About
Bio
MJ has mastered bringing disparate elements into harmony. She received a BFA in Crafts at Kent State University, Ohio which she applied to both paper and fabric-based collage. MJ was among the inaugural group to receive a MFA in the Book Arts and Printmaking program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. As a post-grad, MJ worked at The Fabric Workshop and taught paper- and bookmaking throughout the greater Philadelphia area. Her teaching continued at The Center for Book Arts in NYC and has extended into venues of the greater San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, Santa Fe, NM, and Portland, OR areas.
Her various bodies of mixed media collage works have been exhibited in local, regional, and traveling shows. Permanent notable collections include The Victoria and Albert Museum, SFMOMA, MoMA, and The Smithsonian Libraries. Many museums, centers of higher education, and private patrons across North America and Europe hold her artworks.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
- Alberta St. Gallery “Now What Remains” Collage. Juried. Portland, OR Winter 2026
- Kenmore City Hall “You Have Arrived at Your Destination” Collage. Juried. Kenmore, WA Fall 2025
- Art at The Cave “NO/STALGIA” Juried. Collage/mixed media. Vancouver, WA Spring 2025
- World Collage Day “Exquisite Community” Facilitated collaborative collage group show, Portland, Eugene, and Milwaukie, OR. Seattle, WA. Spring 2021-26
- Basil Hallward Gallery, Powell’s City of Books “The Portland Collage Showcase”. Juried. Portland, OR. Spring 2024
- NWCS “Objects of Desire” Collage Show. Juried. Fogue Gallery, Seattle. WA. Spring 2024
- Hoffman Center for The Arts, “Indigo”. Manzanita, OR. Winter 2024
- Marin MOCA,“There is Magic Here”. Juried. Novato, CA. Fall 2023
- Kolaj Fest, “Pixel Party” Animated collage. Juried. New Orleans, LA. Summer 2023
- Shift Gallery, “Reconciling Masculinity”. Juried. Seattle, WA. Spring 2023
- Collage Artists of America, “Internal Dialogues” Juried. https://sfvacc.org/ Autumn 2022
- Portland State University, School of Architecture, “Corporeal Gestures” Collage Show. Juried. Spring 2022
- The Art Hall @Cedarwood, Solo Show “Color & Light”, Group Shows, Portland, OR. Winter 2015—23
- Prior select venues include: Banff Centre Library in Alberta, Canada, Smithsonian Institute Libraries, The Drawing Center NYC, The National Museum of Women in The Arts, and The Print Center of Philadelphia.
SELECT COLLECTIONS
- SAIC Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
- Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
- Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
- Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Washington
- The Banff Centre Library, Banff, Alberta, Canada
- The Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
- The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Dickson Art Center, UCLA, CA
- The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
- Kent State University, Kent, OH
- Kolaj Magazine, Collage Books, Montréal, Canada
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- Marvin & Ruth Sackner Archives of Visual & Concrete Poetry, Miami, FL
- Messiah College, Grantham, PA
- Mills College, Berkeley, CA
- MoMa, New York, NY
- The New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
- Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Reed College, Portland, OR
- RIT, Rochester, NY
- Scripps College, Claremont, CA
- SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
- Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
- The Smithsonian Institute Library, Washington, DC
- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- Yale University, New Haven, CT
Classroom
Featured places where MJ has taught art over the decades:
In Philadelphia, PA:
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tyler School of Art
The Historical Society of Philadelphia
Historic Rittenhouse Town
The Print Center
In New York City:
The Center for Book Arts
In San Francisco, CA:
Private Residences
In Santa Fe, NM:
Public Libraries
Palm Springs, CA:
Private Residence
Portland, OR:
Private Businesses & Residences
Lewis & Clark Grad School
Lajja Studio
Milieu Collective
REPRESENTATION
Current
Book Arts:
- Library of Congress, Washington DC
- Smithsonian Institute Libraries, Washington, DC
- The Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
- Printed Matter Inc., New York, NY
Previous
Custom Hand-Painted Wallcovering:
- Barbara Beckman Showroom, SF, CA
- John Boone Inc., New York, NY
- Callard & Osgood, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
- Exquisite Community, Every Body 2021-2025, First Edition of 50, https://kolajmagazine.com/books Fall 2024
- Collage Artists Trading Cards, Pack #9, Kolaj Magazine, curated. Winter 2024
- North Coast Squid, Issue#9, Juried.Fall/Winter 2023/24
- Cut Loose #2, Twin Cities Collage Collective, Fall 2023
- North Coast Squid, Issue #9, Fall 2023
- Kolaj Magazine #36, “Exquisite Community” article, Fall 2022
- Corporeal Gestures Catalog by Clive Knights, @lulu.com, Spring 2022
- CutMeUp Magazine, Issue 5, Summer 2020
- TheArtHall.Wordpress.com, Cedarwood Waldorf School, Winter 2015-20
- Heartbeat, Portland Waldorf School, 2011-2018
- Lilipoh, Issue 88/vol 22, Summer 2017
- Sunset Magazine, February 1999
- Smithsonian Magazine, June 1995
EDUCATION
- MARI Practitioner Certification. https://maricreativeresources.com
Workshops in Painting, Light, and Color with: Pamela Whitman, Laura Summer, Robin Lieberman, Christopher Guilfoil, Zvi Svir, Cheri Munske, and Jennifer Thompson, Portland, OR and Crestone, CO
Sacred Geometry Workshop with Patrick Marooney, Portland, OR
University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts / Printmaking, Philadelphia, PA
Independent Study in Papermaking with Bobbie Lippman, Philadelphia, PA
Kent State University, Kent, OH — BFA Crafts, French Minor
Blossom Festival Fibers Program with Janice Lessman-Moss Kent, OH
Awards
- Fellowship in Photography Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Residency, Solo Exhibition, Women’s Studio Workshop
- Evidence of Attendants, editioned book project
Contact
MIXED MEDIA ARTIST | MARI PRACTITIONER