Mary Giehl

Mary Giehl was a Registered Nurse for 22 years till 1998. In 1985 she returned to school to study Fiber Arts at Syracuse University while continuing her career as a nurse. She graduate in 1989 with her BFA in Fiber Arts, then continued on to receive her Master’s in Fine Arts in Sculpture in 1992. Mary then taught sculpture till 2011, now she is able to focus on her art work

She has exhibited through out the North East, including solo shows at the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport Ct, Phoenix Gallery, NYC, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis Art Center. She has been included in many group exhibitions. She has been the recipient of many grants including the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Grant, the Puffin Foundation Grant and others.

BFA in Fiber Arts Syracuse University-1989
MFA in Sculpture-Syracuse Unoversity-1992

2017 Gannett Gallery, Utica, NY
2016 Rice is Life 2, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2015 Functioning Systems, Gallery Julies, Schweinfurth Art Cnter, Auburn, NY
2014 Rice is Life, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
A Functioning System, World of Threads Festival 2014, Oakville, ON, Canada
2012 A Functioning System, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Project Alex, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY in collaboration with Robert Loring
2009 Crystals, Gallery at the Ann Felton Multicultural Center, Syracuse, NY
Crystals 1, MOST, Syracuse, NY