Gratitude has me thinking about my work. Lately, I’ve noticed that my work is more and more about community. Sioux Falls and eastern South Dakota are beautiful, thriving places to be, especially as an artist. If I think of community in a broad, fellowship sense, I am lucky to be part of so many communities. I have felt their support, friendship, commitment, and recognition.
I’d say my work has two hallmarks that stand out: joyfulness and history. That’s amazing to me, as those words mean so much. I choose every day to be in the joy camp. Sometimes it is not easy, being a person who has been coming to terms with visual impairment. That puts me in the disabled community, by the way, which was a difficult one for me to accept. But I can’t let that define me, and spreading joy is such a gift.
I never tire of seeing people react to my pieces. I celebrate the joy of these communities of mine and what they do for me and for all of us.
I’M Mary!
NICE TO MEET You!
Education
South Dakota State University, Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Minor: English, 1993
Recent Exhibitions
2025 – Solo Exhibition Neuroplasticity, Brookings Arts Council, Brookings, SD
2025 – Solo Exhibition Neuroplasticity, Pearson Lakes Arts Center, Okoboji, IA
2024 – Featured Artist, Houndstooth House, Sioux Falls, SD
2024 – Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Private Exhibit, Sioux Falls, SD
2023 – Featured Artist, Rehfeld’s Art and Framing, Sioux Falls, SD
2023 – Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Annual Gala Exhibit, Sioux Falls, SD
2022 – Carver Gallery, City Hall Exhibits, Sioux Falls, SD
2022 – Third Eye Gallery, Ten, Sioux Falls, SD
2022 – Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Gala Exhibit, Sioux Falls, SD
2021 – Artgate VR, The Power of She, Virtual Exhibit
2021 – Carver Gallery, City Hall Exhibits, Sioux Falls, SD
2021 – Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Going Metro, Sioux Falls, SD
2021 – Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Catalyst, Sioux Falls, SD
2020 – Eastbank Artist Gallery, Power Outage, Solo Show, Sioux Falls, SD
Awards
Midwest Awards for Artists with Disabilities, Midwest Arts – July 2023
Best of Show, Catalyst, Washington Pavilion of Arts & Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD – June 2021
Currently on Display
2019 – Present – Resident Artist, Bread & Circus Sandwich Kitchen
Representation
2023 – Present – ArtLifting.com
2020 – Present – Rehfeld’s Modern, Sioux Falls, SD
Publications and Media
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, Yearly Prospectus – Oct 2023
Shoutout Colorado – Nov 2022
Create! Magazine, Summer 2021 Edition, pages 48–51
Arts To Hearts Project, Façade, Online Exhibit/Magazine – Dec 2021
Sioux Falls Stage & Gallery, Fall Issue 2021, Cover and pages 8–11
Art Folio Annual, Volume 1, pages 142–143 – 2020
Creative Sanity, pages 158–163 – 2020
SDSU Oakwood Literary Magazine, 2019, Cover Artist
Collections
Emprise Bank, Sioux Falls, SD
Bank of America, Nationwide
Bancorp Office, Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, Sioux Falls, SD
Rose Group International, Spearfish, SD
Flynn Wright, Sioux Falls, SD
Woods, Fuller, Schultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, SD
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin
PAVE, Sioux Falls, SD
Private Collections in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the U.S.
Affiliations and Memberships
All She Makes, joined 2019
WABGnet, joined 2020
Maniacs & Misfits, joined 2020
The Works, joined 2022