Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier

Background

Greene-Mercier, Marie Zoe was born on March 31, 1911 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Louis Judge-Advocate and Zoé (Lassagne) Mercier.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1933. Postgraduate, New Bauhaus, Chicago, 1937-1938. Exhibited solo shows Southwest Missouri State College, 1950, Argent Gallery, New York City, Hohenberg Gallery, Chicago, 1951, 53, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, 1951, Westwinds Bookshop, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1951, Newton Center Women"s Club, 1950, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1955, Chicago Public Library., 1956, American Institute Archs., Chicago, 1957, Paris Galerie Duncan, 1963, Florence Galleria d"arte Arno, 1965, Rome Galleria Numero, 1966, Milan Numero, 1966, Venice Numero, 1966, South.Stefano, 1968, Milan Gian Ferrari, 1969, Trieste Centro Italo Americano, 1968, 70, Venice Louisiana Fenice, 1969, Athens, New Forms, 1970, Perpignan, Main de Fer, 1971, Rome, Artivisive, 1972, Chicago Metropolitan Structures Incorporated.,1974, Centre Noroit, Arras, France, 1977, Amerika Haus, West Berlin,1977, Galerie Musée de Poche Paris, 1978, Maison Française, Chicago, 1979, 83, Stadt Bad Homburg v.d.

Höhe, 1979, Amerika Haus, Stuttgart, 1979, Alliance Francaise de Washington, 1980, SkulpturenparkMus., Bad Nauheim Federal Republic Germany, 1986, Oberhessisches Museum, Giessen, Federal Republic Germany, 1986, Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1991.

Exhibited in group shows The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1947, 48, 52, 55, Boson Museum Arts, 1950, American Federation Arts, 1953, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1968, Paris Salon d"Automne, 1962, 1971, 72, 73,74, Salon des Beaux Arts, Salon des Independants, 1952, de la Jeune Sculpture, 1966, Salon de Mai, 1973, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 86, London Royal Institute Galleries, 1954, Trieste II Exhibition Sacred Art, 1966, Legnano, Pagani Foundation, 1966, 69, 70, 71, 72, Campo South. Moisé, Commune di Venezia, 1970, 72, Florence Biennale, 1971, 1st Sculpture Triennale, Paris, 1978, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1979, Louisiana Foundation National Arts Graphiques etPlastiques, Paris, 1979, Bauhaus Archiv Museum, West. Berlin, 1979, Capitol Children"s Museum, Washington, 1980-1981, Kurhausgarten, Bad Homburg, 1979, 80, 81, Moholy-Nagy, New Vision for Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Springfield & Chicago, 1990, 4-town travelling show Arras, France, 1990-1991, International Exhibition Frankfurt Kunstmesse, Galerie Loehr, 1991, Annual Member Show Arts Club Chicago, 1948-1994. Represented in permanent collections at Roosevelt University, Radcliffe College, Southwest Missouri State College, Grinnell College, Randolph Macon College, Bauhaus-Archiv Museum, Berlin, Museum Modern Art, Venice, Stone Container Corporation, 1st National Bank, Chicago, International Film Bureau, 1st Baptist Church, Chicago, Bloomington, Indiana, Musée des Sables, Barcarès, France, 1971, Government Building, Homburg-Saar, 1974, C.E.S. Verlaine, Arras, France, Centre Noroit, Arras, 1978, Western Illinois University, 1979, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, permanent sculptures and collages Oberhessisches Museum, Giessen, Germany, 1995.

Member United States delegate 9th Congress International Artists Association, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Stuttgart, West. Germany, 1979.

Career

Delegate 9th Congress International Artists Association, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Stuttgart, West. Germany, 1979. Editor: Mussa, Italo, Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier Rome, Sifra, 1968, Art International, 1978, Public Art New Directions, 1981, Contemporary Women Sculptors, 1986, American Women Sculptors, 1990.

Achievements

• Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier has been listed as a noteworthy sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States delegate 9th Congress International Artists Association, United Nations Educational, Stuttgart, Germany, 1979. Member of Artists Equity Association (president, chicago chapter 1959-1962), Renaissance Society (honorary), Arts Club Chicago.

Connections

Married Wesley Hammond Greene, June 21, 1937. Children: Steven Hardy, Richard Stuart, Roger Hammond.

Father:

Louis Judge-Advocate Mercier

Mother:

Zoé (Lassagne) Mercier

Spouse:

Wesley Hammond Greene

child:

Steven Hardy Greene-Mercier

child:

Roger Hammond Greene-Mercier

child:

Richard Stuart Greene-Mercier