I make images that convey longing, wonder, and conflict in belonging to both physical and spiritual realms. In the tensions at the border of light and dark I find a visual vocabulary for things perceived but not grasped. This narrative guides me, encouraging wonder in my relationship with the unknown.
About: Artist
Mary T Faria lives and works in San Francisco Bay Area. She has studied photography with Linda Connor, Meridel Rubinstein, Melanie Walker, Dale Kistemaker, John Collier, Morrie Camhi and others, receiving a BA in Art/Photography and an MA in Museum Studies/Education from San Francisco State University. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions in the US and Europe and her monograph, Lingering at your window, published by Datz Press, Seoul, was launched at Paris Photo November 2023.
Publications
2023
Lingering at your window, Datz Press, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015–present
San Francisco Photo Book Fair, San Francisco, CA
Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, UK
Codex Book Fair, Oakland, CA
Paris Photo Book Sector, Paris, France
Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aqui Base Tango—galeria, Coimbra, Portugal
Flockworks Gallery, Mendocino, CA
L.A. Hyder Gallery, Mendocino, CA
1824 5th Street Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Prior to 2015
Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Denise Lewis Designs, New York, NY
Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Turn of the Century Fine Arts, Berkeley, CA
Collections
Harvey Milk Photo Center, David Johnson Reference Library, San Francisco, CA
Photobook Special Collection, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Belfast Photo Festival Archive, Belfast, UK
Datz Press Archive, Seoul, South Korea
RAIZVANGUARDA-Associaçao Cultural, Gois, Portugal
Private collections:
Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA;
Portland, OR; San Anselmo, CA; San Francisco, CA.