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Mary Hafeli (Professor Emerita, Teachers College Columbia University) was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan and an Ed.M. and Ed.D. from Teachers College Columbia University. Her studio work has been shown nationally and internationally. She has received several awards in recognition of her widely published research on the studio practices and processes of artists and young people, and in 2020 was named a Distinguished Fellow by the National Art Education Association.

Exhibitions

2022
Envisioning Artistic Inquiries: The Mapping of Arts Based Research (curated by Sohee Koo). Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

2020
Faculty Biennial. Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York

2019
Artistic Ways of Knowing. Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York
Patterns of Influence: Artists Who Teach (curated by Andrea Kantrowitz, Sue Collier and Barbara Laube). The Painting Center, New York, New York

2018
Faculty Biennial. Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York

2017
Collective Materiality: A DIY Community Artmaking Experience (collaborative work with Sohee Koo). Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York
Envisioning Pedagogical Inquiry: The Making of Arts Based Educational Research. Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York

2016
An Inclusive World (curated by Vida Sabbaghi, COPE NYC). Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York (collaborative work with P+S Collective)
Color (curated by Lilian Tone, Museum of Modern Art). Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York (collaborative work with P+S Collective)

2015
The Art Bar, Kingston, New York (collaborative work with Ann Lovett) (solo)
Yeats Poetry and Place. Hyde Bridge Gallery, The Yeats Society, Sligo, Ireland (collaborative work with P+S Collective)

2014
Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York

2013
SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, New York (collaborative work with Ann Lovett) (solo)
Nazareth College, Rochester, New York (collaborative work with Ann Lovett) (solo)

2012
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York (collaborative work with Ann Lovett) (solo) Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York (collaborative work with Ann Lovett) (solo)
Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

2008
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

2006
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

2003
Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York

1999
Unison Gallery, New Paltz, New York

1997
Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York (solo)

1996
Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

1995
National Arts Club, New York, New York (Award of Distinction for Painting)
Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

1994
Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

1990
Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland

1987
Objects Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1986
New Art Forms International Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Drawings: Eighty-First Exhibition By Artists Of Chicago And Vicinity, The Art Institute Of Chicago

1985
Objects Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1984
The Arts Center, Iowa City, Iowa Objects Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1983
Rackham Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Curatorial Projects

2017
Collective Materiality: A DIY Community Artmaking Experience (co-curated with Sohee Koo). Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York

2017
Envisioning Pedagogical Inquiry: The Making of Arts Based Educational Research. Macy Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York