Mary Tsiongas
Mary Tsiongas is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work often addresses human relationships to technology and the natural environment. Her new media work delves into themes of metaphysics, time, games, chance, and memory.Life
Born in Greece and now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mary Tsiongas has performed, exhibited, and lectured extensively for the past fifteen years.
She received her MFA in film, video, and performance from the California College of the Arts in 1993. She is currently an associate professor in electronic media in the Art and Art History Department at the University of New Mexico.Exhibitions
Tsiongas' work has been shown in over fifty solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including ARTSPACE, Sydney, Australia; NOGA Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; and the Lincoln Center, New York.Awards
2017 • Artist Residency, UCROSS Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2015 • Women to Watch 2015, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2013 • Residency and workshop, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2011 • University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts Creative Work Grant
2010 • PLAND Residency: Topographia Collective with L. Montgomery C. Harris, J. Lovell
2008 • University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts Creative Work Grant
2007 • University of New Mexico, Research Allocations Committee Large RAC grant
2005 • P.L.A.C.E Grant for "The Pitch" Advanced Projects in Electronic Arts
2004 • University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts Creative Work Grant
2003 • University of New Mexico, Research Allocations Committee RAC grant
2001 • University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts Creative Work Grant
1997 • Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in residence, Sausalito, CA
1995 • Western States Arts Federation, NEA Regional Fellowship, Sculpture
