Artist Bio
Mary VanLandingham is a traditional painter based out of South Georgia. With the use of oil paints, Mary specializes in creating lively and vivid imagery referencing the outside world. Her love and appreciation for the natural world is essential, and she strives to recreate scenes that embody a sense of both comfort and bewilderment. Mary was born and raised in South Georgia, and developed an interest for art at an early age. While pursing a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Valdosta State University, she took an immediate liking to oil paints. She then combined her admiration for nature with her passion of oil painting, and began expressing place and perspectives that provide peace and familiarity. She has participated in exhibitions across to the United States and enjoys showing her work in new places. Mary works full-time in her home studio located in Nashville, Georgia.
REPRESENTATION
Oxford Treehouse Gallery
328 COUNTY ROAD 418
OXFORD, MS, 38655
662-236-1667
https://www.oxfordtreehousegallery.com/
Glave Kocen Consulting
DOWNTOWN EXHIBITION SPACE
GLAVE KOCEN PETITE
111 N 18th St., Richmond, VA 23223
804.305.5718
https://glavekocenconsulting.com/
Pierpont Gallery
210 E SCREVEN STREET
QUITMAN, GA 31643
229-305-5323
https://www.pierpontgallery.com/
River's Edge Gallery
59 COMMERCE STREET
APALACHICOLA, FL 32320
https://riversedgegallery.art/
Artist CV
Education
Valdosta State University, Bachelors of Fine Arts
Awards and Acknowledgements
2016 Honorable Mention at South West Ga Student Competition – Albany, Ga
2017 2nd Place at Valdosta State University Student Competition – Valdosta, Ga
2017 Outstanding B.F.A. – Art Student – Valdosta State University – Valdosta, Ga
2017 2nd Place at South West Ga Student Competition – Albany, Ga
2018 Harley Langdale Purchase Award – Valdosta, Ga
2018 Outstanding B.F.A. – Art Student – Valdosta State University – Valdosta, Ga
2018 2nd Place at Pines and Palms Fall into Art – Thomasville, Ga
2019 Judges Choice Award – Lemonade Stand Gallery Small Works – Key West, Fl
2019 Best in Show – Turner Center Spring Into Art – Valdosta, Ga
2020 1st Place - Colquitt County Arts Center - Moultrie, Ga
2021 1st Place - Turner Center Spring Into Art - Valdosta, Ga
2024 1st Place - Colquitt County Arts Center - Moultrie, Ga
Internship
2016-18 Steven Walker Studios – Hahira, Ga
Instruction
2015-16 Assistant Art Teacher, Boys and Girls Club – Valdosta, Ga
Community Service
2017 Demonstration for Lowndes High School - Valdosta, Ga
2017 Demonstration at Plough Gallery – Tifton, Ga
2018 Demonstration for Lowndes High School – Valdosta, Ga
Exhibitions
2016 Valdosta State University Student Competition – Valdosta, Ga
2016 South West Ga Student Competition – Albany, Ga
2017 Valdosta State University Student Competition – Valdosta, Ga
2017 Turner Center for the Arts “Spring into Art” – Valdosta, Ga
2017 CCHA Spring “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va
2017 The Georgia Artists Exhibition – Moultrie, Ga
2017 CCHA Fall “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va
2017 TPCAC “The Art of Being Southern” – Troy, Alabama
2017 Nashville Harvest Festival Art Exhibit – Nashville, Ga
2017 South West Ga Student Competition – Albany, Ga
2017 Turner Center for the Arts “Boundless” – Valdosta, Ga
2017 Randy Higbee Gallery, “6” Squared Exhibition” – Costa Mesa, Ca
2017 Plough Gallery “4thAnnual Holiday Celebration” – Tifton, Ga
2018 Glave Kocen Gallery, 11thAnnual “Size Doesn’t Matter” – Richmond, Va
2018 VSU Martha G. Smart Gallery solo show – Valdosta, Ga
2018 Richeson Gallery “Richeson75 Small Works” – Kimberly, WI
2018 Valdosta State University Student Competition – Valdosta, Ga
2018 CCHA Spring “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va
2018 Turner Center for the Arts “Spring into Art” – Valdosta, Ga
2018 FCCA “Power of Red” – Fredricksburg, Va
2018 Grand opening of South Georgia Regional Library – Valdosta, Ga
2018 Pines and Palms “Fall into Art” – Thomasville, Ga
2018 Glave Kocen Gallery “The Pond” – Richmond, Va
2018 CCHA Fall “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va
2019 Glave Kocen Gallery “Size Doesn’t Matter” – Richmond, Va
2019 Richeson Gallery “Richeson75 Small Works” – Kimberly, WI
2019 Art at the Center 2019 National Juried Exhibition – Overland Park, Ks
2019 Lemonade Stand Gallery Small Works Exhibiton – Key West, Fl
2019 Turner Center “Spring Into Art” – Valdosta, Ga
2019 CCHA Spring “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va
2019 Riverside Art Center “For the Love of the Moon” – Wapakoneta, Oh
2020 Glave Kocen Gallery “Size Doesn’t Matter” – Richmond, Va
2020 Turner Center “On My Mind” – Valdosta, Ga
2020 Hugh McPeck Gallery “35th Annual No Big Heads” – Anchorage, Ak
2020 Colquitt County Art Center “Southern Arts Invitational” – Moultrie, Ga
2020 Pines and Palms “Fall into Art” – Thomasville, Ga
2020 Glave Kocen Gallery Group Show – Richmond, Va
2020 Colquitt County Art Center “Recollection” – Moultrie, Ga
2021 Turner Center "Spring Into Art" - Valdosta, Ga
2021 Glave Kocen "Put A Bird on It" - Richmond, Va
2022 GA Museum of Agriculture "A Farm Story" w/ Steven Walker - Tifton, Ga
2022 Thomas County Arts Center "Along the Coastline" - Thomasville, Ga
2023 Turner Center "Interiors and Open Air" w/ Hannah Gandy - Valdosta, Ga
2023 Gadsden Art Center "Within These Walls" - Quincy , Fl
2024 Firehouse Gallery "Southern Landscape" - Bainbridge, Ga
2024 Bowen Center for the Arts "Reflections" - Dawsonville, Ga
2024 Turner Center for the Arts "Spring Into Art" - Valdosta, Ga
2024 Colquitt County Art Center “Southern Arts Invitational” – Moultrie, Ga
2024 Firehouse Gallery "By The Sea" - Bainbridge, Ga
2024 CCHA Fall “Art at the Mill” – Millwood, Va