| Mary Hrbacek has been exhibiting her artwork for more than 20 years at galleries and museums in New York City, across the United States, in Europe and Asia. Notable museum shows include those at The National Academy of Design, and The Muscarelle Museum of the College of William and Mary, where she was awarded the Juror’s Choice prize by the Director of the Drawing Center, NYC. In 2005 Hrbacek showed at the Parrish Art Museum in an exhibition curated by Sara Nightingale. Her most recent solo exhibition was a drawing show at Roger Smith in 2006. This will be Hrbacek’s seventh solo show since 1989. Her paintings have been included in more than 30 group exhibits in New York City, Toronto, California, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia. In 2007 she exhibited her work in a show that traveled from Osh to Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. |
| M.S. Adelphi University, NYC, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. University of Dayton, OH San Francisco Art Institute, CA, Painting FIT Certificate Courses: Parsons School, NYC The New School, NYC School of Visual Arts |
| 2009 Icons, Creon Gallery, NYC. Curator: Norm Hinsey 2006 World Tree Series - Drawings, Roger Smith Arts, Curators: Matthew Semler, Paul Sharpe, Dominick Lombardi, NYC 2002 Progressive Gallery at the Well, NYC, Curator: Lucy Stylianou, 2001 Metamorphoses, Flora Danica Galerie, NYC, Curator: Fleur Boel 1999 Invitationals at Ellarslie,Trenton City Museum, Curator: Brian Peterson, Michener Art Museum,PA 1992 Southwest Landscapes, Positively 104th Street, NYC 1989 Landscapes, Adelphi Manhattan Center Galleries, NYC |
| 2010 Charcoal and Thread, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2010 Beijing Art Fair, Curators: the:artist:network Curatorial Pool, Beijing, China 2010 Nature Calls, Curator: Dominick Lombardi, Shore Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ 2010 Fountain Art Fair, Curator: Norm hinsey, Creon Gallery, NYC 2010 Winter Slasher Salon, Headbones Gallery, Toronto 2010 Homage to Ray Johnson, Mail Artist, Curator: Peggy Cyphers, Gallery H215, NYC 2009 Postcards from the Edge, Ziehersmith Gallery, NYC 2009 Modern Romantics, The Spiritual in Paint, Curator: Janet Larose, Painting Center, NYC 2009 Exposed, Curator: Norm Hinsey, Creon Gallery, NYC 2009 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery Benefit Auction Dumbo, NYC 2009 Forever Summer, Curator: Scott Malbaurn, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC 2009 Vacation Venues, Franklin 54, Curator: Michel Allen, Michel Allen Projects, NYC 2009 Bridge Art Fair, New York, New York 2009 The Winter Salon,Works on Paper, Bjorn Ressle Gallery, NYC, Curators: Bjorn Ressle, Teresa Thomas 2009 Enigmatic Visions, Clemente Velez Soto Center, Curator: Paul Cabezas, NYC 2009 WAGMAG Benefit, Frontroom Gallery, Curator: Daniel Aycock, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2009 It’s A Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Curator: Rich Timperio, Williamsbur, Brooklyn 2008 Crest Hardware Art Show, Curator: Joe Franquinha and Ron Esmay, Williamsburg, Brklyn 2008 The Clothesline Benefit, ABC NO RIO, Lower East Side, New Work City 2008 Cosmological Map, Ides of March Installation, Broadthinking, ABC NO RIO Curators: Chris Twomey, Peggy Cyphers, Alyssa Fanning, Lower East Side, NYC 2008 WAGMAG Benefit Art Show, Front Room Gallery, Curator: Daniel Aycock. Williamsburg Brklyn 2008 Peace, Sideshow Gallery. Curator: Richard Timperio. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC 2007 Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, Chelsea, NYC 2007 En Plein Air, Reloaded, Black & White Gallery, Curator: Tatyana Okshteyn, Chelsea, NYC 2007 Digital Printouts, Artists Union, Osh, Kyrgyztan, Curator: Stefan Eins,travels to Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 2007 War Is Over Again, Sideshow Gallery, Curator: Richard Timperio, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2007 Memento Mori, Curator: Mariko Tanaka, The:Artist:Netwok, New York, NY 2006 WAGMAG Benefit, Curator: Daniel Aycock,The Frontroon Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC 2006 X-Country Selection, Headbones Gallery, Toronto. Curator: Julie Oakes 2006 Nurturing the Edge,” Spring Gala for Nurtureart, Cue Foundation, Chelsea, NYC 2005 War Is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,Curator: Richard Timperio 2005 Postcards from the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, NYC 2004 Holiday Show, Sideshow Gallery, Curator: Richard Timperio, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2004 Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, NYC 2004 artincubator,Ethan Cohan Gallery, NYC 2004 Pool Art Addict, POOL , N Y Underground Art Fair, Four Points Hotel, Chelsea, NYC 2002 Drawing Conclusions II, NY Arts Magazine Gallery, Curators: Gae Savannah and Jill Conner 2002 Winter Exhibition,Curator: Monigue Goldstrom Monique Goldstrom Gallery, NYC 2001 Counting Coup/Undo, Theatre for the New City, NYC 2001 Xtreme Xteriors, Gallery X, NYC 2001 Art & Performance, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC 2001 Women & Children in Solidarity with Afghan Women's Mission, Gallery One-Twenty-Eight, NYC 1999 Koridor, Gallery X, NYC 1999 Drawings, Curator: Anthony Palumbo, Art Students League Gallery, NYC 1997 Great Plains National, Moss Thorns Gallery, Curator: Deborah Scott Nelson Atkins Museum, MO 1995 Global Awareness, City Government Center, Harrisburg, PA 1995 Artists National, Coastal Arts CenterR, St. Simmons Is, GA, Curator: Dr. Henry Adams, Harvard University, Cummer Museum, FL 1995 Works on Paper, SW Texas State Univeristy Gallery, TX, Curator: LUCY LIPPARD 1993 Drawing '92, Bent F. Larsen Gallery, Brigham Young U, Utah, Curator: Donald Perry, Eppink Gallery KS 1993 American Drawing Biennial III, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Curator: Jack Beal 1991 Watchung Arts Center, Watchung NJ, Curator: Dr. Hildreth York, Rutgers University, NJ 1988 20/20 Show, Helio Galleries, Curator: Ted Castle, Art in America” 1986 Hudson Valley 86, Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY Curator: Holly Solomon, NYC |
| 1999 "American Drawing Biennial VI," Muscarelle Museum, College of William & Mary, VA, Curator: ANN PHILBIN, THE DRAWING CENTER, NYC. JUROR'S PRIZE. 1999 "Yosemite Renaissance," Yosemite Museum Gallery, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA Traveled to 7 sites, Curator: OAKLAND MUSEUM, CA - HONORABLE MENTION |
| 2009 NYArtBeat, "Modern Romantics." Dominick Lombardi, Winter Salon, Works on Paper,,d’Art International, Winter 2009 Joel Simpson, “Winter Salon,” The M Magazine, February 2009 NYArtBeat, Bjorn Ressle "Winter Salon". Dominick Lombardi, Vibrant and Varied Works on Paper,” “Culture Catch, Jan.9, 2009 2006 Julie Oakes, “X-Country Selection,” Headbones Anthology, December. Chris Twomey, “Entwined,” Drawings, NYArts Magazine. May/June. Chris Twomey, “A Place To Hang,” Review, Resolve Forty, On-line Magazine, December 2002 Korotkin, Joyce, Mary Elizabeth Hrbacek “Metamorphoses,” NY Arts Magazine, January 2002 Lily Faust, "Metamorphoses," Catalogue Essay 1999 U.S. 1, Princeton, NJ, TAWA INVITATIONAL , Mary Person Hrbacek “Close Call” reproduced, July 1998 Simone, Ashley, “Art Show Alive and Well at Muscarelle”, The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Dec. 1992 Bledsoe, Shari, “Drawings As Varied As Their Number,” The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, April |
| The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY The National Academy of Design, NYC The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ The Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA The Yosemite National Park Museum Gallery, Yosemite NYC National Park, CA |