Mari Shields, sculptor
2010
Beelden Biennale Beerse, Beerse, BE
Blue Poplar, Amsterdam (Geuzeveld)
Galerie De Meerse, Hoofdorp, NL
2009
Galerie De Meerse, Hoofdorp, NL
De Olmenhorst, Lisserbroek, NL
Terra come arte, Viterbo, IT
2008
90 jaar Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers/
Dutch Sculptors Association 90 Years, Studio Pulchri, the Hague
Sequoia project, Parco di Levico, Levico Terme, (TN) Italy
Kasteel-Museum Sypestein, Nieuw Loosdrecht, NL, cat
2007
Amsterdam Uitmarkt: solo Azartplein
Saksala Art Radius, Houkivuori, Finland
Kunstmaand Ameland, solo
2006
Galerie Parc des sculptures Le Besset, St. Jeures d’Andaure, France
Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, NL
'Crystalic', Leeuwaarden, Wim Vromans Gallery
2005
Umlauf Museum & Sculpture Garden/Austin Green Art, Austin TX, solo
Saksala Art Radius, Houkivuori Finland 'Less is More Again', cat.
Galerie Vromans/Crystalic, Leeuwaarden, NL
2004
Jubileumtentoonstelling Menno Bauer SBK Alkmaar, NL
Miniature Museum, Amsterdam
2003
Gallery Wim Vromans, Amsterdam solo
Bergkerk Deventer, NL (Hannema-Stuers Foundation), solo, cat.
Isola di Pasqua, Hoorn NL
2002
Lehman Art Gallery, City Colleges of New York, New York
Bergkerk, Deventer (Hannema-Stuers Fundatie) cat.
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Landschap-Partnerschap Groeneveld Park, Baarn, NL cat.
Field Museum (Pier Walk), Chicago
2001
Carpinus, Quercus et Aesculus, Stompetoren, NL, solo
Pier Walk ’01, maquette show, Daly Center, Chicago, cat.
Wandell Sculpture Garden, Urbana, IL
2000
Gallery Vromans, Amsterdam solo
Post Zutphen, Zutphen, NL cat.
’Buitenste-Binnen’, Hoorn (Boterhal), NL solo
’Natuur@Kunst’, Dwingelderveld National Park, NL cat.
Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer MN, USA cat.
Shigrinne, Pier Walk ’00, Chicago cat.
It’s Sculpture!, Washington, DC
1999
Plattsburgh Museum of Art, Plattsburgh NY, USA (permanent) cat.
Keukenhof, Lisse, NL
Groeneveld Park, Baarn cat.
’Stadsbeelden’, Emmen, NL cat.
’Grote Sloot in Beeld’ Zijpe, NL cat.
’Voetsporen/Oerol’, Terschelling, NL
Pier Walk 99, Chicago cat.
’Transformaties’, Haarlemmermeer, NL cat.
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago (Pier Walk)
1998
Sycamore City Park, Sycamore, IL, USA solo
Convergence XI, Providence, RI, USA
Pier Walk 98, Chicago cat.
Kunstuitleen Nieuwegein, NL
City Hall Gorinchem, NL
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago
1997
Sauk Valley College, Dixon, IL, USA (permanent) solo
Slot Sypestein, Loosdrecht, NL
Pier Walk 97, Chicago cat.
’Natuur in Beeld’ Loevestein Castle, NL
’Beelden aan de Linge’, Geldermalsen, NL
’Monument for a Beech’, Albrandswaard, NL cat.
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago (Pier Walk)
1996
’Houwen in Hout’, Orvelte, NL
L5, Roermond, NL solo
Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
Marquette Castle Park, Heemskerk, NL
Stadsbeelden Emmen cat.
Drechtoevers Sculpture Park cat.
Park Groeneveld, Baarn cat.
1995
Jeune Peinture, Paris
Born in Bangor, ME, USA, 15 September, 1948
American and Dutch citizen
education
Master of Fine Arts (MFA sculpture) Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1980
Licensed goldsmith, Amsterdam 1972
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA painting), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1970
Brown University Creative Writing Program, Providence, RI 1969
grants/stipends
New Media & Film Division, New York Council for the Arts
Schermer Art Council, NL
Jerome Fellowship, Minnesota
Province of North Holland
Washington, DC Arts Council
Plattsburgh Museum of Art, New York
city of Albrandswaard, NL
City of Sycamore, Illinois, Sauk Valley College, Oregon, IL
Foundation for the Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
Prince Bernard Foundation
Province of Utrecht, NL
collections
City University of New York (Lehman Gallery) Western Michigan University
Wandell Sculpture Park, Urbana, IL.
Plattsburgh Museum of Art, NY
Arena Stage, Washington, DC
Cities of Amsterdam
Albrandswaard (NL)
Utrecht (NL)
Sycamore, IL (USA)
publications
Beeld Supplement, (artist’s publication, distribution Dutch Sculptor’s Association)
RISD VIEWS, Kunstbeeld (Dutch art monthly) Nieuws van de Dag (national newspaper): (solo reviews)
BK Info, Beelden, , NRC Handelsblad, Volkskrant, Vitrine, Metropolis M, ’NOVA’ and NOS Dutch national television broadcasts, etc.: (work in group exhibitions selected for review)
activities (art)
board member, Atelier WG, Amsterdam, (Netherlands’ largest art studio complex)
BNK national artists’ union representative
Netherlands Ministry of Culture policy board: ’BK Overleg’
board member, Dutch Sculptors’ Association (NKvB) for exhibition policy
activities (other)
Writer, editor & translator on contemporary art for English language publications (Metropolis M), publishers (NAi, BIS), museums (Amsterdam Stedelijk, Boymans-van Beuningen, the Hague, Kröller-Müller, Groninger Museum, Utrecht Central), art schools and universities (Rietveld and Rijks Academies, Sandberg Institute, European Design Institute, the Design Academy, Vrije Universiteit, etc), the Dutch Ministry of Culture, the Foundation for the Fine Arts, Architecture and Design, etc.
Teacher, creative writing, Volksuniversiteit Amsterdam