MARY PINTO (b. 1961)
Mary Pinto was born in Philadelphia, lived several years in Spain and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She received her M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 1999, and has exhibited her work the U.S. and Europe. Mary was included in a portfolio of emerging artists through Artists' Space in 2001, and has been awarded three residency fellowships at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts (2003-2005). Her work can be found in the Library of Congress, the Joan Flasch Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as in private collections. Mary's 'photograms' recall at first the work of masters in the field like Man Ray. The delicate placement of organic and inanimate objects on photographic paper, is part of the intricate process that takes place in her dark room. As these images are the result of an accidental occurrence and the artist's inspiration and technique, each one, far from being a multiple (like a photograph is) is a unique work of art. Mary's photographs are lively fossils of a foregone subject. Kind of a memory in Technicolor or one of those beautiful dreams one has but cant quite describe to others with words. Mary is fluent in Spanish and has served as an interpreter for lawyers and imprisoned people in New York.
