MaryEllen Hackett

Represented Artist, The Ansel Adams Gallery

MaryEllen Hackett has a B.F.A. in painting and printmaking from Adelphi University in NY. Hackett has received artist in residence positions at Weir Farm National Historic Site, Fire Island National Seashore, Joshua Tree National Park, the Vermont Studio Center, and a work/study at the Center for Book Arts in NYC. She has been interviewed for Adventure Journal, Howl Often, and in 2019 was included in the book She Explores, by Gale Straub and published by Chronicle. In the 2020 her paintings were exhibited at the Nassau County Museum Of Art in NY. Currently she lives and works between the Mountains and Coast of California.

Represented Artist Page: maryellenhackett
Website: hearandfarther.com

I was raised to be a beachcomber; a magpie of pebbles and shells. Each object was imbibed with its time and place of discovery. My paintings are a way to continue to collect the waypoints of my life, but while treading lightly in the landscape. Together they have become the map at the beginning of a book, the kind that only shows the places pertinent to the story.

My artistic process begins with paintings and drawings done from observation. I complete most, if not all, of the painting on scene- finishing the piece working from memory and written notes taken while sketching. My education emphasized editing for the sake of emphasis, so while my paintings are based in life, they are not meant to be a photo of it. The scale is intimate- most days my paintings travel tucked into the leaves of the notebook in my pack. The subjects, whether the sweeping views familiar to others in the public landscapes I live and work in or the private views out my windows, are reflections of experiences had and days remembered.

Additional prints and paintings made in the studio follow much of the structure of my observations, while allowing for focus on particular subjects that resonate after leaving the field.

CURRICULUM VIATE

Education

2010 B.F.A. in Studio Art, Painting and Printmaking, Summa Cum Laude, Adelphi University, N.Y.
2007 New York Studio School Summer Marathon with Linda Darling and Joe Santore, New York Studio School, New York

Honors, Awards, Curatorial Projects

2022 Juried as Signature Member, Cowgirl Artists of America
2022 Selected for the Point Reyes Open Studios as full-member.
2022 Monetary Award, Yosemite Renaissance, CA
2020 Monetary Award, Yosemite Renaissance, CA
2019 Featured Profile in She Explores, written by Gale Straub, published by Chronicle Books
2016 Centennial Artist Ambassador, Weir Farm NHS, National Park Service, USA
2013 Artist /Writer Grant, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2012 Honorable Mention, Paint the Parks, El Dorado, KS
2010 Monetary Award for Achievement in Fine Arts, Adelphi University, New York
2009 Curator: Donald Hendricks; Painting and Paper Castings, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

Residencies

2015
Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT. Appointed Ambassador Artist for 2016 National Park Service Centennial

2014
Fire Island National Seashore, NY
Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT

2013
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Work/ Study, Center For Book Arts, NYC

2012
Joshua Tree National Park, CA

Exhibitions

2023

Upcoming Point Reyes Open Studios, Memorial Day Weekend 2023
Upcoming solo show at the Point Reyes National Seashore Visitor Center May/June
Original work featuring the Sierras is available on an ongoing basis at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley

2022

Art of the Valley, Visalia Arts Juried Exhibition, Visalia, CA
Juried Alumni Show, Adelphi University, NY
Yosemite Renaissance 37, Yosemite Museum, CA

2021

Yosemite Renaissance 36, Yosemite Gateway Art Center, CA. Yosemite Museum, CA

2020

Medium as Muse, 4 person show, Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
Yosemite Renaissance 35, Yosemite Museum, CA (Award winner)

2019

Plein Air from Weir Farm, G and B Cultural Center, Wilton, CT
The Great Outdoors, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, CA
Flat Rate Contemporary 2, NY
Stocked Artist at the Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA
She Explores, By Gale Straub, Published by Chronicle Books

2018

Jekyll Island Art Association Juried Show, Jekyll Island, GA (Second Place)
Home, Maker’s Magazine, Canada

2017

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum, CA

2016

Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, MD
Our Nation’s Splendor, St Joseph’s College, NY
National Parks, Ferry Terminal, Patchogue, NY
Art in America, Curated by Julie Torres, Presbyterian College, South Carolina
Juried Alumni Show, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

2015

Art in America, Curated by Julie Torres for Artist Run, The Satellite Show Miami, FL
American Landscapes, Curated by John Morrell, Maryland Federation of Art, MD
Late Summer, Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA
Artists on Site, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT
Juried Alumni Show, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

2014

Sprouting, Grouping, Attending, Discovering, MarxHausen Gallery, Seward, NE
Identity of Place, Omni Gallery, Hempstead, NY
Parallax Views; New Views of an Icon, Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA
MaryEllen Hackett, Works from Weir, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT
Winter Invitational, 9 East Gallery, Huntington, NY
Mail Art: Memory, Richmond Art Gallery, British Columbia

2013

On the Horizon; Contemporary Landscapes, curated by Kellyann Monaghan. Adelphi University, NY
Work featured in Impeachable Journal of art and writing
Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, NY, NY

2012

Paint America juried exhibition, honorable mention, El Dorado, KS
Juried Alumni Show, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

2010

Fire Island National Seashore Juried Exhibition, Fire Island NS, New York
BFA Senior Fine Art Exhibition, University Center Gallery, Garden City, New York