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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

2017, 2013, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1997, 1995, 1993 Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

2014 Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
Select Toy Camera Garden Photographs, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA

2010 Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY

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

Group Exhibitions

2018            Secret Gardens, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA

                    Tokyo International Foto Awards, ICA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

                    Beauty/Beautiful, F-Stop, Online Exhibition

2016            Mt. Auburn Hospital, through Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA

                    Past Present Gordon Art Faculty, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College,
                    Wenham, MA

2015 New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA Juror: Aline Smithson

Recent Acquisitions: Photography, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA

2014            Dreaming Gardens, Adams Gallery, New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk                                 University Boston.

                    Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA

                    Light Matter, Griffin Museum of Photography, Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre.

                    Fall Back, Spring Forward, Flash Forward Festival, Photographic Resource Center,
                    Boston.

2013-2014 Still Life Lives! Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg , MA

2013 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Honorable Mention, Juror Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine

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

1996 DeCordova Collects Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

1995 Home: A Contemporary Exhibition, Manchester Institute of the Arts, Manchester, NH

1994 10 Artists/10 Visions: 1994, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

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

Collections

Bruce Berman Collection, Los Angeles
Boston Public Library
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Fidelity Investments
Fitchburg Art Museum
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

2013            Honorable Mention: 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography,
                    Kathy Ryan, Juror, Photo Editor of The New York Times Magazine
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

Select Publications
Boston Voyager, May 1, 2018: #BostonCreatives: the local artists who inspire us
L' Oeil de la Photographie/The Eye of Photography Blog : "Mary Kocol: Pursuing the Ephemeral" December 23, 2017
American Rose Magainze: cover and feature article, July/August 2017
Silvershotz, online photo magazine and annual book, May 2017
LENSCRATCH , Blog, Featured Artist, September 18, 2014
Popular Photography Magazine, “Freeze Frame,” August 2014, pages 35-36
O | The Oprah Magazine, “Live Your Best Life,” January 2014, p. 23
America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 2012
International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Five, 2012, Garden Photo Press, UK
International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Four, 2011
International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Two, 2009
Boston Globe, “They Play With Light and Glass,” September 15, 2010, p. G4
Massachusetts Cultural Council Art Sake Blog, September 10, 2010
The New Yorker Photo Booth Blog, July 4, 2010
New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 13-August 19, 2007; Ian Rankin’s “Doors Open” serial
Twilight, the Magic Hour, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2006
Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul Getty Trust, 2006
Boston Globe, “Artist Finds Inspiration in Her Own Backyard,” feature, March 19, 2004, p. C1
Boston Globe, “True Colors,” March 12, 2004, p. C18
New York Times Sunday Magazine, August 26, 2001, cover and pages 32-28
DoubleTake 6:1 "Home For The Holidays", Winter 2000, page 120
The Boston Globe, "Names and Faces" December 14, 1998
Aperture 130, Explorations: 10 Portfolios, Winter 1993
Camera and Darkroom, May 1992, cover and feature article
Art News, March 1992, page 44
MoMa's Member's Quarterly, Fall 1991, page 17
Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, 1991, page 35

& More

2016 Animation reviwer, to senior projects, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room host volunteer

2014 Juror: Mystic Arts Center, regional photography competition, Mystic CT

2012 Selection Committee: 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Japan

2003-2005 and 1996-1998 Somerville Illuminations Tour: Photographer

2002-2003 Lost Theatres of Somerville: Documentary photographer

1990-1998 Somerville Garden Awards: photographer, juror

Mary's fine art photography is represented in Massachusetts by
Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116

Mary Kocol Photography
New: Ice Garden Series	Garden Roses ©2008, Mary Kocol 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. CV One Person Exhibitions *2017, 2013, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1997, 1995, 1993* Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 2014 Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY Select Toy Camera Garden Photographs, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA 2010 Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY 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 Group Exhibitions 2018 Secret Gardens, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA Tokyo International Foto Awards, ICA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Beauty/Beautiful, F-Stop, Online Exhibition 2016 Mt. Auburn Hospital, through Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA Past Present Gordon Art Faculty, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 2015 New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA Juror: Aline Smithson Recent Acquisitions: Photography, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA 2014 Dreaming Gardens, Adams Gallery, New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University Boston. Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA Light Matter, Griffin Museum of Photography, Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre. Fall Back, Spring Forward, Flash Forward Festival, Photographic Resource Center, Boston. 2013-2014 Still Life Lives! Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg , MA 2013 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Honorable Mention, Juror Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine 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 1996 DeCordova Collects Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 1995 Home: A Contemporary Exhibition, Manchester Institute of the Arts, Manchester, NH 1994 10 Artists/10 Visions: 1994, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA 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 Collections Bruce Berman Collection, Los Angeles Boston Public Library Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA Fidelity Investments Fitchburg Art Museum 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 2013 Honorable Mention: 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Kathy Ryan, Juror, Photo Editor of The New York Times Magazine 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 Select Publications Boston Voyager, May 1, 2018: #BostonCreatives: the local artists who inspire us L' Oeil de la Photographie/The Eye of Photography Blog : "Mary Kocol: Pursuing the Ephemeral" December 23, 2017 American Rose Magainze: cover and feature article, July/August 2017 Silvershotz, online photo magazine and annual book, May 2017 LENSCRATCH , Blog, Featured Artist, September 18, 2014 Popular Photography Magazine, “Freeze Frame,” August 2014, pages 35-36 O \| The Oprah Magazine, “Live Your Best Life,” January 2014, p. 23 America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 2012 International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Five, 2012, Garden Photo Press, UK International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Four, 2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection Two, 2009 Boston Globe, “They Play With Light and Glass,” September 15, 2010, p. G4 Massachusetts Cultural Council Art Sake Blog, September 10, 2010 The New Yorker Photo Booth Blog, July 4, 2010 New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 13-August 19, 2007; Ian Rankin’s “Doors Open” serial Twilight, the Magic Hour, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2006 Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul Getty Trust, 2006 Boston Globe, “Artist Finds Inspiration in Her Own Backyard,” feature, March 19, 2004, p. C1 Boston Globe, “True Colors,” March 12, 2004, p. C18 New York Times Sunday Magazine, August 26, 2001, cover and pages 32-28 DoubleTake 6:1 "Home For The Holidays", Winter 2000, page 120 The Boston Globe, "Names and Faces" December 14, 1998 Aperture 130, Explorations: 10 Portfolios, Winter 1993 Camera and Darkroom, May 1992, cover and feature article Art News, March 1992, page 44 MoMa's Member's Quarterly, Fall 1991, page 17 Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, 1991, page 35 & More 2016 Animation reviwer, to senior projects, Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room host volunteer 2014 Juror: Mystic Arts Center, regional photography competition, Mystic CT 2012 Selection Committee: 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Japan 2003-2005 and 1996-1998 Somerville Illuminations Tour: Photographer 2002-2003 Lost Theatres of Somerville: Documentary photographer 1990-1998 Somerville Garden Awards: photographer, juror Mary's fine art photography is represented in Massachusetts by Gallery NAGA 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
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