Mary McCoy

Mary Bucci McCoy is based in Essex County on the coast north of Boston. She has had solo exhibitions at venues inlcuding Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX; CG2 Gallery, Nashville, TN; Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA; the Artists Foundation, Boston, MA; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; and Salem State University, Salem, MA. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions at venues including Museum St. Wendel, St. Wendel, Germany; Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg, Germany; The Curator Gallery, New York, NY; Key Projects, Long Island City, NY; Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX; The Neon Heater, Findlay, OH; Aqua Art Miami art fair; Divisible, Dayton, OH; Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA; Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH; Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA; Merrimack College, Andover, MA; and Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

Most recently she has been an artist in residence at the Studios at Mass MoCA, and her work has also been supported by a merit-based grant from the Vermont Studio Center in support of a residency, a Painting Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and two Faculty Development Awards from Montserrat College of Art. Her work is held in numerous private collections.

Born in New Jersey, Mary grew up in the Philadelphia area. She graduated from the Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts joint 5-year, 2-degree program with a BFA focused on sculpture and a BA in English. Upon graduation she received the Alice Pratt Traveling Scholarship from the SMFA Ceramics Department which allowed her to spend a year studying ceramic sculpture and glaze technology at l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Geneva, Switzerland (now Haute École d’Art et de Design Genève).

Education

• BFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• BA Tufts University
• École Superieure d’Arts Appliqués, Geneva, Switzerland
• Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Tufts University

Companies

• Artist Gray Contemporary (2014)
• Writer Freelance (2001)
• Principal Big Picture Communications (1996)
• Artist Mary Bucci McCoy Studio (1987)
• Assistant Professor Montserrat College of Art (2020 — 2021)
• Instructor Montserrat College of Art (2006 — 2020)
• Visiting Critic, Sr. Fine Arts Seminar Montserrat College of Art (2014 — 2015)
• Co-Coordinator, Senior Fine Arts Seminar Montserrat College of Art (2015 — 2015)
• FX Freshman Seminar Lead Faculty Montserrat College of Art (2014 — 2014)