Mary Begley

Born USA 1963

Begley was born in Buffalo but raised in Saratoga, New York, she returned to her birth place to acquire her BFA from Buffalo State College and then her MFA from The University of Buffalo.
Begley is a New York State Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellow and a Saltonstall Foundation Fellow. Begley’s painting, Incubation was awarded “Best in Show” in the 2012 MADE IN NY exhibit at Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center.
Long time label manager for Ani DiFranco she has retired from the music industry and continues to live and work in Buffalo NY.

Artist Statement:
My work is rooted in abstract art. It is about thinking, feeling and comprehending on a subconscious level. My artworks compose stories through color, texture, line and form. Each piece is a journey which starts with one brush stroke and then builds upon that one mark with each additional spontaneous layer. I let the scene unfold as I work. It is spontaneous mark making while a broader theme is conceptualized the individual pieces take on a life of their own in a meditative process.

In my recent abstract paintings I explore naturalistic and bio-morphic forms and investigate how we receive information into the body and the memory of that information. Physi...

M.F.A. - Painting, 1989 State University of New York at Buffalo

B.F.A. - Painting, 1987 State University College of New York at Buffalo

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Three Degrees of Abstraction: Paintings, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda NY
From the Forest Floor to the Ether, Dolce Valvo Gallery SUNY Niagara, Sanborn NY

2023
Group Show, Betty’s Restaurant, Buffalo NY
Buffalo Society of Artist Open, River Gallery, Tonawanda NY
Big Orbit Members Show, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo NY
Drawing Rally winter, Hallwalls, Buffalo NY

2022
Three Artists, WNYAG Gallery, Buffalo NY
Roots, Gallery Arte Azulejo, New York, NY
Small Works 2022, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs NY

2021
Made in NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn NY

2020
20/20 Vision: Women Artists in Western New York, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University

MARY BEGLEY 2020: Paintings and Assemblage, Artspace Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo NY

2018
Faculty Group Show, Daemen College
BUFFALO INFRINGEMENT, 515 Main Street Gallery Group Show.

2017
Hallwalls Auction; Woman's Work, Buffalo NY

2016
Amid/In part 7, Hallwalls Art Gallery

The Abstract Tableau, Pausa Art House, Buffalo NY

2015
Monster (Juried group show), 464 Gallery, Buffalo NY

2014
DAMON MOREY, Annual Emerging Converging Art, Buffalo NY

ART OF DARKNESS. Minneapolis MN

LAMOREAUX Winery and Gallery, Lodi NY

2013
STORY OF THE CREATIVE, See|Exhibiti...