Preserving the artist's heritage
Mavis Smith

Sponsored by Michener Art Museum
Zoriana Siokalo, Advisor
Steph Heilakka, Docent
Nancy Stock-Allen, Docent

Mavis  Smith

Born: 1956, USA
 

Education

 

1973 - 77    PRATT INSTITUTE, New York, NY

2002           SEATTLE ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Seattle, WA

 

Solo Exhibitions
 

2015            PAYNE GALLERY/MORAVIAN COLLEGE, Bethlehem, PA 2014            

                    MONMOUTH    UNIVERSITY, W. Long Branch, NJ

2012            MICHENER ART MUSEUM, Doylestown, PA

2010            WALTER RANDEL GALLERY, New York, NY

2003            GALLERY OF FINE ART, Newtown, PA

1992            CITICORP CENTER, Princeton, NJ

1991            ANN REID GALLERY, Princeton, NJ 

1983            KERR GALLERY, New York, NY

1977            GALLERY D'EENDT, Amsterdam, Holland

1977            BASEL INT'L ART FAIR, Basel, Switzerland

 

Selected Group Shows


2017            J CACCIOLA GALLERY W, Bernardsville, Nj 

2016     J CACCIOLA GALLERY W, Bernardsville, NJ 

2014            PHILLIPS MILL EXHIBITION, New Hope, PA

2010            NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, NJ

2009            MICHENER ART MUSEUM, Doylestown, PA

2009            WALTER RANDEL GALLERY, New York, NY

2009            SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY

2008            WALTER RANDEL GALLERY, New York, NY

2008            TURNER CARROLL GALLERY, Santa Fe, NM

2007            BUCKS GALLERY OF FINE ART, Newtown, PA

2005            MICHENER ART MUSEUM, New Hope, PA

2003            PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB, Philadelphia, PA

2002            BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB, Lawrenceville, PA

2000            ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Allentown, PA

1988            BASEL INT'L ART FAIR, Basel, Switzerland

1982            ALAN STONE GALLERY, New York, NY

1980            NEW YORK ART EXPO, New York, NY


Additional Work Experience


Prior to 2005, Mavis Smith was the illustrator, and sometime author, of numerous books for children.  She has worked with most of the large publishing houses, including Scholastic, Henry Holt,, Simon & Schuster and Penguin/ Puffin.




Selected Media


American Arts Quarterly, Spring 2012, Traditionalism Comes of Age by Gail Leggio

Accumulating Histories, 2012, Yale University Press

Hidden Realities, 2012, exhibition catalog, The Michener Art Museum

Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/ 2012

ICON Magazine, 2/ 2012

Twenty Years of Collecting, 2010, The James A. Michener Art Museum

Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/ 2006