Meet Mary Ince
As I work, I am continually exploring materials. The process, which moves an idea, subject, feeling, or insight, into the work, is equally important.
The interplay between the impulse to make something and the means I use—paint, pencil, charcoal, ink, color, light and shadow — is at the heart of everything I do. I want to dig into my materials, get my hands dirty, make mistakes, take chances, invent, build, expand, inspect, and otherwise inhabit each piece.
The work develops and marries that opening impulse to the materials and to the process. Exploration may require a series of pieces or may be one of a kind. The pieces range from detailed and accurate renderings to complex and inviting abstractions.
Immersing myself in the work also feeds and helps develop new ideas, subjects, feelings, or insights, which lead into further work. This work, which may or may not appear related to the pieces that sparked it, is almost always related imaginatively to those earlier explorations.
Education:
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - BS, Nutrition and Dietetics, emphasis on Pediatrics - 1982
University of Redlands, Redlands CA - BA, Graphic Arts, emphasis on printmaking - 1966
Sir John Cass School of Arts and Crafts, London, England – 6mo study – 1963
Residency:
2019 Fall Collaborative Residency (with three other artists) - Williams Studio - London England
2018 Spring Residency - Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
2017 Collaborative Residency (with three other artists) - The Rusty Barn - Santa Barbara, CA
2015 Silence Awareness Existence - Arteles Creative Center - Hameenkyro, Finland
2014 Spring Residency - Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
2013 OCARC Artists Residency - Dune Shack/Peaked Hill Trust - National Park Service - Provincetown, MA
2007 Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, VT
Solo Exhibition:
2014 - SEEING THE SILENCE, Hudson Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
Invitational Exhibitions:
2019
Invitational - Indigo Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2018
BE NOT AFRAID - Dadian Gallery - Washington, DC
CREATIVE HANDS - Ridley-Tree Museum of Art - Westmont College - Santa Barbara, CA
2017
THE DRAWING SHOW - Joshua Tree Art Gallery - Joshua Tree, CA
2015
THE PROCESS OF THE PRINT - Salem College - Winston-Salem, SC
LOOK AGAIN: AMC COLLECTION INSPIRES THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS –
Art Museum Complex - Duxbury, MA
2014
ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES - Higgins Art Gallery – Hyannis, MA
IN AND OUT OF SCULPTURAL BOOKS - Ink Shop and Olive Press Gallery - Ithaca, NY
2013
BLACK.WHITE.REaD - Salem College - Winston-Salem NC
TERMINAL DISPLAY - Barnstable Airport - Hyannis, MA
INVITATIONAL Printmakers of Cape Cod - Inkshop and Olive Press Gallery - Ithaca, NY
2012
BLACK.WHITE.REaD - Dadian Gallery - Washington, DC
PRESSING AHEAD - Los Angeles Print Society - LAPrint Space, Pacific Design Center - Los Angles, CA
2011
FOOD AND FORM - Salem College - Winston-Salem, NC
2010
OFF THE WALL - Salem College - Winston- Salem, NC
2009
FOOD AND FORM - Castle Hill Gallery - Truro Center for the Arts - Truro, MA
TREES – Summer ’09 - Women in Photography International
Selected Juried Exhibitions:
2018
ART OF THE HEART - Indigo Gallery - Santa Barbara CA
2017
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Santa Barbara Printmakers - Channing-Peake Gallery - Santa Barbara CA
THINKING ABSTRACTLY - Carpinteria Art Center - Carpinteria, CA
PAPER - Indigo Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
2016
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION - Abstract Artist Collective, Faulkner Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
JUSTICE - Philips Exeter Academy - Exeter, NH
2015
ART OF THE MUSIC - Casa Magazine - Santa Barbara CA
2014
PAAM100 - Provincetown Art Association Museum - Provincetown, MA
PRINTMAKERS OF CAPE COD - Cape Cod Museum of Art - Dennis MA
2013
SMALL IMAGES - Atkinson Gallery - Santa Barbara City College - Santa Barbara, CA
2012
19TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT = Santa Barbara County Arts Commission - Santa Barbara Printmakers - Channing Peake Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
THE WILD THINGS - Cotuit Center for the Arts, - Cotuit, MA
2011
Spring Art Juried Competition - 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 - Schoolhouse Gallery - Provincetown, MA
SOCIAL JUSTICE - The Ink Shop - Ithaca NY
ART OF THE UNIQUE PRINT - Monoprint Guild of New England - Wallingford, CT
2010
ARTFUL COUPLE:Collaborative Works - Ventura County Arts Council - Ventura CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2016
Abstract Artist Collective - Jewish Community Center - Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract Artist Collective - Faulkner Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
2015
12x12 - Provincetown Art Association Museum - Provincetown, MA
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION - Santa Barbara Printmakers - Santa Barbara, CA
2013
PRINTMAKING - Gallery Ehva - Provincetown MA
BIG PRINTS - Cotuit Center for the Arts - Cotuit, MA
Awards and Honors:
2013
Jurors Choice - Abstract Art - Falmouth Artist Guild - Falmouth MA
2011
Invited Artist - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Provincetown Art Association Museum Gala - Provincetown, MA
2009
Honorable Mention - Summer ’09 Competition: Trees - Women in Photography International
2008
Invited Artist: Art in the Garden - Provincetown Art Association Museum - Provincetown, MA
2007, 2008
Best in Category Printmaking - Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens - Santa Barbara, CA
2006
First Place Honorarium– Printmaking - Spring Juried Exhibition - Cape Cod Art Association - Cape Cod, MA
Private Collections:
Santa Fe, NM, Santa Barbara, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Cape Cod, MA, Florence, Italy
Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Washington DC, Buffalo, NY, Provincetown, MA,
La Jolla CA, Winston-Salem, SC
Corporate Collections:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Lincoln Laboratory - Boston, MA
Teaching Experience:
YWCA (Children’s Art), - Redlands, California
Truro Center for the Arts, Castle Hill - Truro, MA
Lectures:
How the Visual Interpretation of Contemporary Music Led to The Search for Silence - Hudson-Walker Gallery
Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
Silence - Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Goleta CA
Articles:
Insider’s Vantage Point -Art Scene - Santa Barbara News-Press - Art Review, Josef Woodard - June 5, 2009
Smart Art – CapeWeek - Cape Cod Times - Andre Van Der Wende - Review of "Wild Things" Exhibition –Cotuit Center for the Arts, MA - January 13, 2012
My Search For Silence - CapeWomenOnLine.com - Spring 2014
Affiliations:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Ridley-Tree Museum of Art/Arts Council, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Co-Owner: The Rusty Barn Workshop/Studio,
Studio Manager, Print Assistant, Santa Barbara CA
Abstract Artist Collective
Boston Printmakers Guild
Los Angeles Printmakers Guild
Monoprint Guild of New England
Printmakers of Cape Cod, MA
Santa Barbara Printmakers, Santa Barbara, CA
Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown, MA
Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Santa Barbara Art Association Santa Barbara, CA