Curriculum Vitae
Mary Jean Mallman
Professional Experience:
2023-current Adjunct Faculty, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA.
2016-current Adjunct Faculty, Ventura County Community College District, Moorpark, CA.
2017-2019 Adjunct Instructor, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA.
2017-2019 Ceramics Instructor, Berman Ceramic Arts, North Hollywood, CA.
2004-2015 Ceramics Instructor, Live Oak Ceramic Studio, Manhattan Beach, CA.
2004-2015 Ceramic Studio Technician, Live Oak Ceramic Studio, Manhattan Beach, CA.
2005-2005 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.
2002-2001 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics department, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI.
2000-1999 Ceramics Instructor, Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
2000-1996 Head Buyer, Pearl Artist and Craft, Atlanta, GA.
1999-1997 Studio Assistant, Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Preserves, Another Year in LA, www.anotheryearinla.com
2009 Sightseeing the Ubiquitous, Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA.
2007 Raphael, Milo, Irvington, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Do You See What I Say? MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1999 Mary Jean Mallman Solo Exhibition, Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Exhibition Record:
2019 Materials, L35, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 Functional-Small Ceramic Works, Future Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
2016 Consort, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Kelly Thompson.
2014 Olly Olly Oxen Free, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA. Curated by Kristi Engle.
Merge, Shopclass, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Celebrating Hendrik Stooker, Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Laws of Attraction, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, CA.
2010 Venn Diagram, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008 Brand 37: Works on Paper: Here & Now, Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA. Juried by Kim Abeles.
2008 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA. Juried by Tyler Stallings,
Lisa Melandri, and Carl Berg.
In The Eye of The Beholder - Works on Paper, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA.
The $2 Show, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Hokum, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Lauri Firstenberg, LAXART.
L.A., Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA. Curated by Cathy Stone and David E Stone.
Fat City, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Tibbie Dunbar, A+D Museum.
2007 Crackerjack, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Jay Belloli, The Armory Center for the Arts.
Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle.
Welcome Home, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Ashley McLean Emenegger.
Making Meaning, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Louis Stern, Louis Stern Fine Art.
LAAA Winter Biannual, LAAA South/The Mike Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA.
Juried by Susan Cross, MASS MoCA.
W.O.P., The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Small Wonders II, Pharmaka Art. Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Tyler Stallings, Laguna Art Museum.
Gift Shop, Another Year in L.A., Los Angeles, CA.
Center for the Arts Juried Exhibition 2006, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, CA. Juried by
Christopher Miles, critic and curator.
Of This World, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Laurie Steelink, Track 16 Gallery.
2006 Tarfest, The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Molly Barnes, Kathy Gallegos,
Sinead Finnerty, Peter Frank, Wesley Jessup, Shane Guffogg, and James Panozzo.
2006 Field and Form, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Ashley McLean Emenegger, McLean Fine Art.
The Bird Show, Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Scale, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Caryn Coleman, Sixspace Gallery.
ASC Biannual Group Exhibit, Art Studio C, Los Angles, CA
Gem, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Joni Gordon, Newspace Gallery.
Pure and Nimble, Gallery 825, Los Angles, CA. Juried by Kristi Engle, Kristi Engle Gallery.
Drawing, MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2005 Southern California Open Show 2005, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Wesley
Jessup, Executive Director, Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Dialogue, MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Petite Works, LAAA Annex Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, LA Municipal Art Gallery,
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by
James Elaine, Barbara Gilbert, Karin Higa, and Lamonte Westmorland.
The 50/50 Show, Gallery 825, Los Angles, CA. Juried by Jamie Wilson, Square Blue Gallery.
2004 Southern California Open Show 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by James
Elaine, Hammer Projects Curator, Hammer Museum.
Skinthin, Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
The Everyday, Takt Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2002 Continuum, Mary Nohl Galleries, Milwaukee, WI.
Makers’ Marks, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI.
Student Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1999 Yankee Go Home, Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Callanwolde Summer Show, Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
1998 9 Artists, 634 N Highland, Atlanta, GA.
Callanwolde Holiday Show, Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
1997 Callanwolde Holiday Show, Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
1996 Natural Expressions, Artist Atelier of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
Education:
2002 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1995 B.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Bibliography:
“Hands on Art” Ron Arias, EasyReader/Beach, April 7, 2011.
“Poles of Inspiration” Grace Krilanovich, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2007.
“Four Women and One Kitchen” Keri Guten Cohen, Detroit Free Press, August 18, 2002.
“Four Women Transform ‘Everyday Object’ Into Art” Marsha Stopa, Oakland Press, August 8, 2002.
“Origins” Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing, Volume 26, number 44, March 21,1998.
Public Projects:
2018 Seeds of Change, Location: Rockdale Elementary VAPA Magnet, 1303 Yosemite Drive LA, CA 90041
A collaboration with students of the afterschool garden club.
2009 Make Art Not Trash, Location: Auntie Em’s Kitchen, 4616 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA 90041
Commissioned by: The Eagle Rock Association, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock and Arroyo Arts Collective.
Lectures/Critiques:
2009 Moorpark Community College, Moorpark, CA. (Lecture for art department)
2004 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. (Lecture for ceramics department)
The Creative Arts Center, Pasadena, CA. (Critique for design class)