ABOUT MARY SCHEPISI
Mary Schepisi has had many exhibitions in Melbourne, New York City, Los Angeles and London, and her work is held in numerous collections.
Known for the duality of her work, she combines her interest in the beauty of nature and form with hard-hitting commentary on the paradox of life and her deeply felt concerns for humanity - not least of these, in recent years, the plight of refugees around the world.
In addition to her own art practice, Schepisi is an active supporter of art philanthropy. In 2009 she conceived and organised an art auction that raised $84,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
In 2014 she then conceived and organised New Directions Art Auction, a bi-annual charity event to raise awareness and funds for the Australian Prostate Centre. Funds from the 2021 auction helped the APC purchase outstanding new technology for prostate biopsy – a machine that provides prostate cancer diagnosis using a simpler biopsy method performed in the clinic.
EDUCATION
Art Students League, New York Boston University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Springtime Pleasures, Artvisory, Melbourne
2018 Out of the Heat, In with the Cold, Artvisory, Melbourne
2017 Flower Power
2015 Just a Minute, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Words & Pictures, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2010 It’s Up To You, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Beauty Interrupted, Assin, Melbourne
2009 Guns, Birds & Words, Bowman/Bloom, 95 East 7th St., NYC
2009 Guns, Birds & Words, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Inferences…a summer diary, Bowman/Bloom, New York City
2004 The Collection, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 Speculations, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002 Bodies of Evidence, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002 Mary’s Little Gems, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne
2000 Postcard Show, Royal College of Art, London
1998 Toys for Joy, Royal Children’s Hospital
1997 George Gallery, Melbourne
1994 The Sofa Series, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Glasnost/Perestroika, Jo Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1990 Glasnost/Perestroika, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Glasnost/Perestroika, San Lorenzo, London
1988 Evil Angels, Peter Grant Fine Art, Melbourne
CURATED CHARITY ART AUCTIONS
2021 New Directions Art Auction for APC (Australian Prostate Centre)
2019 New Directions Art Auction for APC (Australian Prostate Centre)
2015 New Directions Art Auction for APCR (Australian Prostate Cancer Research)
2014 New Directions Art Auction for APCR (Australian Prostate Cancer Research)
2009 JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) with David Band
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 CONFLICT/INTEREST, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
2008/2009 The Beast In Me, works on paper, Bowman/Bloom, New York City
2001 Art by Gum, Exhibition/Auction School of Botany Foundation, University of Melbourne
2000 SECRET Royal College of Art Exhibition, London
1999 George Galley, Melbourne
1998 Exchanging Places, George Gallery in Residence Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1995 Sofa Series, at the River, Southgate, Melbourne
1991 Mr Baseball, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
COLLECTIONS
Private Collections: Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Palm Beach, Van Couver and London
Public Collections: Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne