Born in 1979 in Harmony, West Virginia, Mary Chiaramonte began painting at the age of three. As a child she helped her family live from and farm their land. She had no TV or other distractions, and was encouraged to entertain herself with objects in nature. Left with the workings of her imagination and observations of the world around her, she translated her understanding into paintings and drawings. She continues this practice today, taking much of her momentum from the people that surround and affect her. Hanging between darkness and light,Chiaramonte’s paintings offer a narrative that echoes a provocative daydream, communicating both the human disposition and the mysteries therein. Her unending exploration surfaces in her paintings with an ambiguity that asks the viewer to wonder at our world as she does.
Chiaramonte is currently represented by Abend Gallery in Denver, CO, and Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, OK. A 2010 Master of Fine Arts graduate, Chiaramonte received the Best Graduate Thesis award from Radford University. Her work has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries throughout America, and collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her paintings have been featured in publications such as American Art Collector, New American Paintings, American Artist Magazine, Empty Magazine, and Visionary Artistry Magazine. Chiaramonte lives and works in Bon Air, Virginia.

AWARDS/PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2017
Fine Art Connoisseur, February 2017 Issue
PoetsArtists Magazine, W Sight Unseen, Issue 81, February
2016
ARC (Art Renewal Center), 12th International ARC Salon, Finalist
Portrait Society of America, Member's Only Competition, 5th Merit in Landscapes
2015
The Artist's Magazine, Annual Competition Finalist in Portraits and Figures
American Art Collector, article: The Revolution Hasn't Started, Issue 109
Combustus Magazine, online article: We Live Our Lives in Circles,
Interview with Mary Chiaramonte by Deanna Piowaty
2014
American Art Collector, article: Painting Fables, Issue 109
Southwest Art Magazine, Artistic Excellence Award Finalist, Vol 44, No 7
Catapult Magazine, Issue 28
2013
Patty Griffin Silver Bell Tour poster, the painting Circles (2013)
Jerry's Artarama Self Portrait Contest, First Place
The Artist’s Magazine, September Issue
Bl!ss Magazine, February Issue

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Taubman Museum of Fine Art, Homeward Bound, Roanoke, VA
2017
Lovetts Gallery, Mirror Mirror, Tulsa, OK
2016
Lovetts Gallery, The Cauldron, Tulsa, OK
Abend Gallery, Contemporary Figuration, Denver, CO
2015
Abend Gallery,24th Annual Holiday Miniature Show, Denver, CO
Lovetts Gallery, The Birds, Tulsa, OK
RJD Gallery, Women Painting Women: The Stories we Tell, Sag Harbor, NY
2014
RJD Gallery, Veiled Visions, Two Person show with Adrienne Stein, Sag Harbor, NY
Principle Gallery, Women Painting Women, Charleston, SC