Mary Buergin

A NATIVE OF BUFFALO, NY, MARY BUERGIN RECEIVED HER DEGREE IN FINE ARTS FROM BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE, WITH VARIOUS GRADUATE COURSES IN DESIGN AND FASHION ILLUSTRATION.  SHE BEGAN HER CAREER WORKING AS AN ILLUSTRATOR FOR AN ADVERTISING AGENCY IN BUFFALO.  SHE HAS ALSO WORKED AS A FASHION ILLUSTRATOR AND RAN HER OWN INTERIOR DESIGN COMPANY FOR TEN YEARS.  MARY MOVED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 1992.  SHE BEGAN WORKING AS AN ARTIST FOR A LOCAL FURNITURE COMPANY, AND HAS CREATED HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF ORIGINAL HAND PAINTED FURNITURE, WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN SHOPS AND HOMES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
BUERGIN EXHIBITS IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SHOWS, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL JURIED COMPETITIONS, GALLERY AND MUSEUM SHOWS.  SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION, THE LYME ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, AND THE MANCHESTER ARTISTS ASSOCIATION.  HER WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGH MANY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST USE OF MEDIA AT THE NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION FALL JURIED SHOW.  HER WORK IS INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. 

Peggy had been painting watercolors and other media for over 32 years.  Prior to moving to New England, she lived and painted on California’s Monterey Peninsula for 20 years where she was a member of the Central Coast Art Association in Carmel, CA.  She is a member of the Newburyport Art Association and the North Shore Arts Association.  She attended Antioch College in Ohio and the New School of Art in Toronto, Canada.  Peggy has exhibited and juried into shows throughout California, in Newburyport, MA, in Andover, MA and is represented in private collections throughout the United States and abroad. She has traveled extensively in Egypt.  In 2005 Peggy had one-woman shows in Newburyport and Andover, MA.  She now resides in Amesbury, MA.