PERSONAL STATEMENT
A narrative painter and multidisciplinary artist focusing on autobiographical expressionism, socio-political commentary, archetypal myths and symbolism.
EDUCATION
2011
Teesside University
MA, Future Design
1996
Florida State University
MA, Art Therapy
1992
Rollins College
BA, Studio Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Let Us Eat Cake Part 3
Base Camp, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2021
Home Revisited
Stockton Arts Centre, Stockton
Group Exhibition
2021
RE:IMAGINE - Changing the Narrative on Femicide
Pink Collar Gallery and Las Iluministas
Online Group Exhibition
2021
Images of Teesside
2B Creative Health, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2021
An Exhibition by Barbara Griffin, Graham Jarritt &
Mary Lou Springstead
Pineapple Black Arts, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2019
Seven Transmissions
Off the Ground, Middlesbrough
Featured Artist
2018
Face of the Other
Python Gallery, Middlesbrough
Duo Exhibition, Mary Lou Springstead & p.a. morbid
2018
Nasty Women Northeast Exhibition
Thought Foundation, Gateshead
Group Exhibition
2017
Nasty Women UK Exhibition
Stour Space, Hackney Wick, London
Group Exhibition
2017
Roots and Wings
House of Blah Blah, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2016
Borders, Fulcrum Art and Writing Group
Python Gallery, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2016
Freaks, Guides and Visitations
Python Gallery, Middlesbrough
Solo Exhibition
2015
Bridging the Tees, Northern Architecture
House of Blah Blah, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2013
Mary Lou Springstead
Gilkes Street Artists, Middlesbrough
Solo Exhibition
2012
‘Come and ‘ave a go if you think you’re ‘ard enough’
Heritage Gallery, Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition
2012
Show Us Your Art
Middlesbrough Town Centre
Group Exhibition
2011
100% Pure Honesty
Pop Up Gallery, Middlesbrough
Duo Exhibition, Mary Lou Springstead and popgrafik
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
2023
‘Crossing Thresholds - Stories and art from beyond the boundaries of ordinary consciousness’
Author, Lorraine Tomie
Free E-book Download 'Crossing Thresholds'
Contributing Artist
2021
‘Picasso Baby’, Digital Issue 003, Disgraceland
https://issuu.com/picassobaby/docs/pbdi003
Featured Artist
2020
‘Witches, Warriors, Workers: An anthology of contemporary working women’s poetry’
Culture Matters, Editors Jane Burn & Fran Lock
Contributing Artist
2020
‘Light Anthology’, The Black Light Engine Room Press
Cover Art
2019
‘How to Break a Horse’, Blueprint Press, Author Jo Colley
Illustrations
2019
‘Chain Letter to America: The One Thing You Can Do To End Racism
A Collection of Essays, Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Multiculturalism’,
Author Jacques Fleury
Cover Art
2018
‘let’s do it’, Late poems by Jim Burns
Black Light Engine Room Press, Middlesbrough
Frontispiece Art
2018
‘Land and Sea Turning’, Cringeworthy Poets Collective Press,
Author Kate Garrett 2018
Cover Art
2017
‘FASH: Fabulous Advanced Stylish Humans’, Interview by Julie Hogg
https://www.foxyfash.com/portraits/marylou-springstead
2016
‘The Trouble with Jonestown’, The Jonestown Report, Vol. 19
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=67644
2016
‘Lungs’, Issue 1, Lungs Project
https://www.lungsproject.org/publications/lungs-issue-1
Featured Artist
AWARDS
2011
High Quality Postgraduate Achievement in Fine Art Practice
Fiona Mellis Award
Conferred by MIMA, Teesside University