CV
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BIOGRAPHY
1964 Born in Iowa City, IA
Lives and works in Cedar Rapids, IA
EDUCATION
1992 Professional Development, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1991 M.F.A., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1988 B.F.A., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Ancient Healing Properties of Clay, Paper, Plastic, and Wood, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2022 Mapping the Intangible, Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Karin Rutkin
2021 Dance Party, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2021 Beauty Seeker II, Project Art, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA
2021 Happy Zone, Art Center Burlington, Burlington, IA
2020 Mission Happiness, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2020 Mary Zeran: 10 Years, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2019 Keeping the Bubble Happy, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Loud and Proud, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Beauty Seeker, Gilded Pear Pop Up Gallery, US Bank, Iowa City, IA 2017 A Rainbow Colored Dream, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Lumpy Swoosh, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, MI
2016 KACHOW!, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 Full Throttle Color, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2014 La Tierra de Mi Corazón, New Work by Mary Zeran, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2014 JUICY! Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
2014 Living With Forces of Nature: All Things Beautiful, Center for Faith and Life, Luther College, Decorah, IA
2013 Mary Zeran: Made In Many Different Ways, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Mary Zeran Art Extravaganza, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Small Branch, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2011 Rivers, Clouds, and Wind, Cole Library, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA
2010 The Best of all Possible Worlds, The University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 Spaces We Inhabit: Sculptures and Paintings by Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Emily Rutledge and Mary Zeran, Hairpin Arts Center, Logan Square, Chicago, IL, three person exhibit
2014-2011 Drips and Daubs: Painters Zeran and Tollefson Explore Nature, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA, Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA, Lowe Art Center, Marion, IA, Simpson Col- lege, Indianola, IA
2013 Three Person Exhibit, Art in the Airport, Quad City Airport, Rock Island, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2019 Up All Night, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2019 DUMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, curator Sarah Humphreville, Senior Cura- torial Assistant at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2019 Into the Blue, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2018 Beyond the Prairie: Midwestern Art from the Collection, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2016 Funkytown, Urbano, Berkely, CA, curator Kimberly Rowe, 17 person exhibition
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, twenty person exhibit
2015 The Iowa Artists Purchase Exhibition, EMC , Des Moines, IA, seven person exhibit
2015 Pushed, Pulled, Shaped: Work that Reflects the Artists Spirit and Environment, Best Chicago Properties, Chicago, IL, three person exhibit
2015 Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2013 Contemporary Expressionism-The Creative Spirit, The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA, curator Derrick Cartwright
2013 Some Assembly Required: Collage and Assemblage, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
2012 Lure of the Local, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
2011 What to Dip, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND AWARDS
US Cellular Center, 2% for the Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
Canal One, Boston, MA
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
EMC, one of 7 artists selected for 2015 Sixth Biennial Art EMC Program, Des Moines, IA First Bancorp, Southern Pines, NC
Grafix Corporate Collection, Cleveland, OH Grant Thorton, Chicago, IL
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Human Services Building, Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, IA McCarter & English in Boston.
Manion, Gaynor & Manning, Miami, FL Marion Arts Council, Marion, IA
Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA People's United, Boston, MA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Raining Rose Corporate Collection, Cedar Rapids, IA
Reliant Medical Group, Westborough, MA
School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Skogman
The Fallon Companies, Boston, MA
The University of Iowa Hospitals, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA Southeast Iowa Community College, West Burlington, IA
Solomon McCown, Boston, MA
United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids, IA
United Fire Group, Los Angeles, CA
West Side Transport, Cedar Rapids, IA
Xilio Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
LECTURES
2020 ArtBites Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Gallery Talk, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016 Gallery Talk, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA2014 Gallery Talk, Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, IA
2013 Artist Talk, Marvin Cone Club, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Gallery Talk, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2012 Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Artist in Residence
2012 Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Gallery Talk, Art Bites, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
VISITING ARTIST
2013 Visiting Artist, Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA
2010 Visiting Artist, Creative Connections, Cedar Rapids Museums of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1998 Visiting Artist, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1997 Visiting Artist, Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1997 Visiting Artist, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES, COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997 Co-founding Member, Soil, Seattle, WA
1992 Artist in Residence, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, drawing
1989 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, metalworking
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 The Ancient Healing Properties of Clay, Paper, Plastic, and Wood, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Nov 27, 2022
2021 Dance Party, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Dec 4, 2021
2020 Mary Zeran Opens First Solo Show at Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sept 10, 2020
2018 Advise and Select, Ann Landi, Vasari21, July 29, 2018
2018 Art and Life with Mary Zeran, Boston Voyager, July 2018
2018 Boston City Guide, The Boston Arts & Culture Weekly Review, July 30, 2018
2018 Really Flat Sculptures, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Dec 5, 2018
2016 Eastern Iowa Health Center Holds Grand Opening Celebration, by Samantha Myers, 2016 Eastern Iowa Health Center Undergoes Renovation, by KCRG-TV9, Oct 13, 2016
2016 Assembling An Artful Home, Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, April 24, 2016
2015 Full Throttle Color, Culture Crawl, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
2015 Full Throttle Color, Hoopla, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
2015 Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 21, 2015
2014 Artist Mary Zeran Set to Unveil Latest Collage, RCreader, Quad City, IA, November 19, 2014 2014 Mary Zeran at Luther College, Christopher Byrne, Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, April 22, 2014
2014 All Things Beautiful: Mixed Media Collages by Mary Zeran on display April 2 - May 25, Decorah Newspapers, Decorah, IA, April 1, 2014
2014 The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art-Some Assembly Required Collage and Assemblage, The Daily Palette, Iowa City, IA, January 20, 2014
2014 Farnham to Showcase Work of Dena Tollefson and Mary Zeran, Simpson College News Center, Indianola, IA, January 17, 2014
2013 Some Assembly Required At Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, October 19, 2013
2012 Paint the Music!, Operahhh! Newlsetter of the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids,
IA, December 2012
2012 Note-Worthy Art, Artist Mary Zeran ‘Paints the Music’ , Michael Bierne, Cedar Rapids NE
Life, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 2012
2012 Painters Dena Tollefson Mary Zeran, Art Talks with Bruce Carter WVIK Augustana
College, 90.3FM Rock Island, Rock Island, IL June 3, 2012
2012 Cover of The National Poetry Review, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
2012 Artist Mary Zeran, Small Branch: New Collage, River Cities’ Reader, Dubuque, IA, February 17, 2012
2011 Dribs and Daubs: Painters Mary Zeran and Dena Tollefson Explore Nature, River Cities’
Reader, Dubuque, IA, September 22, 2011
2011 Candide Program, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2011
2011 Singing Songs of Springtime, Bobby Wilson, The Hawkeye, Burlington, IA, April 17, 2011
2011 The Best of, Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 9, 2011
2011 Mary Zeran, Lorraine Glessner, Oh What A World, What a World, April 13, 2011
1999 Here and There’ at COCA, Frances DeVuono, Artweek, Seattle, WA, September 1999
1999 Crossing the Border: Art and Fiber, Jill Connor, wetSOFA, New York, NY, Sept/Oct 1999
1999 Sound Alternatives in Seattle, Susan Platt, Art Papers, Seattle, WA, March/ April 1998
1997 Mary Zeran and Alex Emmons, Jill Connor, The New Art Examiner, New York, NY, September 1997
1964 Born in Iowa City, IA
Lives and works in Cedar Rapids, IA
EDUCATION
1992 Professional Development, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1991 M.F.A., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1988 B.F.A., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Ancient Healing Properties of Clay, Paper, Plastic, and Wood, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2022 Mapping the Intangible, Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Karin Rutkin
2021 Dance Party, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2021 Beauty Seeker II, Project Art, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA
2021 Happy Zone, Art Center Burlington, Burlington, IA
2020 Mission Happiness, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2020 Mary Zeran: 10 Years, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2019 Keeping the Bubble Happy, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Loud and Proud, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Beauty Seeker, Gilded Pear Pop Up Gallery, US Bank, Iowa City, IA 2017 A Rainbow Colored Dream, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Lumpy Swoosh, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, MI
2016 KACHOW!, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 Full Throttle Color, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2014 La Tierra de Mi Corazón, New Work by Mary Zeran, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2014 JUICY! Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
2014 Living With Forces of Nature: All Things Beautiful, Center for Faith and Life, Luther College, Decorah, IA
2013 Mary Zeran: Made In Many Different Ways, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Mary Zeran Art Extravaganza, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Small Branch, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2011 Rivers, Clouds, and Wind, Cole Library, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA
2010 The Best of all Possible Worlds, The University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 Spaces We Inhabit: Sculptures and Paintings by Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Emily Rutledge and Mary Zeran, Hairpin Arts Center, Logan Square, Chicago, IL, three person exhibit
2014-2011 Drips and Daubs: Painters Zeran and Tollefson Explore Nature, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA, Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA, Lowe Art Center, Marion, IA, Simpson Col- lege, Indianola, IA
2013 Three Person Exhibit, Art in the Airport, Quad City Airport, Rock Island, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2019 Up All Night, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2019 DUMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, curator Sarah Humphreville, Senior Cura- torial Assistant at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2019 Into the Blue, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2018 Beyond the Prairie: Midwestern Art from the Collection, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2016 Funkytown, Urbano, Berkely, CA, curator Kimberly Rowe, 17 person exhibition
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, twenty person exhibit
2015 The Iowa Artists Purchase Exhibition, EMC , Des Moines, IA, seven person exhibit
2015 Pushed, Pulled, Shaped: Work that Reflects the Artists Spirit and Environment, Best Chicago Properties, Chicago, IL, three person exhibit
2015 Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
2013 Contemporary Expressionism-The Creative Spirit, The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA, curator Derrick Cartwright
2013 Some Assembly Required: Collage and Assemblage, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
2012 Lure of the Local, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
2011 What to Dip, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND AWARDS
US Cellular Center, 2% for the Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
Canal One, Boston, MA
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
EMC, one of 7 artists selected for 2015 Sixth Biennial Art EMC Program, Des Moines, IA First Bancorp, Southern Pines, NC
Grafix Corporate Collection, Cleveland, OH Grant Thorton, Chicago, IL
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Human Services Building, Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, IA McCarter & English in Boston.
Manion, Gaynor & Manning, Miami, FL Marion Arts Council, Marion, IA
Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA People's United, Boston, MA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Raining Rose Corporate Collection, Cedar Rapids, IA
Reliant Medical Group, Westborough, MA
School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Skogman
The Fallon Companies, Boston, MA
The University of Iowa Hospitals, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA Southeast Iowa Community College, West Burlington, IA
Solomon McCown, Boston, MA
United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids, IA
United Fire Group, Los Angeles, CA
West Side Transport, Cedar Rapids, IA
Xilio Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
LECTURES
2020 ArtBites Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Gallery Talk, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016 Gallery Talk, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA2014 Gallery Talk, Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, IA
2013 Artist Talk, Marvin Cone Club, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Gallery Talk, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2012 Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Artist in Residence
2012 Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2012 Gallery Talk, Art Bites, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
VISITING ARTIST
2013 Visiting Artist, Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA
2010 Visiting Artist, Creative Connections, Cedar Rapids Museums of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1998 Visiting Artist, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1997 Visiting Artist, Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1997 Visiting Artist, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES, COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997 Co-founding Member, Soil, Seattle, WA
1992 Artist in Residence, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, drawing
1989 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, metalworking
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 The Ancient Healing Properties of Clay, Paper, Plastic, and Wood, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Nov 27, 2022
2021 Dance Party, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Dec 4, 2021
2020 Mary Zeran Opens First Solo Show at Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sept 10, 2020
2018 Advise and Select, Ann Landi, Vasari21, July 29, 2018
2018 Art and Life with Mary Zeran, Boston Voyager, July 2018
2018 Boston City Guide, The Boston Arts & Culture Weekly Review, July 30, 2018
2018 Really Flat Sculptures, Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Dec 5, 2018
2016 Eastern Iowa Health Center Holds Grand Opening Celebration, by Samantha Myers, 2016 Eastern Iowa Health Center Undergoes Renovation, by KCRG-TV9, Oct 13, 2016
2016 Assembling An Artful Home, Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, April 24, 2016
2015 Full Throttle Color, Culture Crawl, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
2015 Full Throttle Color, Hoopla, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
2015 Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 21, 2015
2014 Artist Mary Zeran Set to Unveil Latest Collage, RCreader, Quad City, IA, November 19, 2014 2014 Mary Zeran at Luther College, Christopher Byrne, Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, April 22, 2014
2014 All Things Beautiful: Mixed Media Collages by Mary Zeran on display April 2 - May 25, Decorah Newspapers, Decorah, IA, April 1, 2014
2014 The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art-Some Assembly Required Collage and Assemblage, The Daily Palette, Iowa City, IA, January 20, 2014
2014 Farnham to Showcase Work of Dena Tollefson and Mary Zeran, Simpson College News Center, Indianola, IA, January 17, 2014
2013 Some Assembly Required At Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, October 19, 2013
2012 Paint the Music!, Operahhh! Newlsetter of the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids,
IA, December 2012
2012 Note-Worthy Art, Artist Mary Zeran ‘Paints the Music’ , Michael Bierne, Cedar Rapids NE
Life, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 2012
2012 Painters Dena Tollefson Mary Zeran, Art Talks with Bruce Carter WVIK Augustana
College, 90.3FM Rock Island, Rock Island, IL June 3, 2012
2012 Cover of The National Poetry Review, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
2012 Artist Mary Zeran, Small Branch: New Collage, River Cities’ Reader, Dubuque, IA, February 17, 2012
2011 Dribs and Daubs: Painters Mary Zeran and Dena Tollefson Explore Nature, River Cities’
Reader, Dubuque, IA, September 22, 2011
2011 Candide Program, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2011
2011 Singing Songs of Springtime, Bobby Wilson, The Hawkeye, Burlington, IA, April 17, 2011
2011 The Best of, Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 9, 2011
2011 Mary Zeran, Lorraine Glessner, Oh What A World, What a World, April 13, 2011
1999 Here and There’ at COCA, Frances DeVuono, Artweek, Seattle, WA, September 1999
1999 Crossing the Border: Art and Fiber, Jill Connor, wetSOFA, New York, NY, Sept/Oct 1999
1999 Sound Alternatives in Seattle, Susan Platt, Art Papers, Seattle, WA, March/ April 1998
1997 Mary Zeran and Alex Emmons, Jill Connor, The New Art Examiner, New York, NY, September 1997