MARY ANN PETERS is an artist whose combined studio work, installations, public art projects and arts activism have made noted contributions to the Northwest and nationally for over 30 years. Most recently her work has focused on the overlap of contemporary events with splintered histories in the Middle East. Her awards include the 2016 Camargo Foundation artist residency in Cassis, France, the 2015 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Art, the 2013 Art Matters Foundation grant for research in Paris and Mexico City, the MacDowell Colony Pollock Krasner Fellowship (2011), the Civita Institute Fellowship (2004) and the Behnke Foundation Neddy Award in Painting (2000). She is a founder of COCA (Center on Contemporary Art), a recipient of the Artist Trust Leadership and Arts Award, and former board member and board president of NCFE (National Campaign for Freedom of Expression). She is currently a board member of On the Boards. She lives and works in Seattle, Washington.