Mary de Piro

Mary de Piro is a Maltese artist (born in Valletta, 1946).

She studied art at a young age while at boarding school at Badia a Ripoli in Florence and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Her first exhibition was held in Wisconsin, in the course of a stay in the United States. Her first solo exhibition in Malta brought her critical acclaim owing to the confidence of her brushwork and choice of large format canvases. This led to commissions from corporate patrons, through curator Richard England. In 1975 she moved to the UK, where she raised a family while continuing to paint, moving into the field of portraiture and sacred art. Over the years she mainly participated in collective exhibitions in the England, Malta, and Italy. Mary de Piro is best known for her landscape paintings, particularly those which evoke the Mediterranean light of the Maltese countryside.

Exhibitions Personal exhibitions 1968 La Grande Italia, Boston Store, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 1969 Mazaron Gallery, Paceville, Malta 1971 National Museum, Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta 1975 Nails Cellars Gallery, Devon, England 1977 ‘Window on Mary de Piro’, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta 2005 Mary de Piro (duo exhibition), Casino Maltese, Valletta, Malta 2014 Palazzo de Piro, Mdina, Malta 2016 Bank of Valletta Head Office, Malta

Collective 1967 Bank of Alderney Art Gallery, Valletta 1967 National Museum of Malta, Valletta, Malta 1969 Biennale Internazionale di Pittura Contemporanea, Pistoia, Italy 1969 Sacred Art Exhibition, St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta; The cathedral, Mdina, Malta 1970 The Permanent Art Gallery, MSAMC, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta 1970 Mazaron Art Gallery, Paceville, Malta 1970 ‘Art from Malta’, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 1970 River Oaks Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States 1973 Barclays Bank Art Exhibition, Barclays Bank, Kingsway, Valletta, Malta 1973 Malta Government Tourist Board, Vienna, Austria 1982 ‘Maltese Women Artists’, Gallerija Fenici, Valletta, Malta 1989 ‘Artisti Maltesi a Firenze’, Galleria Renzo Spagnoli Arte, Florence, Italy 1994 ‘European Art’, Chamber of Commerce, Valletta, Malta 1994 ‘Wardour Chapel Appeal’, Christie's, London, U.K. 1996 Sacred Art Biennale, Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta 1997 - ‘Art for Youth’, Mall Galleries, London, U.K. 1998 ‘Charity Art’, Holy Trinity Brompton, London, U.K. 2000 ‘Maltese Talents Abroad’, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta 2004 ‘Drawn into the Light’, Contemporary Christian Art Exhibition, Wapping, London 2008 ‘Bloodline’, Gallery G, Lija, Malta 2008 ‘malta4euro’, European Commission Representation, London, U.K. 2008 ‘Mediterraneo: A Sea that unites’, Italian Cultural Institute, London, U.K. 2008 - 2015 Annual Exhibition, Hurlingham Club, London, England