Mary Anne Keel Jenkins was born in 1929 in Stokes, North Carolina and grew up in Greenville. She studied at Ferree School of Art in Raleigh, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University and San Carlos Art School in Mexico City. Jenkins' work was first exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art's Annual Artist's Exhibition in 1954. Since that time she has won 43 awards, exhibited in 50 solo and two person shows, and over 361 group shows through out the United States and Canada.
The artist is represented in the permanent collections of The North Carolina Museum of Art, The Minnesota Museum of Art, The Weatherspoon Art Museum, The Greenville Museum of Art, The North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina A&T University, Wake Forest University and the Goldsboro Art Center.
Decades focuses on the four distinctive styles of abstract artwork that have defined the past forty years in the remarkable career of North Carolina's most significant living female painter.
All photography for this webpage was provided by John Gordon.
Note: All images are copyrighted by the artist. Reproduction in any form without permission is prohibited!
Please click on the images below to view the exhibition.
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Poured Color Field Paintings
1965-1975
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Mixed Media on Amatl Papers
1975-1985
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Acrylics on Prepared Surfaces
1985-1995
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Alkyd and Collage on Paper
1995-2005
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Oriental Canty
acrylic and oil on canvas, 1968, 40 x 40 inches
Exhibited: 1970 Garden Gallery, Raleigh, NC |
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Relay Race
acrylic and oil on canvas, 1970, 44 x 34 inches
Exhibited: 1970 11th AANC Annual, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC |
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Mexico City
acrylic on canvas, 1971,
26 x 38 inches
Exhibited: 1979 NC Council on Status of Women, Raleigh, NC |
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Double Dare
acrylic and oil on canvas, 1973, 38 x 56 inches
Exhibited: 1980 Group Show, Little Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
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Patterns II
collage/color pencil on mat board mixed media, 1975, 20 x 16 inches |
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Untitled #12
mixed media collage on Amatl paper, 20 x 16 inches
Exhibited: 1980 Invited Group Show, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC; 1982 One Person Show, Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA |
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Untitled #43
mixed media collage on Amatl paper, 1978, 22 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1978 Group Show, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC; 1982 Group Show, Robert Haven Gallery, Charlotte, NC; 1983 One Person Show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC; 1983 Invited Three Person Show, Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, NC |
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Untitled #47
mixed media collage on Amatl paper, 1978, 28 x 20 inches
Exhibited: 1981 Group Show, Greensboro Gallery, Greensboro, NC;1983 One Person Show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC; 1991 Peden Gallery II, Raleigh, NC |
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Untitled #58
mixed media collage on Amatl paper, 1979, 22 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1980 Group Show, Corporate Art Directions Gallery, Fuller Bldg, New York, NY; 1982 Group Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC; 1983 One Person Show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC; 1983 Invited Three Person Show, Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, NC |
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Untitled #63
mixed media collage on Amatl paper, 1979, 22 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1982 One Person Show, Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA; 1983 One Person show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC |
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Untitled #65
mixed media collage on Zaan paper, 1979, 28 x 32 inches
Exhibited: 1979 Group Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC; 1979 Group Show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC; 1983 One Person Show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC |
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Untitled #68
mixed media/metal/photo cut outs on Zaan paper, 1979,
33 x 29 inches
Exhibited: 1979 Group Show, Collector's Gallery, NC Art Museum, Raleigh, NC; 1979 Group Show, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC; 1982 Group Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC; 1983 One Person Show, High Point Theater Galleries, High Point, NC; 1990 Pleasant Valley Village Frame Gallery, Raleigh, NC |
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Vestibule
acrylic on prepared canvas, 1988, 30 x 40 inches
Exhibited: 1988 Collector's Gallery, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; 1990 One Person Show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC; 1993 Group Show, Broadhurst Gallery, Pineshurst, NC; 1998 One Person Show, Duke University Law School, Durham, NC; 1999 Art Gallery Ltd, New Bern, NC |
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Moonbeam Transition
acrylic on prepared canvas, 1987, 30 x 40 inches
Exhibited: 1990 One Person Show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC; 1990 Photo of work used on brochure of Kastan Carpets; 1991 Peden Gallery II, Raleigh, NC; 1993 Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC; 1999 Art Gallery Ltd, New Bern, NC |
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Nostalgic Encounters
acrylic on prepared canvas, 1990, 30 x 40 inches
Exhibited: 1990 One Person Show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC; 1990 Photo of work used on borchure of Kastan Carpets; 1991 Peden Gallery II, Raleigh, NC; 1992 Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC; 1993 Instructors Show, Pullen Art Center, Raleigh, NC; 1999 Art Gallery Ltd, New Bern, NC |
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Gold Connection
acrylic on prepared canvas, 1992, 40 x 32 inches
Exhibited: 1993 One Person Show, Municipal Building Art Exhibition, Raleigh, NC |
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8 of Diamonds
mixed media collage on acid free paper, 2003,
20 x 16 inches |
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The Good Life
mixed media collage on acid free paper, 2003,
20 x 16 inches |
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K39
mixed media collage on acid free paper, 2003,
20 x 16 inches |
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Bird Nest
mixed media collage on acid free paper, 2003,
20 x 16 inches |
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My Friends
mixed media collage on acid free paper, 2003,
16 x 20 inches |
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Please click on the links to read Mary Anne Keel Jenkins' biography and vitae.
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