MARYLIN HART
Born: Sacramento, California
Education: San Jose State University
EXPERIENCE
1991 Judge, Madison Art Guild Show, University Hospitals Guest speaker, Middleton High School, Fine Arts Week 1990 Guest speaker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville 1988 Guest speaker, School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences 1984 Chair, Visual Arts Advisory Panel for Madison's Municipal Arts Plan Member, jury panel for Madison's first One Percent For The Arts program Demonstrated papermaking, Randall School 1983 Demonstrated papermaking, Shorewood School 1982-83 Artist advisory for Lakefront Festival, Milwaukee 1982 Member, Visual Arts Panel for Madison's Municipal Arts Plan Judge for awards Madison Art Fair on the Square Demonstrated papermaking, Elvehjem School Demonstrated papermaking, Young Artist Conference 1981 Judge for University Hospitals' employees art show 1976-78 Taught children's art, Madison Art Center 1974-76 Taught children's art, Elvehjem Museum, Madison
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2000 Gallery at Salishan, Group Show, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, May 1999 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, Two Person Show, February 1998 "Paper: The State of Connection", Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin 1997 "Red", Grace Chosey Gallery, Group Show, Madison, Wisconsin Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Two Person Show, Medford, Oregon, June-July Hanson Howard Gallery, Group Show, Ashland, Oregon "Spirit Reflections", Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, Oregon, March "Celebrate Northwest Women", Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass Oregon, March 1994 Wisconsin Academy of Arts Sciences and Letters, One Person Show, December Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, Two Person Show, August 1993-94 Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors' Juried Membership Show, University of Wisconsin, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin 1992 "Watercolor Wisconsin", Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin "Artists in Paper: Wisconsin '92", University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin Paper Invitational, Holland, Michigan, Holland Area Arts Council Handmade Paper in Wisconsin: "The Art of the State and the State of the Art", Jura Silverman Gallery, Spring Green, Wisconsin 1991-92 Mastery of Materials, 75th Anniversary of Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1991 Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors' Juried Membership Show, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI "Complements and Contrasts", Marylin Hart, Nancy Lamers, Kathy Raash, Layton Gallery, Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1991 "Handmade Paper Show", Tom Grade, Marylin Hart and Gisela Moyer, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin 1990 "Paper Classic I", Appleton Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin "Signatures", Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin "Watercolor Wisconsin", Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin 1989 Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin "New Works", Marylin Hart and Marjorie Mau, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin "Handmade Paper", Harry Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Platteville 1988 "Summer/Lakeside", Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1987 "Made of Paper", Midwestern Paper Artists, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, Iowa 1986 "Festival of the Lakes", Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin "The Box", Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin "Contemporary Fiber, Handmade Paper", Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1985 "Paper Interpretations", Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin 1984 "Making Paper, Wisconsin", Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin "Milking The Sacred Cow", Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin "Windows", Oak Village Gallery, Janesville, Wisconsin "Transformed Image", Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin 1983 "Assemblage", Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Three Person Show, Door County, Wisconsin 1982 1925 Gallery, One Person Show, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1981 "Wisconsin Fiber Show", Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine Wisconsin 1980 "Cast and Handmade Paper", Invitational, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Comparitive Regions", Center Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin "Conception to Completion", University of Wisconsin Union Gallery "Wisconsin Biennale", Madison Art Center 1979 Wisconsin Fiber Miniature Show, Madison Art Center "Works on Paper", Invitational, Madison Art Center 1978 "Innovations in Paper", national show, Birmingham, Michigan "Made in Wisconsin", Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin "Works on Paper", National Invitational Show, Madison Art Center 1977 "Wisconsin 77", University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Wisconsin Women in the Arts, Madison Art Center, Wisconsin Wisconsin Women in the Arts, Univesity of Wisconsin, Green Bay "Works on Paper", Brown County Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin "We Three", Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin 1976 Wisconsin Women in the Arts, Milwaukee Performing Art Center 1975 "Seven Artists", Wisconsin Center, Madison 1972-73 "Watercolor Wisconsin", Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin 1970 "Watercolor Wisconsin", Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, Wisconsin
- Westland Group, Tomah, Wisconsin
- Edward Kraemer and Sons, Plain, Wisconsin
- A.C. Nielson, Madison, Wisconsin
- Electronic Assembly, Neenah, Wisconsin
- Robert Baird and Co., Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
- Park Towne Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin
- Heritage Insurance, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Family Service of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Wausau Public Library, Wausau, Wisconsin
- Madison General Hospital, Wisconsin
- Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., Madison, Wisconsin
- Madison Newspapers, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
- Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Madison, Wisconsin
- IBM, Madison, Wisconsin
- Metropolitan National Bank, Madison, Wisconsin
- Brown County Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Womens Studies Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Verex Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin
- City-County Building, Madison, Wisconsin
- Ross and Stevens Law Firm, Madison, Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin, Wausau
- Gooch and Wagstaff, Denver, Colorado
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals
- Persoft Company, Madison, Wisconsin
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Chicago, Illinois
- New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- County Board Conference Room, City-County Building, Madison, Wisconsin
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
1993-96 United States Embassy, Oslo, Norway
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Work reproduced for the cover of University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Parent Handbook, 1996
Work reproduced for the ccver of the 1994-96 Directory of the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
Work included in University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, A Guide to Patient and Visitor Services 1987
PUBLICATIONS
- 1985 New Art Examiner
- 1984 Fiberarts
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work has always revolved around paper. Initially I worked in a traditional way with watercolor. My
work evolved into paintings consisting of torn, painted papers and then to painted, paper sculpture.
During the fall of 1976, I began making my own paper pieces at Joe Wilfer's Upper U.S. Papermill in Oregon, Wisconsin. I started my own papermaking facility in 1980 when Joe moved to New York.
In molding the paper to my needs, I take into account size, thickness, shape, texture, color, then I use embossment of images to tell a story. When the pieces are pressed and dry, I use a brush to apply acrylics and then oil pastel, pastel and water-based paints to heighten the images. This way of working allows complete control of the process from beginning to end and can be exhilarating and magical.
Recent pieces used a reference to kite forms in combination with ideas that arose from a recent trip to Japan. Then, landscape took a strong lead with references to piers, boats and fish. Contemplating a move to Ashland, Oregon, I began two series: "Windows" which look out onto landscapes and "House with a View" also looking out to landscapes. My most recent series is "Mountains and Beyond" with references to Alaska, Utah and Oregon.