Place: Los Angeles
Born: 1963
Biography:
Mary Weatherford is a Los Angeles-based painter, born in 1963. She is known for her large paintings that incorporate neon lighting tubes. Her work is featured in numerous museums and galleries, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, and the High Museum of Art. Weatherford has had several solo exhibitions, including 'Mary Weatherford: From the Mountain to the Sea' at Claremont McKenna College, 'I've Seen Gray Whales Go By' at Gagosian West, and 'Like The Land Loves the Sea' at David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. Her work has also been part of group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University.