Mary Durgunoglu-Brown

Mary Durgunoglu-Brown is a contemporary oil painter residing in the Bay Area. Mary draws from her personal relationships to explore the complexities of womanhood, motherhood, and feminine identity. Curating interactive experiences is a critical part of her process for eliciting organic emotions from her subjects. Memorializing the women she knows in paint allows Mary to process her interpersonal experiences with women important in her life.

Mary is primarily self taught. She has exhibited work at The de Young Museum Open, Salmagundi Club NY, and SF Art Fair. Mary is currently represented by Chloe Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

Exhibitions & Publications

San Francisco Art Fair with Chloe Gallery, SF, April 2025
Chloe Gallery, Summer Kick-Off SF, June + July 2024
San Francisco Art Fair with Chloe Gallery, SF, April 2024
Chloe Gallery, Women In Art: Great Artists Who Just Happen To Be Women, SF, March 10 - April 13, 2024
The de Young Museum, The de Young Open, San Francisco, 2023-24
The de Young Museum Gift Shop, The de Young Open Postcard Promotional Merch, San Francisco, 2023-24
Chloe Gallery, Annual Holiday Group Show, San Francisco, Dec ‘23 - Jan ‘24
Salmagundi Juried Figurative Exhibition, New York, August 2023
CSUSB Anthropology Museum, Afrontalo Exhibition, September 2023
Berkeley Potters Studio, Holiday Show, Berkeley, CA 2021
Imagine Dragons, Bass Guitar Paint & Pyrography 2015
Edible East Bay, Japanese Cookware Illustrations, CA 2014
Edible East Bay, Avocado Illustrations, CA 2013
Studio Gallery, Tiny Show - Group Exhibition, San Francisco 2008

Education

San Francisco State University, B.A. Anthropology 2010
UCLA Summer Session, Painting Studio 2006
Lee Price, Portrait Workshop 2022
Portrait Painting Workshop NYAA, Kristy Gordon 2020
Character Design, Animation Collaborative 2013 California College of the Arts, Figure Drawing Class 2013

Experience

City of Berkeley, Civic Arts Grants Panelist 2022-23
Board Member, ArtStart Board of Directors 2023
East Bay Regional Park District, Finance 2017-2023
Studio Artist, Angie Crabtree Studios 2017