MARY LOU KOSTAL Fine Arts
1929 - 2017

Permanent Collection

2020 -
Brukenthal National Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, May 2020-
Sibiu / Hermannstadt, Romania
Recent Oil on Linen, Untitled, #71

Retrospective Exhibition

2019
Folded Space / Furled Geometries Exhibition, January 31st - February 24th
Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, Washington

Juried Exhibitions, Recent Period

2020
2020 4th Biennial Visual Impressions Juried Show, September 1st - November 30th
Ryan James Fine Arts, Seattle, Washington
Recent Oil on Linen, Untitled, #72
2015
Expressions Northwest Seventeenth Annual Juried Art Show, July 31st - August 1st
Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, Washington
2015
Eighth Annual Washington State Juried Art Exhibition, January 24th - February 28th
Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, Washington
2014
Sixteenth Annual Port Townsend Arts Festival, August 1st - August 31st
Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, Washington
2014
Peninsula Art League Open Juried Art Show, September 27th - November 15th
Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, Washington
2014
Seventh Annual Washington State Juried Art Exhibition, January 25th - March 1st
Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, Washington
2013
CoCA Collision Past, Present & Future Members Show, July 18th - September 14th
CoCA Georgetown Gallery; Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington
Art Deco Redux; Reflections; Artifacts; Dancers

Juried Exhibitions, Monotypes

2005
Bainbridge Island Art Walk, February
Blackbird Bakery, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2004
Phinney Center Gallery Presents Fine Arts Competition, October 1st - 29th
Seattle, Washington
2004
Sixth Annual Port Townsend Arts Festival (Month unknown)
Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, Washington
2003
Print Exhibit Featuring Sixteen U.S. Artists, August 14th - September 5th
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirland, Washington
2002
Northwest Fine Arts Competition, September 6th - September 28th
Phinney Neighborhood Association, Seattle Washington
2002
North Kitsap Forty-Third Annual Juried Art Show, July 26th - July 28th
Port Gamble, Washington
2002
Eighth Annual Art Show, May 16th - June 14th
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2002
Twentieth Annual Art Auction, May 18th
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington
A Valley So Green (sold)
2001
Nineteenth Annual Art Auction, May 19th
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington
Turbulent Current (sold)
2001
Pacific Northwest Aleut Council Annual Slide Show (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
On The Other Side Of The Wall; A Valley So Green
2002
Eighth Annual Community Art Show, May 16th - June 14th
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2000
Artist's Proof: Printmakers At Pratt, August
Tully's Coffee in Ballard, Seattle, Washington
1999
Phinney Center Gallery (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
Sunrise Warming The Hills; River Bed; The Platform; Framing; Searing heat, No Shade; A Merry Chase; Red Pyramid; Red Encounter; The Mollusk And Its Intricate Shell; In Suspension; Ths Is The Ship That Sails Into Dreams; New Construction; Platted Land; The Pool Under The Balcony; From A Travel Journal
1999
Pictures Perfect Gallery (solo show, Monotypes), May 1st - June 30th
Seattle, Washington
The Pool Under The Balcony; A Merry Chase; Red Pyramid; Red Encounter; In Suspension; Blue Over The Viaduct (sold); My Lens (sold); Platted Land; The Mollusk And Its Intricate Shell; New Construction: The Drafting Table; Prism; From A Travel Journal; From A Travel Diary
1999
Sev Shoon Arts Center, August
Seattle, Washington
From A Travel Journal; House of Cards; Sunrise on Beach; This Is The Ship That Sails Into Dreams
1999
Prints By Sev Shoon Printmakers, May 7th - June 4th
Fine Impressions Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
House of Cards; Study With Red #3
1999
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Students Of A1 Loving (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
1999
Kirkland Arts Center Second Annual Juried Prints Exhibition, May 6th - June 5th
Kirkland, Washington
Turbulent Current; Remember The White Hot Day
1998
Prints From Sev Shoon Arts Center, November 17th - December 11th
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998
Image & Impression: A Community Of Printmakers, Sev Shoon Arts Center, March 18th - May 9th
Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, Washington
1998
Many Visions (Month unknown)
Seattle Pacific University Art Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1997
Daniel Smith Gallery (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
1997
Sev Shoon Arts Center (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
1997
Pratt Fine Arts Center (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
1995
New Monotypes, Works By 13 Printmakers From Pratt Fine Arts Center, July 8th - August 11th
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995
Pratt Fine Arts Center (Month unknown)
Seattle, Washington
1994
Spring Student Exhibition For Two-Dimensional Work (Month unknown)
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington

Juried Exhibitions, Earlier Period

1985?
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington
1961
Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists, November 9th - December 3rd
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Ocean Storm
1960
Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists, November 9th - December 4th
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Mountain Tryst
1960
Sixth Annual West Coast Oil Painting Exhibition, July 10th - August 5th
Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Death in a Sand Pit
1957
Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition, January 13th - March 10th
The Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Washington D.C. Death in a Sand Pit
1957
Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition, April 1st - April 30th
The Toledo Museum Of Art, Toledo, Ohio Death in a Sand Pit
1956
Springfield Art League Thirty Seventh Annual Jury Exhibition, March 4th - March 25th
The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts
Death in a Sand Pit
1954
Springfield Art League Members Fall Exhibition, November 7th - November 28th
Springfield Museum Of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
Number 22
1954
The Mississippi Art Association presents The Forty-Fourth Annual National Exhibition Of Oil Paintings, November 2nd - November 30th
Municipal Art Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi
Prairie No. 1
1954
Twenty-First Annual Exhibition, Boston Society Of Independent Artists, January 19th - Feb. 17th
Boston Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Swing Of Magnetism
1953
Fortieth Annual Delaware Show, December 4th - December 31st
Wilmington Society Of The Fine Arts, Delaware Art Center Building, Wilmington, Delaware
Magnetic Composition
1953
Pioneer Valley Second Annual Art Show (1st Place Prize), September 3rd - September 20th
Pioneer Valley Art Association, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts
Composition (originally known as Two Vases)
1953
The Ogunquit Art Center Thirty-Third National Annual Exhibition, July 2nd - September 7th
The Ogunquit Art Center, Hoyts Lane, Ogunquit, Maine
Ship Wreck
1953
Forty-Second Annual Exhibition Of Contemporary Paintings And Sculpture, July 1st - July 26th
The Art Association Of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Seacoast Sunset
1952
Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition, March 31st - April 26th
Missouri – Arkansas – Iowa – Kansas – Nebraska – Oklahoma
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Number 22

Additional Notes

1960
Les Éditions De La Revue Moderne, November 30th
Paris (15ème), France
Solicited to be included in The Contemporary Art In America, an article giving a biographical review of a selection of exhibitors in the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists, Seattle Art Museum

Additional Studies

1952-1953
The Art Students League Of New York, October 1st - May 29th
Merit Scholarship Competition Winner.
New York, New York
The Thekla M. Bernays Memorial Scholarship (allows one to choose and enroll in one class)
1951
The University Of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Bachelor Of Arts Degree, July 27th
Major In History; Minor In Political Science