
San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 1975. Review, Thomas Albright
Current Magazine, August September, 1975. Feature Interview Fred Ball
Sacramento Bee, August 15, 1976. Review, Charles Johnson
Sacramento Bee, January 21, 1977. Review, Charles Johnson
Oakland Tribune, January 30, 1977. Review, Charles Sheer
Sacramento Bee, September 16, 1978. Review, Victoria Daley
Art Week, September 16, 1978. Review Quinton Duvall
Art Week, July 14, 1979. Review Adrienne Rosenthal
Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1979. Review, Susan Mochnic
'”Attitudes of the Animal Kingdom," Art Week, December, 1979: by Beverly Lerwoman.
Rocky Mountain News, June 29, 1980, Denver, CO Review
Sacramento Bee, December 18, 1980. Review, Victoria Dalkey
The New York Times, July 17, 1981. Review, Ivan Ray nor
"Wind and Dust," The Houston Post, 11/17/81, Art of Oklahoma. Review, Mimi Crossley
"New Drawing in America," The New York Times, Jan. 15, 1982, Review, Grace Oucck
"The Wild West Show,"
The Calgary Herald, 6/26/82, Review, Nancy Tousley, Alberta, Calgary,CA
Rocky Mountain News, December 28, 1982. Review, Irene Clurman
Sunday Democrat Chronicle, September 25, 1983, Rochester, NY. Review, Ron Wesky
City Newspaper, September 22, 1983, Rochester, NY

PUBLICA TIONS / REVIEWS (CONT.)

Fort Worth Star, August 12, 1984, Dallas, TX. Review Dave Hickey

Fort Worth Star, August 19, 1984, Dallas, TX. Review Dave Hickey
The Daily Oklahoman Times, September 6, 1984. Review John Brandenburg
The Daily Oklahoman Times, June I, 1984. Review John Brandenburg
Sacramento Bee, May 26, 1985. Review, Ellen Schlesinger
The Sacramento Union, May 19, 1985. Review Richard Simon
Art Week, June I, 1985. Review Patrick Grizzell
Dallas Morning News, June 30, 1986. Review, Janet Kutner
Art Forum, October 1986, pg. 138,39. Review, Susan Freduenheim
Art Week, An Enigmatic Realism," May 23, 1987. Review Ken Madri
Sacramento Bee, Menacing Approaches," May 10, 1987. Review Victoria Daley
"Little-Warner Duo Enlivens Gallery," Sunday Express News, San Antonio, 7/31/1988
"Blue Star IV” Express News, June 25, 1989. San Antonio, TX Review Dan Goddard
"Blue Star IV,” San Antonio Light, July 2, 1989. San Antonio, TX Review Steve Bennett
"Dark Sensuality,” The Sacramento Bee, Sunday, 9/171989 Review Victoria Dalkey
“Gambling on a Sure Bet with Las Vegas Setting", Rocky Mountain News, 5/6/90 Denver, CO Review Carol Dickerson
'We Still Wonder What It Means," RenoGazetteJournal, 2/23/1990 Review Ingrid Evans
"A Visit With Mary Warner" Arts Alive Magazine, Volume 12 #4 ,10/11/12 1991,

Feature by Scott Dickensheets
“View From the Center," Sacramento Bee, Sun. April 12,1992 Review Victoria Dalkey UC Davis Magazine. Feature by Janet Perkins
“In, On or Out of the Bag” Exhibition Catalog 1993, NICA, Las Vegas, NV
Scope Magazine, January 1994, Professors Guide to Kulchur, Review, Gregory Crosby
“A Nature of Culture” Las Vegas Weekly,12/28/1994,Irises and Velvet, By Jane Callister
“Do You Think It’s Sexy?” Las Vegas Weekly, 4/19/1995. Review Draza Fratto Obrien.
“Hit and Miss Affair in A Sexy,” Los Angeles Times, February 16, 1996, David Pagel
Art Week, 9/1996, Charles Morgan, Center for Contemporary Art, review by David Roth
Art Week, July 1996, A 1996 Nevada Biennial, review by Heidi Hart

Sacramento News in Review, Nothing for Money, review by Dan Samborski
“A Vegas Show Holds Mostly High Cards,” LA Times, 2/14/1997 by David Pagel
“A Sordillo, Warner at Thomas Oldham,” On the Town magazine, April May 97

Review by Cassandra Dearborne
“Art with a Touch of Velvet Risky Work, Well Worth Trip,” Sacramento Bee, 4/27/97, Review by Victoria Dalkey
“Beauty is the Beast,” Scope Magazine, JunJul 97Radiant City Review by Greg Crosby
“Viva! Las Vegas,” Santa Barbara News Press, by Marina Walker October 3, 1997
"Desert Bloom", City Life, by Erika Brandvik, Review, Nov 18, pg.54
"Untitled Art", Las Vegas Weekly, by Marie Smith Review, Dec.2, pg.43
"Ultra lounge defines the medium of arty party,” by Sandra Thompson, Jan 2000
"Ultra lounge", by Joanna Milani, Review, Tampa Tribune, January 28,2000
“Less Art exhibit than lounge experience,” By Kevin Walker, Tampa Tribune, 1/28/2000
“Socially Spaced Out,” by Adrienne Golub, Weekly Planet, February 3, 2000 pg.47
"Fizzy, Fuzzy Art" by Mary Ann Margaret, Tampa Times, Review, February 4,2000

 

 

 

SELECTED PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Califomia State University, Sacramento
Las Vegas Hilton University of California Medical Center, Davis, CA
Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
McCarren Airport, Las Vegas
Marrietta Cobb Museum of Art, GA
Kaiser Corporation, Sacramento, CA
E.B. Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
City of Sacramento, Metro, Art Collection, Sacramento, CA
Fred Jones Museum. Norman, OK
FRIO, Denver, CO
Pillsbury Corporation, St. Paul, MN
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Mountain Bell Telephone
Pacific Bell Telephone
Empire/Castle Rock, Denver, CO
Artreach Associates, Dallas, TX
Adams Middleton, Dallas, TX
Byer Museum, Evanston, IL
Idaho First National Bank, Boise, ID
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngs tovvn, OH
Rocky Mountain Energy, Denver, CO
Prudential Corporation
Cronick, Moskovitz, Liedemann and Girard
Nelson Collection, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Embassy Corporation, Lake Tahoe, CA.
Summerlin Corporation, Las Vegas