Mary Gow grew up in Louisiana and has called the San Francisco area her home for over a decade. She received an MA in Education from San Jose State University and a BS in Communications/Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin. She continued her art studies at the School of Visual Arts, the Art Students League and the International Center of Photography in New York City, as well as at The Maine Photographic Workshops, the California College of the Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, and New Grounds Printmaking Workshop. Also a published writer and photographer, her humble beginnings include having worked as a junior copywriter at a major newspaper, writing commercials for an NBC affiliate, participating on a direct marketing team at one of the top ten ad agencies in the world, and taking pictures that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and books.


For information on existing artwork or to commission a project please send an e-mail to info@marygow.com.  Prices available upon request.


Professional Memberships / Affiliations - Selected:

• International Society of Experimental Artists
• Graphic Arts Workshop (A Printmakers Cooperative), Board Member, 2008 to present
• California Media Workers Guild
• Pacific Art League, 2004-2010
• San Francisco Women Artists,, Board Member 2008-2009


Exhibits & Awards - Selected:

• ISEA 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, June 2-29, 2010, Grand Rapids, MI.
• Potrero Hill 52nd Annual Artists' Exhibition, Potrero Public Library, San Francisco,
   May 1-31, 2010.
• American Art Collector Fall 2009 Edition.
• Merit Award, “Creating Flow from Chaos,” photogram, October, 2008, San Francisco
  Women Artists Gallery, juried by Matt McKinley.
• Merit Award, “From Liberty,” photograph, September, 2008, San Francisco Women Artists
  Gallery, juried by Valentin Papov.
• Honorable Mention, “Counting Time in Cycles and Periods,” photogram, September, 2008,
  Photographers Interest Group’s 2008 Annual Show, Palo Alto, CA.
• Merit Award, “Conversation at the Summit,” painting, April, 2008, “Artist’s Choice” show,
  San Francisco Women Artists Gallery.
• First Place, “Between Five Adjectives and Three Adverbs,” mixed media, February, 2008,
  Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Juried by Nancy Crowley.
• Merit Award, “Mystery Unraveling,” photogram, January, 2008, San Francisco Women
  Artists Gallery.
• Honorable Mention, “Lyric O,” photogram, August, 2007, Photographers’ Interest Group
  Annual Show, juried by Robert Buelteman, Palo Alto, CA.
• Third Place, “HerStory,” photograph, February, 2006, Pacific Art League February Show
  Juried by Yeung Ha, Palo Alto, CA.
• Honorable Mention, 2005, Pacific Art League, Juried Show, Palo Alto, CA.
• Honorable Mention, 2004, Pacific Art League, June Juried Show, Palo Alto, CA.
• Second Place, 1993, American Society of Media Photographers - “A New Way
  of Seeing,” sponsored by Fuji Film, Austin, TX.