Mary Farrell
2003                                   (PRINTS)

B.F.A. in printmaking from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1989. M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of Cincinnati in 1995. Has taught drawing and printmaking at Gonzaga since 1995. Farrell received the Scholar of the Year award from the University(2001), Artist Trust Fellowship in Washington state(2000), Artist Trust Gap Grant in Washington state(2000, 1997). Her work is in many private and public collections including the Portland Art Museum, The City of Seattle Art Collection, The Jundt Art Museum in Spokane WA, and the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China.

My artwork is primarily about locating larger meaning within fragments of the world around me, inspired by the human body and plant forms. I think in terms of geography, topography and terrain as the place where the drawn mark traces the tension and connection between man and nature. I think in terms of landscape and contained gesture within the bounded space of the picture plane. And mostly, it’s about drawing.

I'd like to thank the many great student print assistants we had on this project:  Jason Clark, Kristel Jones and Karen Maxwell.