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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Book Arts/Printmaking 1995 – The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Master of Fine Arts, Fine Arts 1979- Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Bachelor of Arts, Art Education 1974 -Hunter College, City University of New York.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
The National September 11 Memorial Museum permanent collection and exhibit, NY city. Philadelphia Museum Library – Secondary Colors – GBW Delaware Chapter, Philadelphia, PA. • Utah Museum of Fine Arts – GBW 100th Anniversary Exhibition •Noyes Museum of Art – Telling the Story: Artist’s Books • Hunterdon Museum of Art – 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition. • Museum of Printing History – Pop-Up Books – Houston, TX. • Hunterdon Museum – Correspondences: Poetry and Contemporary Art Hunterdon Museum – “Extreme Landscape” • Hunterdon Museum – 47th Annual Print Exhibition, NJ. • Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, Costa Rica – “Artists and the Art of the Book” • Brooklyn Museum of Art – “26th National Print Exhibition” Brooklyn, NY. • Hunterdon Museum – Glorious Prints: A Celebration of Prints and Artists’ Books, NJ. • The Noyes Museum – New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts, NJ. • National Museum of Women in the Arts – Book as Art III, Washington, D. C. • Morris Museum – 1985-6 Fellowship Exhibition, Morristown, NJ. •Ellarsie, Trenton City Museum – Works in Paper/Works in Series
PRESENTER AT CONFERENCES : Editioning a Fine Press Book – ARLIS/NA 40th Annual Conference, Toronto 2012. •Art, Fact and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place – College Book Art Association, 2009. University of Iowa Center for the Book. Paper: Book as Witness: The Artist’s response. Construction of Death, Mourning and Memory, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, 2006. • NJ Book Arts Symposium: “Flaps, Folds, Figures, and Flash: Books with Movable Parts. “The American Printing History Association – (R)EVOLUTION IN PRINT. • Southern Graphic Council. 3D: Diversity, Discourse. Dimension. Mason Gross School of the Arts, NJ, 2004.
RESIDENCIES: University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. Book FOR[u]Ms Book Artist Speaker Series, 2007. Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2005. • Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Experimental Printmaking Institute, 2003-4.
FELLOWSHIP/APPRENTICESHIPS: The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1994-5 • American Philosophical Society – PA. Book and Paper Conservation-1998-2000. • Rutgers Center for Print and Paper – NJ – paper making, 1996-97. • Library Company of Philadelphia, PA – Conservation, 1994-5. New Jersey State Council On the Arts Fellowship- 1985-6 • Dieu Donne Press and Paper, Paper making-New York, N.Y.1984
ADDITIONAL AWARDS: The Lenore Adelman Award for Book Arts – The University of the Arts, 1995. • Honorable Mention: PCNJ Exhibit Textile Print:As a Fine Art Form, 1993. • Newark Mediawork’s 2nd annual N.J. Video and Film Festival – Art Goes Public/Artist in Residence.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 – Caudex Folium is on view in Towers Rising at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in NYC.- https://collection.911memorial.org/Detail/objects/121760 – The 2nd image is a video by Michael Pisano
BLUE – Group show by members of the Delaware Valley Chapter – GBW – Art at City Hall, Philadelphia PA – April 21 – July 14, 2023BLUE On-Line exhibit – https://dvc-gbw.org/blue/
2021 – 22 – Hècatombe 9-11 has been chosen by The 9-11 Memorial Museum in NYC, as an ambassador to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the USA, and will be featured in “And Yet We Rise: A Retrospect of the Days and Times Surrounding 9/11″exhibit at the American Consulate in London.
The National Library of Medicine recently acquired 3 Memory Press artist books, a new format for NLM collections providing cultural context for the study of medical history. The new artist books, Caudex Folium, Fractured: Covid 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere, and Hecatombe 9-11 were created by book artist Maria G. Pisano, who tells us what an artist book is, how she became a book artist, and how these unique objects function as both book and artistic structure. Please see Part I and II below:
Homecoming: Frontline Arts – Branchburgh, NJ -https://www.frontlinearts.org/current-exhibition-48th-annual-members-exhibition
Looking Out/Looking In – Philadelphia Center for the Book Exhibit – virtual and at Swarthmore College Library – https://www.pcbexhibition.org/2021/artist/pisano • Homecoming: Frontline Arts – Branchburgh, NJ from 2021-22. • Let’s Eat Cake: A Delaware Valley Chapter Collaborative Project and virtual Exhibition. • Resilience in Community – Frontline Line Arts – Branchburgh, NJ
2020 Awash in Books: Books for the Year of Water – Butler Library, Columbia University, NY. The Architecture of the Book – Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Print/Paper/Book – 46th Annual Members’ Exhibition – Frontline Arts, NJ. Taking a Page Out of Her Book, invitational – Episcopal Academy, Newton Square, PA
2019 –Variations on the Artist Book – Philadelphia Center for the Book – City Hall, Philadelphia • Reflections: Maria G. Pisano Artist Books and Works on Paper – Plainsboro Public Library • Line and Form – Frontline Arts 45th Annual Juried Member’s Exhibit – Branchburg, NJ • Engaged Editions: Creative Advocacy in Print – Booklyn , Brooklyn, NY.
2018 – Ensemble: Inspiration and the Artist’s Book – Invitational exhibit – Laramie County Library, Cheyenne, Wyoming.• Paper Toys: Objects En Papier a Plier et Monter – Le Magasin Arprim- Quebec, CA • Common Thread: Women’s Experience through Artists’ Books- Rose Library Rare Book Collections – Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA • The Invisible Cities Collaborative Book Project organized by Constellation Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska exhibited at Amor del Libro Studio, at the Palazzo Ca’ Zenobio, Venice, Italy.
2017 –The Book as Stage – Yale Haas Art Library- Yale University, CT. •Know-How – Workshop Instructors Exhibition – Morgan Art of Papermaking, OH. • Dreamscapes – Plainsboro Public Library, NJ. 2nd place award • The Politics of Water – PAA Responds. Stonybrook Watershed, Pennington, NJ.• Artists’ Books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection: UJ Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg, Africa.• A New Century of War – Printmaking Center of NJ – Frontline Arts – Branchburg, NJ • Assemblage: A Collection of works by UArts Alumni and Faculty – Invitational,University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2016 – The Printed Page II -Abecedarian Gallery, Denver CO, Outside the Margins: Contemporary Artists’ Books -Julio Fine Arts Gallery – Loyola University, Baltimore MD. Rooted – Tulpehaking Nature Center. Longitude, Latitude and Elevation – The Valley Arts Gallery in Forest Grove, OR. The Farm: Interpretive Binding – Free Library of Philadelphia, PA.
2015 – Architectural Innovations: Celebrating the structures of Hedi Kyle – University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. • Miller, Mitchell, Pisano, Riker: Crossing the Delaware: New Jersey Women of the Book at Lafayette College, Easton, PA. • Book Arts: Artists’ Books from Bowdoin College – Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. • Readers Art: Concealed, Confined and Collected – Minnesota Center for Book Arts – Minneapolis, MN. • Atlas: A Delaware Valley Chapter GBW collaborative project – Athenaeum of Philadelphia, PA
2014 -Hecatombe 9-11 – The National September 11 Memorial Museum – New York, NYThree Inches: Handcrafted Miniature Books – Clarence Ward Library, Oberlin College, OhioSan Diego Book Arts Fifth National Juried Exhibition – Geisel Library, University of California.An Inventory of Al-Mutanbbi Street – Central Library Rochester Public Library, New YorkAl-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here– University of Southern Maine, Portland
2013 –100+1 libri d’artista – From Micro to Macro: Palazzo Trinci, Perugia, ItalySecondary Colors – Delaware Valley GBW – Cabot Science Library, Harvard University and Philadelphia Museum of Art Library, PA.An Inventory of Al-Mutanbbi Street – San Francisco Center for the Book, SF California Cambridge Art Council, Cambridge, MA. The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK. The Center for Book Arts, NYC.
2012 – Piccoli, piccolissimi, anzi grandissimi – Biblioteca Braidense, Milano, ItalyLegacy – Printmaking Center of New Jersey, NJ
2011 – Abecedarium: An Alphabet Soup of Artists’ Books – Swarthmore College, PA. Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 – Virginia Commonwealth University. Agents of Change – Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. • The Book as Memorial: Book Artists Respond to and Remember 9/11– Yale University, CT. • Artist Books from the Collection – Smithsonian American Art Museum/NPG Library, DC. • The Un(framed) Photograph – Center for Book Art, New York, NY. • Philadelphia Artists’ Books Travel to Venice – Scuola Grafica, Venezia, Italy. • Remembering 9/11 Through Artists’ Books – McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, PA.
2010–The Illustrated Accordion – KBAC Gallery- Kalamazoo, MIBooked 7 – Pierro Gallery at the Baird-South Orange, NJ. • Where Have We Been? – Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
2009 – ABC- An Alphabet Exhibit – University of Delaware, Newark, DEBeyond WORDS: Book Fest 2009 – LBI Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, NJ. • Altered and Assembled – Williams Center for the Arts Gallery, Lafayette College, PA. • Hybrid Conference juried alumni exhibit – University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
2008–Art Bound: Book Design Past and Present. Invitational – The Athenaeum, PA. Outrageous Pages: Ingenious Artists Books. Invitational – SUNY College of Oneonta, NY.
2007– One Person Show- Maria Pisano: Books and Prints – University of Wisconsin-Madison. Action/Interaction: Book/Arts Conference Exhibition -CCBP – Chicago, IL. GBW 100th Anniversary Exhibition –varied venues. • Unfolding Thought: Contemporary Book Art -Invitational- Shippensburg Univ, PA
2006– GBW 100th Anniversary Exhibition – Grolier Club, New York, NY • Beautifully Bound – Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, ME • Bound and Unbound – Free Library of Philadelphia, PA • The Open Book: New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ Meraviglia: Innovations in the Book Arts – Williams Center for the Arts, PA. • More than a Book – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. • Centro Cultural, San Jose,Costa Rica. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico. Williams Center for The Arts, PA.
2005 – 8th International Symposium and Book Fair, Marseille, France. • Anatomy of a Landscape – MGP Studio Arts Gallery, New Hope, PA. • A Flourish of Form: New and Traditional Structures in Artists’ Books – Yale Univ, CT. • A Miniature Lesson in the History of the Book – Harvard University Library • Facades: MGP Studio Arts Gallery, New Hope, PA.
2004–Matter and Spirit: The Genesis and Evolution of the Book. Wells College, NY.
2003– Altered Books: Spine Bending Thrillers – Rider Univ. Art Gallery, NJ. • Beyond Reading – Invitational – Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA • Undercover – Invitational – St. Louis Artist’s Guild, MO • Paper Works – Invitational Gallery 31 North, NJ. • Just4U – Newark Public Library, NJ
2002– Artists Image Resource, PA, Spaces Gallery, OH, Lafayette College, PA. • Artists and the Art of the Book – The Banana Factory, PA.
2001– MBS Conclave XIX -Lilly Library, Indianapolis, IN.
1999– Magic Paper/Magic Book – Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL. •X: The First Decade, The Next Page – The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. International Miniature Prints and Books – Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, CT.
1998-9– ABECEDARIUMS: Guild of Bookworkers –various sites. • Miniature Book Exhibition: 1998 MBS Conclave – Charleston, S.C.
1997– ARCHItextURE: The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA. •Coptic and Collage: Ancient Technique, Modern Application – Center for Book Arts, NY. •National Printmaking 1997 – The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ. •Chapter 1 – Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. •Image and Text – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
1996– Education and the Book Arts in New Jersey, or, Preaching What You Practice – Rutgers Univ, NJ. •Chapter 1 – Rosenwald Gallery- University of Pennsylvania Library-Philadelphia, PA. • Humboldt State University, Art Gallery – First North Redwood Book Arts Conference, Arcata, CA
1995– A Sense of Place and the Book Arts: Contemporary Perspectives on Book Arts in New Jersey. •Book Arts in New Jersey: Seven Contemporary Perspectives – New Brunswick,NJ • “Structures of Memory”: The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA. •Bookarts: Niagara County Community College Art Gallery, Sanborn, NY.
1994– TRADITIONS and CONNECTIONS: The Art of the Book/ Books by Artists – Laurie and Irvin Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. •The Visual Book. Survey of contemporary book works. Westby Art Gallery, Rowan Colege,Glassboro, N.J. •Books:University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. •10 th year Anniversary Celebration, Rabbet Gallery,New Brunswick , N.J. •Papermade NJ.: Johnson & Johnson Gallery,New Brunswick, N.J.
1993– Hands at Work: A Celebration of American Book Crafts – Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, Book Arts Gallery, University of Alabama. • Former Art Directors – Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, N.J. • Textile Print: As a Fine Art Form – PCNJ, Somerville, N.J.
1992– Handmade Books on Display – East Brunswick Library, East Brunswick, N.J.
1991– Economy of Space: Book Arts Under Four Inches Center for Book Arts, N.Y. •WAR & PEACE: Center for Book Arts, New York, N.Y. •Printmaking – Trenton State College, Trenton, N.J.
1989– 15th Anniversary Exhibit – Center for Book Arts: Herb Lubalin Study Center, N.Y.Public Library. •One-Person Show – Printmaking Council of New Jersey, N.J.
1988 Creative Papermaking: Handmade Color Paperworks by Eight Princeton Artists. Millberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts, Firestone Library, Princeton University,N.J. • The Arts of the Book Invitational – The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. • One Person Show – Johnson and Johnson Gallery, Johnson and Johnson, N.J. •Book Arts I:Hand-in-Hand Galleries, Ltd., New York, N.Y.
1986– Artist Made Books: Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1985– Artworks/Bookworks: Dallas Public Library Gallery, Dallas, Texas. • Bookworks:Hand-in-Hand Gallery,New York, N.Y. • Handmade Paper Works – Middlesex County Coll. Gallery, Trenton, N.J.
1984– One Person Show – Middlesex County College Gallery, Edison, N.J. • The First Decade:New York Public Library Gallery, Center for Book Arts,New York, N.Y. Invitational: Paperworks – Printmaking Council of New Jersey Somerville, N.J. • Book Arts: Center for Book Arts, New York, N.Y. • Impressions: Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, N.J. • Paper: John Baughman & Associates, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mi.• The Graphic Eye Gallery, Impressions on Handmade Paper.Port Washington, N.Y.
1982– Works On Paper: First Annual Exhibition, Queensborough Comm.Coll, N.Y. Graphic Variations:Four Person Show – Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, New York. Artist’s Choice: Hutchins Gallery, C.W. Post College, Long Island University,N.Y. • Dore Ashton Selects: Marymount College Gallery, New York, N.Y. • Books by Printmakers: The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA.
WORKS ON PAPER COLLECTIONS
Banker’s Trust Corporation, New York, NY. Bristol – Myers Squibb Co. Princeton, NJ. Brooklyn College, CUNY Art Collection, Brooklyn, NY. B.T. Southwest Corp., Dallas, Texas. Chubb & Son Insurance Inc., St. Louis, MO. Dean Witter Reynolds Co., NY. Department of Taxation, Trenton, NJ. Design Animation Ltd., Johannesburg, Africa. FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. Freedom Drug Corp., NH. I.B.M. Corporation, New York, NY. Insurance Company of North America -Johnson & Johnson Corp., New Brunswick, NJ. Kendall Insurance, Rochester, NH – Putman Investors, Quincy, MA – Saunder Merrimack, NH. The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.