ART EDUCATION
1976-79 -UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Waterloo, Ontario.- B.A. Honours, Fine Art
1987-89 -YORK UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Ontario. - M.F.A. in Visual Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 - AUGURY (solo), Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2015 - ACQUIRED TASTES, (group exhibition), Museum London, London, On.
2015 - LUCY IN THE DARK, (solo), Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
2014 - NOSTALGIA, (solo), Robert Langen Gallery, Waterloo, On.
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- FRUITS OF LABOUR, (with Liz Parkinson), Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, On.
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- SUBTERRANEAN (NETHERMIND in collaboration with ART SPIN), Toronto, On.
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- SPIRIT OF THE LAND, (garden installation), Tom Thompson Art gallery, Owen Sound,On.
- THE WOODS, Loop Gallery, Toronto (solo)
2013 - NETHERMIND, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, On. (group)
2012 - MIRABILIA, with NETHERMIND, St. Anne’s Church, Toronto (group)
- GRASSY, Loop Gallery, Toronto- (solo)
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- THE ART OF MENTORING: A LEGACY, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On
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- FIELD OF MICE, presented by Norfolk Arts Centre in a farmer’s field outside Simcoe, On. (solo)
2011 - GREAT HARE, for CAFKA at Cambridge Sculpture Garden
2010 - PRODUCT OF EDEN 2010. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, On.
-TIAF, with Loop Gallery (catalogue image)
- FAITHFUL AND FAITHLESS MESSENGERS, Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
- CHOCOLATE, Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
2008 - PRODUCT OF EDEN 2008, Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
- PRODUCT OF EDEN 2007, Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
- Mon Ton Window, Toronto, On.
2007 - VOGELFREI’ 07, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany ( garden installation)
- PRODUCT OF EDEN (niche project) Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. Catharines, On.
2006 - INTO THE WOODS, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On.
- PRODUCT OF EDEN & SECRET ROOM II, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
2005 - THE BEAST WITHIN, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton. On.
- FUZZY -group exhibition curated by Scott Sawttell, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, On.
- the CYCLOFOOZLEAPHONE, Open Ears Festival, Kitchener, Ontario
2004 - (SECRET ROOM), Loop Gallery, Toronto, On.
- Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery,Studio Alert Series1,Kitchener, On.
1999 - OH BABY, Cambridge Library & Art Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario
- SONIC PLAYROOM (with G. Young,R. Reitzenstein and Wilfrid Laurier
University sculpture and composition students for Open Ears) , Kitchener, On.
- TREE EARS, the Island, Victoria Park, Kitchener, On.
- INHERITANCE, Factorie Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
1996 - THE ART OF DARKNESS, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, On.
1995 - NETHER MIND, Toronto, Ont.
- CORPUS DELICTI, Cambridge Library & Art Gallery, Cambridge, On. (solo)
- ROBERT LANGEN GALLERY, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, On.
1994 - A LOVE FOR THE LAND, Homer Watson House, Kitchener,On.
1993 - NETHER MIND, Toronto, On.
1992 - RED HEAD GALLERY, Toronto, On. (solo)
- SCARBOROUGH CAMPUS GALLERY, University of Toronto, Toronto, On.
1991 - ARTICULE, Montreal, Quebec
- NEUTRAL GROUND, Regina, Saskatchewan
1990 - BURLINGTON CULTURAL CENTRE, Burlington, On.
- ARTSPACE, Peterborough, On.
- EAST CAMPUS HALL, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, On.
1989 - MOTLEY PIE (M.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION), IDA Gallery, York University,
Toronto,On.
1988 - THE WORKS, Manual Life Centre, Edmonton, Alberta (solo)
- PYRAMIS, Start Gallery, Kitchener, On.
- S.A.W.GALLERY,Ottawa, On. (solo)
1987 - START GALLERY, Kitchener, Ontario
1985 - POWERHOUSE GALLERY, Montreal, Quebec
- ARTFORMS, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, On.
1984 - JUSTINA M. BARNICKE GALLERY, University of Toronto, Toronto, On.(solo)
- ART GALLERY OF BRANT, Brantford, Ontario
- BUT IS IT ART?, University of Waterloo Modern Language Art Gallery,
Waterloo, On.
1983 - KITCHENER WATERLOO ART GALLERY, Kitchener, On. (solo)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 Ontario Arts Council mid-career Grant
2012 Ontario Arts Council mid-career Grant
2010 Waterloo Regional Arts Fund Award
2009 Ontario Arts Council mid-career Grant
K.M. Hunter Award
2008 Canada Council research/creation Grant
2007 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance
2006 Canada Council research/creation Grant
2005 Waterloo Regional Arts Fund Award
1996 Canada Council 'B' Grant
1995 Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grants
1993 Canada Council 'B' Grant
Ontario Arts Council Grant
1992 Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
1990 Canada Council 'B' Grant
Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
1989 Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
1987 Canada Council Project Grant
York University Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
1985 Canada Council Explorations Grant
Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
Artforms Jurors Award
1984 Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
1983 Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012 - present SHERIDAN COLLEGE, lecturer, Oakville Ontario
2009 CANADIAN CLAY & GLASS GALLERY, Waterloo, Ontario
youth mentor (working with high school students to produce and install
a public sculpture at the Waterloo Library.
2004 & 2007 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Fine Arts,
sessional lecturer
2003 - 2005 MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, School of the Arts
sessional lecturer
1996 - 2000 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, School of Architecture,
Waterloo, Ontario
adjunct faculty
1995 - 1998 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY, Waterloo, Ontario
sessional lecturer
1995 CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY & ART GALLERY/ GLENVIEW
PARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, O.A.C. WORKSHOP,
Cambridge, Ontario
1992 - 1995 UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, Guelph, Ontario
sessional lecturer
DUNDAS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ART, Dundas, Ontario
Instructor
1994 - 1995 UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, London, Ontario
sessional lecturer
1992 - 1993 KING'S ACADEMY, Kitchener, Ontario
Art Teacher
1990 - 1992 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Toronto, Ontario
Adjunct Faculty
WATERLOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Waterloo,
Ontario
Art Instructor
1988 - 1989 YORK UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Ontario
Teaching Assistant
1982 - 1984 CONESTOGA COLLEGE, Kitchener, Ontario
Part-time Instructor
1980 - 1987 Children’s Art Instructor both privately and through local art
galleries (Cambridge Library and Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art
Gallery, Homer Watson House) and Waterloo Regional School
Board
SELECTED COMMUNITY ART ACTIVITIES
2006 -07 - board member CAFKA
2003 - juror, Waterloo Regional Airport Commission National Competition,
Waterloo ,Ontario.
- board member, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener Area (CAFKA)
2001 - visiting artist, University of Waterloo School of Architecture grad
program
2000 - visiting artist, University of Waterloo School of Architecture thesis
program
1999 - 2000 - museum artist WATERLOO REGIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
1996 - 1999 - Artist advisor and steering committee, WATERLOO REGIONAL
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM PROJECT
1997 - 2001 - board member GLOBE STUDIOS ( provides and administers affordable
studio space)
1999 - Project Advisor/Mentor KORA group ( Human Resources Development
Project to help younger artists to become involved in community
projects)
- SHAD VALLEY workshop ( SYSTEMS DESIGN DEPT., University
of Waterloo)
1998 - 1999 - board member, WATERLOO REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
- Juror - CITY OF KITCHENER COUNTRY HILLS FIREHALL
PROVINCIAL SCULPTURE COMPETITION
1997 - Juror - ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL entry level grants
- Juror - CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY & GALLERY, regional juried
exhibition
- Guest Lecturer, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Fine Art Department
1995 - 1996 - Juror -City of Kitchener VICTORIA PARK NATIONAL PUBLIC
SCULPTURE COMPETITION
1995 - Kinaesthesia and psychological Models of Reality. paper delivered at
U.A.A.C. CONFERENCE, University of Guelph
- Delegate to CULTUREPLAN ENVISIONING WORKSHOP (to
develop a plan for the cultural development of the city of Kitchener -
adopted by the city in 1996)
1993 - Contemporary Women's Sculpture - lecture,THIRD AGE LEARNING
GROUP, University of Guelph
1992 - Juror - BURLINGTON CULTURAL CENTRE Annual Juried
Exhibition
1991 - lecture at ARTSPACE, Peterborough, Ontario
- lecture at BURLINGTON CULTURAL CENTRE Burlington,Ontario
1988 The Relevance of Higher Education to the Artmaking Process - lecture at
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Department of Fine Art
1985 - 1986 - Founder and President of The START GALLERY - an
independent space in Kitchener-Waterloo
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reid, R. Artist’s Cautionary Tale about Planet’s Health, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 12, 2015
Tribinevicius,M. Mirabilia: A Miracle on Gladstone Avenue, Toronto Review of Books blog,
October 18, 2012
http://www.torontoreviewofbooks.com/2012/10/mirabilia-a-miracle-on-gladstone-avenue/
(Canadian Art-see it) Catherine Heard, Max Streicher and other NetherMind members
bless church with terrific installations, See it, October 18,2012
http://www.canadianart.ca/see-it/2012/10/18/ste-annes-church/
Dick , T. Nethermind at St. Anne’s Church, Akimblog, October 16, 2012
http://akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=599
Doktor, S. Field turns into art gallery, The Simcoe Reformer, June 14, 2012
Vaughan, R.M. Martha Eleen & Mary Catherine Newcomb at Loop Gallery, The Globe and
Mail, January 13, 2012
Dick, T. Martha Eleen & Mary Catherine Newcomb at Loop, (Akimbo review),
January 24,2012
Fournier, K. Unusual living sculpture art exhibit winding down at K-W Art Gallery,
Kitchener Citizen, September 22,2010
Whyte, M. Strange=Wonderful=Mary Catherine Newcomb’s “Product of Eden”.
Toronto Star blog, Untitled:Contemporary art in Toronto and beyond,
August 12, 2010 - www.thestar.com
Reid, R. The art of nature, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 29, 2010
Dault, G.M. A bunny with a chemical scent and a whiff of myth - The Globe and Mail,
April 3, 2010
Dault, G.M. Eggplant saints? Only in a sculptor’s garden - The Globe and Mail,
January 12, 2008
Dault, G.M. Vegetable Saints,Walking the line #30,
Reid, R. Eyebrow Raising Art – The Kitchener-Waterloo Record,
September 15, 2006
Hollick, L. Bunny Talk, View Magazine, October 2005
Shebaeget,F. ...the beast not found in verse, October 2005 (exhibition catalogue)
DeGroot, M.: New Children’s Museum would blend Technology, Art in hands-on
format, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, October 23, 1999
Hatt, Gordon: A Surrealist in Kitchener, Lola, summer 1999
Podedworny, C. Bodies of Memory (exhibition Catalogue), 1998
Mahoney, J. Body Painting -The Hamilton Spectator, January 24, 1988
Jordan, B.A.: Gallery Going - the Globe and Mail, August 23, 1997
Dowding,Martin Mary Catherine Newcomb C magazine, April - June 1996
Hatt, Gordon: Corpus Delicti - Mary Catherine Newcomb, figurative sculpture -
(exhibition catalogue)
Reid, Rob: Artist Casts Wide Shadow - Kitchener-Waterloo
Record,November 3, 1995
Dewdney, Chris: (Nether Mind exhibition catalogue) September, 1995
Bentley-Mayes, J.: Two shows that show the unshowable - The Globe and Mail,
September 9, 1995
Hannah, Deirdre: Nether Mind artists jam in dynamic group show - Now,
September15, 1995
Andersen, M.: Toronto Underground,Parcours, Fall 1993
Hanna, Deirdre: Nether Mind's fresh sculpture emerges from the underworld Now,
October 28,1993
Taylor, Kate,: Sculptors at Play, with a sense of fun The Globe and Mail,
October 23, 1993
Holubizky,Ihor: (Nether Mind exhibition catalogue) September 1993
Gravel, Claire: Images des reves Le Devoir, 19 Janvier 1991
Foster, Jewel: Moon, Newcomb, Schantz (exhibition catalogue) April 1990
Crawford,Louis: Art from Simplicity in BCC show The Burlington Post, April 20
1990
Mahoney, Jeff: Animal Magnetism The Hamilton Spectator,April 19, 1990
Baele, Nancy: The Ottawa Citizen, March 10, 1988
Wilson,Jane: Artist envisions local showcase for the Avant Guarde, Kitchener-
Waterloo Record, January 19, 1985
Wilson, Jane: Artist's exhibits are reflections of worlds apart Kitchener-Waterloo
Record, November 10, 1985
COLLECTIONS
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
MacDonald Stewart Art Centre
Canada Council Artbank
numerous private collections