Mary Nagel Klein is an award-winning artist based in the Washoe County, Nevada. She is widely known for her captivating still lifes and stunning landscapes - as well as her mastery of the painting medium casein. Nagel Klein has been painting for over 20 years and her work is highly regarded by both fine artists and art connoisseurs alike.
Girl Roller Skating - 1962 (age 4)
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RESUME
education
Minnesota River School of Fine Art, Burnsville, MN, 2003-04
public collections
Cozad Public Schools, Cozad, NE
St John's University, Collegeville, MN
Eastern Nebraska Veteran's Home, Bellevue, NE
Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN
publications
2020 Poetry-Art Collaboration Chapbook, Red Wing, MN
2018 Casein Fine Art Painting, self-published book
2013 Red Bird Chapbooks, Twin Cities, MN
2012 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly
select exhibitions
2023 Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno, NV
2022 Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno, NV
2021 Miniature Show, Latimer Art Club, Reno, NV
2021 Solo Show, Incline Village Library, Incline Village, NV
2020 Solo Show, Frameworks Gallery, St Paul, MN
2020 Poetry Art Collaboration, St James Hotel, Red Wing, MN
2019 NorthStar Watermedia National Exhibition, Lakeville, MN
2019 Summer Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Mpls, MN
2019 Solo Show, Hewing Hotel, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Mpls, MN
2019 Featured Artist, Red Wing Arts, Red Wing, MN
2018 National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, Salamagundi Club, NYC, NY
2018 Spring Floral Show, Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 American Impressionist Society, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Small Paintings, Red Wing, MN
2017 Sleep & Stroke Conference, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2015 Solo Show, Women’s Club of Minneapolis, MN
2014 Solo Show, Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Mpls, MN
2014 Solo Show, Children's Theatre Company, Mpls, MN
2010 Solo Show, Birger Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2009 Fine Art Exhibition - 2009 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
2008 Solo Show, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
2008 Solo Show, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
2008 Irving Sandler Selects, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Blogger Show, Agni Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Blogger Show, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Solo Show, Bethesda Hospital Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2005 Solo Show, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Tri-State National, Beaumont, TX
2005 American Impressionist Society 6th National, Taos, NM
2004 Vanitas, Robbins Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Solo Show, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2002 Year-Long Traveling Exhibition, National Watercolor Society, USA
2002 Solo Show, Into the Mystic Gallery, Minnetonka, MN
2001 83rd National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Orange County, CA
2000 MN State Watercolor Society 2000, White Bear Lake, MN
awards and honors
2021 Signature Status with the Northstar Watermedia Society
2021 Honorable Mention, Latimer Art Club, Reno, NV
2020 Juror - Poetry-Art Collaboration, Red Wing, MN
2019 Judith Benham Art Award - Northstar Watermedia
2019 Artist in Residence, Robert Henri Museum, Cozad, NE
2018 Demo Artist – NorthStar Watermedia Society
2017 Top Art Award – Mayo Clinic
2009 Artist's Initiative Grant - MN State Arts Board
2001 $1000 Cash Award from International Artists' Magazine
2001 Cover Image on Art Calendar Magazine
2000 First Honors, MN Watercolor Society
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