Born: Downers Grove, IL June 24, 1990
Current City: Chicago, IL
Previous City: Brooklyn, NY
Education:
SAIC - School of The Art Institute Chicago - Master's of Art in Art Education - Dean scholarship
Columbia College Chicago 2012- Bachelor in Art & Design, Minor in Art History
Culver Academies 2008- Honors in Art Culver, IN
Residency:
Chicago Art Department (CAD) Winter/Spring 2018
http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/maryjsaran/
Gallery/Studio Representation:
Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL 2020
http://www.greenleafartcenter.com/
Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2016-2017
http://www.amoseno.org/mary-saran
Grant:
3Arts - Arts for Illinois Relief Fund (AIRF) 2020
Membership:
Chicago Artist Coalition - Artist/Collector
Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL - Artist
Solo Shows:
Escape Earth, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY June 2017
Mixed Media Circle Continuum, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY April 2014
Continuum, Orchard Windows Gallery, New York, NY October 2013
Competitions:
20th Annual Arts in Harmony 2015 International Arts Show in Elk River, MN February 2015
International Art Competition Exhibition Finalist, Highline Art Gallery Chelsea New York, NY October 2014
Group Shows:
Art Apart, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL June 2020
I Am Women, DragonFly Gallery, Chicago, IL June 2020
Be Mine, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL February 2020
WNDRLAND, C.C.’s Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, IL September 2019
(Artist + Curator) S.O.S - Show of Shows, C.C.'s Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, IL September 2018
Mental Health, ArtShow Chicago, Hairpin Art Center, Chicago, IL July 2018
(Artist + Co-Curator) Object + Image, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL April 2018
(Artist + Curator) Emerging Artists: Collaborative Collisions, C.C.'s Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, IL February 2018
Unique to the Nature, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY January 2018
Bushwick Open Studios, Space 776 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY September 2017
Reunion II, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL July 2017
Declarations of Contemporary, Hairpin Art Center, Chicago, IL April 2017
Chromacide, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY March 2017
Seeing Red, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL February 2017
Bushwick Open Studios, Space 776 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY October 2016
All Good, Guddahl Gallery, Brooklyn, NY October 2015
Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY October 2015
One Cubed, Allegany Arts Council, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD September 2015
Art By America, The Art House, Chicago, IL June 2015
Blue, Orange County Creatives, Laguna Beach, CA March 2015
Ventus Calidus, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY January 2015
Small Works Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, Chelsea, NY January 2015
RAW-Natural Born Artist, National Show in Brooklyn, NY February 2014
Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY September 2012
Graduation Group Show, Art & Design Manifest Exhibit, Chicago, IL May 2012
Buffet In Space, Columbia College Exhibition Chicago, IL April 2012
Art Gallery Open House, Flat Iron Art Building, Chicago, IL July 2010
High School Honors in Art Exhibition, local coffee shop in Culver, IN May-June 2008
Commission Projects:
House Project Naperville, IL - Summer 2017
Boston Headquarters Corporate Office Painting - Winter 2016
Doctor's Office - Rockford, Illinois Client January-April 2015
Corporate Office - Painting Projects Aurora, IL 2014
Apartment Project- Wood Circle Project for New York City client, October 2012
Publications:
Artvoices Magazine (Winter Issue) 2015
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 29, Summer 2015
http://studiovisitmagazine.com/volume-twenty-nine-participants
2014 IAF International Competition Catalog New York, NY