Mary Kocol
Photography
The Grand Trianon, Versailles ©2008
Mary Kocol is a fine art and editorial photographer based in Boston. She's a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and several Massachusetts Local Cultural Council grants. Editorial clients include The New York Times Magazine, Boston Magazine, and Doubleday.
One Person Exhibitions
2010 Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA - Read The Boston Globe review for this exhibition
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
2006, 2004, 2002, 1997, 1995, 1993 Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2009 Trinity Church Photography Project, Trinity Church in the City of Boston, MA
2005 Julia Margaret Cameron Museum, Isle of Wight, England, UK
2004, 1999, 1992, 1989 Atrium Gallery, WGBH-TV, Boston, MA
2003 Sojourn, Wethersfield Museum- Keeney Memorial, Wethersfield, CT
1998 Color and Toy Camera Photography, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Color Night Photography, Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA
1996 Venice, San Francisco, & Somerville, Dean's Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1996, 1991 Mayor Capuano's Office, City Hall, Somerville, MA
1992 Recent Color Photographs, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
1990 Somerville Community Access Television, Somerville, MA
Gallery at Cornerstone, Waltham, MA
Fogg Art Museum, Print Room, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1989 Midtown Y Photography Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Group Exhibitions
2012 America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
18th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2011 Plastic+Film: An Exhibition of Toy Camera Photography, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2010 Bon Appétit: A Visual Treat, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Our Town, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2009 Alter-Ego, Images Made with Toy Cameras and Alternative Photographic Processes,
Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
International Garden Photographer of the Year, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
2008 RISD and Photography, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Lilacs: Visions of Spring, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA
2007-2008 Moving Through New England, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2007 Boston City Hall, Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events, Boston, MA
Imaging Somerville, Discovering a City Through Art, Somerville Museum
2006-2007 Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Aspects of Architecture Photographs from the V&A Collection Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Three Photographers, RISD|works Gallery, Providence, RI
2003 Lost Theatres of Somerville, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
Seeing Is Believing, Faculty Exhibit, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2002 Illumine, Two Person Show with Rita Dawley, Hoxie Gallery, Westerly, RI
Max 24” Wide, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2001 Camera Work, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2000 Real Fun, An Exhibition Made With Toy Cameras, Elias Fine Art, Boston, MA
Celebrating Contemporary Art in New England,Recent Acquisitions, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1999 Recent Acquisitions & Gifts, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
1997 Autobiographies, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Incidental Grandeur, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Exhibition, Providence, RI
Matters of a Fine Wall, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1995 Home: A Contemporary Exhibition, Manchester Institute of the Arts, Manchester, NH
The Label Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Previews andFour Photographers, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1992 Critic's Choice, Duxbury Museum, Duxbury, MA
Invitational Photo Exhibition, Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
PRC Auction, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
1991 Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1989 Rooms With a View, Ledel Gallery, New York, NY
Color Works, a Two-Person Show, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM
New American Talent 1988, Traveling Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin,TX
Women Artists: An Album of Images, Galerie Triangle, Washington, D.C.
Annual Graduate Student's Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Collections
Bruce Berman Collection, Los Angeles
Boston Public Library
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Fidelity Investments
J. Paul Getty Museum
Lambert Art Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
Los Angeles County Art Museum of Art
Library of Congress
List Visuals Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photographic Resource Center, Member's Print Program 1993, Boston, MA
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Various private collectors, represented by Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Grants and Awards
2012 Highly Commended Portfolio, International Garden Photographer of the Year, Kew Gardens, England
2009 Finalist, International Garden Photographer of the Year, Kew Gardens, England
1999 Massachusetts Media Fellowship for filmmaking
1997 LEF Foundation Grant for animation
1997, 1993, 1991, 1990 Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant for animation and photography
1995 Boston Film/Video Foundation Fellowship for animation
1993 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for photography
Mary's fine art photography is represented in Massachusetts by
Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116