M a r y a R o l a n d
EDUCATION
University of Washington.
Seattle, WA. MFA, sculpture
University of Washington.
Seattle.
Graduate program,
East Asian Art History
University of California.
Berkeley, CA.
BA, art
history
Kokusai Kiristokyoo Daigaku/University of California. Education
Abroad Program. Mitaka-Tokyo, Japan.
One year
POST-GRADUATE STUDY
Women, Fire, and Iron.
Metal casting workshop.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Virtual Reality and Interactive Arts Workshop. Normal, Illinois
Video-Editing Workshop.
Johnson, Vermont
GRANTS
Western Carolina University
Summer Research Grant. 2003-04
State of North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship. 1988-89
Western Carolina University Research Grant. 1997-98
Illinois State University Research Grant. 1995-96
Regional Artists’ Projects Grant. (Midwestern states) 1993-94
State of Illinois
Arts Council Artist Fellowship. 1993
Illinois State University Research Initiative Award.
1993-94
Illinois State University Research Grant. 1993-94
Faculty Development Grant.
Johnson State College. 1991
King County Arts Commission Grant. Seattle. 1990
ONE-PERSON
SHOWS
William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon Virginia.
“Ephyrian Circle” February-March
2006
CAGE. Cincinnati,
Ohio, “Pastoral Surrogate” 1995
Gallery Northwest.
Indiana University.
Gary, Indiana. 1994
Parkland College. “2
Meditations” Champaign, IL. 1994
Tough Gallery.
“Culture Talk” Chicago, IL.
October 1993
Moreau Gallery.
“Pastoral Surrogate” South Bend, Indiana. September 1993
St. Xavier University Gallery, “Pastoral Surrogate” Chicago. April 1993
Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, “2 Meditations”
Curators: James
Yood and Hollis
Sigler. Arlington
Heights, IL. Feb.
1993
King
County Arts Commission Gallery. “Megaron” Seattle, WA.
Funded in part by King County Arts Commission.
1990
SELECTED
GROUP SHOWS AND HONORS
University of Hawaii Art Gallery. "10th International Shoebox Exhibition" Honolulu,
Hawaii. March 1 - April 9, 2009.
Eyedrum. "Fingers + Codes: The Contemporary Portrait" Atlanta, Georgia. April - June
2007
Saltworks Gallery. "Sisyphean Desires Systems and Devices" Atlanta, Georgia. Nov. Dec. 2006
MicroMonumentals. Brush Gallery,
Lowell Massachusetts May/June 2006. Traveling exhibition through 2008.
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana, January-March 2006
Wellington
B. Gray Gallery, “Sculpture 2006” Eastern Carolina University, Greenville NC, January 2006
Asheville
Arts Council Gallery, “American Standards” June 2005
Duke University, “Road In Sight” (Survey exhibit of NC artists)
Durham, NC, April 2005
3TenHaus Studio, “Gender in Motion” curated by Emma Amos. Atlanta, Georgia February - March
2005
Eyedrum,
“Shelter” Atlanta January - March 2005
“Suitcase Show” Traveling exhibition USA and New Zealand,
2003
through 2005
Brooks Hall Gallery, North Carolina State University,
Winston-Salem, NC. “Whata Relief” November
2004
Upstairs
Gallery.
“Art on the Bias” Tryon, NC November 2004
Bank of America Plaza,
“Surface Matters” Curator: Joie Lassiter. Charlotte, NC January - November
2004
Ion Gallery, “The
News” Asheville, NC. July 2003
Seminole College Fine Art Gallery, “Not Just Another Pretty Face”
Sanford, Florida, Feb.-March 2003,
First Place Award
Grounds For Sculpture, Summer Exhibition.
Hamilton, New Jersey. July -Sept. 2002
Tryon Center for Visual Art, “What’s New Two” Charlotte,
NC, May
2002
Zone one contemporary,
“Gallery Retrospective” Asheville, NC.
Dec. 2001
Art International.
Asheville, NC.
Nov. 2000
Wellington B. Gray Gallery.
Eastern Carolina University.
Greenville, NC.
Oct. 2000
Spiers Gallery, Brevard College. Brevard, NC.
“Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture” Sept. - Oct. 2000
Weatherspoon Art Gallery.
“Artist Fellowship Exhibition.”
Greensboro, NC, May-June 2000
Green Hill Arts Center.
Greensboro, NC. Sept. - Nov. 1998
Holden Gallery.
Warren Wilson College.
Asheville, NC.
March 1998
Fayetteville Museum of Art.
Sculpture Exhibition.
Fayetteville, NC. Oct.-
Nov. 1997
International Think Dinky Invitational. Modern Museum.
Durham, NC.
Sept.
1997
Zone one contemporary.
Asheville, NC.
August 1997
Rocky Mount Art Center.
Hines Gallery.
Sculpture
Invitational. Rocky
Mount,
NC. June
1977
ARC. “Potentiality”
Chicago, IL. Sept.
1996
Nexus. “Future Shock”
Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 1995
International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition.
Invitational. University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii. Jan. 1994. 11 museums in U.S. and
Taiwan, China through 1996
Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL.
Nov. 1994
Tough.
“The
Uncomfortable Show” Chicago, IL.
Sept. 1994
University Galleries. “Selected Works from the Collection”
Normal,
IL. July
1994
Indianapolis
Art League. “Fetish and Shaman“ Indianapolis,
IN. January
1994
Artemesia
Gallery.
“Environmental Concerns” Chicago.
1993
Tough.
“Random
Access” Chicago. 1993
Dibden Center for the Arts.
“Megaron” Johnson, Vermont.
1991
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, "Identity Shifts with Expressions of Self" review of "Fingers + Codes: The Contemporary Portrait" Debra Wolf. May 20, 2007
Go
Tri-Cities, "Artwork Explores Temporal Themes" review of "That Moment and This Moment." Allison Alphonso. March 2006
Art
Papers, Reviews/Southeast, Atlanta: Shelter. Phil Oppenheim. May/June 2005 (vol.
29, no.3)
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, “’Gender in Motion'
and
'Green' speak volumes about the power of feminist
values” Jerry Cullum. March 10,
2005
“Road
in Sight” catalogue. April 2005
“Gender in Motion” catalogue. February 2005
“Surface Matters” catalogue.
Trizec Properties Thirteenth Annual Art Exhibit. Joie Lassiter.
Feb. 2004
Asheville Citizen Times,
Asheville, NC. “Gunning
for Answers” Robert
Godfrey. July
2003
“Not
Just Another Pretty Face” catalogue. February 2003
“Summer Exhibition” catalogue. Grounds for Sculpture.
August 2002
Art
Papers, “Gallery Retrospective 1991-2001”
Jean
Hess. July/August
2001 (vol. 24
no. 4)
Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC. Patricia Bailey.
December 20-26, 2000 (vol. 7 no. 20)
Independent,
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.
“Winners at Weatherspoon” Kate Dobbs Ariail June 14 -20,
2000. (vol.
17 No. 24)
Catalogue.
Weatherspoon Art Gallery.
“Fellowship Recipients 1998-99” May, 2000
“A Paean to
the Puny” Catalogue for Think Dinky International
Invitational. Meta
Museum
Project. 1997
“The Fifth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”
Catalogue. Taiwan
Museum of
Art. 1995
Beacon-Journal, Akron,
Ohio. Dorothy Shinn.
January 29, 1995
The
New Gazette, Champaign IL “....Works Shine
at
Intriguing Exhibits.” Review
of “2
Meditations.” Gisele
Atterberry. June
24, 1994
Dialogue, “Fetish and Shaman.” Sharon Calhoon.
March/April, 1994 (vol. 17 no. 2)
“Fetish and Shaman” Catalogue. Indianapolis Art League. 1994
New
Art Examiner, “Faculty Biennial.” Karl Moehl. March 1994
(vol. 21 no. 7)
Nuvo
News weekly, “Fetishes with a Twist.”
Sharon
Calhoon. Feb.
2, 1994
The Honolulu Advertiser, “Shoebox Sculpture Exhibit.” Joan Rose. Jan. 16, 1994
“5th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition” Catalogue. University of Hawaii
Art Gallery. Honolulu,
HI, 1994
South Bend Tribune, review of “Pastoral Surrogate.”
Jim Houghton.
Sept. 12,
1993
The Journal-Star, review of “Duo Sculpture.”
Fred Klein. February 23, 1992
The
Arts, newsletter of King County Arts Commission. “Megaron”
Feb. 1991
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Art.
Western Carolina University.
2000-
Assistant Professor of Art.
Western Carolina University.
Cullowhee, NC.
1996-2000
Assistant Professor of Art.
Illinois State University.
Normal, IL.
1991-1996
Assistant Professor of Art.
Johnson State College.
Johnson, VT.
1989-91
Washington State Artist-in-Residence. 1983-1985
AFFILIATIONS,
MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association
International Sculpture Center
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
North Carolina Museum of Art
South East Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Center for Contemporary
Art, Atlanta, GA
Tri-State Sculptors Association
Women’s Caucus for the Arts
AUTHORED
ARTICLES
“David
Nash” review, Art
Papers.
Sept./Oct. 2003,
Vol.
27 No. 5
Gary
Byrd and Mary Charles Griffin” review, Art Papers, November/December,
2001, Vol. 25 No.
6
“David
Dawson: Peculiar
Characteristics” review, Art Papers March/April
2001. Vol.
25, No. 2
“Remnants
of Memory” review, Art Papers July/August
2000. Vol. 24, no. 4
“Connie
Bostic: Fit”
review, Art Papers
May/June 2000. Vol. 24. no. 3
“Nick
Wade and Irmaly Brackin” Art Papers November/December 1999. Vol. 23, no. 6
“Lewis
Buck” Art Papers November/December 1999. Vol. 23, no. 6
“Letters” review of Jean Grosser’s work Art
Papers May/June, Vol. 23, No. 3
Family
Matters” review of “Dismal Science:
Photo Works 1972-1996 by Allan Sekula” afterimage
January/February, 1999. Vol. 26,
no. 4
“David
Dawson: Epithets”
review Art
Papers September/October, 1998.
Vol.
22, Issue 5
“Affinity
with Architecture” catalogue essay.
University of Tennessee.
Sept., 1998
“Susan
Weil: Full
Circle” review Art
Papers July/August,
1998. Vol.
22, Issue 4
“Mexico
Now: Point
of Departure” review Art Papers March/April, 1998. Vol. 22, Issue 2
“Randy
Shul” Focus review American
Craft February/March,
1998. Vol.
58, No. 1
“Rob
Amberg: Three
Decades of Harvest”
review Art Papers January/February 1998. Vol. 22, Issue
1
“Robert
Godfrey: The
Chicken Alley Wedding
Series” review Art Papers November/December 1997. Vol.
21, Issue 6
"Fred
Wilson” review
Art Papers September/October 1997. Vol. 21, Issue 5
“Too
Much Stuff” artists’ roles, responsibilities in a cluttered world. Crits
97: Discourse in the Visual
Arts. Dept. of Art Western
Carolina University
“Italo
Scanga” review
Art Papers July/August 1997. Vol. 21, Issue 4
“The
North Carolina to Israel Photographic Project” review Art
Papers May/June 1997. Vol. 21,
Issue 3
“Tragic
Wake: The
Legacy of Slavery and
African Diaspora in Contemporary American Art” review, Art Papers.
March/April 1997. Vol. 21, Issue 2
