Born:1950, Chicago, IL
I am a political creature, radically and unapologetically feminist, and dedicated to undermining the status quo with art and wit.
Mary Ellen Croteau is a multi-media artist who has exhibited extensively across the U.S. as well as in Europe, Korea and Colombia. She has lectured internationally, has been widely reviewed and won numerous awards for her artwork. She has also curated and organized exhibitions. Croteau studied sculpture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earned her BFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her MFA from Rutgers University. Calling her work cultural critique, she uses a variety of media, from painting and photography to sculpture and installation, to lay bare the underlying bias in our social icons. As one reviewer stated: The beauty of Croteaus work lies largely in the humor employed to deliver some serious trouble. Her work has appeared on the cover of Artpaper and On The Issues magazine, and has been reproduced in Ms. and other publications, and appears on the cover of an upcoming book from St. Martins Press.