Mary Telfer cv
mary@marytelfer.com
www.marytelfer.com
Education
M.F.A. in visual art/art history Vermont College of Fine Arts
B.F.A. in visual arts Northern Illinois University
Teaching Experience
2011 - present Instructor
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Art History/Studio: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Color, Socially Engaged Art
2004 - present Instructor
McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Art History, Business of Art, Drawing, Painting, Color, Life Drawing
Selected Exhibition Record (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2017 Women’s Works, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois
2016 Midwest Artists, Genesis Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2016 *Feeding Time, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois
2015 18th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2015 *Feeding Time, Lakeside Legacy Arts - Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2014 Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
2014 December, Lakeside Legacy Arts - Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2014 A Mermaid and 3 Heads of Cabbage, Gallery 107, North Adams, Massachusetts
2014 *Feeding Time, The Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2014 Ladies Who Lunch, ARK gallery, (video) Montpelier, Vermont
2013 Visage: Out of the Ordinary Portraits, Lakeside Legacy, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2013 Exploiting What Needs to be Exploited, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2013 Orange Dove, a Radical Pedagogy, NISRA, (socially engaged) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2013 The Yellow Wallpaper, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2012 Non-literal Self Portraits, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2012 Turn It Upside-down, Norris Cultural Arts Center (invitational) St. Charles, Illinois
2011 * Capturing California, Surface Art and Culture, (invitational) Oceanside, California
2008 Art to Heal Hearts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
2005 - 11 1 – 7 Annual Shows, Mary Telfer Fine Art Studio, McHenry, Illinois
2005 - 6 Art to Wear Benefit, Lakeside Legacy, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2005 Fifteenth Annual Exhibit, Around the Coyote, (juried) Chicago, Illinois
2003 *Midwest Critique, Raue Center for the Arts, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
1992 – 3, 2002 Women’s Works, Old Courthouse, (juried) Woodstock, Illinois
2001 *The Impact In Color, Opera House, (juried) Woodstock, Illinois
1998 * Endangered Species, Barrington Area Arts Council, (invitational) Barrington, Illinois
Exhibitions Curated
2015 Unlocked, Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2015 The Smoothie Project, (benefitting Crystal Lake Food Pantry), Crystal Lake Illinois
2013 Orange Dove, A Radical Pedagogy (benefiting NISRA art students for art supplies),
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2008 Art to Heal Hearts (art benefit for NIU shooting victims), Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, Illinois
2005 - 11 1 – 7 Annual Shows (benefitting Pets In Need, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Helping Paws, and NISRA.org) Mary Telfer Fine Art Studio, McHenry, Illinois
2005 - 6 Art to Wear (benefitting Pets In Need) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2000 Studio 2909 Show, Opera House, Woodstock, Illinois
Exhibitions Juried/Judged
2016 Solo Judge, Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL
2015 Juror, December in Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2014 Co-Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2013 Juror, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2012 Co-Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2011 Juror, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2010 Solo Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2008 Co-Judge, Fiber Fashion, Fiber and Folk, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Selected Bibliography
2015 “Just a Female Animal: Using Art and Satire to Illuminate the Relationship
Between Consuming Meat and Consuming Women”, Author, Moral Cultures of Food
2013 Amanda Marrazzo, “Artist Profile: Art Evolving”, McHenry County Magazine
http://www.mchenrycountymagazine.com/2013/04/29/artist-profile-art-evolving/ae1tihb/
2012 Carol L. Zack, “The Inner Circle, Featured Artist: Mary Telfer”
http://naac4art.org/news/2012/5/1/the-inner-circle-featured-artist.html
2012 A Banquet for the Starving Artist, Author, e-book, amazon.com
2010 Roxane Wojton, Mommy and Me and Baby Makes Three, Illustrator,
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-mommy-and-me-and-baby-makes-three-roxane-
wojton/1109679462?ean=9781105066160
2009 “Paintings to benefit Crystal Lake Food Pantry”, Northwest Herald, October 6, 2009, D3
2008 Crystal Lindell, “Using art to heal broken hearts”, Northwest Herald , September 10,
2008,C1
2007 Geneva White, “Pet Projects: Learn how to use your own talent from one artist’s success”
Northwest Herald, April 5, 2007, D1
2006 Maggie Mistal, “Not so Starving Artist”, Interview, Martha Stewart Living Radio, New
York, New York, July 9, 2006
2006 Tom Musick, “Art to Wear offers jewelry, handbags, pottery, etc.”, Northwest Herald,
March 30, 2006, D4
2005 Tom Musick, “Wear it well”, Northwest Herald, October 6, 2005, E1
2005 Tim Kane, “Art show features wearable art to support furry friends”, Chicago Tribune,
October 2, 2005
2005 Featured artist, “Around the Coyote”, September, Color Catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Alan Stewart, “Ever Thought of Manufacturing a Product From Home?”, Home Business
Magazine, June, 2005, 32
2005 Michael Gibbs, “Charitable Mix”, Northwest Herald, March 7, 2005, D1
2000 Dave Barnes, “Artists canvas each other at group meetings”, Chicago Tribune, April 5,
2000, C1
Awards/Honors
2017 Artistic Merit
Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL
2013 Compassion Award
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
www.marytelfer.com
Education
M.F.A. in visual art/art history Vermont College of Fine Arts
B.F.A. in visual arts Northern Illinois University
Teaching Experience
2011 - present Instructor
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Art History/Studio: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Color, Socially Engaged Art
2004 - present Instructor
McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Art History, Business of Art, Drawing, Painting, Color, Life Drawing
Selected Exhibition Record (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2017 Women’s Works, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois
2016 Midwest Artists, Genesis Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2016 *Feeding Time, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois
2015 18th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2015 *Feeding Time, Lakeside Legacy Arts - Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2014 Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
2014 December, Lakeside Legacy Arts - Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2014 A Mermaid and 3 Heads of Cabbage, Gallery 107, North Adams, Massachusetts
2014 *Feeding Time, The Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2014 Ladies Who Lunch, ARK gallery, (video) Montpelier, Vermont
2013 Visage: Out of the Ordinary Portraits, Lakeside Legacy, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2013 Exploiting What Needs to be Exploited, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2013 Orange Dove, a Radical Pedagogy, NISRA, (socially engaged) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2013 The Yellow Wallpaper, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2012 Non-literal Self Portraits, ARK gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2012 Turn It Upside-down, Norris Cultural Arts Center (invitational) St. Charles, Illinois
2011 * Capturing California, Surface Art and Culture, (invitational) Oceanside, California
2008 Art to Heal Hearts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
2005 - 11 1 – 7 Annual Shows, Mary Telfer Fine Art Studio, McHenry, Illinois
2005 - 6 Art to Wear Benefit, Lakeside Legacy, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2005 Fifteenth Annual Exhibit, Around the Coyote, (juried) Chicago, Illinois
2003 *Midwest Critique, Raue Center for the Arts, (juried) Crystal Lake, Illinois
1992 – 3, 2002 Women’s Works, Old Courthouse, (juried) Woodstock, Illinois
2001 *The Impact In Color, Opera House, (juried) Woodstock, Illinois
1998 * Endangered Species, Barrington Area Arts Council, (invitational) Barrington, Illinois
Exhibitions Curated
2015 Unlocked, Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2015 The Smoothie Project, (benefitting Crystal Lake Food Pantry), Crystal Lake Illinois
2013 Orange Dove, A Radical Pedagogy (benefiting NISRA art students for art supplies),
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
2008 Art to Heal Hearts (art benefit for NIU shooting victims), Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, Illinois
2005 - 11 1 – 7 Annual Shows (benefitting Pets In Need, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Helping Paws, and NISRA.org) Mary Telfer Fine Art Studio, McHenry, Illinois
2005 - 6 Art to Wear (benefitting Pets In Need) Crystal Lake, Illinois
2000 Studio 2909 Show, Opera House, Woodstock, Illinois
Exhibitions Juried/Judged
2016 Solo Judge, Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL
2015 Juror, December in Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2014 Co-Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2013 Juror, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2012 Co-Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2011 Juror, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2010 Solo Judge, Wausau Festival of Arts, Wausau, WI
2008 Co-Judge, Fiber Fashion, Fiber and Folk, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Selected Bibliography
2015 “Just a Female Animal: Using Art and Satire to Illuminate the Relationship
Between Consuming Meat and Consuming Women”, Author, Moral Cultures of Food
2013 Amanda Marrazzo, “Artist Profile: Art Evolving”, McHenry County Magazine
http://www.mchenrycountymagazine.com/2013/04/29/artist-profile-art-evolving/ae1tihb/
2012 Carol L. Zack, “The Inner Circle, Featured Artist: Mary Telfer”
http://naac4art.org/news/2012/5/1/the-inner-circle-featured-artist.html
2012 A Banquet for the Starving Artist, Author, e-book, amazon.com
2010 Roxane Wojton, Mommy and Me and Baby Makes Three, Illustrator,
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-mommy-and-me-and-baby-makes-three-roxane-
wojton/1109679462?ean=9781105066160
2009 “Paintings to benefit Crystal Lake Food Pantry”, Northwest Herald, October 6, 2009, D3
2008 Crystal Lindell, “Using art to heal broken hearts”, Northwest Herald , September 10,
2008,C1
2007 Geneva White, “Pet Projects: Learn how to use your own talent from one artist’s success”
Northwest Herald, April 5, 2007, D1
2006 Maggie Mistal, “Not so Starving Artist”, Interview, Martha Stewart Living Radio, New
York, New York, July 9, 2006
2006 Tom Musick, “Art to Wear offers jewelry, handbags, pottery, etc.”, Northwest Herald,
March 30, 2006, D4
2005 Tom Musick, “Wear it well”, Northwest Herald, October 6, 2005, E1
2005 Tim Kane, “Art show features wearable art to support furry friends”, Chicago Tribune,
October 2, 2005
2005 Featured artist, “Around the Coyote”, September, Color Catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Alan Stewart, “Ever Thought of Manufacturing a Product From Home?”, Home Business
Magazine, June, 2005, 32
2005 Michael Gibbs, “Charitable Mix”, Northwest Herald, March 7, 2005, D1
2000 Dave Barnes, “Artists canvas each other at group meetings”, Chicago Tribune, April 5,
2000, C1
Awards/Honors
2017 Artistic Merit
Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL
2013 Compassion Award
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois
