Multi media artist/poet/educator Mary Jo Lombardo’s work is conceptual in nature.  It reflects on a world where time, memory, and a bittersweet life view combine in a flexible, nonlinear expression. A certified art and theater teacher in the State of Connecticut, she studied at Mount Holyoke College, with Yale University’s Robert Reed, and with Vijay Kumar from Manhattan Graphics and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. Ms. Lombardo has been featured in one person and group shows at A.I.R., Minor Injury, Fools Company and 7th and 2nd Galleries in New York City; Asylum Arts, Eclectic in Denver, The Housatonic Museum of Art, The Silvermine Guild, Lyman Center at Southern Connecticut State University, Westport Art Center, Earthplace and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Connecticut; among others. She recently completed a "moveable mural" for Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village in New York City, and an installation project, A Women's Wailing Wall, in conjunction with the conference "Women, War & Peace" at Southern Connecticut State University. She is an art teacher in the Westport, CT public school system as well as at the Westport Arts Center. Her work is in many private and corporate collections. nestartsfactory.com

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Flower (re)Power Juror:  Terri C. Smith Housatonic Museum of Art Bridgeport, CT June-July 2010   Westport Arts Center The Fortune Series:  Solo Shows Juror:  Richard Klein, Aldrich Museum Westport, CT June-July 2010   Feeding the Soul: The Art of... Saint Philips Artists Guild Norwalk, CT Feb 27-May, 2009 Inner Visions New Works by Mary Jo Lombardo 7th & 2nd Gallery New York, NY March 1-April 2, 200Holiday Show and Miniature Masterpieces City Lights Gallery Bridgeport, CT November 2008 - January 2009 Fish Show Waveny Barn Carriage House New Canaan, CT November/December 2008 The Paradox of Water Juror: Mary Sabatino, Gallery LeLong, NYC Westport Arts Center Westport, CT 3/08-4/08 Mary Jo Lombardo Recent Works 15 1/2 Wall Street Norwalk, CT October 12, 2007 Response To Creation A Performance Painting April 22, 2007 Mddle Church New York, NY Open Doors of Milford Milford, CT Miniature Masterpieces 12/06-1/07, City Lights Gallery Bridgeport, CT The State of the Arts 11-12/06, Black Rock Arts Center Bridgeport, CT Structure: God's Universe An Interactive Performance Installation In Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/15/05, Middle Church New York, NY 25th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show 10/05, Stamford, CT Art Association Juror: Henriette Huldisch, Asst. Curator at The Whitney Museum of American Art Women Make Art: The Film, The Show Premier of Women Make... (a original video short) 9/05-10/05, 22 Haviland Street Gallery Norwalk, CT 104th Annual Paint & Clay Club 3/05-4/05, John Slade Ely House Juried Show New Haven, CT Oil Drum Art 2/05, UConn Stamford Gallery Stamford, CT Inaugural Exhibition 1/05-4/05, West Cove Studio & Galley New Haven, CT Hearts 1/05, City Lights Gallery Bridgeport, CT Women, Power & Politics 11/04, Southern CT State University New Haven, CT A Woman's Work is Never Done 10/04, Art+Community Gallery New York, NY Oil Drum Art 6/04, International Festival of Arts & Ideas New Haven, CT Known/Unknown 6/04, Waveny Barn New Canaan, CT 6X6 6/04, Small Space Gallery Arts Council of Greater New Haven Responding in Paint 3/04, Solo Performance Painting Event Middle Collegiate Church New York, NY Women, War & Peace Installation, 10/03 Southern Connecticut State University Paths One Person Show, 2/03 Earthplace, Westport, CT Cycles Group Show, 3/02 The Jeffrey Weiss Gallery, Black Rock, CT Mary Jo Lombardo: Recent Works One Person Show, 12/01-01/02 7th and Second Gallery, New York, NY A Show of Hands: Working Clocks by Working Artists Invitational Exhibition, 11/00-01/01 First Night Westport/Weston Westport Historical Society, Westport, CT On Her Mind Group Show, 9/01-10/01, 10/02-11/02 Lyman Center for the Performing Arts Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 23rd National Print Biennial 2000 Juried Group Show, 10/00 Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT Juror: Antonio Frasconi Presenting: Mary Jo Lombardo One Person Show, 8-10/00 Westport Arts Center at Chase, Greens Farms, CT Landscape/Mindscape: Works on Paper One Person Show, 2/00 Malloy Gallery at the Nature Center, Westport CT Members Show 2000 Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT Cold-Blooded One Person Show, 1/99 Main Gallery , Nature Center Westport, CT Carnival 2/98, One Person Show Malloy Gallery at the Nature Center Westport CT 11/96, Fools Company Gallery New York, NY Meditations on the Mail 1/97, One Person Show 7th & Second Gallery New York, NY Dancers 1/96, One Person Show Saugatuck Dance Conservatory Westport CT Watercolors and Pastels 3/94, One Person Show Windows on Main Street New York, NY Introducing 9/92, Group Show Core New Art Space, Denver, CO AAA Group Show 11/92, 11/91, Group Show Alternative Arts Alliance Denver, CO Friends & Family Real & Imagined 2/92, One Person Show Asylum Denver, CO Choice 12/91-1/92, Group show A.I.R. Gallery New York, NY Public into Private 11/91, Group show Minor Injury Gallery New York, NY Honors and Prizes: Judges Outstanding Merit Award for Mixed Media - James Reed, Judge, Rowayton Arts Center Drawing, Prints, Pastels & Mixed Media Show, 1/99; First Prize in Mixed Media, Rowayton Arts Center Community Awards Show, 1/98; Honorable Mention in Pastels, Rowayton Arts Center 5/98 Works in Collections: Middle Collegiate Church, NYC; New Brunswick Theological Seminary, NJ; Collegiate Corporation, NYC; The Chapel of the Reformed Church in America, NYC; The Regional Synod of New York; The Westport Public Library Drawing Collection, Westport, CT; United Church of Christ; National Office and many private collectors. Memberships: Saint Philips Artists Guild (SPAG);  Past Co-President of Women's Caucus for Arts, CT Chapter; Center for Contemporary Printmaking; Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection Committee. Teaching Experience: Art Teacher - Westport Public Schools, Westport, CT; Workshop - Democratic Arts Retreat for Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY; Substitute Teacher for Paint, Draw and More; Teacher for the Westport Schools ArtSmarts Program. Education: Certified Art Teacher (042) and Theatre Teacher, State of Connecticut; B.A. Mount Holyoke College; SITE and Seminar with Robert Reed of Yale University; Printmaking at Connecticut Graphicarts Center with Vijay Kumar; course work towards a Certificate in Graphic Design, Fairfield University, knowledge of Photo Shop, Page Maker, Quark, and Illustrator.