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Select One Person Exhibitions
2024, 2020, 2017, 2013, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1997, 1995, 1993 Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2020 Ice Gardens, Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington, MA
2016 Gardens and Arboreta,Park Street Church, 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
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Harvard Staff Art Show 2023, Memorial Church, Harvard University
2022 Making Pictures from Plants: Contemporary Anthotypes, Co-Curator with Jesseca Ferguson, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
5 Years of Aspect Initiative at the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
2021 Night Vision: Nocturnal Musings by NAGA Artists, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Somerville as Muse: 12 Artists Influenced by The City, Curated by Debra Olin, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA,
with video interview: https://brickbottom.org/somerville-as-muse-mary-kocol/
2020 Virtual Summer Camp: New Work by NAGA Artists, online show, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Photograms Exhibition, Don't Take Pictures, online and Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN.
2019 Avant Gardens, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2018 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Juror: Jennifer Shaw
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 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, MA
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
Light Matter, Griffin Museum of Photography, Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre, MA
Fall Back, Spring Forward, Flash Forward Festival at the Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
2013-2014 Still Life Lives! Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA
2013 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Honorable Mention
2012-2013 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, Art of and About Somerville, MA, 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, Somerville, MA
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 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
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
10 Artists/10 Visions: 1994, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
The Label Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Previews and Four 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
Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Rooms With a View, Ledel Gallery, New York, NY
Midtown Y Photography Gallery, New York, NY
Color Works, a Two-Person Show, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Grants and Awards
2022 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Honorable Mention for Ephemeral Portraits, Anthotype series.
2017 First Place: My New England photo competition, Yankee Magazine
2013 Honorable Mention: 19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
Kathy Ryan, Juror, Photo Editor of The New York Times Magazine
2012, 2011, 2009 Highly Commended/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
Guest Artist
Wellesley College, Anthotype presentation to Intro Art 108 course, April, 2023
Photographic Resource Center, Botanical Photography on zoom, January 2023
Showa Boston, Museum and Collections, Art and Design courses, August 2022
Harvard Art Museums Materials Lab Workshop: Making Sun Prints with Plants, Anthotype demo coinciding with White Shadows exhibition, May 2022
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Virtual Summer Solstice Anthotype presentation, June 2021
Artist Residency
Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2023
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
Yale-New Haven Art Program
Various private collectors, represented by Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Select Publications and Blogs-Photographs
The Hand Magazine, “Artist Interview: Malin Fabbri,” Issue 40, May 2023, p. 45
Boston Globe, “Anthotypes and the Art of Letting Go,” by Cate McQuaid, April 1, 2022, p. G6
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1, by Malin Fabbri, 2022, p.36
Pétala Magazine, Curated by Gabriella Chad, Berlin, Germany, Autumn 2021
Art e Dossier,“30th Anniversary of Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort,” by Francesca Orsi, September 2021, p 32-37
Boston Sunday Globe, “Stuck at Home These Artists are Doing Great Things on Instagram,” April 5, 2020, p N2
L' Oeil de la Photographie/The Eye of Photography, Blog, Featured Artist, March 10, 2020
D Magazine, La Repubblica, Italy, “Uber-Bouquet” by Laura Bianchi, July 27, 2019, p 104
American Rose Magazine Annual, December 2018, p 75-77
MetroWest Daily News, September 6, 2018 and Providence Journal: September 5, 2018: Massachusetts’ Toy Camera
Festival puts photos in a different light, by Beth Hunter
Boston Voyager, May 1, 2018: #BostonCreatives: the local artists who inspire us
Good2b, a Culture Journal Blog in Spain: ”Mary Kocol y el Arte de Congelar la Belleza“ by Cecilia Díaz Betz, Featured Artist, January 1, 2018
L' Oeil de la Photographie/The Eye of Photography, Blog, Featured Artist, December 23, 2017
American Rose Magazine, cover and feature article July/August 2017 issue, pages 54-58
Boston Globe, “In Boston’s Snowpocalypse, Some Find Inspiration,” Saturday Arts Feature, February 21, 2015, p.G4 and online with time lapse video feature
Final Frame, Professional Photographer Magazine, January 2015, vol. 142, p.114
Frozen Beauty, Boston Magazine, Winter 2015, p. 23
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, p. 111
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, mention and photograph posted September 10, 2010
The New Yorker Photo Booth Blog, mention and photograph posted July 4, 2010
Light Leaks Magazine, “Ebb and Flow” Issue 17, 2010
Light Leaks Magazine, “Childhood” Issue 14, 2009
Light Leaks Magazine, “Road Trip” Issue 13, 2009
New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 13-August 19, 2007; 15 photographs published with
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
Somerville City of Lights, booklet with photo essay, Somerville Arts Council publication, 2006
Harvard Gazette, “Mary Kocol Photo Narrator” Big Picture section, April 7, 2005, p. 5
Somerville Journal, “Christmas in Somerville,” memoir by Mary Kocol, December 2, 2004, p.8
Boston Globe, “Artist Finds Inspiration in Her Own Backyard,” feature, March 19, 2004, p. C1
Boston Globe, “True Colors,” March 12, 2004, p. C18
Maverick Arts Boston’s Visual Newsletter, Issue #130, “Neo Post Pictorialism” March 8, 2004
Communication Arts Photography Annual 44, August 2003, pages 102-103
Wethersfield Life, February 2003
Hartford Courant, “Photographer Comes Home”, January 16, 2003
House and Garden, December 2002, page 106
Westerly Sun, "Illume-inating", November 2002
Boston Globe, "Using Light to Touch and Transform", February 9, 2002, page F1
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
Somerville Journal, "All Told" column, September 10,1998
RISD Views, Summer 1997, Volume 9, Number 3, front and back covers
artsMedia, June 1997, "Mary Kocol: The Toy Camera in the Garden", page 28
Art News, May 1997, "City Focus Boston", page 87
The Boston Globe, May 29, 1997, page E3
The Boston Herald, "Mary Kocol's Toys Are Hardly Playthings", May 16, 1997, page 59
MIT Tech Talk, September 18, 1996, page 7
Boston Sunday Herald, September 15, 1996, page 38
Bay State Newspapers, Arts & Entertainment, September 28, 1995, page L1
Architectural Record Lighting, May 1995, pp30-33
Independent, November 1994, page 40
America Illustrated, published in Russia, June 1993, page 24
Bay State Newspapers, Arts & Entertainment, May 27, 1993, page L1
Aperture 130, Explorations: 10 Portfolios, Winter 1993
Somerville Community News, June 1992, page 11
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
New York Times, September 27, 1991, page C1
New York Magazine, September 23, 1991, page 99
House and Garden, September 1991, page 96
Publications – Photo Books
Ice Gardens: The Poetics of Nature, self-published book, foreword by John R. Stilgoe, 2013
Presentations/Workshops
North Stonington Historical Society Open House, Anthotype workshop, North Stonington, CT, 2023
Wellesley College, Anthotype and Artist Lecture to Intro Art 108 class, 2023
Harvard Art Museums Materials Lab, Anthotype workshop, with White Shadows exhibit, Cambridge, MA 2022
Photographic Resource Center, visiting artist to: Anthotype Workshop by Jesseca Ferguson, August 2021, Boston, MA
Harvard Museum of Science and Culture, online Summer Solstice Celebration: Anthotypes: Harnessing the Power of the Sun, June 2021
Harvard Art Museums, Staff Lunch Talk online: Making Anthotypes from the Garden, March 2021
Freelance Photography
1988–present, clients include: Doubleday/Broadway Books, Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Harvard Graduate School of Design Exhibitions Department, New York Times Magazine, Rounder Books, Harvard Law Bulletin, Regional Review, Boston Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, Geffen Records, Palm Press, Simon & Schuster, Pearson Publishing, First Night Boston, Museum of Modern Art Holiday Card program, Architectural Record Magazine, Somerville Arts Council, Rhode Island School of Design, Forest Hills Trust, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and still photography for three independent films in Boston.
Independent Animation
Animation reviewer: 2016, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Senior Animation projects.
Selection Committee: 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Japan. Evaluated over 2,100 animated short films from around the world with a panel of 4 international animators over three weeks and assisted with programming the Competition section of the festival.
Produced three award-winning independent short films screened at national and international festivals and cable television.
Community Involvement
Massachusetts Master Gardener: volunteer gardening and outreach, 2015-present. Certified Massachusetts Master Gardener since 2015, Principal Master Gardener since 2018.
Lexington Christian Academy – visiting artist, Lexington, MA, January 2020.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room host volunteer, June 2015.
English as Second Language Volunteer Teacher 2013-2015: Highrock Church, Arlington, MA. Taught ESL class, with reading skills and conversational English.
Juror: Mystic Arts Center, Mystic CT. Evaluated over two hundred framed photographs for a regional art photography exhibition and determined prizewinners, September 2014.
Somerville Garden Tour Volunteer Photographer 2013, 2010: for Somerville Garden Club’s event. Pictures used for promotion, documentation.
Selection Committee: 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Japan. Evaluated over 2,100 animated short films from around the world with a panel of four international animators over three weeks in May and assisted with programming the Competition section of the festival for August. This was a fantastic experience.
Mentor, Spring 2010: Mentored a senior student from the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School about photography. Student’s final project on toy camera photography produced a presentation and self-published book of
pictures.
Somerville Illuminations Tour, 2003-2005 and 1996-1998: Photographer. Worked with Somerville Arts Council to produce photographs of a popular community holiday trolley tour of light displays. Pictures were produced as greeting cards and a photo essay in a book entitled “Somerville City of Lights,” published by the City of Somerville Arts Council in 2006.
Lost Theatres of Somerville, 2002-2003: Documentary photographer for a collaborative project and exhibition between Tufts University and the Somerville Museum. Curated by David Guss, Professor of Anthropology, Tufts University. http://www.losttheatres.org/
Somerville Garden Awards, 1990-1998: Photographer and judge of annual community garden event. Collaborated with Cecily Miller, Director of the Somerville Arts Council. Personal photographs served as Ms. Miller’s inspiration for the exhibition component of this nine-year community arts project that involved oral histories and annual exhibitions of portraits and winning gardens.
Current Position
Fine Arts Photographer, Harvard Art Museums, part-time, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2017-present
Photographer, Imaging Services, Harvard Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2004-2017
Education
Massachusetts Master Gardener’s Program, certification since 2015
Harvard University Extension School, non-degree learning pursuits in writing, poetry, book art, history, green
infrastructures. 2004-present
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Master of Fine Arts, Photography
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography