By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
With Midwestern resources at her disposal, artist Mary Block explores the beauty surrounding her. Here, Block uses a Red Bud tree which is about to burst into a vibrant showy pink. To enhance the tree's natural beauty, the artist painstakingly adjusts each pixel to achieve a depth, brightness and clarity not found in nature alone. This piece is framed in a simple black frame measuring 32 x 47 x 1.75 inches.
Mary Block
A Shy Moon in Spring
dye sublimation print on aluminum
30h x 45w in
76.20h x 114.30w cm
3/20
MBK004
Mary Block
b. 1951, St. Louis, MO
Education
1975 Mechanical Engineering Department, Stainless Steel Casting in Cooperation with Alloy Casting Corporation.
University of Illinois - Champaign
1974 Master of Fine Arts Candidate. School of Fine Arts. University of Iowa.
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts. College of Fine Arts. University of Illinois – Champaign
Exhibitions
2022 Kiss Me, Its Snowing, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Illinois Artists’ List, Curator: K. Eaton.
Mary Block Sculpture and Print: A Dialogue Between Form and Image. University of Illinois.
School of Art and Design, Link Gallery. Champaign/Urbana.
1996 ASID Showcase, Chicago, IL
1995 New Glass Review, Corning Museum. Corning, NY. International Exhibition/Catalog featuring innovative glass
sculpture.
1996 Solo Exhibition, Nina Own Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Gallery Artists, Nina Owen Gallery. Chicago, IL
1995 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1994 Sandy and Dave, Group Exhibition. North Shore/Skokie Sculpture Park. Skokie, IL
1992 Twenty Women, Adler Cultural Center. Libertyville, IL
1991 The Discerning Eye-National Exhibition, Charles A. Wustum Museum. Racine, WI
1988 North Shore Skokie Sculpture Walk, Curator: J. Folise. McCormick Blvd, Skokie, IL
Public Commissions
2022 Skyway Prints, Delta Airlines. Skyway Lounge, O’Hare Airport, Chicago, IL
2018 Mindfulness Center Sculpture, Roslyn Road School, Barrington. IL
2011 Grove School Children’s Amphitheater, Ft. Grove School, Barrington, IL
2007 Generations, Village Hall of Deerfield, Deerfield, IL
1999 Lifetime Learners, Danville Community College. Danville, IL
1997 Heroic Women Collection, Las Sendes Sculpture Park, Phoenix, AZ
1996 Wrapped Figure, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Book With Hands Memorial, Oak Grove Jr. High School, Gurnie, IL
1994 Meditative Figure, 11th St. Park, Columbia College Chicago, IL
Justice, Chicago Bar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Dye Transfer