Mary Salstrom

SOLO EXHIBITION:
Prince Street Gallery, NYC: 2006, 2001, 1997, 1991, 1987, 1983
Adagio Fine Art Gallery Oregon, Il., 2003
Farleigh Dickinson University, NJ 2002
Hudson Opera House, Hudson, New York, 1999
President’s Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1998
Weis-Morris Gallery, Rockford, IL. ( with Nels Akerlund), 1996
Historic Pinehill, Oregon, IL, 1994
Moravian College,Bethlehem,PA. (with Cynthia Costello) 1989
Montauk Club, Brooklyn, NY 1987
Oregon Public Library and Art Museum, Oregon, IL, “Landscapes of the Rock River Valley,” 1985

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Rockford Artists, 1850 to 2001,” Rockford Art Museum, IL, 2000-2001
“Come Slowly Eden, Landscapes of the Permanent Collection,” Rockford Art Museum, IL., 1998
“National Competition Juried by Gabriel Laderman”, Bowery Gallery, NYC, 1996
“Women Artists of the Permanent Collection”, Rockford Art Museum, IL., 1996
Bryn Mawr College, PA, 1994
Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
Trenton State Art Museum, Trenton, NJ, 1993
“Margaret Fuller Festival,” Historic Pinehill, Oregon, IL, 1993
“National Competition Juried by Lois Dodd and Rosemarie Beck,” Bowery Gallery, NYC, 1993
“National Competition Juried by Louis Finkelstein”, Bowery Gallery, NYC, 1992
“Gabriel Laderman Selects,” First Street Gallery, NYC, 1991
“National Competition Juried by Nell Blaine,” Bowery Gallery, NYC, 1991
National Academy of Design, NYC, “161st Annual Exhibition,” 1986
Landscape show juried by Lennart Anderson, Sommerset Art Association, NJ, 1985
“Traveling Exhibition of American Paintings Done in the South of France,” Musée d’Ales, France, 1979-1980
Pratt Institute, Main Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, juried shows: 1970, 1971


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wahlah, Naseem. “Mary Salstrom: Wagnerian Forest (McGinn’s),” Catalogue Raisonnee, Permanent Collection, Pratt Institute, 1998
Akerlund, Nels and Ted Landphair. Our Rock River (back cover), Chelsea Publishing, Washington, DC, 1995
Leonard, Elizabeth. “Mary Salstrom: Space and Color,””Painting the Landscape. New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1984, pp. 24-30
Longman, Robin. “Emerging Artists,” American Artist. New York, August, 1983, pp. 34-35

HONORS
Award for painting: Sommerset Art Association, NJ, 1985
Scholarship: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME, 1977
Graduate Fellowship: Brooklyn College, NY, 1978
Award for painting: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1971

COLLECTIONS
Bryn Mawr College, “The Scott Memorial Study Collection,” Bryn Mawr, PA
Oregon Public Library and Art Museum, Oregon, IL
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Volunteer Assistant Teacher, Studio in a School, 2001-2004
Taught “Beginning Painting,” Oregon, IL., Summers: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Taught “Color in Architecture,” School of Continuing Education, Cooper Union, NYC, 1992
Lecture: “Color and Light as Applied to Islamic Art and Architecture,” School of Architecture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1979-90; also,
School of Continuing Education, Cooper Union, NYC, 1989, 1990
Lecture: “Color in Contemporary American Landscape Painting,” Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1989
Painting and color variations for an Islamic mural design competition, commissioned by Sherle Wagner, NYC, 1986
Adjunct Instructor (taught Art History Survey and Drawing), St. John’s University, Queens, NY, 1979-81
Teaching Assistant (“Light, Color and Design”/Mary Buckley) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1978-79
Life Drawing Instructor, St. Bartholomew’s Community Club, NYC, 1978
Instructor (taught Color and Design and General Drawing) Brooklyn College, NY, 1977-78
Gallery Assistant, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, NYC, 1975-80

EDUCATION
MFA, Brooklyn College, NY, 1978
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME, 1977
BFA (with Honors), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1972
Art Students League, NYC, 1968, 1975
Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1966-68