Mary Buss
Resume
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Arts, (Honors) Three Dimensional
Design, Ceramics,
College of Art and Design,
1983 Master of Arts, Accounting,
1981 Bachelor of Business Administration,
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2005 •Artists Initiative Grant,
1998 •Bush Artist Fellowship, The Bush
Foundation,
•Visual Arts Fellowship,
1997 •Career
1996 •Career
1995 •Career Opportunity Grant, Manufacture
Nationale de Sèvres, Minnesota State Arts Board
1994 •Visual Arts Fellowship,
•Jerome Artist Project Grant,
Northern
SOLO AND MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2006 •
Art Museum
2004 •Art
Per Chance, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
•Art Mob Collector’s Choice,
2002 •Three
Way Vision, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
•
2001 •
2000 •Building
a Collection: Ceramics from the
Art Museum,
1999 •Mary
Carroll: Ceramics and Drawings,
December-February
1998 •Women
in the Weisman: The Spirit of Seneca Falls,
1997 •Studies
from Sèvres, Vessels and Works on Paper, BonaKeane Gallery,
November
1996 •V&A Ceramic Contemporaries 2,
Juror: Oliver Watson February-March
•Earth Water Air Fire, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
May-June
•Mary Carroll: Recent Works,
1995 •Mary
Carroll: The Flower Series, BonaKeane Gallery,
MUSEUM CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Renwick Gallery,
President's Office, London Institute
of
George R. Stroemple Collection,
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Macke,
Marc Ashton, Medina, MN, CEO, World
Data Inc.
Porter Price Collection,
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2008 •Treeology,
TWIRLING MAPLE SEED, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, May-Oct.
2007 •Women’s
Touch, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, June-July
2007 •Art
to a Maze, THE GROTTO OF NARCISSUS, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, June-
Sept.
2006
•
Art Museum Washington, D.C. Inauguration July 4th, 2006
2005 •The
Visceral Vessel, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX August-October
•All
Fired Fired Up, Somerhill Gallery,
•Artist Initiative Grant Recipients,
2004 •
2002 •SOFA
New York City, represented by
Loveed Fine Arts,
2000 •Studio
Artists Exhibition, Northern
1999 •Group
Show, Artspace/Virginia Miller Galleries,
•Bush Artist Fellows, The Bush
Foundation,
•Art
in Bloom, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
1998 •Juried
Group Show,
•Fellowship
Recipients Exhibition,
1997 •Art in the Airport, Inaugural Exhibition
at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport,
Coordinated by the Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, Airport Arts Council and Metropolitan
Airports Commission January-June
•ART
•Current Work by Gallery Artists, BonaKeane Gallery,
•Visiting Artists Exhibition Program, Foss Gallery,
1996 •The
Box: A Survey, Inaugural Exhibition at Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
May/June (Traveling to Palm Beach Museum in
Lakeworth, FL 1997)
•The Table Is Set, Invitational Exhibition at BonaKeane Gallery,
•SOFA Chicago 1996, Navy Pier, represented by Portals Ltd.,
•ART
•
1995 •The
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) Exhibition and Benefit
Auction,
•The
Marks of an Artist, Northern
•Contemporary
Clay: Work by Five American Ceramic Artists, NCECA Conference
Premier Gallery,
•Jerome
Exhibition, Northern
•SOFA
Chicago 1995, Navy Pier, represented by Portals Ltd.,
•Mixed
Bouquet, Three Person Exhibition, Hodgell Gallery,
•
NCECA Conference, Northern
•ART
1994 •National
Craft Invitational,
•Group Invitational Show,
•
•Group
Show, Hodgell Gallery,
1992 • The Final Pieces, Bridge Gallery,
1991 • The Story So Far,
1990 • CP Hart Tile Design Competition, Bridge Gallery,
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 Fallon, Michael. “
2003 Dandignac, Pat, Editor. “Gallery”, American Craft (December/January)
2002 Tribbett, John. “
Abbe, Mary. “Odd Couplings”, Star Tribune (
2001 O’Sullivan, Michael. “The Clay’s the Thing”,
The Washington Post (
1999 Dandignac, Pat, Editor. “Acquisitions”, American Craft (April/May)
Bonansinga, Kate. “Baroque is Back,”
http://www.sofaexpo.com/newyrk (
1998 Koplos, Janet. “Review,” American
Ceramics (Volume 12, No. 4)
Poole, Marcia. “A Creative Workout,” The
Dandignac, Pat, Editor. “Portfolio Artist,” American Craft (February/March)
1997 Melrod, George. “Upfront,”
Art & Antiques (November)
Smith, Tracy A. “Raucous Rococo,” The Oregonian (November 21)
Gragg, Randy. “Studies from Sèvres,” The Oregonian (November 6)
Row, D.K. “A Matter of Semantics,”
Daniel, Pam. “Artist Colony,”
1996 Davis, Spencer L., Editor. “Upfront,” Ceramics Monthly (March)
Fairbanks, Jonathan and Angela
Fina. The Best of Pottery, Rockport Publishing Inc.
1995 Burckhardt, Ann. “Review,”
Dandignac, Pat, Editor. “Gallery,” American Craft (April/May)
Frances, Kevin. “Review,” Willamette
Week (June 7)
Frazzini, Kevin. “Clay and Means,”
SELECTED
COMMISSIONS
William Beson Interior Design,
The Design Studio of Gabberts,
Daniel Wolpin Design Ltd.,
ARTS
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Minnesota State Arts Board
Grantees Group Show,
Arts Advocacy Day, State Capitol,
Art Mob Open Studio,
American Society of Interior
Designers (ASID) Annual Showcase Tour 2004
Art on the Town Open Studio 2003/2004
Instructor,
Guest Lecturer,
Instructor, Northern
Guest Lecturer, Visiting Artist Series,
Guest Lecturer, Strictly Lo-Fire Seminar Series,
Northern
Featured Artist, ART FORUM Lecture Series,
REPRESENTATION
Loveed Fine Arts,
Somerhill Gallery,
