EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A. Sculpture, University of Arizona
2000 B.F.A. Sculpture, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
LARGE SCALE INSTALLATIONS | PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2025-27 Terrazzo Floor Design, Public Art Commission, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ (in progress)
2025 Desert Leaves, Public Art Commission, Edward Jones Investments, Scottsdale, AZ
2024-25 The Leaf Connection Community Art Project/Installation, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ
2021 Seed Path, Public Art Commission, Alamar Community Public Art Program, Avondale, AZ
2020 Biophilia Leaves II, Public Art Commission, Royal Caribbean International, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Biophilia, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2018 Transient Luster, The Balcony at London Gold, Scottsdale, AZ
2017 Luster, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2014 Branching Patterns, Gallery five18, Boise, ID
2012 Mirrored, Eye Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
2005 Presence: MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2002 Sustenance, MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
2000 In the Fold: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Arizona Biennial, Guest Juror: Julie Rodrigues Wildholm, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2025 The Artists of Cattle Track, Scottsdale Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, AZ
The Box Invitational: Pour Me a Triple, 180 Degrees Design + Build, Phoenix, AZ
2024 There is No Planet B, Centre Space Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2023 Some Kind of Nature, FOMA Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Desert Roots: The Story of a Seed, i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ
Diversity in the Desert, Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
phICA Trajectory Print Collection, Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
The Future of Printmaking, Mesa Community College Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2022 Less is More, FOUND:RE Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix Art Now IV, Mesa Community College Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2021 Color: The Beauty and Science of Color, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
Socially Distanced, Center Space Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Artlink 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, FOUND:RE Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
Approaching the Natural, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
2020 Arizona Biennial, Guest Curator: Joe Baker, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
20/20: Twenty years of Eye Lounge, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Artlink’s Gala Exhibition, Park Central, Phoenix, AZ
Portland on the Park Collection Exhibition, Portland on the Park Condominiums, Phoenix, AZ
Artlink's 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Park Central, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Art on the Cellular Level, Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
Fantastical Botanical, Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery, Chandler, AZ
Five 15 to the Fifth, Five 15 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Going Once! Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Ceramic+, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2017 Contemporary Forum Awards Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
A Sense of Place, Juror: Garth Johnson, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Little by Little, Juror: Julie Sasse, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
No Paint Required, The Coe House, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Sonoran Symbiosis, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
The Field, Denver Capital Building, Denver, CO
Little Sculpture Show: ISC 2016 Award Gala, Three Sixty, New York City, NY
Botanical Garden, Tempe Public Library, Tempe, AZ
Imprint, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Snow: Invitational Group Exhibition, The Coe House, Phoenix, AZ
Block Garden, Made Art Boutique, Phoenix, AZ
2015 From Where I Stand, uBe Art Gallery, Berkley, CA
Wax Stories, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
International Sculpture Conference: Little Sculpture Show, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Flora and Fauna, Orange County Creatives Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
SMoCA Mix, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Distilled in the Desert: ASU Alumni Exhibition, Curator: Mary Neubauer, Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
The Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Southwestern Invitational Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
Self-Made: Eye Lounge 15 Year Retrospective, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2014 Gallery five18 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery five18, Boise, ID
The Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2013 American Dream, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
Artists in Sanctuary, Sanctuary Resort and Spa, Paradise Valley, AZ
10 x 10 Benefit Show, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2012 Petite: An Exhibition of Small Works, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Transitive Ephemera, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Fresh, Eye Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
Strange Botany, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2011 Eye Candy, Eye Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Unpolished: Feminist Art Exhibition, The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, AZ
2007 Arizona Biennial, Guest Curator: Dianne Vanderlip, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004 What’s Love Got To Do With It?, Curator: Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
AWARDS | GRANTS | SCHOLARSHIPS
2023 Arizona Commission on the Arts Grant
2020 Pat Mutterer Memorial Award, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art
Night Bloom Grant, MOCA Tucson + Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
2016 Contemporary Forum Artist Grant, Phoenix Art Museum
2007 George McCullough Award, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art
2005 Master of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, University of Arizona
Medici Scholarship, University of Arizona
Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona
Graduate Tuition Award, University of Arizona
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | AFFILIATIONS
2024 International Sculpture Center, Member
ecoartspace, Environmental Artist Group, Member
2022 Artist Presentation, “The Leaf Connection Project”, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ
2021 Artist Residency, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
2020 Trajectory Print Portfolio Project, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (phICA), Phoenix, AZ
2019 Artist Talk, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2017 Presenting Artist, Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Panelist, Casting Metal, Making Art, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2014-15 Represented Artist, Gallery five18, Boise, ID
2012-14 Represented Artist, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2011-13 Eye Lounge Artist Collective, Phoenix, AZ
2002 Panelist, 4th International Conference on Cast Iron Art, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2001-02 MARS Art Space Collective, Phoenix, AZ
SELECTED MEDIA | PRESS
2024 "Meet The Leaf Connection Creator Mary Meyer" Online. Desert Botanical Garden Blog, 25 July.
2021 “Meet the Artist: Mary Meyer Makes ‘Off the Wall’ Art” Online. Scottsdale Daily Independent, 24 August.
2020 “Meet Mary Meyer: Visual Artist” Artist Interview. Online. Voyage Phoenix Magazine, 30 April.
2019 Grant Vetter. "Mary Meyer: An Art of Conscience and Consequence" In print and online. JAVA Magazine, 3 October.
2016 Bartkowski, Becky. "100 Creatives: Sculptor Mary Meyer" Online. Phoenix New Times, 19 July.
2015 Taylor, Winn. “Mary Meyer: Lifting the Veil of Duality” Online. uBe Art Blog, 25 November.
2012 Jagmin, Christopher, “Artist Interview: Mary Meyer” Online. Culture Seen, 8 May.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Carmody Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Edward Jones Investments, Scottsdale, AZ
London Gold, Scottsdale, AZ
Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum and Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Museum
Portable Works Collection, City of Tempe, AZ
Royal Caribbean International
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA)
Tucson Museum of Art