Mary Bero fearlessly breaks all the traditional rules of fiber art.  She deftly combines embroidery, painting, and sculptural elements to create exuberant works of art.  She is a virtuoso of color.  Her images are loosely connected, as if part of a daydream or, at times a nightmare.  The various elements in the picture plane come together through a succession of small marks, and build to a cohesive whole.

Jane Sauer, “Speaking with Threads” exhibition. 

National Endowment  Fellowship for the Arts 1986 & 1992

Artwork featured in many private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe