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Mary Snyder Behrens 

(b. 1957) grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She studied at Mount Mary College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and received  a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1982.


Since the 1980s, her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, both juried and invitational, at galleries and museums throughout the US, and in Japan, Chile, Canada and the UK. It has also been featured in nearly thirty solo exhibitions at universities, art centers and museums.


Her work in represented in various private and public collections, and has received awards from the Ohio Arts Council (twice) and the Iowa Arts Council (four times). 

Mary Snyder Behrens, White Wish III (2005). Fabric construction. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d.

Mary Snyder Behrens

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MARY SNYDER BEHRENS

exhibition catalog / 2005




Mary Snyder Behrens, American Canvas 006 (2002). Assemblage. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d.

Mary Snyder Behrens, American Canvas 006 (2002). Assemblage. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d.

TEXTILE ART

Mary Snyder Behrens, American Canvas 006 (2002). Assemblage. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d. Museum of Wisconsin Art.

Exhibition Poster

Mary Snyder Behrens, Home II (2005). Mixed Media. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d.

Mary Snyder Behrens, American Canvas 015 (2002). Mixed Media. Frame size 9h x 7w x 2.25d.

Mary Snyder Behrens, Torn paper No 7: Ghost Dance (2004). Found paper on paper. 5.25h x 2.5w.

Mary Snyder Behrens, Voices from the Poor Quarter (1983). Gouche and watercolor on paper. 17h x 25w.

Mary Snyder Behrens, American Canvas II (2001). Mixed Media. 48h x 30w.

Mary Snyder Behrens, Voices from the Poor Quarter (1983). Gouche and watercolor on paper. 17h x 25w.

ASSEMBLAGE
TORN PAPER
EARLY WORKS
TEXTILE ART
TRAMMELS
OTHERS

selected exhibition views

Shown here are installation views of solo exhibitions at ICON Gallery (Fairfield IA) and Grandview College (Des Moines).

Artworks by Mary Snyder Behrens have been included in exhibitions (solo, group, invitational or competitive) at Penn State University, Denison University, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Brookline Arts Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, University of Northern Iowa, Truman State University, Duluth Art Institute, Grinnell College, Columbia College, Hearst Center for the Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Nicolet College, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Coe College, Iowa State University, Grandview College, Rockford Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Harper College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Textile Arts Center (Chicago), and other venues. Internationally, it was also chosen for traveling exhibitions in the UK (London), Japan (Tokyo and Osaka), Canada (Vancouver BC and Alberta), and Chile (Santiago). Over the years, her work has been represented by galleries in San Francisco, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Hilton Head, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, and other locations. She is represented in public, institutional, and private collections, among them Cincinnati Bell Corporation, IBM Corporation, Thriftway Corporation, Storey Kenworthy Corporation, and others.


Book Sources

Krantz, Les. The New York Art Review, 4th edition, Chicago: American References. Marquis, Who’s Who in American Art. Berkeley Heights NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 1991 (and later). Matthews, Kate, ed. Fiberarts Design Book III. Asheville, NC: Larkbooks, 1987, p.170. Smith, Barbara L. Celebrating The Stitch. Newton, CT: Taunton Press, 1991, pp. 58-62. Steinbach, Robbie. Lifework. Bettendorf, IA: Lifework Arts Press, 1998, pp. 78-79, 125.

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