About Mary Alice Orito

Mary Alice Orito has a strong background built by top-tier education, 24 years of experience in costume designing, and a long list of awards and exhibitions. Her resume shows the hard work & determination she used in creating her artistic career. Her background in education includes a certificate of design from Parsons, BA at The New School, Masters in Social work at NYU, and Marist College’s fashion program, where she also gathered experience being an adjunct teacher for international design. All of this relates to her personal preference for sculpture mixed media.

New Brunswick Art Salon 2020 – “The Space Between” – Women’s Caucus for Art New York City Chapter

Artist Personal Website: www.maryaliceorito.com/

Email: maryalice.orito@gmail.com

Exhibitions 

Solo Exhibition

2018 Pop Up Gallery/CauZ for PawZ, fundraiser for animals featuring ‘my menagerie’, animal collage, NY, NY

2012 National Association of Women Artists Gallery ‘Whimsy & torn paper’, NY, NY

Group Exhibition

2020

Women’s, Caucus for Art, NYC Chapter, “The Space Between”, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

National Association of Women Artist, “Small Works” Online Exhibitions, NY, NY

The Art Center, “LOVE”, Highland Park, IL 60035

Atlantic Wharf Gallery, “She/He”, Boston, MA

The Hopper Mansion, “Mirror Image”, Marblehead, MA

Grosse Pointe Artist Association, “Brotherhood”, Grosse Pointe, MI

Studio Montclair, Online: “State of the Art 2020”, Annual Member exhibition, Montclair, NJ

National Association of Women Artists, Online: 131st Annual Members exhibition, NY, NY

Ceres Gallery, Online: “Life As It Is Now” NY, NY

2019

Loft Artist Association, “The Shape of Memory”, Stamford, CT

Arts Illiana Gallery, ‘RED’, Terre Haute, IN

Studio Montclair, ‘Inspired by…Quilt Collection Montclair’ History Center, Montclair, NY

Rocky Neck Art Colony: ‘Extremes and In-Betweens’, /NAWA/MA, Gloucester, MA

Studio Montclair, Annual Members Art Exhibition, Montclair, NJ

Salmagundi Gallery, Annual GNA Juried Art Exhibition, NY, NY

NAWA Gallery, ‘Line and Shade”, Juried Art Exhibition. NY, NY

BWAC: 40th Annual Exhibition: ‘Wide Open 10’, Juried Art Exhibition, Brooklyn NY

The Brush Art Gallery & Studios, ‘Breaking Point”, Lowell, MA

Grand Central Library, NYPL, “Visual Biography: Women’s Narrative”, NY, NY

NAWA Gallery, “The Art of Layering”, NY, NY

AlteRnaTive Art Space, SoWa Art and Design District /NAWA/MA, “Places and Space”, Boston, MA

Arts Club of Washington/NA WA, “Transparency”, Washington, DC

2018

South Gallery, Annual exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

CWA National Open Juried Show: Barnes-Franklin Gallery, Farmington, CT

Ivory and Lead’ Online Artist Competition, Jamesville, NY

Beamesderfer Gallery, “Sea and Sky”, Jeffrey Wechsler curator Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Highland, NJ NAWA Gallery, Small Works Summer Exhibition, NY, NY

GNA Annual exhibition, Salmagundi Gallery, NY, NY

Gallery Main Street, ‘Elephant in the Room Group Exhibition’, Tyler, Texas

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA. NY, NY

2017

NAWA, Annual 5×7 Postcard Exhibition, NY, NY

Thompson Gallery, “With Eyes Open”, Weston, MA

NAWA Gallery, “Art Angels”, Juried exhibition, NY, NY

Imago Foundation for the Arts, 11th Annual Juried National Exhibit, ‘Art of Protest’, Warren, RI

Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts,” The Art of Disguise”, Gloversville, NY &

BWAC, “Really Affordable Art Show”, Curator, Fritz Weiss. Brooklyn, NY

Studio Montclair, Inc. “20x 20”, Curator, Pamela Moore, Montclair, NJ

CWA National Open Juried Show: Juror’s Choice Award, Nancy Stula, Executive Director of William Benton Museum of Art, Arts Center East Vernon, CT

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

Mulberry Street Library, NYPL, “Away”, NY, NY

Charles Fine Arts, “Women”, Gloucester, MA

NAWA Gallery, Juried exhibition, “Small Works”, NY, NY

2016

Armory Art Center, “Crossing Boundaries”, West Palm Beach, FLA

Harlem School of the Arts, Violence Transformed/NAWA, “Shelter”, NY, NY

Mansion at Strathmore, “Rise Up”, North Bethesda, MD

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

NAWA Gallery, “Art Angels”/Open House, NY, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, “Wish You Were Here”, Annual Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, “Continuum: Tradition Meets Innovation”, Jurors, Marie Craig & Cherie Clinton. Framington, MA

NAWA Gallery, “Small Works Exhibition”. Juried Exhibition, NY, NY

Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery, “Breaking Ground”, Juror Mark Towner & Kathleen Moore, Beverly, MA

Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory, “The Creative Muse”, Bethlehem, PA

Point Park University, “in-Visible Exhibition” Juror, John Carson, Head of School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, PA

Riverside New York Public Library. “Ev(e)olutions”. BOLD Exhibition. Juried exhibition, NY, NY

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition) Jury selection, NY, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, “Generations X” Biennial Benefit Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

2015

Sketchbook Project, “Self Portrait”, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

Ground Floor Gallery, “You’ve Got Mail”. Annual Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, “Wish You Were Here”, Annual Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

CCM Visual Arts Gallery, “Art of Transformation”, Randolph, NJ

Arts Club of Washington, DC, “Portraits: Interior and Exterior”, Washington, DC

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition) Jury selection, NY, NY

National Association of Women Artists Online Juried Exhibition, “Daring to Defy the Medium: Collage”, NY, NY

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

2014

Riverside New York Public Library. “Celebrate”, Juried exhibition, NY, NY

NAWA Gallery, Small Works Juried Summer Exhibition, NY, NY

Point Park University, “Visions & Revelations”, Merit Award, Sarah Hill, Director of Curatorial Affairs Frick Art, Point Park, PA

Riverside New York Public Library. “Ev(e)olutions”. BOLD Exhibition. Juried exhibition, NY, NY

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition) Jury selection, NY, NY

National Association of Women Artists Online Juried Exhibition, “Divas”, NY, NY

Whistler House Museum of Art, “A Current Vision” Juror Esther T. Thyssen, PhD, Lowell, MA

Monmouth Museum, Elsie G. Hammond Memorial Award, Juror Buel Ecker, Lincroft, NJ

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, David Antar Memorial Award, Annual Exhibition: National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

2013

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition), NY, NY

National Association of Women Artists, “D.I.V.A.’s” (Online exhibition) NY, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, ‘Wish You Were Here” Annual Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

SOHO20 Gallery, NY, NY

Google Works, ‘Women of NAWA Exposed’, Reading, PA

National Association of Women Artists Gallery ‘Clothing Optional’, NY, NY

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition: National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

2012

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition), NY, NY

NAWA Gallery, Small Works Exhibition, NY, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, ‘Wish You Were Here” Annual Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

Ev(e)olution, Riverside Public Library (NAWA jury selection), NY, NY

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual exhibition: National Association of Women Artists, Inc. NY, NY

Pen and Brush Gallery, People Choice Exhibition, NY, NY

SOHO20 Gallery, “Backlash”, NY, NY

The Armory Art Center, “Vernissage Des Femmes Artistes” (NAWA jury selection) West Palm Beach, FL

2011

First Summer Showcase Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, ‘Wish You Were Here’ Annual Group Postcard Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Annual Exhibition: National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition) Jury selection, NY, NY

Ev(e)olution, Riverside Public Library (NAWA jury selection), NY, NY

2010

Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists/NAWA, NY, NY

Art House, LLC; Brooklyn Library Sketchbook Project

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition), NY, NY

2009

National Arts Club (Annual GNA Exhibition), NY, NY

Publications

  • Red Hook: Star Review, 06/02/19, BWAC Annual Juried Exhibition 2019

  • Montclair Local: 06/27/19: Culture in Brief: State of the Art 2019

  • Town-Village: 12/04/18. Sabina Mollot.  Cauz for Pawz’s Animal Art Show

  • Thompson Gallery Catalogue: 12/16/17. “With Eyes Open”

  • Artscope: Sept/Oct 2016, J. Fatima Martins, “Feminine Influence: N.A.W.A. at Endicott”

  • Artsy.net: 01/2014, “Visions & Revelations”, Point Park University

  • Art World Beat:  2014. International Art Festival.  Graphic Drawing

  • Art House, LLC, 2010, Brooklyn Library Sketchbook Project

Awards

  • Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Foundation, $5,000.00 Gift given to NAWA in Honor of Mary Alice Orito

  • ‘Agenda’, Juror’s Choice Award, Nancy Stula, Executive Director of William Benton Museum of Art, Arts Center East Vernon, CT CWA National Open Juried Show

  • ‘Green Words’, Merit Award 2014. Sarah Hall, Dir. of Curatorial Affairs Frick Art, ‘Visions & Revelations ‘, Point Park University, Point Park, PA

  • ‘Eva, Joan and Mary-K’, Elsie G. Hammond Memorial Award 2014 (for Works on Paper), Buel Ecker Juror, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

  • ‘Hera: God of the Starry Nights’, David Antar Memorial Award 2014 (for sculpture), Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery Annual exhibition NAWA, NY, NY

  • Shared Daytime Emmy Award, 1988 ‘Encyclopedia: HBO’, Public Television, 825 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10019

Education

  • 1996 New York University, Master’s in social work 1993 Marymount Manhattan College, Bachelor of Arts 1977 New School
  • 1964 Parsons School of Design, Certificate of Design
  • Studied under Mary Kretsinger, Emporia, Kansas, Ann Roth, NY, NY and Margaret Moore, NY, NY