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Mary Obering, Drop Series #10, 1971

Mary Obering (b. 1937, Shreveport, d. 2022, New York) received a BA in Psychology at Hollins College in 1959. She studied calculus at Radcliffe College (Harvard’s women’s college) and did post- bachelor work in experimental psychology with BF Skinner at Harvard shortly after. She received an MFA in painting from the University of Denver in June 1971, and shortly thereafter she moved to NYC.

Obering’s works have been included in exhibitions at 1975 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Artists Space, New York; the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; The Denver Art Museum and Nelson-Atkins Museum among others. Her works are in the permanent collections of major institutions, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Perez Museum, and the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Exhibitions

Featured Image (Installation View) of exhibtion: Piero Dorazio and Mary Obering

Piero Dorazio and Mary Obering

8 Mar – 27 Apr 2024

The Upstairs at 39 Walker
Featured Image (Installation View) of exhibtion: Mary Obering: Works from 1972 – 2003

Mary Obering: Works from 1972 – 2003

7 Jan – 26 Feb 2022

39 Walker
Featured Image (Installation View) of exhibtion: Window Series, 1973

Window Series, 1973

11 Oct – 9 Nov 2019

39 Walker

Press

Alex Greenberger Mary Obering, Abstract Painter With a Passionate Following, Dies at 85 Artnews Aug 2022Andrea Kirsh The magic glow above Mary Obering’s paintings at Bortolami Gallery Artblog Jan 2022Eli Anapur The Prolific Practice of Mary Obering Comes to the Spotlight at Bortolami Widewalls Dec 2021Claire Selvin Bortolami Now Represents Mary Obering Artnews Mar 2019Alexandra Pechman Mary Obering paintings exhibited in Los Angeles for the first time Wallpaper* Sep 2018Emily Gallagher Soho Stalwart Mary Obering Talks Art History Cultured Dec 2017Meredith Mendelsohn 11 Female Artists Who Were Pioneering Minimalists Artsy Sep 2016Mario Condognato Mary Obering Primo Piano Artforum Nov 1996Holland Cotter Mary Obering at Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery The New York Times Feb 1995Lilly Wei Mary Obering at Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery Art in America Feb 1995Holland Cotter Mary Obering at Annina Nosei Gallery Art in America 1988Roberta Smith J.B. Cobb, Martha Edelheit, Ree Morton, Mcarthur Binion, Jonathan Borofsky, Mary Obering Artforum Jan 1974

Publications

Book cover on plain gray background with title of Mary Obering

Mary Obering

Inventory Press, Kayne Griffin, and Bortolami Gallery
2022