back to topSolo Exhibition Record, 1988 - 2009
- Mary Vernon: Still Lifes and Tables, Valley House Gallery, 2009
- Mary Vernon: Recent Paintings, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 2006
- Mary Vernon: Recent Work, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 2002
- Mary Vernon: Painting and Collage, Kilgore College Fine Arts Gallery, Kilgore, 2001
- Mary Vernon: New Work, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, 2000
- Related Publication: Mary Vernon: Painting Landscape with Collage by Dawson W. Carr, The J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Mary Vernon: Color Studies for Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2000;
- Mary Vernon, Midland College, Midland, Texas, 2000;
- Mary Vernon: Pientures, Maison des Amis de Chateauneuf, Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, France, 1998;
- Mary Vernon, Brookhaven College, Dallas, 1997;
- Related Publication: The Being of Painting: Color and Form in Seven Paintings by Mary Vernon by David Newman, Director, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College Center for the Arts. Web version at maryvernon.com
- Mary Vernon, Recent Work, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas, 1996;
- Mary Vernon, Calhoun, Cowan, and Pulley, Dallas, Fall, 1994;
- Mary Vernon: Cars, Meadows Museum, SMU, Fall, 1993,
- Related Publication: Mary Vernon: Cars, Samuel K. Heath;
- Mary Vernon, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, 1993;
- Mary Vernon, Western Texas College, 1992;
- Mary Vernon, Irving Arts Center, 1992;
- Mary Vernon: Works on Paper, Oak Street Gallery, Denton, 1988.
back to topGroup Exhibition Record, 1988 - 2011
- Elemental = Color/Line/Texture, Valley House Gallery, 2011;
- 5x7 2009, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, 2009;
- Meadows Art Now, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, 2009;
- Thank You, Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 2009;
- Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Financial Services, Fort Worth, 2008-9;
- Related Publication: Experiencing Perspectives: 2008-2009 Fort Worth Art Exhibition, Daimler Financial Services, 13650 Heritage Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 75177.
- Texas Tour: 100 Years of Texas Landscape Painting, Valley House Gallery, 2008;
- Summer Group Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, 2008;
- Printmaking Now, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX, 2007;
- Kingdom Animalia, Valley House Gallery, 2006;
- 5x7 On The Road: Dallas, Dunn and Brown, Dallas, 2006;
- Recent: Work by the Faculty of the Division of Art, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 2006;
- Shared Visions: Texas Artists Then and Now, Arlington Museum of Art, 2006; Galveston Arts Center, 2006;
- Related Publication: Janet Kutner, “Generations,” The Dallas Morning News, June 15, 2006, p. G1;
- 50th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery. Dallas, 2004;
- Related Publication: 50th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery, 2004;
- Flatbed Press: Texas Grit, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, 2004;
- Selections from the Collection of Tom Wilkinson, Franklin County Art Museum, Mount Vernon, Texas, 2003;
- Collection of the United States Embassy Residence, Santiago, Chile, Santiago, 2003;
- Recent Work: Faculty Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 2003;
- Size Does Matter: Contrasts of Scale in Contemporary Art, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 2003;
- Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas, Brookhaven Center for the Arts, Dallas, 2002;
- 42nd Annual Invitational Exhibit, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, 2002;
- I-45 Combined, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, 2002;
- Prelude: Preliminary Studies and Unfinished works, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 2001;
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights, Austin, 2001;
- Postcards From All Over, IAA Center for the Arts, Irving, Texas, 2000;
- World Festival of Art on Paper, Kranj, Slovenia, 2000;
- Palette 99, Cain Center, Athens, Texas, 1999;
- New Painting and Sculpture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 1998;
- Dallas Area Art -- Small Works Exhibition, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, 1998;
- Madness at the Mac, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, 1998;
- Faculty Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 1998;
- Faculty Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 1997;
- Sue Cobb, Mary Vernon, Charlsie Mitcham, Dallas Visual Art Center, 1997;
- 500X Gallery, Dallas, 1997;
- A Space Time: The Fourth Dimension, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, 1997;
- Drawings, Cedar Valley College, 1997;
- Texas: Natural Wonders, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 1997;
- Memphis College of Art Global Fax/Envelope Mail Exhibit, 1996;
- Montserrat College of Art, Global Fax/Envelope Mail Exhibit, 1996;
- New York Studio Program, Global Fax/Envelope Mail Exhibit, 1996;
- 20x20x20 -- A Compact Competition, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1996;
- 500X Gallery, Open Show, 1996;
- Cobb, Mitcham, Vernon, 500X Gallery, 1996;
- Greeting Cards and Gift Papers: Artist Designed, Lakeside Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, 1996;
- 500X Gallery, Dallas, 1995;
- Flatbed Group Exhibition, Rachel Harris Gallery, Fort Worth, 1995;
- 6 X Art, 2613 Thomas Avenue, Dallas, 1995;
- Members Invitational, The MAC, Dallas, 1995;
- 20x20x20, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1994 (Jurors’ Award);
- The Eleventh Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, 1994 (Juror’s Award);
- Binary Ground: Contemporary Landscape and Environment, Curated by Kevin Curry, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, 1994;
- 500X Gallery, Dallas, 1994;
- Contemporary American Art, Part I, Budapest and Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1994-1995;
- Related Publication: Contemporary American Artists, edited by Edit Andras and Katalin Geller, Curated by Beata Szechy.
- 500X Gallery, 1993;
- The First, Paul Rogers Harris and Ray Hetzel, Dallas, 1993;
- Dare: A to Z, Dallas, 1993;
- Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth, 1993 (Mr. & Mrs. John L. Clardy Sr. Award);
- City Room Garden, University of Houston, 1993; Texas A&M College of Architecture, 1993; University of Texas at Arlington, 1993-94; California College of Arts and Crafts, 1994;
- 15x15x15, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1992;
- 500X Gallery, Dallas, 1992;
- Faculty Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 1992;
- Images of Nature, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, 1992;
- 500X Gallery, Dallas, 1991;
- Faculty Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 1990;
- Faculty Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, 1988;
- The Blues, Brookhaven College, 1989;
- Works on Paper, Gerald Peters Gallery, 1989;
- SMU Salon, Crescent Gallery, Dallas, 1988.
- Gallery Representation: Valley House Gallery, Dallas
- Kevin Vogel, 50th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, 2004.
- Ambassador William Brownfield, The United States Embassy, Santiago, Chile, Art In Embassies Program, United States Department of State, Washington, DC., 2003.
- Mike Daniel, “Mary Vernon at Valley House,” The Dallas Morning News, October 18, 2002, Guide, p. 56.
- Dawson W. Carr, “Mary Vernon: Painting Landscape with Collage,” published online, 2000.
- “Portrait of an Artist,” SMU Research, Volume 7, 2000.
- David Newman, “The Being of Painting: Color and Form in Seven Paintings by Mary Vernon,” publushed online, 1997.
- “Meadows School of the Arts,” SMU Research, Volume 3, 1996.
- Andras and Katalin Geller, editors, Beata Szechy, curator, Contemporary American Artists, Hungarian Multicultural Center, (Dallas, Oakland California, and Budapest), 1994.
- Samuel K. Heath, Mary Vernon: Cars, Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, 1993.
- “Mary Vernon,” High Profile, Dallas Morning News, August 30, 1987, p. 5E.
- Faculty Exhibition Catalogs
- Assemble: SMU Art Faculty Exhibition, Division of Art, SMU, 1998.
- SMU Division of Art Faculty Exhibition, Meadows Museum, SMU, 1994.
- Faculty in Art, Division of Art, SMU, 1989.
- Education
- “The Memorable Jerry Bywaters,” with Frances Bearden, in Ellen Buie Niewyck, Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker, SMU Press, 2007.
- Conversations 5 : Lois Dodd, Pollock Gallery, Dallas, 2007.
- “Hestia,” The Olympians, Continuum Publishing, New York, 1996, p. 93.
- “Artists’ Angels,” The Angels, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1994, p. 211.
- “Fixing Upon the Dark,” The America Papers, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1991, p. 44.
- “The Color Red,” What Makes a City: Crisis and Carnival, The Institute Newsletter, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1988, p.40.
- Morocco Bound, Travel guide, Dr. Pepper Travel series, 1978.
- Through the Vienna Woods, Travel guide, Dr. Pepper Travel series, 1979.
- Review of Basil Taylor, Constable: Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolours, (New York, Praeger), 1973; Eric Adams, Francis Danby: Varieties of Poetic Landscape, (New Haven: Yale), 1973; and Alexander M. Ross, William Henry Bartlett, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), 1973, Victorian Studies, Indiana University, Volume XVIII, Number 2, December, 1974, p. 231.
- Tool for Self Analysis, Limited edition, 2007
- Animals and Almaty, Limited edition, 2007
- I Said Hello, Limited edition, 2007
- MV Recent Works, Limited Edition, 2008
- The Warden Book, Limited Edition, 2008
- Drawings in James Hillman, Anima: An Anatomy of a Personified Notion, Spring Publications, 1985.
Drawings in Italian edition: James Hillman, Anatomia du una nozione personificata, Adelphi Edizione, 1989.
Drawings in Japanese edition, 1990.
- Chapter headings in Charles Boer, translation of Ovid's Metamorphosis, Spring Publications, 1989.
- The America Papers, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1991.
- Barbara Anderson's First Fieldwork, Waveland Press, 1990.
- Texas International Festival, Events Calendar, 1989.
- Greg Mogenson, God as Trauma, Spring Publications, 1989.
- Willelm Heinrich Roscher and James Hillman, Pan and the Nightmare, Spring Publications, 1988.
- Linda Fierz-David, translation of The Dream of Poliphilo: The Soul in Love, Spring Publications, Jungian Classics Series, 1987.
- Nor Hall, Those Women, Spring Publications, 1987.
- Gaston Bachelard, On Poetic Reverie And Imagination, Spring Publications 1987.
- Russell Lockhart, Words as Eggs: Psyche in Language and Clinic, Spring Publications, 1983.
- Murray Stein, In Midlife, Spring Publications, 1983.
- Compact Disc Cover -- John Butcher, Phil Durrant, and Peggy Lee, Intentions, Nuscope Recordings CD 1011 (Santa Theresa and Little City), 2001.
- Compact Disc Cover -- Guy, Dick, Raine-Reusch, Gudire, Nuscope Recordings CD1003 (46 and 44; Mesa) 1997.
- Compact Disc Cover – Canvas Trio, 16 Moments, Music and Arts CD-999
- Compact Disc Cover -- Crispell, Guy, and Hemingway, Cascades, du Maurier International Jazz Festival, Vancouver (View at Nice), 1995.
back to topSelected Lectures and Contributions to Symposia, 2000 to 2011
- 2011:Taos as Art, Taos Cultural Institute, SMU, Taos, New Mexico
- 2011:Painting and Navigation, Mississippi Art Colony Visiting Artist Lecture, Utica, MS
- 2010:Taos as Art, Taos Cultural Institute, SMU, Taos, New Mexico
- 2010:Color and Mud, SMU in Taos Colloquium, Fort Burgwin
- 2010:Auden and Bruegel, Dallas Institute Open House, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
- 2009: "Pleasant Surprises (and Embodied Meanings)" in the series “Beauty in the Contemporary World,” Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
- 2008: "On Turner -- The Sublime, Technology and the Materials Aesthetic" in the series "Of Aspect More Sublime:” The Appeal of Romantic Art And Poetry," Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
- 2008: "How to Behave Around Drawings," Meadows Museum, Dallas.
- 2008: "Genesis Rendered: Images of Creation, in Literature as a Mode of Knowledge, The Epic Tradition," Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Summer Teacher’s Institute, Dallas.
- 2007: "Why the Tie?," Symposium in honor of Tiya Miles: Ties That Bind, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
- 2007: "Matisse at the Nasher," with David Bates and Philip Van Keuren.
- 2005: "Ordering and Reordering: George Bellows at the Dallas Museum of Art," DMA.
- 2004: "Color: Seeing, Reading, Relating," Lecture Series, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
- 2003: "Texas-Modern," Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile;
"Contemporary Art in Texas," UNIACC – University of Arts and Communications, Santiago, Chile; "The Embassy’s Collection," United States Ambassador’s Residence, Santiago, Chile; "Color in Texas Art," Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile; and at Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile;
- "Visiting Artist," Colorado State University, Lecture: "Color Propulsion;"
- "Difficulty in Drawing," Meadows Museum, SMU, in conjunction with Spanish Master Drawings from Dutch Collections, 1500-1900.
- 2002: "Art as Theft," The City of Imagination: The Future of Beauty, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture;
- "Art as Theft," Keynote address for Eastfield College Festival of the Arts.
- 2001: "Abstraction and Photography," Envisioning Through a Lens series, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
- 2000: "Cosmopolitanism," North Texas Conference of Educators, University of North Texas;
- "Burne-Jones, Pilgrim at the Gates of Idleness," Dallas Museum of Art.
back to topService to Community and University
- Meadows School of the Arts, Academic Policies Committee, 2009 -
- Division of Art Curriculum Committee, 2011
- Meadows School of the Arts, Ad Hoc Committee on Governance, 2006;
- Chair, Bookstore Committee of the Faculty Senate, 2006;
- Board of Directors, National Council of Art Administrators, 1992-1995;
- President, Faculty Senate of SMU, 1995-1996;
- American Airlines Tate Academic Summit Planning Group, 1999-present;
- President, Town and Gown Club of Dallas, 2002-2003;
- Advisory Board, Pollock Gallery, Division of Art, SMU 1995-present;
- Academic Advisory Board, Meadows Museum, SMU, 2003-present;
- Executive Committee, Town and Gown Club of Dallas, 2000-2003;
- Advisory Board, Herrin House, Dallas, 2001;
- Public Art Committee, City of Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission, 1989-1992;
- Art In Public Places Committee, City of Dallas, 1987-1989;
- Board of Directors, Contemporary Culture, Inc., 1990-present;
- Advisory Board, Talented and Gifted Magnet at Townview High School, 1997-1999;
- WishboneTM Educational Advisory Board, 1994-95;
- Advisory Board, DARE Lecture Series, 1993-1994;
- Advisory Board, TheTexas Biennial Exhibition, 1993;
- Education Committee of the Board of Trustees, Dallas Museum of Art, 1992-1994;
- Advisory Board, The Women’s Center of Dallas, 1992-1995;
- Advisory Board, Highland Park Arts, 1991;
- Advisory Board, Artreach, 1990-1993;
- Advisory Committee, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Art and Design Program, 1990-1996;
- Advisory Board, Arts Magnet High School;
- Advisory Committee, The Landmark Program;
- Advisory Board, L'Architecture et Les Arts Décoratifs Francais;
- Advisory Board, The Assemblage;
- Board of Directors, Craft Guild of Dallas, 1987-1990;
- Board of Directors, Arts District Friends, 1985-1988;
- Arts District Foundation Visual Arts Advisory Panel;
- Dallas Police Association Police Memorial Committee, 1986;
- Trustee, Dallas Museum of Art, 1980-1983;
- Programs for Irving Community Television, 1982-1983;
- Commentator, KERA Radio and Television;
- Utilities Committee, City of Flower Mound, 1977;
- Treasurer and Firefighter, Volunteer Firefighters of Flower Mound, 1975-1977.