Mary Bero

“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.

HONORS:

National Endowment Fellowship for the Arts 1986 & 1992

WI Arts Board Fellowship 1986 &

1992

Arts Midwest NEA Regional Arts Fellowship, 1985

COLLECTIONS:

Boston Museum of Art

Smithsonian Museum of

American Art

Chazen Museum

Denver Art Museum