Mary Powers-Holt
marypowersholt@verizon.net
www.marypowersholt.com
Affiliated with the Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery, Philadelphia PA - Current
Education:
The PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, Four year Certificate 1982
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. B.F.A, 1989, coordinated with PAFA
The University of the Arts, Foundation Design, 1978 – 1979
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
October -November 2024 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
May 2023 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
March 2022 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
November 2020 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
April 2019 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
Dec.-Jan 2017-18 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
Mary Powers Holt at River's Edge Gallery, Bridgeton House, Upper Black Eddy, PA An Inliquid Partner Exhibition, Sept. 2014
“Open Space” – Paintings by Mary Powers Holt at the Burrison Gallery. The University Club at Penn, Philadelphia. Nov. - Dec. 2010
Group Exhibitions
2024
Teaching Artist Showcase, The University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
Powell Lane Arts Center, Juried 2024 Exhibition, Collingswood, NJ
2023
“Crafting Nature” Group Exhibition in the Inliquid Gallery
“Perennial Visions V”, DaVinci Art Alliance
Oxford Arts Alliance, National Exhibition, Stuart Shils Juror
“When the Light Comes In: Summer Members Invitational Exhibition,” DaVinci Art Alliance
“In Search of Something More” Members Invitational Group Exhibition DaVinci Art Alliance
2022
Artists in Residence Collection 2.0, The Fitler Club Philadelphia, PA
Winter invitational, Powell Lane Arts
PAFA Annual Fellowship Virtual Exhibition
2021
Artists in Residence Collection 2.0, The Fitler Club, Philadelphia PA
“Where Land Meets Sky” Two person Exhibit with Rob Reinhardt Sponsored by DaVinci Art Alliance with their community partner Atria Senior Living, Center City
“Share the Love” Benefit for the University City Arts League, Philadelphia “Subjective Perspective” DaVinci Art Alliance, Members’ Group Exhibition, Philadelphia
2020
Fellowship of the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibit at Hot Bed Gallery Philadelphia
“Light”, DaVinci Art Alliance, Members’ Exhibition
“Philadelphia Forthcoming” DaVinci Art Alliance
2017-18
Professional Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
“Drawn From Nature” John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Audubon, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club, 154th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
Media Arts Council, “Fresh Hues” Painting Exhibition May to June
2016
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MDStrokes of Genius”
Art on Avenue of the States, Chester PA “Landscape and Photography Exhibit” Awarded second prize by juror Lauren Litwa
Oxford Arts Alliance National Juried Exhibition, Oxford, PA-Jennifer Samet Juror. Radius: Diverging Lines from a Common Center at Franklin Commons in Phoenixville, PA Group Show of prize winners from the Fall 2015 Artists Equity Exhibition
2015
Professional Members' Exhibition - The Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
International Painting NYC IV, The Jeffrey Leder Gallery
Spring Gala Exhibition, "Paint the Town Red", The Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Artists Equity Fall Exhibition, Wallingford Center for the Arts, Wallingford PA, Honorable Mention
2014
PAFA Fellowship 115TH Annual Exhibition, PA Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery
The Philadelphia Sketch Club – Benefit Exhibit for Philadanco
“Jewels and Treasures” The Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
“Luscious Landscapes” Project Space Gallery, Wilmington, DE
“12 x 12” The PA Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery
“Photographic Being”, The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2013
Maryland Federation of Art, American Landscapes – Images of the Americas, Annapolis MD Inliquid Members Show, Philadelphia PA
Liz Afif Gallery, Plein Air
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Landscapes, Long Island City, NY
Main Line Arts Center, Haverford PA, Professional Members’ Show
Artists Equity at the GoggleWorks, Reading PA
Chester County Studio Tour – Host Studio - Solo
Benefit for Bailey House, Chelsea Piers, NY – Jeffrey Leder Gallery
2012
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Winter Exhibition of Gallery Artists. Long Island City, NY
“Dear Fleisher," Philadelphia PA.
Artists Equity at the Lyceum Hall for the Arts, Burlington NJ.
“Small Works NYC” The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
“American Landscapes” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
Main Line Art Center, Professional Members Exhibition, Haverford PA.
“International Painting NYC," The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
2011
“Paint-it Right” Silent Auction to Benefit The Philadelphia Right Foundation, Nov. 18 AxD Gallery
“Strokes of Genius” National Painting Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art,
Annapolis, MD.
Artists’ Equity 62nd Anniversary Exhibition at the Wayne Art Center.
“For Art’s Sake Weekend” Blank Canvas Benefit for the Visual Arts Center of NJ.
2009
Art Discovery in Seoul, A&C Art Fair, Seoul Korea and The Concept of Contemporary Art. Sponsored by the Hun Gallery, NY.
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, “Crossing Lines” Juried Members’ Exhibition.
Teaching Artist at the University City Arts League: Adult Painting Summer, Fall 2019, Winter and Fall 2022, Winter, Spring and Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Awards
J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Scholarship, PA Academy of the Fine Arts Student Annual, May 1983.
Caroline Gibbons Granger Award for Painting – 2001. PA Academy of the Fine Arts 104th Fellowship Show.
Honorable Mention – 56th Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity Exhibition, 2005-2006.
Bibliography:
Artists in Residence at Fitler Club 2019-2023 - Catalogue
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2005 Victoria Donohue, "The Wayne Art Center's Spring Competition Doesn't Disappoint".
From Crossing Lines 2009 – DE Center for Contemporary Art:
“Lines demarcate parameters, thresholds, borders, and territories, which in turn define the evolving notions of value systems that affect geopolitical or social relations. This exhibition engages the latitude, limits, and attitudes with which boundaries are upheld or transgressed. The altered natural landscape is explored in Mary Powers Holt’s painting, an elegiac depiction of urban development;
marypowersholt@verizon.net
www.marypowersholt.com
Affiliated with the Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery, Philadelphia PA - Current
Education:
The PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, Four year Certificate 1982
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. B.F.A, 1989, coordinated with PAFA
The University of the Arts, Foundation Design, 1978 – 1979
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
October -November 2024 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
May 2023 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
March 2022 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
November 2020 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
April 2019 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
Dec.-Jan 2017-18 Cerulean Arts Collective Members Gallery
Mary Powers Holt at River's Edge Gallery, Bridgeton House, Upper Black Eddy, PA An Inliquid Partner Exhibition, Sept. 2014
“Open Space” – Paintings by Mary Powers Holt at the Burrison Gallery. The University Club at Penn, Philadelphia. Nov. - Dec. 2010
Group Exhibitions
2024
Teaching Artist Showcase, The University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
Powell Lane Arts Center, Juried 2024 Exhibition, Collingswood, NJ
2023
“Crafting Nature” Group Exhibition in the Inliquid Gallery
“Perennial Visions V”, DaVinci Art Alliance
Oxford Arts Alliance, National Exhibition, Stuart Shils Juror
“When the Light Comes In: Summer Members Invitational Exhibition,” DaVinci Art Alliance
“In Search of Something More” Members Invitational Group Exhibition DaVinci Art Alliance
2022
Artists in Residence Collection 2.0, The Fitler Club Philadelphia, PA
Winter invitational, Powell Lane Arts
PAFA Annual Fellowship Virtual Exhibition
2021
Artists in Residence Collection 2.0, The Fitler Club, Philadelphia PA
“Where Land Meets Sky” Two person Exhibit with Rob Reinhardt Sponsored by DaVinci Art Alliance with their community partner Atria Senior Living, Center City
“Share the Love” Benefit for the University City Arts League, Philadelphia “Subjective Perspective” DaVinci Art Alliance, Members’ Group Exhibition, Philadelphia
2020
Fellowship of the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibit at Hot Bed Gallery Philadelphia
“Light”, DaVinci Art Alliance, Members’ Exhibition
“Philadelphia Forthcoming” DaVinci Art Alliance
2017-18
Professional Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
“Drawn From Nature” John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Audubon, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club, 154th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
Media Arts Council, “Fresh Hues” Painting Exhibition May to June
2016
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MDStrokes of Genius”
Art on Avenue of the States, Chester PA “Landscape and Photography Exhibit” Awarded second prize by juror Lauren Litwa
Oxford Arts Alliance National Juried Exhibition, Oxford, PA-Jennifer Samet Juror. Radius: Diverging Lines from a Common Center at Franklin Commons in Phoenixville, PA Group Show of prize winners from the Fall 2015 Artists Equity Exhibition
2015
Professional Members' Exhibition - The Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
International Painting NYC IV, The Jeffrey Leder Gallery
Spring Gala Exhibition, "Paint the Town Red", The Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Artists Equity Fall Exhibition, Wallingford Center for the Arts, Wallingford PA, Honorable Mention
2014
PAFA Fellowship 115TH Annual Exhibition, PA Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery
The Philadelphia Sketch Club – Benefit Exhibit for Philadanco
“Jewels and Treasures” The Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
“Luscious Landscapes” Project Space Gallery, Wilmington, DE
“12 x 12” The PA Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery
“Photographic Being”, The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2013
Maryland Federation of Art, American Landscapes – Images of the Americas, Annapolis MD Inliquid Members Show, Philadelphia PA
Liz Afif Gallery, Plein Air
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Landscapes, Long Island City, NY
Main Line Arts Center, Haverford PA, Professional Members’ Show
Artists Equity at the GoggleWorks, Reading PA
Chester County Studio Tour – Host Studio - Solo
Benefit for Bailey House, Chelsea Piers, NY – Jeffrey Leder Gallery
2012
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Winter Exhibition of Gallery Artists. Long Island City, NY
“Dear Fleisher," Philadelphia PA.
Artists Equity at the Lyceum Hall for the Arts, Burlington NJ.
“Small Works NYC” The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
“American Landscapes” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
Main Line Art Center, Professional Members Exhibition, Haverford PA.
“International Painting NYC," The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
2011
“Paint-it Right” Silent Auction to Benefit The Philadelphia Right Foundation, Nov. 18 AxD Gallery
“Strokes of Genius” National Painting Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art,
Annapolis, MD.
Artists’ Equity 62nd Anniversary Exhibition at the Wayne Art Center.
“For Art’s Sake Weekend” Blank Canvas Benefit for the Visual Arts Center of NJ.
2009
Art Discovery in Seoul, A&C Art Fair, Seoul Korea and The Concept of Contemporary Art. Sponsored by the Hun Gallery, NY.
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, “Crossing Lines” Juried Members’ Exhibition.
Teaching Artist at the University City Arts League: Adult Painting Summer, Fall 2019, Winter and Fall 2022, Winter, Spring and Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Awards
J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Scholarship, PA Academy of the Fine Arts Student Annual, May 1983.
Caroline Gibbons Granger Award for Painting – 2001. PA Academy of the Fine Arts 104th Fellowship Show.
Honorable Mention – 56th Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity Exhibition, 2005-2006.
Bibliography:
Artists in Residence at Fitler Club 2019-2023 - Catalogue
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2005 Victoria Donohue, "The Wayne Art Center's Spring Competition Doesn't Disappoint".
From Crossing Lines 2009 – DE Center for Contemporary Art:
“Lines demarcate parameters, thresholds, borders, and territories, which in turn define the evolving notions of value systems that affect geopolitical or social relations. This exhibition engages the latitude, limits, and attitudes with which boundaries are upheld or transgressed. The altered natural landscape is explored in Mary Powers Holt’s painting, an elegiac depiction of urban development;
