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Mary Ann Peters
Mary Ann Peters is an artist in Seattle, WA. She received her MFA from the University of Washington in Painting + Drawing in 1977 and her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Her large scale paintings and installations deal with the themes of immigration and the refugee crisis.

She is a founder of COCA (Center on Contemporary Art).

Peters has completed public art projects for University of Texas, San Antonio (2002), and Port of Seattle Headquarters. In 2015, Peters received the Stranger Genius Award, a 2013 Art Matters Foundation research grant, the MacDowell Colony Pollock Krasner Fellowship (2011), the Civita Institute Fellowship (2004), a recipient of the Artist Trust Leadership and Arts Award, and the Behnke Foundation Neddy Award in Painting (2000). Her work is represented by James Harris Gallery.