Art Gallery
MARY ZIO
Mary graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art from Purchase College, outside of NY City. With a concentration in Printmaking and Art History, she studied with such artists as Leonard Stokes (student of Josef Albers), Murray Zimiles, Margot Lovejoy, and had a two year apprenticeship with internationally known, printmaker and painter, Bruce Bleach. Since art school, Mary's artworks have been displayed in various galleries, museums, and shops throughout New York and the Carolinas. In 2016, Mary opened Phthalo Blue Art Gallery in Ocean Isle Beach, NC, before relocating to the Charlotte area in 2019. Mary has been the featured artist in two Southern Living Homes, both on Bald Head Island, NC, where she created 37 commissioned paintings for the two homes (her specialty is creating custom artwork for specific spaces). Mary is also a Charlotte 2021 ArtPopStreetGallery Artist. Her artwork is currently available directly, and through various art galleries in North Carolina. @mzioartist maryzio.com
OLIVIA HEDRICK
Olivia (she/her), also known as Livi Lu, is an interdisciplinary artist who graduated with a BFA with a concentration in education at UNC Charlotte. She explores her personal experiences, the unusual, and the whimsical in her artwork. As a child at heart, she strives to show a child’s curious perspective of the world in all her pieces. She is currently working on a body of work consisting of sculptures and copper plate prints that reflect the intricacies of childhood, growing up, and facing one's mortality. Three of her works were recently published in the Nova Literary-Arts Magazine, and you can find more of her art at liviluart13 on Instagram and Facebook.