Art Portfolio

Mary Marjorie Hohlt First-Professional M.Arch Design Portfolio Washington University in St. Louis B.A. Anthropology and English mmh737

Mary Marjorie Hohlt

Contents

Works in 2D and 3D 2005-2011 Architecture Discovery Program Painting The Illustrated Book 3D Design and Other Works

Mary Hohlt Self portrait study, non-academic Graphite on paper 4x6 2008

Mary Hohlt Portrait studies, non-academic Graphite on paper 4x6 2006

Mary Hohlt Portrait studies, non-academic Graphite on paper 4x6 2006

Mary Hohlt Double-Headed Venus Fly Trap Acrylic, wire, and nylon 6x6x6 2006

First Place Winner, Visual Art Strake Jesuit Multimedia Art Fair, 2006 Project: shape wire and cover with nylon to create a 3D form My objective: use color to differentiate spaces in piece; carve out concave space by sewing nylon to itself

Mary Hohlt Anti-House: Living and Studio Space for Artist H.C. Westermann Architecture Discovery Program | Washington University in St. Louis, 2005

Project: create a space for an artist of your choosing My objective: draw from Westermann’s own biography as a woodworker and acrobat to create a space uniquely suited for his own use

Mary Hohlt Anti-House: An inversion of public and private space 1/4 scale model 14x6x14

The Client: sculptor, printmaker,

Marine gunner, and trained acrobat

H.C. Westermann (photo : http://mirappraisal.wordpress.com/ 2010/09/27/h-c-westermann/)

(rear exterior view of structure)

(street-side exterior view)

Tracing of H.C. Westermann’s Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea

Mary Hohlt Anti-House: Contrasting exterior perspectives with interior forms 1/4 scale model,14x6x14

Tracing of H.C. Westermann’s Antimobile

Mary Hohlt Anti-House: An experiment in functionaly versus practicality 1/4 scale model, 14x6x14

The pathway through the structure ends at the restroom, accessible only by a ladder and a trapeze

(interior view showing sole continuous pathway throughout space)

Mary Hohlt Reclining Nude Oil on canvas 16x20 2007

Mary Hohlt Reclining Nude (detail) Painting | Washington University in St. Louis

Mary Hohlt Cove Raku clay 14x9x6.5 2011

Mary Hohlt Cove

3D Design | Glassell School of Art, Houston Project: manipulate a flat, rectangular piece of eggcrate foam to then model in clay My objective: using a balanced asymmetrical design, carve out negative space from an opaque material to create a source of hidden light

Mary Hohlt Portrait study, non-academic Graphite on grid paper 3.5x5.5 2010

Mary Hohlt Nature and figure studies, non-academic Graphite and charcoal on paper 2010-2011

Mary Hohlt Spider 3D Design | Glassell School of Art, Houston Project: use interlocking planar forms to create a self-supporting sculpture My objective: create a dynamic composition while using a repeated planar form. The repeated planar form is modeled after spider legs

Mary Hohlt Spider Plywood and acrylic 18x14x20 2011

Mary Hohlt Self Portrait (Eden in Ireland) Oil on canvas 24x30 2007

Mary Hohlt Self Portrait (Eden in Ireland) detail Painting | Washington University in St. Louis

Mary Hohlt Little Walter Love Poem Letterpress on newsprint 15x11 2010

“Love poem� broadside based on Blues lyrics The Illustrated Book | Professor Jana Harper Washington University in St. Louis

Textile details throughout portfolio photographed by Mary Hohlt in Peru and Bolivia