About me
I have been an artist my entire life.Living and working in Wisconsin.I did my first art fair in 1991 and have been a full time working artist since 2002.
Mary L Hager
I am a 3-D Mixed Media artistworking in air dry clay and acrylic paints
mlouhager is from my middle name - LouiseI grew up in Denmark, WI always outside searching for critters or bugs or inside drawing or making crafts not much has changed although my hobby is iphonographyalways outside for the sunrise and sunset or immersed in the macro world
mlouhager is from my middle name - LouiseI grew up in Denmark, WI always outside searching for critters or bugs or inside drawing or making crafts not much has changed although my hobby is iphonographyalways outside for the sunrise and sunset or immersed in the macro world
Education and work
Education
9/1984-12/1986 Viterbo College- LaCrosse, Wisconsin
1/1987-12/1989 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee- Bachelor of Arts Majors- drawing & painting, graphic design
work experience
2/1990-11/1990 Victoria Rubenstein- Milwaukee, WI- artist assistant
11/1990-11/2002 Water Street Brewery- Milwaukee, WI- Head Hostess
8/1991- 11/2002 Part time Artist- Milwaukee, WI- 3-d mixed media
11/2002- present Full time Artist- Milwaukee, WI- 3-d mixed media
art fairs and awards
Art Fairs 2/2005 Fort Myers , FL -Artfest Fort Myers 2/2006,2011 Tampa, FL - Gasparilla Festival of the Arts 2/2006 Jupiter, FL - ArtiGras 3/2004,08-18 Bonita Springs, FL -National Art Festival* 3/2015 Naples, FL - Downtown Naples Festival of Arts 3/2006, 17-20 Vero Beach, FL - Under the Oaks 3/2005,06,08 Winter Park, FL - Winter Pk Art Festival 3/2011-14 Naples, Fl- Mercato Fine Arts Festival 5/2009-10 Indianapolis, IN - Broad Ripple Art Fair 5/2000-2011, 18, 19, 20, 22-24 Sturgeon Bay, WI - Sturgeon Bay Fine Art Fair* 6/1994-2001 Milwaukee, WI - Schlitz Audubon Art Fair* 6/1999-2018 Racine, WI - Monument Square Art Fair* 6/2014-2025 Chicago, IL- 57th St Art Fair * 6/2020, 21, 24- Sheboygan County-Northern Kettle Moraine Studio Tour 6/1995-2003 Barrington, IL - BAAC Art Fair* 6/2004,2011-13,15 -17 Wheaton, IL - Cantigny Art Fair 6/1995-2007, 09-19, 22-24 Spring Green, WI -Art Fair* 7/1993-2019,21-24 Madison, WI-Art Fair Off the Square* 7/1992-07,09,11,14,15,17-19,22,24 Sheboygan,WI - John Michael Kohler Arts Fair/Midsummer Art Festival 7/2009-12,16,23-24 Geneva, IL - Geneva Arts Fair 7/2017-18 West Bend, WI - MOWA Art and Chalk Festival 8/1994-2002,08-09 Wauwatosa, WI - Firefly Art Fair 8/2003-2006, 2014-17 Minneapolis, MN - Powderhorn* 8/2007,10,12 Minneapolis, MN - Uptown Art Fair 8/1991-2006,08-13, 17-20, 22-24 Milwaukee, WI - Morning Glory Craft Fair 8/2001,02,07-19, 22-24 Oconomowoc, WI - Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts* 8/1993,97,98,2009-20 GreenBay, WI - Artstreet* 8/2013-20,22-24 Milwaukee, WI - 3rd Ward Art Festival 8/2003-2007 Brookfield, Wi-Stonewood Village Art Fair* 9/1994, 2009 Holy Hill, WI-Holy Hill arts and crafts fair*9/1994-1999, 2023 Downers Grove, IL - Art Fair* 9/1999-2019 Milwaukee, WI -Mount Mary Starving Artist 9/2017-19, 23-24 Naperville, IL - Riverwalk Festival of the Arts 9/2014,15 Peoria, IL - Peoria Art Guild's Fine Art Fair 10/2018,19,24 Milwaukee, WI - MKE Studio Tour guest10/2009-24 Ephraim, WI - Townline Art Fair 11/2004- 06 Milwaukee, WI-Ornaments and Adornments 11/1998-2019, 22-24 Madison, WI- Winter Art Fair Off the Square 11/ 2022-24- Kohler, WI - Holiday Market *award
Art Fairs 2/2005 Fort Myers , FL -Artfest Fort Myers 2/2006,2011 Tampa, FL - Gasparilla Festival of the Arts 2/2006 Jupiter, FL - ArtiGras 3/2004,08-18 Bonita Springs, FL -National Art Festival* 3/2015 Naples, FL - Downtown Naples Festival of Arts 3/2006, 17-20 Vero Beach, FL - Under the Oaks 3/2005,06,08 Winter Park, FL - Winter Pk Art Festival 3/2011-14 Naples, Fl- Mercato Fine Arts Festival 5/2009-10 Indianapolis, IN - Broad Ripple Art Fair 5/2000-2011, 18, 19, 20, 22-24 Sturgeon Bay, WI - Sturgeon Bay Fine Art Fair* 6/1994-2001 Milwaukee, WI - Schlitz Audubon Art Fair* 6/1999-2018 Racine, WI - Monument Square Art Fair* 6/2014-2025 Chicago, IL- 57th St Art Fair * 6/2020, 21, 24- Sheboygan County-Northern Kettle Moraine Studio Tour 6/1995-2003 Barrington, IL - BAAC Art Fair* 6/2004,2011-13,15 -17 Wheaton, IL - Cantigny Art Fair 6/1995-2007, 09-19, 22-24 Spring Green, WI -Art Fair* 7/1993-2019,21-24 Madison, WI-Art Fair Off the Square* 7/1992-07,09,11,14,15,17-19,22,24 Sheboygan,WI - John Michael Kohler Arts Fair/Midsummer Art Festival 7/2009-12,16,23-24 Geneva, IL - Geneva Arts Fair 7/2017-18 West Bend, WI - MOWA Art and Chalk Festival 8/1994-2002,08-09 Wauwatosa, WI - Firefly Art Fair 8/2003-2006, 2014-17 Minneapolis, MN - Powderhorn* 8/2007,10,12 Minneapolis, MN - Uptown Art Fair 8/1991-2006,08-13, 17-20, 22-24 Milwaukee, WI - Morning Glory Craft Fair 8/2001,02,07-19, 22-24 Oconomowoc, WI - Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts* 8/1993,97,98,2009-20 GreenBay, WI - Artstreet* 8/2013-20,22-24 Milwaukee, WI - 3rd Ward Art Festival 8/2003-2007 Brookfield, Wi-Stonewood Village Art Fair* 9/1994, 2009 Holy Hill, WI-Holy Hill arts and crafts fair*9/1994-1999, 2023 Downers Grove, IL - Art Fair* 9/1999-2019 Milwaukee, WI -Mount Mary Starving Artist 9/2017-19, 23-24 Naperville, IL - Riverwalk Festival of the Arts 9/2014,15 Peoria, IL - Peoria Art Guild's Fine Art Fair 10/2018,19,24 Milwaukee, WI - MKE Studio Tour guest10/2009-24 Ephraim, WI - Townline Art Fair 11/2004- 06 Milwaukee, WI-Ornaments and Adornments 11/1998-2019, 22-24 Madison, WI- Winter Art Fair Off the Square 11/ 2022-24- Kohler, WI - Holiday Market *award