Mary Jo Kennard is a native Texan. She lived for 25 years in the commuter suburbs of Washington, D.C., and the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, near Harpers Ferry. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, with a minor in Art History. In addition, she has studied with New York painter Janet Fish, and portraitist Daniel Greene.  She is a member of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland, a Charter Member of the National Museum for Women In The Arts, Washington, D.C., the Arts League at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, and The Austin Visual Arts Association. Her paintings are in private collections in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Arizona, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, California, Texas, Florida, and Sweden.

Juried & Invitationals Shows:

The Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

AVAA Membership Exhibits

Studio 2 Gallery – Austin

The Morton Street Gallery, Richmond, Texas

The Eyes of Texas Gallery, San Marcos, Texas

Modern on Main in Buda, Texas

The Inaugural Buda Fine Arts Festival

Gallery 222, Leesburg, Virginia

The Artists’ Museum in Washington, D.C. – Solo Exhibit 2000

Special invitational exhibit during Arab/Israeli Peace Conference in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Cumberland Valley Artist Exhibitions at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland

The Boarman Arts Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia

The Gallery at Matthews and Shank, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Touchstone Gallery in Washington, D.C.

The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia

The Huntington Gallery at University of Texas at Austin