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Artist Statement for Mary Zeman
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Mary Tilley Zeman
Self-Taught/Outsider Artist
Born in Jamaica(Queens), N.Y. 1963
e-mail: maryezeman@aol.com
B.A Journalism/Advertising, University of Georgia 1987
WEBSITES: www.maryzemanart.com
www.maryezeman.etsy.com
www.outsiderart.info, www.americaohyes.com,
www.rococopuffs.com,
http://hometown.aol.com/maryezeman/myhomepage/artgallery.html
For More Pictures, Go To:
www.maryzemanart.com
ARTIST BIO:
Over 10 years ago, I began to paint after I had brain surgery to remove a benign brain tumor from the right side of my brain. I was recovering from surgery, and out of the blue, I called my mom and asked her to take me to buy some paint and brushes. This was the first time I ever painted in my life. While I was growing up, I was never exposed to art and just didn’t know anything about it, though I had always wanted to learn more. I began painting on wood, paper, newspaper, anything I could find, then I started to paint on canvas. When I went back to my job in television, people looked at my art on the walls of my cubicle, and some people encouraged me to go further with it. I would work all day, then come home and paint at night, and looked forward to the time I would be painting. In October of 2000, I decided to leave my job and make a go of being a full-time artist. Everyday, I learn something new about art, and I love making art. The biggest compliment I can get is when adults look at my work and say, “that looks so childlike”. On the surface, my work seems to be innocent and non-threatening, but if you look deeper, there are many times observations about everything, from life, death, religion, politics, pain, childhood, just about everything. I never know what I’m going to paint, it just comes to me as I go. I love to write poetry, also, but don’t do it as much as I used to.
My artistic influences are varied and constantly changing. Art that is accessible to all people is what I believe in, whether it's kids' art, street art or in a gallery. I refuse to buy into the fancy notion that great art can only be seen in a gallery or museum, it's also in daily life, in movies, in music, on the highway and where we least expect it. I've done some volunteer work at schools basically showing kids the kind of stuff I like to do, then having them jump in and do their thing, and I am always inspired by the art I see kids do, since my stuff feels like it comes from the kid inside me, the kid that never got to make art when I was younger. In my everyday life, I find that it's the little things that inspire me to paint, many times it's the music I listen to, something I heard in passing, or being outside running around with my dog. I think art is everywhere, sometimes we just have to see.
SHOWS:
Gilda's Club Art Show 2008
Fearrington Folk Art Show/North Carolina 2006-2008
Inman Park Festival/Atlanta,GA 1998-2008
Market at the Works/Atlanta, GA 2006-2007
Wesleyan School Artist Market/Atlanta, Georgia 2005-2007
Marist Holiday Art Traditions Show/Atlanta, Georgia 2005,2007
Clairemont School Art Show/Decatur, GA 2003-2007
Who Fest Folk Art Show/Atlanta, GA 2004-2007
Folk Fest/Atlanta, GA 2001,2003- 2007
Travelers Rest Folk Art Show/South Carolina 2007
Art Works Show/Atlanta, GA 2006
Work of Our Hands Holiday Folk Art Show/Atlanta, GA 2003-2006
Decatur Arts Fest/Decatur,GA 2001,2004- 2006
Spotlight on Southern Artists/Atlanta, GA 2002,2004- 2006
Arts For Independence/Atlanta, Georgia 2005-2006
Virginia Highland Summerfest/Atlanta,GA 2004-2005
(**Festival Tee Shirt Design Award)
Autumn Fest Artist Market/Avondale Estates, Georgia 2005
Paideia School Art Visions/Atlanta, Georgia 2004-2005
Raw Arts Festival/London,England 2004
Atlanta Jewish Festival/Atlanta, GA 2004
Monteagle Sunday School Art Show/Monteagle, TN 2004
Means Street Urban Market/Atlanta, GA 2004
Seafood Festival Art Show/Appalachicola, FL 2003
FinsterFest/Summerville, GA 2000-2003
Oakhurst Arts Festival/Decatur, GA 2001-2003
Roswell Arts Festival/Roswell, GA 2002-2003
Nordstrom’s/Atlanta (Versace in-store promotion) 2002
MOCA GA(Museum of Contemporary Art
“Off the Wall” Show) 2002
Artists for Animals/Atlanta 2001
House of Blues Folk Art Festival/Orlando 2001-2002
GALLERIES:
Good Dog/Chattanooga, TN 2008
Bunya Bunya Boutique/Park City, UT 2008
Painted Moon Gallery/Darien, GA 2007-2008
Fearrington House Restaurant/Fearrington, NC 2007-2008
Rougette Gallery/Rockland, ME 2005-2008
Scratch Kitchen/Hilton Head, SC 2006-2008
America Oh Yes/Hilton Head, SC 2003-2007
Foothills Gallery/Jasper, GA 2003-2005
Cuz-I Gallery/Pawley's Island, SC 2003-2004
Thyme For Outsiders/Chicago, IL 2003-2004
Pearl's Folk Art/Chattanooga,TN 2003-2004
Ghost Dog Gallery/Nashville,TN 2001-2003
Square Roots/Decatur, GA 2001-2002
Lawler/Taylor Gallery/Birmingham, AL 2001-2002
Matilda’s/Alpharetta, GA 2000-2002
Primitive Eye/Decatur, GA 2000-2001
ORGANIZATIONS:
WHO HA DADA www.whohadada.com
Founding Member
PUBLICATIONS:
Atlanta Journal Constitution Article April 23 2006
Art Papers/Letters to the editor Mar./Apr.2002
Picklebird Online Magazine/Article 2002 (www.picklebird.com)
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