MARY DANIEL HOBSON
1815 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, 94965
(T) 415-383-5617. (F) 415-388-7526. Danny@marydanielhobson.com
www.marydanielhobson.com
Born in San Francisco, CA in 1968, Mary Daniel Hobson has been pursuing photography since the age of 14.
Trained as an art historian, her graduate studies of Surrealism inspired her to work in a mixed media manner
with photography. Whether creating layered collages, intricate still lives, or bottling photographs, her work
consistently explores layered experience and inner geography.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Modern Book, Palo Alto, CA
2007
Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
2005
Modern Book Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Thousand Cranes Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Modern Book Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
State University of Idaho, Pocatello, ID
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2001
Institute for Health and Healing, CA Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Commonweal Institute, Bolinas, CA
1999
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Sight and Insight Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1996
Ruth Ramberg Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Ersatz: Mail Art Exhibtition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Human Nature, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2008
Giving Shelter, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Subjects of Power and Devotion, OAS Secretariat Building, Washington DC
Art and Text, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA
2007
Figuratively Speaking, a three-person exhibit, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Subjects of Power and Devotion, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Photo + Construct, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
2006
Photograph as Representation and Reflection of Cultural Objects, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD,
and Prada Gallery, Washington DC
Photography, Soke Fine Art, Denver, CO
The Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2005
Center Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
ID=Woman, The Photography Room, Grand Rapids, MI
12 Women, Delta University, Midland, MI
Inaugural Exhibition, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Celebrate Photography, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2004
Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
Alternative Processes: A Traveling Exhibit, Texas Photographic Society, US
Gallery Artists, Soke Fine Art, Minturn, CO
2003
National Competition Winners, Camera Club of New York, NY
Photography Now, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Cut, Copy, and Paste, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Marin Arts Council 2002 Grant Awardees, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Four Years Collection: Group Show, Modern Book, Palo Alto, CA
Alternative Processes: A Traveling Exhibit, Texas Photographic Society, US
2002
Entanglements, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Cabinets of Wonder/Redux, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Evocations, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Center Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2001
Vivid: SF Camerawork’s Juried Members Show, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Beyond the Rules: Women’s Caucus for the Arts’ Regional Exhibition, CCAC, San Francisco, CA
2000
Alternative Processes: Exploration, Observation & Assemblage, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Gallery Artists, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Body/Language, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Beyond the Frame: New Dimensions in Photography, Mendocino Community College Art
Gallery, Ukiah, CA
1998
Berkeley Art Center’s Annual Exhibition, juried by SFMOMA Curator Janet Bishop, Berkeley
Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Illuminance: 1998 Photographic Work, juried by Nic Nicosia, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
The Manipulated Photographic Image, Fine Arts Center, Taos, NM
Healing Art: All Media Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1997
California Small Works, juried by Catharine Clark, California Museum of Art,
Santa Rosa, CA
1996
Art Alert: A Juried Exhibition at Seven Alternative Art Spaces, Albuquerque, NM
Cameraworks Juried Exhibition, juried by Miguel Gandert, Albuquerque, NM
1995
New Works in Photography, juried by Sandra Phillips, Intersection for the Arts, San
Francisco, CA
1994
SF Camerawork Annual Juried Members Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and REVIEWS
“In the Studio: Lisa Neimuth and Mary Daniel Hobson” Western Art & Architecture, Winter 2008
“Mary Daniel Hobson at the Bolinas Museum,” Artweek, June 2007
“Bottle Dreams by Mary Daniel Hobson,” Practice: Art + Text, June 2007
“Art and Text,” Contemporary Quarterly, May 2007
Photograph as Representation and Reflection of Cultural Objects, catalogue, Maryland Art Place, 2006
“Review of Photo New York 2005” by Joel Simon, The New York Art World, October 2005
Shift Magazine, images on pages 16 and 18, March-May 2005
“Mary Daniel Hobson: New Work,” Artsopolis, February 2005
“Contest Winners” in Popular Photography, January 2005
“Artist of the Day: Mary Daniel Hobson,” an interview in the Marin Independent Journal, May 2004
Alternative Processes: A Traveling Exhibition, catalogue, Texas Photographic Society, 2004
“Mary Daniel Hobson: Mapping the Body” by Erica Wheeler, Camera Arts, June/July 2003
“Focus on Diversity: Photography Now 2003,” Metroland, May 8-14, 2003
“Art from the Heart: Mary Daniel Hobson,” UNM Alumni News, Spring 2003
Cabinets of Wonder/Redux, exhibition catalogue, Palo Alto Art Center, Fall 2002
“Preview of Evocations at the Falkirk Cultural Center,” Artweek, September 2002
“Interview with Mary Daniel Hobson,” by Benny Shaboy, Studio Notes, Summer 2001
Beyond the Rules: The Women’s Caucus for Art’s Regional Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, 2001
“Mary Daniel Hobson: Mapping the Body” by Kelle Schillaci, Bay Area City Search, January 2000
Cover Image, Ways of the Healer, Winter 1999/2000
Cover Image, Moxie Magazine, Summer 1999
“Journey to Peru’s Death Stone,” text and images by Mary Daniel Hobson, Connections, May 1999
“Review of Body/Language at SF Camerawork” by A. Scherr, East Bay Express, February 1999
AWARDS, HONORS and GRANTS
2007
Nominated for a Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2005
Nominated for a SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA
2004
First Place Award, Soho Photo Gallery’s Alternative Processes Exhibition, New York, NY
2002
Individual Artist Grant, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
2000
Editors’ Award & Audience Award: Best Local Visual Artist, Bay Area City Search, SF, CA
1999
Finalist, Calumet Emerging Photographer Award, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
1998
Award Winner, Lubbock Fine Art Center, Lubbock, TX
1995
Award Winner, Cameraworks Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
1994
Graduate Achievement Award from the University of New Mexico
Townsend Fellowship for Graduate Study from Vassar College
1991
The Gertrude Buttenweiser Prins Prize for Excellence in Art History from Vassar College
General and Departmental Honors from Vassar College
COLLECTIONS
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Institute for Health and Healing, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Numerous Private Collections
LECTURES: Artist Lecture presented at numerous venues including:
Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
California Pacific Medical Center’s Institute for Health and Healing, San Francisco, CA
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
JFK University, Berkeley, CA
Modern Book Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Photo Alliance, San Francisco, CA
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
EDUCATION
1996
M.A. in the History of Photography, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Thesis: Blind Insight: Three Routes to the Unconscious in the Photographs of Dora Maar
1991
B.A. in Art History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Thesis: Horror Through the Eyes of Beauty: Lee Miller's Photographs of World War II
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Advisory Faculty, JFK University, Berkeley, CA, 2006-present
Teaching graduate art seminars and courses on photographic practice & vision
Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2000-2001
Taught courses on contemporary issues in photographic history and practice
Workshop Facilitator, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 1999–2000
Taught workshops in collage and artists’ books
SELECTED EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS
Director and Web Site Manager, Arts and Healing Network, Stinson Beach, CA, 1997–present
Directing www.artheals.org – an online resource on art and healing
Board Member, Foto Forum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1998-2005
Held various roles including Secretary and Newsletter Editor
Research Associate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1998 – 2000
Conducted research and established guidelines for archiving the collection of photographs
Exhibition Assistant, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. 1998
Assisted curator Steven Nash in preparing an exhibit about Picasso and World War II