MaryLou Hurley: Mixed Media Mosaic Artist

Web: truebluelou.com
Instagram: @maryloumosaicart

Selected Recent Exhibitions
2024 Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Legislative Building, Toronto, Ontario
2024 Headwaters Arts, “From the Heart”, Headwaters Arts Gallery, Alton, Ontario
2023 Purple Octopus Art, USA, “Artful Expressions of the Mind”, Online
2023 “MOSAICS” Solo Exhibition, Women’s Art Association, Toronto
2023 NewMarket Juried Art Show, Old Town Hall, Newmarket
2022 Ontario Mosaic Artists ‘Putting the Pieces Back Together’ Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
2022 CFS 70th Open Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto
2022 OVERZEALOUS Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Art Space Connect Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario
2022 Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ECHOES Open Juried Exhibition
2022 Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) Open International Online Juried Exhibition
2021 Colour and Form Society 69th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
2021 Newmarket Juried Art Show
2020 Colour and Form Society 68th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
2020 Headwaters Arts ‘Artful Revival’ Fall Festival

Awards
2022 Honourable Mention for GERALD DEAN DISCOVERS GERALDINE Mannequin, CFS 70th Anniversary Member’s Exhibition, Carrier Gallery, Toronto
2021 Honourable Mention for EVE Mannequin, Newmarket Juried Art Show
2021 1st Place Award for SPRING HARMONY VIOLIN,
Beaux Arts “Everything Beaux’ Art Exhibition, Brampton, Ontario
2020 2nd Place JUROR’S CHOICE Award for THE DUCHESS Mannequin
Headwaters Arts ‘Artful Revival’ Fall Festival

Media
2022 ‘So it Goes’, Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Issue 11, Page 42
2022 JustSayIn'Caledon Jan 31st, 2022- "MaryLou Hurley's Marvellous Mosaics" People by Patti Foley
2020 Dufferin’s Spotlight (Nov12th, 2020) “What DO Mermaids Wear?” Thumbnail Sketches by Connie Munson

Member of the Following Organizations
Elected member of Colour and Form Society 2020
Headwaters Arts, Alton, Ontario
Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

As both artist and instructor at TrueBlueLou Mosaic Studio in Caledon East, I have found the freedom to embrace a unique approach to creating mosaics. I practice the traditional technique of 'andamento', carefully placing rows of tesserae to establish visual flow, but as a contemporary artist, I relish breaking free from classical rules. The sheer joy of discovering new textures, colours, and possibilities of mixed media, fuels my passion for artistic expression.