Mary Catherine Solberg

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Mary Catherine Solberg Marilyn

Marilyn
Painting - Encaustic 2016
20 x 24 in


Mary Catherine Solberg Marilyn
Marilyn
Painting   Encaustic   2016
Everyday Icons
20 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Air
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2016
Everyday Icons
36 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Audrey
Audrey
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
24 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Big Girl Panties
Big Girl Panties
Painting   Oil on Canvas   2020
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Blue Scarf
Blue Scarf
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
48 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Brikette
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
36 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Cooled by refrigeration
Cooled by refrigeration
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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SOLM18108
Mary Catherine Solberg
Day dream 1
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
24 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Day dream 2
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
24 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Day dream 3
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
24 x 24 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Diving girl
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
36 x 48 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Glance
Glance
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2018
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Light at the end of the tunnel
Light at the end of the tunnel
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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SOLM18123
Mary Catherine Solberg
Lost year
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Mississippi Madona
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
60 x 40 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Perserverance
Perserverance
Painting   Mixed Media   2019
Portraits
48 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Pink Bow
Pink Bow
Painting   Mixed Media   2020
Portraits
60 x 48 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Pink motel
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
36 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Queen for a day
Queen for a day
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2019
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg Reasonable rates
Reasonable rates
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
36 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Red head
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2020
Everyday Icons
48 x 48 in
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SOLM18129
Mary Catherine Solberg Synchronicity
Synchronicity
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2020
Everyday Icons
36 x 48 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
The glimmering
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
40 x 30 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg
Tuna
Mixed Media   Mixed media on canvas   2021
Everyday Icons
36 x 36 in
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Mary Catherine Solberg

Mary Catherine Solberg

Mary Catherine Solberg Biography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

May 2020 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN

March 2020 “Everyday Icons” Pablo Center at the Confluence, Eau Claire, WI

May 2019 “Swim Girls” Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

Oct 2018 “Mary Catherine Solberg” Le Meridien Chambers, Minneapolis, MN

Aug 2018             “Mississippi Icons”, Great River center for the Arts, Little Falls, MN

June 2018            “Surface Depth”, One Division Art, Buffalo, MN

Jan 2018              “Water Portraits”, MN Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN

Jul 2017                Swim Girl Show Historic Boat Works Building, Wayzata, MN

Jan 2015               "Arcadia”, Pump House Regional Arts La Crosse, WI             

Aug 2014              “Visual Curiosities”, Gallery 113, La Crosse, WI (2 person show) 

 

Nov 2013              St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN

Oct 2011               “Everyday Icons”, Lanesboro Art Center, Lanesboro, MN     

May 2010             “Windows to the Soul”, Lyon Smith Gallery, Winona, MN                                           

Mar 2010              Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN (2-person show)  

Jan 2009             “Icon Show” St. Mary’s University Page Theater, Winona, MN

 

               

 JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 

July-Oct 2018       "Energetic Sense" Bridgewater Lofts, Minneapolis, MN

Aug 2018              Cream of the Crop Artists' Gallery, Minnesota State Fair

Jan 2018               "If You Only Knew" National Juried Art Exhibition, Featured Artist, Woodstock, IL

Oct 2017               "Dangerous Lullabies III"  National Juried Exhibition, Lakeside Arts Park,Crystal Lake, IL

Oct 2017                Annual Members' Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington, MN Center for the Arts

Aug 2017               Cream of the Crop Artists' Gallery, Minnesota State Fair

Apr 2017                American Swedish Institute “Traveling Show”, Minneapolis, MN

Feb 2017               22nd Annual "Arts in Harmony" International Show, Blaine, MN

Feb 2017               "Wintertide" Public Functionary FIRST PLACE AWARD, Minneapolis, MN

Jan 2017               "Essential Art" Paramount Center for the Arts St. Cloud, MN

Nov 2016              "Waterways Exhibition" Smithsonian Museum on Main Street , Lanesboro, MN

Oct 2016               Annual Members' Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington, MN Center for the Arts

Sep 2016                Wyoming Area Creative Arts Community, Wyoming, MN  

                                         (JUDGES CHOICE AWARD and PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS)

Aug 2016              NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show, Minneapolis, MN

Mar 2015              Elemental Juried Exhibition, Flow Art Space, St. Paul, MN

Feb 2015              Public Functionary: NEMAA Juried Wintertide Biennial, SECOND PLACE AWARD, Minneapolis, MN

 

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


         •       Artist, Entrepreneur, Minneapolis, MN - 2006 to Present; Commissions and Original Art

         •       Gallerist, Odin Gallery-Odin Arts Cooperative La Crosse, WI - 1995 to 2006

         •       Founder, UCLID Software Madison, WI - 1998

         •       Owner, Solbergs and Associates Land Surveying Company, La Crosse, WI – 1983 to 1998

 

 EDUCATION:

Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI  - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduated Magna Cum Laude June, 1993

Mary Catherine Solberg Description

Mary's work are images of people or animals living or dead, real or imagined, whom she wishes to venerate on a more personal level. No less an Icon for their familiarity, the mixed media paintings incorporate metal leaf, beeswax, acrylic, texture, gems, glitter and oil to create a portrait, which celebrates the sacredness in all of us.

Mary Catherine Solberg Statement

Solberg incorporates aspects of religious iconography, classical realism and her own unique style to create large -scale mixed media paintings she refers to as “Everyday Icons”. These Icon portraits focus on a single character to capture fleeting moments of triumph, transition, struggle and enlightenment. Her subjects tend toward the underrated, the undervalued, the unusual and the disenfranchised. Dogs leap for balls, squirrels clutch their prize candy corn, swimmers dive into a new reality and children grapple with the consequences of authoritarian decisions. Traditional portraiture takes on an ethereal interpretation with the incorporation of assorted media including plaster, collage, oil, acrylics, beeswax, metal leaf, gems and glitter. Her innovative technique produces a highly textured masterful portrait with surprising depth and luminescence.

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