Mary Duman received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN in 1992.
Mary explores the complexity of natural relationships in her ceramic work through combinations of natural items collected on her hikes, and glazed clay sculptural elements. She is influenced by the oddly beautiful aspects of nature and by recent issues, including climate change, the Coronavirus, wildfires, and unexplained aerial phenomena.
Mary has exhibited internationally at the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum in Turkey, and at the Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Wrightwood Arts Center, Wrightwood, CA.
She received a Jerome Fellowship Residency grant to do her artwork at the Northern Clay Center in Minnesota and was an Artist-in-Residence at the Eczaserbasi Art Studio, located in one of the largest ceramics factories in Turkey.
Mary is currently a resident artist at Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project.
Education
1992
BFA Ceramics, Minnesota State University, Moorehead, MN
Selected Exhibitions
1993
Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
2000
Personal Traces, Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2021
Symbiosis, Wrightwood Arts Center, Wrightwood, California
2022
Wild Integration, Wrightwood Arts Center, Wrightwood, California
Artist Residencies
1993
Jerome Fellowship Residency, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
2000
Resident Artist, Vitra Ceramic Arts Studio, Istanbul, Turkey
Experience
2014-Present
Fine Art Teacher, California Virtual Academies, Simi Valley, California
2006-2010
Ceramics and Sculpture Teacher, Hesperia High School, Hesperia, California
1997-2005
Ceramics Teacher, Etiwanda High School, Rancho Cucamonga, California
Website photography by Zachariah Budd.