BIO & REPRESENTATION & CV
MARY BRIDGMAN: REGAL BAG STUDIOS, Newburgh, NY
Bridgman studied with Barkley Hendricks at Connecticut College and Leonid Gervits at the Art Students League.
Drawing from her experience as a womenswear designer in NYC and her love of painting and portraiture, Bridgman is currently working on life-size fashion portraits in oil, as well as smaller works inspired by her life experiences.
Please contact me directly for information , galleries and pricing marybridgman@earthlink.net
Simple Bio:
Mary Bridgman was born in Waterville, Maine and earned degrees from Connecticut College and the Parsons School of Design in New York City. She continued her studies at The Art Students League, The New York Academy of Art, and The School of Visual Arts.
Bridgman's work draws upon a broad range of cultural influences from Renaissance Paintings to Modern approaches to traditional subject matter employing painting, drawing and photography. Favored mediums are Oil on Linen and Gouache with pencil.
Her work has been included in exhibitions in New York City, The Hudson Valley, Kentucky, Virginia, Colorado, and Florida, including The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The International Museum of the Horse, where she a recipient of the Museum Director's Award, The Centennial Exhibition of The Masters Foxhounds of America, as well as, HOAST Harlem and the Harlem Art Walking Tour.
Bridgman was a freelance Womenswear Designer, and has worked in the Fashion industry for companies including Ralph Lauren and Ellen Tracy by Linda Allard.
She is, also, a Fashion Illustrator, with clients including Polo Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne, Worth by Design, and Anne Taylor and is on the faculty at the Fashion Institute of Technology teaching Art and Design, design development, fashion portfolio and Fashion Model Drawing. Bridgman taught in the Fashion School at the Parsons School of Design under Tim Gunn.
Bridgman has traveled extensively, often on horseback. Destinations include Mongolia, India, Oman, Jordan, Isreal, South and Central and North Africa, South America, French Polynesia and the Marquesas and Europe.
Bridgman is living and painting in the Hudson Valley
Education
1984 B.A., Studio Art, Connecticut College, New London CT
Studied Portrait Painting with Barkley Hendricks
1987 A.A.S., Fashion Design, The Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1990- Studio Art, The School of Visual Arts, New York. NY
1998 Studied advanced painting with Nancy Chunn
2013- Studio Art, The Art Students League, New York, NY
2022 Studied Portrait Painting with Leonid Gervits including Copying the Masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Teaching
The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 1999-Present, Adjunct Assistant Professor: Fashion Design Art Department
Courses include Fashion Model Drawing, Design Concepts including Illustration Techniques from Freshman Level to Senior Level
The Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 2002-2009, Instructor: Fashion Design Department.
Courses included Fashion Model Drawing and Concept
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 2021-present, Part Time Faculty: Fashion Design Department
Courses Include Figure Drawing and Draw & Color/Design I
Skills
Studio Practice, Drawing, Painting, Portraiture, Fashion Illustration, Drawing with Procreate
Collections
Work in Private Collections across the United States, England, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, & France
Commissions
Private Portrait Commissions, 2016-Present
Gallery Representation
The Chisholm Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL 2007-Present
Equis Art Gallery, Redhook, NY 2014-Present
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Mary Bridgman: Portraits of Pine Plains, Gallery and Goods, Pine Plains, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 Newburgh Open Studios, Regal Bag Studios # 26
2024 Fashion Institute of Technology, Faculty Exhibition
2022 The Art Students League, Student Exhibition
2010-16 Floor4Art, Harlem Open Studios, Harlem NY
2013-2020 Various Exhibition Venues the Chisholm Gallery, West Palm Beach
2011 Chisholm Gallery, The Willcox Hotel, Aiken South Carolina
2010 Lightness, The Museum at Fit
2010 Harlem Group Show, Casa Frela Gallery, Harlem
2010 Group Artists Show, Floor4art, Harlem
2010 AAEA Fall Juried Show, Kentucky
2010 Hits Art Exhibition & Auction, Fletcher Gallery, Curated by Tom Fletcher
2009 Hits Art Exhibition, Ocala, Fl
2009 Pawling Polo Club, Pawling, Ny
2008 Execution, The Museum at Fit
2008 AAEA Fall Juried Show, Kentucky, Museum Director’s Award, International Museum of The Horse
2008 Hits Art Exhibition, Saugerties, Ny
2007-2008 Coney Island, Fashion Institute of Technology
2007 Hits on The Hudson, Saugerties
2007 MFHA Centennial Exhibition, Molven Park, Virginia, Crossgate Gallery
2007 Equine Image, Colorado
2007 Imagined Sites, The Museum at Fit, Curated by Lyle Rexer, Ny Times
2007 MFHA Centennial Exhibition, New York Hilton, Crossgate Gallery
2007 Chisholm Gallery, Millbrook, Ny
2006 AAEA Juried Exhibition, Kentucky, International Museum of The Horse
2006 Chisholm Gallery, Millbrook, Ny
2006 Déjà Vu, Fit Faculty Exhibition, Curated by Faye Hirsch, Art in America
2005-2006 Collage, Fashion Institute of Technology
2003-2004 Blue, Fashion Institute of Technology
2003- 2004 Patterns, Fashion Institute of Technology
2002-2008 Night Of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space
2004 Public Execution/Big Glass, Exit Art
2002 Reaction, Artists Space
2003 Douglas Dibble Memorial Auction, Hunter College
1999 Unguarded, Soho20 Gallery, Curated by Tom Slaughter
Press and Publications
Mid-Hudson Times 2024
Elite Equestrian 2024
Main Street Magazine 2019
Millerton News 2019
Tri Corner News 2019
Quest Magazine 2010
Hits Saugerties 2010
Hits Ocala Cover 2010
Sidelines News 2010
The Pulse 2006
Weekend 2006
The Country and Abroad, Cover and Editorial 2006, 2007
New York Times Cover 1993