MOSAICS
I use common, everyday materials to work in a medium with strong ties to decorative art and popular craft. Depending on the viewer, these ties can present a barrier or a pathway to serious consideration. Although repurposed, my materials are still recognizable as objects made for another use, suggesting that meaning and value can be found by looking at something in a different way. I hope to engage through familiarity while raising larger questions about economic consumption and our attachment to objects.
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I choose my materials for their tactile qualities, but am equally inspired by how and why they were made, used, valued and de-valued. Recognition and discovery describe both the process and intention of my work.
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BIO
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Berry earned a BFA in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University before moving to time-based media and completing an MFA in filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her films connected snippets of daily life into rhythmic sequences of color and shape. Over time, that organizational approach continued to define her practice while the constraints of family life pushed her to use more practical materials. She began breaking down and reassembling the tactile objects of domestic life, embedding cups and plates into loose, representaional compositions. Her current work incorporates the traditional rules of andamento to link the patterns and pictures of dishware into narrative mosaic constructions.
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EXHIBITIONS
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2025
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Piecework, solo exhibition, Kerri Gallery, Willimantic, CT
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Lowe House 2025, juried group exhibition, First Place Award, Lowe House of Delegates, Annapolis, MD
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Constructions, invitational group exhibition, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE
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Summer Fantasies, group exhibition, Andamento Studio & Gallery, Baltimore, MD
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Human Expressions, juried group exhibition, Juror's Choice Award, Maryland Federation of Art virtual exhibition
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2024
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Mosaic Arts International 2024, international juried exhibition, invitational exhibition, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI and Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
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National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
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Lowe House 2024, juried group exhibition, Juror's Choice Award, Lowe House of Delegates, Annapolis, MD
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Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, juried group exhibition, Director's Award, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
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2023
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Mosaic Arts International 2023, Juror's Choice Award, international juried exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, juried group exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
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Persistance Five!, Juror's Choice Award, juried group exhibition, d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
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2022
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Breaking (NOT) Bad, juried group exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Mosaic, Chicago, IL
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Open Juried Exhibition, York Art Association, York, PA
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Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand, international juried exhibition, virtual
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2021
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Breaking Ground, juried group exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Mosaic, Chicago, IL
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Unprecedented: Art Responds to 2020, juried group exhibition, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
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Mosaic Arts International 2020/2021 Society of American Mosaic Artists, international juried exhibition, virtual
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Best of West Virginia, juried group exhibition, David L. Dickirson Gallery at the Tamarack Center, Beckley, WV