Selected Exhibitions and Installations
Open Studios – Tuesday Night Group Fall 13, Union Street Studios
Washington, DC
Open Studios Fall 13, NEST Arts Factory
Bridgeport, CT
Dreams 9/12, NEST Arts Factory
Site Specific Video Installation Bridgeport, CT
Shadows and Clouds 8/12, Beechwood Arts Center
Video Installation Westport, CT
The Swedishfish Project 4/12, NEST Arts Factory
April Fool’s Show Bridgeport, CT
Sunken Treasure 1/12-3/12
Site Specific Video Installation New Haven Arts Council/Project Storefronts
New Haven, CT
“?” 12/11, NEST Arts Factory
Site Specific Moving Video Installation Bridgeport, CT
Located in a Freight Elevator
With Feathers 11/11
An Uncertainty Principle Bridgeport Art Trail, NEST
2 Site Specific Video Installations Bridgeport, CT
Peep Show 2/5-2/13/11
Sensory Overload Factory Underground Arts
2 Video Installations Norwalk, CT
Ophelia 6/10, Juror : Terri C. Smith
Video Housatonic Museum of Art
Bridgeport, CT
Watermelon Westport Arts Center
Video Juror: Alexandra Monroe, Ph.D.
Senior Curator, Guggenheim
Solo Show Westport Arts Center
The Fortune Series Juror: Richard Klein
Aldrich Museum
Message in a Bottle 9//10-11/10
The H20 Show 02/26-4/25/10
“There’s Not Enough Water to Go Around” St. Philip’s Artists Guild(SPAG)
Site Specific Installation Norwalk, CT
Full House 9/09-12/09
“The Swedish Fish Project” SPAG
Norwalk, CT
Mary Jo Lombardo – New Works 3/09
In Honor of Women’s History Month 7th & 2nd Gallery
New York, NY
ReImagining the Book 6/09-9/09, Riverwalk Gallery
Westport, CT
Altered Books 9/08 Westport Public Library, CT
Paintings of Hope 5/08
7th & 2nd Gallery, NY, NY
Miniature Masterpieces 12/06, City Lights Gallery
Bridgeport, CT
The State of the Arts 11-12/06, Black Rock Arts Center
Bridgeport, CT
Structure: God’s Universe 1/15/05, Middle Church
An Interactive Performance Installation New York, NY
Women Make Art: The Film, The Show 9/05, 22 Haviland Street Gallery
Women Make... (a video short) South Norwalk, CT
104th Annual Paint & Clay Club 3/05-4/05, John Slade Ely House
Juried Show New Haven, CT
Oil Drum Art 2/05, UConn Stamford Gallery
Stamford, CT
Inaugural Exhibition 1-4/05, WestCoveStudio/Gallery
West Haven, CT
Hearts 1/05, City Lights Gallery
Bridgeport, CT
Women, Power & Politics 11/04, Lyman Center for the Arts
In Conjunction with the 14th Annual Southern CT State University
Women’s Studies Conference New Haven, CT
A Woman’s Work is Never Done 10/04, Art+Community Gallery
Works on Paper New York, NY
Women Artists Supporting
The Lower Eastside Girls Club
Oil Drum Art 2004 Intrntl. Festival of Arts/Ideas
Aesthetic & Geopolitical Artworks Edge Festival, New Haven, CT
Juror: Benjamin Ortiz
Known/Unknown 6/04, Waveny Barn
New Canaan, CT
6X6 6/04, Small Space Gallery
Arts Council of New Haven
New Haven, CT]
Responding in Paint 3/04, Solo Performance Painting
Middle Collegiate Church
New York, NY
Coming Together: 1/04, Bridgeport Innovation Ctr.
Women Telling Their Stories Bridgeport, CT
A Special Art Event 10/03, 22 Haviland Street Gallery
Norwalk, CT
A Woman’s Wailing Wall 10/03, Installation
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
New Haven, CT
Paths 2/03, Solo Exhibition
Earthplace
Westport, CT
Cycles 3/02, The Jeffrey Weiss Gallery
Black Rock, CT
Mary Jo Lombardo: Recent Works 12/01-01/02, Solo Exhibition
7th and Second Gallery
New York, NY
A Show of Hands: 11/00-01/01, Invitational Exhibit
Working Clocks by Working Artists First Night Westport/Weston
Westport Historical Society
Westport, CT
On Her Mind 9/01-10/01, 10/02-11/02
Lyman Center for PerformingArts
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
New Haven, CT
23rd National Print Biennial 2000 10/00, Silvermine Guild Galleries
New Canaan, CT Juror: Antonio Frasconi
Presenting: Mary Jo Lombardo 8-10/00, Solo Exhibition
Westport Arts Center at Chase
Landscape/Mindscape: 2/00, Solo Exhibition
Works on Paper Malloy Gallery Nature Center
Westport CT
Members Show 2000 Connecticut GraphicArts Center
Norwalk, CT
Cold-Blooded 1/99, Solo Exhibition
Main Gallery , Nature Center
Westport, CT
Carnival 2/98, Solo Exhibition
Malloy Gallery Nature Center
Westport CT
11/96, Fools Company Gallery
New York, NY
Meditations on the Mail 1/97, Solo Exhibition
7th & Second Gallery
New York, NY
Dancers 1/96, Solo Exhibition
Saugatuck Dance Conservatory
Westport CT
Watercolors and Pastels 3/94, Solo Exhibition
Windows on Main Street
New York, NY
Introducing 9/92, Core New Art Space,
Denver, CO
AAA Group Show 11/92&91 AlternativeArtsAlliance
Denver, CO
Friends & Family: Real & Imagined 2/92, Solo Exhibition
Asylum, Denver, CO
Choice 12/91-1/92, A.I.R. Gallery
New York, NY
Public into Private 11/91, Minor Injury Gallery, NYC
Selected Teaching and Professional Experience:
2013-Present; Art Educator, Alice Deal Middle School, Washington DC
2007-2013; Art Educator, Coleytown Elementary School, Westport, CT
2006-2007; Middle School Art and Performance Educator, Bedford MS, Westport, CT
2006-2007; Guest Teacher, Westport Arts Center Arts Factory & Summer Program
2006; Elementary Art Educator, Kings Highway School, Westport, CT
2005; Guest, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2003-2005; Guest Speaker, Arts Pacific Seminary
2003-2005; Guest Lecturer, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
2004-2005; Special Ed Paraprofessional, Coleytown Middle School, Westport, CT
2002-2004; Co-President, Women’s Caucus for Art-CT Chapter
2003; Co-Curator, Women, War & Peace, Southern CT State University
2003-2004; Special Ed Paraprofessional, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT
2002-2003; Director of Development/Administration, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2003; Afterschool Arts Program Teacher, Paint, Draw & More, Wilton, CT
1999-2002; Guest Artist for Paint, Draw & More, Georgetown, CT & Norwalk Community College
1999-2002; Co-Curator for Kings Highway, Westport School Permanent Art Collection Committee
1996-2002; Teacher, ArtsSmarts Program, Kings Highway Elementary School,Westport, CT
2000-2002; Visual Arts Committee, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2001; Monotype Teacher, Bedford Middle School Art Fest 2001, Westport, CT
2001; Coordinator, Bedford Middle School Town-wide Art Show 2001, Westport, CT
2001; Treasurer, Women’s Caucus for Art - CT Chapter
2000; Curator, Westport Arts Center Member Show, Westport, CT
2000; Assistant to the Director, Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT
1999; Printer, Monothon99, Connecticut GraphicArts Center
1999; Press Assistant to Susan Rostow, April Vollmer, Judy Mensch, Connecticut GraphicArts Center
Selected Commissions & Collections:
Collegiate Corporation of New York, New York, NY
Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY
Chapel of the Reformed Church in America, New York, NY
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ
Westport Public Library Drawing Collection, Westport, CT
United Church of Christ, National
Works in many private collections
Honors and Prizes:
Who’s Who in the World, 2005-2006 edition, Who’s Who in American Women, 2005-2006 edition, Judges Outstanding Merit Award for Mixed Media - James Reed, Judge, Rowayton Arts Center Drawing, Prints, Pastels & Mixed Media Show, 1/99; First Prize inMixed Media, Rowayton Arts Center Community Awards Show, 1/98; Honorable Mention in Pastels, Rowayton Arts Center 5/98
Memberships:
Graphic Artists Guild; Women's Caucus for Arts-member at large; Center for Contemporary Printmaking; Westport Arts Center; Rowayton Arts Center; Portrait
Society of America; American Society of Portrait Artists.
Education:
M.A., Leadership & Technology in the Arts: Visual Arts Focus, Bank Street College For Education & Parsons School of Design/New School, 7/13
CT and NY State Certification in Arts and Theatre Education K-12
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
SITE and Seminar with Robert Reed of Yale University
College Credits in Printmaking, Drawing and Mixed Media from Charter Oak State College
Printmaking at ConnecticutGraphicArts Center with Vijay Kumar
Course work towards a Certificate in Graphic Design, Fairfield University
Knowledge of Photo Shop, iMovie, FinalCut Pro
Open Studios – Tuesday Night Group Fall 13, Union Street Studios
Washington, DC
Open Studios Fall 13, NEST Arts Factory
Bridgeport, CT
Dreams 9/12, NEST Arts Factory
Site Specific Video Installation Bridgeport, CT
Shadows and Clouds 8/12, Beechwood Arts Center
Video Installation Westport, CT
The Swedishfish Project 4/12, NEST Arts Factory
April Fool’s Show Bridgeport, CT
Sunken Treasure 1/12-3/12
Site Specific Video Installation New Haven Arts Council/Project Storefronts
New Haven, CT
“?” 12/11, NEST Arts Factory
Site Specific Moving Video Installation Bridgeport, CT
Located in a Freight Elevator
With Feathers 11/11
An Uncertainty Principle Bridgeport Art Trail, NEST
2 Site Specific Video Installations Bridgeport, CT
Peep Show 2/5-2/13/11
Sensory Overload Factory Underground Arts
2 Video Installations Norwalk, CT
Ophelia 6/10, Juror : Terri C. Smith
Video Housatonic Museum of Art
Bridgeport, CT
Watermelon Westport Arts Center
Video Juror: Alexandra Monroe, Ph.D.
Senior Curator, Guggenheim
Solo Show Westport Arts Center
The Fortune Series Juror: Richard Klein
Aldrich Museum
Message in a Bottle 9//10-11/10
The H20 Show 02/26-4/25/10
“There’s Not Enough Water to Go Around” St. Philip’s Artists Guild(SPAG)
Site Specific Installation Norwalk, CT
Full House 9/09-12/09
“The Swedish Fish Project” SPAG
Norwalk, CT
Mary Jo Lombardo – New Works 3/09
In Honor of Women’s History Month 7th & 2nd Gallery
New York, NY
ReImagining the Book 6/09-9/09, Riverwalk Gallery
Westport, CT
Altered Books 9/08 Westport Public Library, CT
Paintings of Hope 5/08
7th & 2nd Gallery, NY, NY
Miniature Masterpieces 12/06, City Lights Gallery
Bridgeport, CT
The State of the Arts 11-12/06, Black Rock Arts Center
Bridgeport, CT
Structure: God’s Universe 1/15/05, Middle Church
An Interactive Performance Installation New York, NY
Women Make Art: The Film, The Show 9/05, 22 Haviland Street Gallery
Women Make... (a video short) South Norwalk, CT
104th Annual Paint & Clay Club 3/05-4/05, John Slade Ely House
Juried Show New Haven, CT
Oil Drum Art 2/05, UConn Stamford Gallery
Stamford, CT
Inaugural Exhibition 1-4/05, WestCoveStudio/Gallery
West Haven, CT
Hearts 1/05, City Lights Gallery
Bridgeport, CT
Women, Power & Politics 11/04, Lyman Center for the Arts
In Conjunction with the 14th Annual Southern CT State University
Women’s Studies Conference New Haven, CT
A Woman’s Work is Never Done 10/04, Art+Community Gallery
Works on Paper New York, NY
Women Artists Supporting
The Lower Eastside Girls Club
Oil Drum Art 2004 Intrntl. Festival of Arts/Ideas
Aesthetic & Geopolitical Artworks Edge Festival, New Haven, CT
Juror: Benjamin Ortiz
Known/Unknown 6/04, Waveny Barn
New Canaan, CT
6X6 6/04, Small Space Gallery
Arts Council of New Haven
New Haven, CT]
Responding in Paint 3/04, Solo Performance Painting
Middle Collegiate Church
New York, NY
Coming Together: 1/04, Bridgeport Innovation Ctr.
Women Telling Their Stories Bridgeport, CT
A Special Art Event 10/03, 22 Haviland Street Gallery
Norwalk, CT
A Woman’s Wailing Wall 10/03, Installation
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
New Haven, CT
Paths 2/03, Solo Exhibition
Earthplace
Westport, CT
Cycles 3/02, The Jeffrey Weiss Gallery
Black Rock, CT
Mary Jo Lombardo: Recent Works 12/01-01/02, Solo Exhibition
7th and Second Gallery
New York, NY
A Show of Hands: 11/00-01/01, Invitational Exhibit
Working Clocks by Working Artists First Night Westport/Weston
Westport Historical Society
Westport, CT
On Her Mind 9/01-10/01, 10/02-11/02
Lyman Center for PerformingArts
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
New Haven, CT
23rd National Print Biennial 2000 10/00, Silvermine Guild Galleries
New Canaan, CT Juror: Antonio Frasconi
Presenting: Mary Jo Lombardo 8-10/00, Solo Exhibition
Westport Arts Center at Chase
Landscape/Mindscape: 2/00, Solo Exhibition
Works on Paper Malloy Gallery Nature Center
Westport CT
Members Show 2000 Connecticut GraphicArts Center
Norwalk, CT
Cold-Blooded 1/99, Solo Exhibition
Main Gallery , Nature Center
Westport, CT
Carnival 2/98, Solo Exhibition
Malloy Gallery Nature Center
Westport CT
11/96, Fools Company Gallery
New York, NY
Meditations on the Mail 1/97, Solo Exhibition
7th & Second Gallery
New York, NY
Dancers 1/96, Solo Exhibition
Saugatuck Dance Conservatory
Westport CT
Watercolors and Pastels 3/94, Solo Exhibition
Windows on Main Street
New York, NY
Introducing 9/92, Core New Art Space,
Denver, CO
AAA Group Show 11/92&91 AlternativeArtsAlliance
Denver, CO
Friends & Family: Real & Imagined 2/92, Solo Exhibition
Asylum, Denver, CO
Choice 12/91-1/92, A.I.R. Gallery
New York, NY
Public into Private 11/91, Minor Injury Gallery, NYC
Selected Teaching and Professional Experience:
2013-Present; Art Educator, Alice Deal Middle School, Washington DC
2007-2013; Art Educator, Coleytown Elementary School, Westport, CT
2006-2007; Middle School Art and Performance Educator, Bedford MS, Westport, CT
2006-2007; Guest Teacher, Westport Arts Center Arts Factory & Summer Program
2006; Elementary Art Educator, Kings Highway School, Westport, CT
2005; Guest, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2003-2005; Guest Speaker, Arts Pacific Seminary
2003-2005; Guest Lecturer, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
2004-2005; Special Ed Paraprofessional, Coleytown Middle School, Westport, CT
2002-2004; Co-President, Women’s Caucus for Art-CT Chapter
2003; Co-Curator, Women, War & Peace, Southern CT State University
2003-2004; Special Ed Paraprofessional, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT
2002-2003; Director of Development/Administration, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2003; Afterschool Arts Program Teacher, Paint, Draw & More, Wilton, CT
1999-2002; Guest Artist for Paint, Draw & More, Georgetown, CT & Norwalk Community College
1999-2002; Co-Curator for Kings Highway, Westport School Permanent Art Collection Committee
1996-2002; Teacher, ArtsSmarts Program, Kings Highway Elementary School,Westport, CT
2000-2002; Visual Arts Committee, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2001; Monotype Teacher, Bedford Middle School Art Fest 2001, Westport, CT
2001; Coordinator, Bedford Middle School Town-wide Art Show 2001, Westport, CT
2001; Treasurer, Women’s Caucus for Art - CT Chapter
2000; Curator, Westport Arts Center Member Show, Westport, CT
2000; Assistant to the Director, Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT
1999; Printer, Monothon99, Connecticut GraphicArts Center
1999; Press Assistant to Susan Rostow, April Vollmer, Judy Mensch, Connecticut GraphicArts Center
Selected Commissions & Collections:
Collegiate Corporation of New York, New York, NY
Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY
Chapel of the Reformed Church in America, New York, NY
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ
Westport Public Library Drawing Collection, Westport, CT
United Church of Christ, National
Works in many private collections
Honors and Prizes:
Who’s Who in the World, 2005-2006 edition, Who’s Who in American Women, 2005-2006 edition, Judges Outstanding Merit Award for Mixed Media - James Reed, Judge, Rowayton Arts Center Drawing, Prints, Pastels & Mixed Media Show, 1/99; First Prize inMixed Media, Rowayton Arts Center Community Awards Show, 1/98; Honorable Mention in Pastels, Rowayton Arts Center 5/98
Memberships:
Graphic Artists Guild; Women's Caucus for Arts-member at large; Center for Contemporary Printmaking; Westport Arts Center; Rowayton Arts Center; Portrait
Society of America; American Society of Portrait Artists.
Education:
M.A., Leadership & Technology in the Arts: Visual Arts Focus, Bank Street College For Education & Parsons School of Design/New School, 7/13
CT and NY State Certification in Arts and Theatre Education K-12
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
SITE and Seminar with Robert Reed of Yale University
College Credits in Printmaking, Drawing and Mixed Media from Charter Oak State College
Printmaking at ConnecticutGraphicArts Center with Vijay Kumar
Course work towards a Certificate in Graphic Design, Fairfield University
Knowledge of Photo Shop, iMovie, FinalCut Pro
