EDUCATION
2002 MFA, Painting, University of Washington
1995 BFA, Design, Cornish College of the Arts magna cum laude
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Shooting Gallery, San Francisco CA, “Calamity” February 11 – March 5
2011
Gallery B15, Copenhagen DK, "Geometry" August 5 - September 4
2010
Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA, “Sublime” October 7-30
Park Life, San Francisco CA, “Frontier,” Jan 1 – 31
2009
Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, January 21-February 27
2008
Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA, “Amass” September 5-27
2006
Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA, “Contain” June 30 – July 29
Kimball Art Center, Park City Utah, September 27 – November 27
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA, “Picks of the Harvest” March 3-24
2011
White Walls, San Francisco CA, “Linear Empires” February 12 – March 5
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA, "Seattle as Collector" May 11–October 23, 2011
2009
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, “Representing Abstraction,” October 10 – January 3
2007
Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA, “In Between,” July 6-2
Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle WA, “City Light/City Art,” June 1 - 30
2006
Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, “Recent Acquisitions: Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection”
2005
Davidson Galleries Seattle WA, “Natural Selections, Contemporary Landscape Painting” June 1 – July 2
Davidson Galleries Seattle WA, “Contemporary Works on Paper,” May 1 – 31
2004
Key Tower Gallery Seattle, WA.Seattle Arts Commission “Seattle Collects 2001,”
MFA Circle Gallery “American Landscapes,” Annapolis, Maryland, September 6 - October 14. Juror: Gary Vikan
San Diego Art Institute “45th International Exhibition,” October 26 - November 25. Juror: Bram Dijkstra.
Armory Art Center “October International,” October 18 - November 24, Juror: Peter Frank
2000
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery “Structures,” July 18-Sept 1.
Whatcom Museum Bellingham WA, “Northwest International,” July 8 - August 25
COLLECTIONS
City of Kent Art Collection, Kent WA
City Of Missoula Art Collection, Missoula MT
CBIC, Seattle WA
Evergreen Hospital, Bellevue WA
Evergreen Shipping Lines, Taiwan
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle WA
King County Art in Public Places Program
Lake Washington Technical College, Redmond WA
Madrona-Sally Goldmark Library, Seattle WA
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond WA
Nordstrom, WA, CA, FL, NV, NC, MN, TX
Puget Sound Energy, Bellevue WA
Safeco Insurance, Seattle WA
Seattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection
Sherman Elementary School, Tacoma WA
Shoreline Community College, Seattle WA
Starbucks Corporation, Seattle WA
Tacoma Power, Tacoma WA
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA
Washington State Art Commission Portable Works Collection
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-Present, Associate Professor, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
2004–2008, Faculty, Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo, WA
2002-2005 Adjunct Faculty, University of Washington
PUBLIC ART
2007 City of Missoula, City Council Chambers Project, Missoula Arts Commission
2007 Electric Gallery, an installed temporary mural for Seattle City Light and Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
2005 Titus Railroad Park, Outdoor Mural, Kent, WA, City of Kent Arts Commission, City Art Collection
2003 Seattle Arts Commission, Emerging Public Artist Roster Training Program
AWARDS and GRANTS
2009 Individual Artists Project Grant, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2006 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle WA
2005 Parents’ Choice Award Silver Medal for Fine Art Studio: Painting
2001 Seattle Collects 2001 Portable Works Collection, Seattle Arts Commission
PRESS
2011
Hi Fructose Magazine, Profile in Issue #21 (October)
Juxtapoz Magazine, Profile in August issue
2009
Seattle Times, Nancy Worssam, "Abstract, Representational Combine in Satisfying Show in La Conner," October 30, 2009
Skagit Valley Herald, Elliott Wilson, “New Exhibit of Works at MoNA Mixes Literal, Abstract,” October 05, 2009
Tacoma News Tribune, Rosemary Ponnekanti, “UPS Gallery Exhibits Offer Study in Contrasts,” February 2, 2009
Tacoma Weekly, Dave R. Davison, “Port Inspires Art of Iverson,” January 29, 2009
2008
Rivet Magazine, The Space Issue, cover art, February 2008
2007
The Missoulan, Jamie Kelly, “The Ambiguity of Art,” November 3, 2007,
KUOW Weekday with Steve Scher, “Puget Sound Artists,” Produced by Katy Sewall, July 18, 2007
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Wilson Diehl, “Art Industry,” July 2007
2005
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Regina Hackett “Artists Muse on America with Mostly Positive Results,” November 11
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Judy Wagonfeld, “Artists Turn the Physical into the Emotional in Natural Selection,” June 17
2001
New American Paintings: M.F.A. 2001 Lisa Phillips, “Juror’s Notes”
Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2001
Marine Digest 2001 Pacific Northwest Ports Handbook, cover art
PUBLICATIONS
2008
Horsing Drawing Studio, Written and Illustrated by Mary Iverson. Produced by becker&mayer. SmartLab Books
2007
Fine Art Studio: Pastel, Written and Illustrated by Mary Iverson. Produced by becker&mayer. Silver Dolphin Books
Fine Art Studio: Watercolor, Silver Dolphin Books
2005
Fine Art Studio: Painting, Silver Dolphin Books
2003
Ben’s Birthday Present, by Joseph Itaya, illustrated by Mary Iverson. Tempered Entertainment