Mary Garcia was born & raised in Houston, Texas where her love for making art & adventuring started as a wee wild one. She graduated PNCA with a BFA in General Fine Arts to include a Global Studios Program in Belgium & Germany, PSU with a BS in Geology & GCU with a Master’s in Secondary Education.
While in Portland, she exhibited work at the Everett Street Lofts, Higgins Gallery & Henry Building and was an educator at Sabin Elementary as well as OMSI in the Earth Science Hall. Living la vida loca traveling around the Northwest, she became enthralled by the incredible landscape nearby & decided to move to the Columbia River Gorge in 2013.
Since then, Mary has been playing, working & wandering the wilder here in the Columbia River Gorge. She continues to share her passions as an Art and Science & is currently a High School Teacher at Hood River Valley High School. She also volunteers with Art Smart Trout Lake & is a member of the White Salmon Arts Council.
She continues to combine her interests in Art + Science to create representations of magical places as she wander the wilder for inspiration to share with her community.
Mary Garcia
marygarciaarts@gmail.com
White Salmon, Washington