Mary Pinto
Drawer 4- “Factory Flowers”, cyanotype on colored paper (unique), 16 x 12 inches, 2019
Artist Statement
In these cyanotype prints from the series “Local Patterns”, I have used surplus metal stencils collected from a historic lighting factory to make photograms of found patterns that invite reflection on the shifting landscape and the layers of history present in the rapidly changing neighborhoods of NYC. The steel and aluminum source materials provide a link to the manufacturing sector and its workers, as well as to the influx of new construction in the city. The blue of the cyanotype process suggests architectural blueprints and also the indigo dyes used in textiles, while the industrial stencil shapes are reminiscent of textile patterns from a world of cultures.
Artist Bio
Originally from the Philadelphia area, Mary Pinto currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Her photograms and collages have been exhibited at Gallery 1/1, Hofstra University Museum and St. Thomas Aquinas College, among other venues. Mary has been awarded residency fellowships at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Artists’ Enclave at I-Park in Connecticut. In 2017, her work was featured in ArtSpace magazine's "Five of the Best Artworks from Photo L.A.". She has curated several exhibits, most recently a permanent installation of the work of 19 artists at the Fortune Society through Art Connects New York. In 2019, she was awarded a New Works grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. She received her M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 1999.
Drawer 4- “Factory Flowers”, cyanotype on colored paper (unique), 16 x 12 inches, 2019
Artist Statement
In these cyanotype prints from the series “Local Patterns”, I have used surplus metal stencils collected from a historic lighting factory to make photograms of found patterns that invite reflection on the shifting landscape and the layers of history present in the rapidly changing neighborhoods of NYC. The steel and aluminum source materials provide a link to the manufacturing sector and its workers, as well as to the influx of new construction in the city. The blue of the cyanotype process suggests architectural blueprints and also the indigo dyes used in textiles, while the industrial stencil shapes are reminiscent of textile patterns from a world of cultures.
Artist Bio
Originally from the Philadelphia area, Mary Pinto currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Her photograms and collages have been exhibited at Gallery 1/1, Hofstra University Museum and St. Thomas Aquinas College, among other venues. Mary has been awarded residency fellowships at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Artists’ Enclave at I-Park in Connecticut. In 2017, her work was featured in ArtSpace magazine's "Five of the Best Artworks from Photo L.A.". She has curated several exhibits, most recently a permanent installation of the work of 19 artists at the Fortune Society through Art Connects New York. In 2019, she was awarded a New Works grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. She received her M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 1999.
Drawer 4- “Factory Flowers”, cyanotype on colored paper (unique), 16 x 12 inches, 2019
Artist Statement
In these cyanotype prints from the series “Local Patterns”, I have used surplus metal stencils collected from a historic lighting factory to make photograms of found patterns that invite reflection on the shifting landscape and the layers of history present in the rapidly changing neighborhoods of NYC. The steel and aluminum source materials provide a link to the manufacturing sector and its workers, as well as to the influx of new construction in the city. The blue of the cyanotype process suggests architectural blueprints and also the indigo dyes used in textiles, while the industrial stencil shapes are reminiscent of textile patterns from a world of cultures.
Artist Bio
Originally from the Philadelphia area, Mary Pinto currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Her photograms and collages have been exhibited at Gallery 1/1, Hofstra University Museum and St. Thomas Aquinas College, among other venues. Mary has been awarded residency fellowships at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Artists’ Enclave at I-Park in Connecticut. In 2017, her work was featured in ArtSpace magazine's "Five of the Best Artworks from Photo L.A.". She has curated several exhibits, most recently a permanent installation of the work of 19 artists at the Fortune Society through Art Connects New York. In 2019, she was awarded a New Works grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. She received her M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 1999.