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Bole, Mary Jo
American; (b. 1956, Cleveland, OH; lives in Columbus, OH)
1982 MFA New York College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1979 BFA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

A six-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, Mary Jo

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Bole has exhibited her work in the United States, Russia, Lithuania, the Netherlands,

Bole, Mary Jo. “Resume.” Mary

and Germany. Bole has also held numerous artist residencies. Her work at the

Jo Bole. Accessed March 5, 2014.

Belden Brick Factory in Ohio, the Dedouch Monument Plaque Company in Illinois,
and KVO Industries in California helped to strengthen Bole’s techniques aiding
her facility in various media such as enamel, leaded glass, bronze, and steel,
traditional memorial materials used by the artist in her funerary-based sculptural
works. Influenced by both Victorian-era heirlooms and the industrial landscape

http://maryjobole.com/about/
resume.html
Brown, Glen R. “Mary Jo Bole:
Mortality and the Immortal.”
Ceramics: Art and Perception
no. 54 (2003): 77–80.

of Cleveland, Ohio, where the artist grew up, Bole’s sepulchral works poignantly
address the theme of human mortality and the struggle between permanence and
impermanence. Bole’s recent work includes a number of site-specific installations
and five artists’ book editions created at the Knust Press in the Netherlands.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARY JO BOLE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Granny's Necklace
Bole, Mary Jo. “Sculpture.“ Mary
Jo Bole. Accessed March 5, 2014.
http://maryjobole.com/
sculpture/necklace.html
Brown, Glen R. “Mary Jo Bole:
Mortality and the Immortal.“
Ceramics: Art and Perception
no. 54 (2003): 78–80.

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