Education:
MFA, Painting, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1978
BFA, Daemen University, Buffalo, NY, 1975

Grants/Awards:

2020      Juror's Award, Present Tense, Matzke Fine Art, Woman Painters of WA  

2019      Juror's Award, Women Painters of WA Elemental Rhapsody at American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2018     Mayor's Arts Award, City of Bellingham, WA

2004     Annual Pastel 100 competition, The Pastel Journal
              Finalist, Sennelier Pastel Art Competition, Savoir Faire
2001     Washington Museum Association, Award for Publication Excellence, Anna Jefferson:
              Northwest Native Basketweaver
1997     Washington Art Education Association, Distinguished Service Award
1987     Montana Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship
1987     Missoula Art Museum, Purchase Award
1982     Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Exhibition Award

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018     Mary Jo Maute, Block Prints, Honey Moon, Bellingham, WA

2018     Nothing is Lost, Honey Salon, Bellingham, WA

2017     Mary Jo Maute, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2013     Mary Jo Maute, City Hall, Bellingham Arts Commission, Bellingham, WA
2004     Mary Jo Maute, Mindport Exhibits, Bellingham, WA
1999     Mary Jo Maute: Ten Year Survey, Allied Arts of Whatcom County
1989     Mary Jo Maute, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1985     Mary Jo Maute, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
              Mary Jo Maute, Fine Arts Gallery, Haynes Hall, MSU Bozeman, MT
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022     Intersections, Women Painters of WA, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA

2022     Museum of Northwest Art 30th Annual Art Auction, La Conner, WA 

2022     Women Painters of WA at Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA

2021     Fourth Corner Frames, Fall Show, Bellingham WA

2020     Present Tense, Matzke Fine Art,  Camano Island, WA

2019     Women Painters of WA Elemental Rhapsody at American Art Company, Tacoma, WA

2019     Mary Jo Maute and Denise Snyder,  Dakota Art Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2019     Rising, Fourth Corner Frames, Bellingham, WA

2018     Painted Objects: Luminous Portals, Makeshift Art Space, Bellingham, WA

2018     Play of Light, Women Painters of Washington juried show, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA 

2018     Ruckus Art Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2017     Fall Group Show, The Allery Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2017     The West Reimagined, White Apple Gallery, Whitefish, MT

2016     Nature of Form and Color Moved with Sound, Hatch 2.0, Bellingham, WA

2015     Transformations & Translations: Paintings & Assemblages, The Works Studio, Bellingham, WA    

2013     Nature in the Balance: Artists Interpreting Climate Change, Open Call, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA        
2012      Big Paintings, Studio UFO, Bellingham, WA
               The Art of Prints, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
               Healing Through Art, Peace Health Hospital, Bellingham, WA
2010      Fate of the Forest: Open Call, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
             Plein Air exhibition, Mindport Exhibits, Bellingham, WA
2006 -2009      PAPO, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2005      Montana Connections, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
             Two-person exhibition, Whatcom Educational Credit Union, Bellingham, WA
             Savoir Faire, Pastel Competition, Imagery Gallery, Novato, CA, Wolf Kahn, Juror
2003      Works from the Permanent Collection, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2000      Gibson and Maute, Skagit Valley Community College, Mount Vernon, WA
1997      Where Do You Live?: House Images from the Permanent Collection, Missoula Art Museum, MT
1994      Ana23 National exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
             Penelope Loucas Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1993      Montana Choice, Traveling exhibition organized by the Hockaday Museum, Kallispell, MT
             Three from Montana, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1992      Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
1991      Big Sky, Bold Wind, Boulder Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
             Mystical Reflections of the Big Sky, Traveling exhibition organized by Haynes Fine Arts Center, MSU, Bozeman, MT
              Deschner/Maute, Northcutt Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT
             Women’s Work: A Montana Centennial Traveling Exhibit
1988     The Drawing Show, 1988, Koslow Rayl Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
             Artists Under the Big Sky, Bridge Street Gallery, Big Fork, MT
1987      Permanent Collection Exhibition, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
             Montana Landscape, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kallispell, MT
             Western Places, Missoula Museum for the Arts, Missoula, MT
1985      Five Contemporary Artists, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
1983      Two person exhibition, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1982      Arts ’82, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1980      Sixth Colorado Annual, Juried exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1977      Drawing Show, College Art Association, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1976     All Colorado Show, Juried exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1975     35th Annual Western New York Show, juried exhibition at Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

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Gallery Affiliation

Women Painters of Washington, Columbia Center, 701 5th Ave, Seattle, WA

 

Public Collections

Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT
Deaconess Medical Center, Billings, MT
Miriam Sample Collection
Banner Building Collection, Billings, MT

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Memberships

Women Painters of Washington

 

Residencies

Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY, 2013

Bibliography/Publications
The Year’s Best Art, The Pastel Journal, no. 37 (April 2005)
Exhibition catalog: Montana Connections, 2005, Yellowstone Art Museum
Exhibition catalog: Mystical Reflections of the Big Sky, 1990, Haynes Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, Montana
Exhibition Catalog: Women’s Work: The Montana Women’s Centennial Art Survey Exhibition
1889-1989, Custer County Art Center
Exhibition catalog: Mary Jo Maute, 1985, Yellowstone Art Museum

Professional Employment
1996 – 2017 Education & Public Program Coordinator, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
1988 – 1995 Curator of Education, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
1983 – 1989 Artist in Residence, via state arts commissions in MT, ND, ID, and WA