Mary Kocol is a fine art and editorial photographer based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Her pictures were first exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art’s groundbreaking group exhibition and catalog, Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort in 1991, curated by Peter Galassi. Her photographs are among the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Getty Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston Public Library, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and many others.

She's a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and several Massachusetts Local Cultural Council grants. Editorial clients include The New York Times Magazine, Boston Magazine, Gardens Illustrated, and Doubleday Books.

Her new Ice Garden series was recently highly commended, published, and exhibited by International Garden Photographer of the Year in the UK.

Mary is also a film animator, writer, book artist, and prints her own large-scale color photographs. Her prize winning photo-animated short films screened at film festivals in the United States and around the world. She’s taught both photography and animation at Rhode Island School of Design and Gordon College. In addition to editorial photography, she photographs for Harvard College Library’s Preservation Department.

Born in Hartford Connecticut, Mary was educated at the University of Connecticut, and the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned a Masters of Fine Art degree in Photography.

Her photographs are represented by Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts.

www.MaryKocol.com