Biography
2005 1st Place and 2007 2nd Place
Crosby Festival of the Arts
The Toledo Botanical Garden
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 Mary Jane Erard, a self-taught artist, has worked in many different artistic
media since she was a young child. For the past ten years she has worked
exclusively in pastel, as she finds that pastel lends itself perfectly
to creating the impressionistic landscape paintings for which she is known.
In the past eight years Mary Jane's pastel paintings have been accepted
in over 50 juried art shows and have won over twenty-five awards, including
five Best of Show awards. Her work has also been included in eleven group
shows and seven solo shows.
In 2005 Mary Jane entered six juried shows and won five awards, including
one Best of Show and two First Place Awards. She won Best of Show in the
prestigious Members Show at the Spectrum Gallery and won First Place at
the 2005 Crosby Festival. Mary Jane's painting "To All the Trees I've
Hugged Before" was accepted into the 37th Annual National Juried Art
Exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Club in November 2005. She also exhibited
6 paintings and 5 prints in an international exhibition held in Hamburg
Germany in December 2005.
In 2006 Mary Jane has exhibited in two group shows in prestigious galleries;
The Parkwood Gallery and Space 237. She was also accepted into the Ann
Arbor Art Festival and was invited to exhibit again in 2007. In addition,
Mary Jane was invited to jury the entries for the 2006 Crosby Festival
of the Arts. Also in 2006, she was featured in an article in the UT Times.
Several of Mary Jane's paintings were published at various times in 2006
in the UT Times, Toledo City Paper and the Toledo Blade.
Mary Jane has also been accepted several times into the Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art. The exhibition is one of the oldest juried shows in the country and is the most prestigious held in the Toledo area. She has also won several awards in Salon des Refuses' shows.
Mary Jane's work has been published on the cover of Talk of the Town magazine
in January 2000, on the cover of the University of Toledo's UT Times in
2002, on the front page of the Columbus Art Web site in 2003, in the Toledo
Blade, the Toledo City Paper, and as a feature article in the UT Times
in 2006.
In 2007 Mary Jane won 1st place in the University of Toledo's Art on the Mall and 2nd place at the Toledo Botanical Garden's Crosby Festival.
Mary Jane is a Juried Associate Member of the prestigious Pastel Society of America, a juried member of World Wide Arts Resource as a Premier Artist, a member of the Great Lakes Pastel Society, and a member of Spectrum: Friends of Fine Art. Mary Jane has served as a member of the Spectrum: Friends of Fine Art Board of Trustees as their President, Vice President and Member at Large. She is currently a member of Spectrum's exhibition committee.
Mary Jane frequently has work on display and for sale at the Collector's Corner at the Toledo Museum of Art. She is also represented by the Mac Worthington Gallery in Columbus, the Fortunes' Rock Gallery in Alabama, and she is a co-op member of the D'Vine Designs Gallery in Perrysburg, Ohio. You may also view her work at www.landscapesinpastel.com on the Web.
Juried Art Exhibitions
1995 Spectrum Spring Show
1995 Spectrum Winter Show
1996 Spectrum Fall Show
1997-98 Spectrum Downtown Gallery
- Winter
Show Awarded Best of Show
1998 Spectrum Winter Show
1998 Spectrum Spring Show
1998 Salon des Refuses
Projections Award &
SeaGate/Common Space Gallery
Award
1998 Spectrum Summer Show
1998 Spectrum Award Winners Show
1998 Spectrum Fall Show
1999 Spectrum Downtown Gallery
- Spring Show
1999 Spectrum Spring Show
1999 Impressions of Nature Show
Third Place
1999 Salon des Refuses
Honorable Mention Award
1999 Spectrum Award Winners Show
1999 - 2000 Toledo Museum of
Art: Collector's
Corner Exhibition of local Artists'
Work
July 2000 - Art on the Mall
University of Toledo Juried Art
Fair
October 2000 - Spectrum Fall
Show
Award of Distinction*
November 2000 - Central Catholic
High School
Art Auction
December 2000 - Spectrum Gallery
Art Raffle
2001 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's
Corner
Exhibition of local Artists'
Work
January 2001 - Spectrum Winter
Show
Award of Distinction*
November 2001 - Central Catholic
High School
Art Auction
2002 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's
Corner
Exhibition of local Artists'
Work
March 2002 - Spectrum Members
Show
Second Place
April 2002 - Spectrum Open Spring
Show
Award of Distinction*
May 2002 - Spectrum Nature Show
Third Place
July 2002 - Stranahan Manor House
"Artists
in the Garden" Juried Show
July 2002 - Art on the Mall
University of Toledo Juried Art
Fair
August 2002 -Maumee
Juried Art Fair
October 2002 - Spectrum Fall
Show
March 2003 - Spectrum Members
Show
Awarded Honorable Mention
April 2003 - Spectrum Spring
Show
Award of Distinction*
April - May 2003 - Featured Artist
Columbusart.com
May 2003 - Impressions of Nature
Best of Show
June 20 - July 25, 2003 - Salon des Refuses
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Toledo Blue Print Award
June 20 - July 27, 2003
85th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition
- Toledo Museum of Art
More Info
July 2003 - Art on the Mall
University of Toledo Juried Art
Fair
Best Of Show
September 2003 - Award Winner's Show
Spectrum Gallery
Third Place
March 2004 - Members Show
Spectrum Gallery
May 2004 - Impressions of Nature
Spectrum Gallery
Second Place
2004 Salon des Refuses
Second Place
June 11 - July 25, 2004
86th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition
Toledo Museum of Art
June 25, 26, 27, 2004
Crosby Festival of the Arts
Toledo Botanical Garden
Second Place
July 2004 - Stranahan Manor House "Artists in the Garden"; Juried Exhibition
July 2004 - UT Art on the Mall
Juried Art Fair
October 2004
Spectrum Gallery - Award Winner's Show
Best of Show
March 2005
Spectrum Gallery - Members Show
Best of Show
June 2005
Crosby Festival of the Arts
Toledo Botanical Garden
First Place
July 2005
Spectrum Gallery - Summer Show
First Place
September 2005
Harrison Rally Day
Art Festival - Downtown Perrysburg, OH
Third Place
October - November 2005
Fall Show
Spectrum Gallery
Third Place
November 2005
37th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition
The Cincinnati Art Club
January 2006
Winter Show
Spectrum Gallery
Honorable Mention
March - April 2006
Members' Show
Spectrum Gallery
Third Place
May 2006 - Impressions of Nature
Spectrum Gallery
First Place
July 2006 - Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair
Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 2007 - Crosby Festival of the Arts
Toledo Botanical Garden
Second Place
July 2007 - Art on the Mall
University of Toledo
First Place
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Solo & Group Shows
Group ShowJanuary - March, 1998 Medical College of
Ohio Mulford Library -
Group Show October, 1998 - SeaGate Gallery Exhibition
of Fall Landscapes
Group Show December 1998 - January 1999 Cabinet Shoppe
Gallery
Exhibition of Work from Local
Artists
Solo Show February 1999 - SeaGate Gallery Landscapes
in Pastel
Group Show July - September 1999
Medical College of Ohio Mulford
Library
Group Show 1999 - 2000 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's
Corner Exhibition of local Artists' Work
Solo Show September 2000 - Norwalk Ohio Bank
Group Show 2001 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's Corner
Exhibition of local Artists' Work
Group Show January 2002 - University of Toledo, Faculty
Staff Art Show
Painting Published on Cover of
Faculty &
Staff Newspaper
Group Show 2002 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's Corner
Exhibition of local Artists' Work
Group Show October 2002 Adams' Amble - Art Exhibition
Solo Show February - April 2003 Alex Hamilton's Restaurant,
Toledo OH
Solo Show February 2004 Seagate Gallery
Toledo OH
Solo Show April - June 2004 Weslery Memorial Gallery
Fostoria OH
Solo Show March - April 2005 Spectrum Gallery
3 Person Show March - May 2006
Parkwood Gallery
Toledo, Ohio
Two-Person ExhibitionSpace 237
August - September 2006
Toledo, Ohio
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Awards
Best of Show: 1997-98 Spectrum Downtown Gallery - Winter
Show
Projections Award: 1998 Salon des Refuses Show
SeaGate/Common Space Gallery Award: 1998 Salon des Refuses Show
Third Place:1999 Impressions of Nature Show
Honorable Mention:
1999 Salon des Refuses
Award of Distinction*: October 2000 - Spectrum Fall Show
Award of Distinction*: January 2001 - Spectrum Winter Show
Second Place: March 2002 - Spectrum Members Show
Award of Distinction* in Pastel: April 2002 - Spectrum Open Spring Show
Third Place: May 2002 - Spectrum Nature Show
Honorable Mention: March 2003 - Spectrum Members Show
Award of Distinction*: April 2003 - Spectrum Spring Show
Best of Show: May 2003 - Impressions of Nature Show
Toledo Blue Print Award - June - July 2003 - Salon des Refuses Show
Best of Show - July 2003 - Art on the Mall - University
of Toledo Juried Art Fair
Third Place - September 2003 - Award Winner's Show
Spectrum Gallery
Second Place - May 2004 - Impressions of Nature Show
Second Place
2004 Salon des Refuses
Second Place
2004 Crosby Festival of the Arts
Best of Show
Spectrum Gallery - 2004 Award Winner's Show
Best of Show
Spectrum Gallery - 2005 Members Show
First Place
2005 Crosby Festival of the Arts
First Place
Spectrum Gallery - 2005 Summer Show
Third Place
Harrison Rally Days - Art Festival
Third Place
Spectrum Gallery - 2005 Fall Show
Honorable Mention
Spectrum Gallery - 2006 Winter Show
Third Place
Spectrum Gallery - 2006 Members' Show
First Place
2006 Impressions of Nature
Second Place
2007 Crosby Festival of the Arts
First Place
2007 Art on the Mall - University of Toledo
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*Only four awards are given in these shows.
They are awards of equal value presented
to the four pieces of artwork deemed by the
Juror to be the best in the show.
For a copy of M. J. Erard's Artist Resume', please use the e-mail address below.
Contact Information
E-mail: janeerard@mindspring.com
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