Mary Scurlock - "Biography of Place" - Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA (May 14 - June 20, 2026)

The work in this gallery incorporates collage fragments of old letters, papers, and rubbings from life's everyday physical imprints, capturing the elusive and fragmented memories of place and time. Paint, charcoal, graphite, pastel, and ephemera intertwine with intuitive marks and gestures creating a visual and tactile chronicle of place. The pieces are a meditation on the impermanence of our surroundings and experiences, reflecting on how memories can fade and blur, yet remain etched in our subconscious. Mary Scurlock is a mixed media artist who currently lives in Richmond, VA., and teaches in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School. She has been the recipient of the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship, a Semi-Finalist in the Bethesda Painting Awards, and the Surdna Art Teachers Fellowship which allowed her to attend the artist and writers residency La Muse in Southern France. Her work is included in the public collections of the Federal Reserve Bank, B&B Printing, First Market Bank, Media One, Markel Corporation, and Capital One. 1996-2008 she served as an artist member on the board of the non-profit gallery 1708 and currently is active on the emeritus board. She has exhibited extensively in both group and solo shows in New York and Richmond. https://maryscurlock.com/ https://www.quirkgallery.com/ Music: Estampes, L. 100: I, Pagodes (Modérément animé) by Claude Debussy, Alain Planès #art #abstractart #gallery #artgallery #richmond #virginia #richmondvirginia #quirkgallery #maryscurlock