Mary Snowden (born 1940) is an American painter and educator. She is known for works that use humor to explore issues of feminist identity and consumerism.[1]
Mary Snowden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, educator |
| Awards | SECA Art Award (1974) |
Early life and education
editSnowden was born in 1940 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[2][3][4] She received a BA degree from Brown University, and a MFA degree from the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Career
editSnowden is perhaps best known for her works about the suburbs and motherhood.[5] Starting in the mid-1990s Snowden's paintings utilized 1940s and 1950s advertising imagery, focusing on the products, images, and fashions of the era to humorously critique limitations in cultural ideas about gender and homemaking.[3][6] Around 2010, she started used stitching to depict rural farm life.[7][8]
Snowden was the first female artist to win the SECA Art Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1974.[9] Snowden is Professor Emeritus of Painting Drawing at the California College of the Arts.[10]
Snowden's notable past exhibitions have been at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1975), Gallery Henoch (1991), and the Braunstein/Quay Gallery (1997).[11] Her work is in museum collections including the Kemper Art Museum,[12] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[13] di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art,[14] among others.
References
edit- ^ a b Selz, Peter (January 9, 2006). Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond. University of California Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780520240520.
- ^ Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Issue 14. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Fine and Applied Arts. University of Illinois Press. 1969. p. 66.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Johnstone, Mark (November 2002). Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now. Chronicle Books. p. 230-231. ISBN 9780811835411. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Selz, Peter; Landauer, Susan (2006-01-09). Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond. University of California Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-520-24052-0.
- ^ Turner, Cheri Louise. "Mary Snowden". Art Ltd. Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (2002-02-23). "Arneson's small studies lead to 'Big Idea' show". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY". ArtBusiness.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Artist Profile: Mary Snowden, Art about the Farm". HuffPost. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Gass, Alison (December 2011). Fifty Years of Bay Area Art: The Seca Awards. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. p. 51. ISBN 978-0918471895.
- ^ "Mary Snowden". CCA. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Mary Snowden". artnet. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Mary Snowden". Kemper Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Mary Snowden". FAMSF. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Mary Snowden". di Rosa. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2022-02-03.