Mary Early

{{Short description|American artist (born 1975)}}

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{{about||the first African-American to earn a degree from the University of Georgia|Mary Frances Early|the American painter|Mary Earley}}

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Mary Early (born 1975) is an American sculptor. Some of her work is made using beeswax and wood.{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Michael |title=When Is a Gallery Visit of Value? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120100416.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=16 June 2021 |date=2005-12-02}}{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=5 June 2022 |title=Artist delves into the social history of food, from production to consumption |pages=E11 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest| }} }}{{Cite news |last=Dawson |first=Jessica |date=28 June 2001 |title=No Longer Cast in Bronze; Sculptors Melt Art's Traditional Boundaries |pages=C1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest| }} }}

Early was born in 1975 in Washington, DC.{{cite web |title=Mary Early |url=https://art.state.gov/personnel/mary_early/ |website=Art in Embassies |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=16 June 2021}} She studied at Bennington College. Her work had been exhibited at the American University Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, United States Botanic Garden, and the Washington Project for the Arts. She has also exhibited internationally in Austria and Germany.{{cite web |title=Mary Early |url=https://sandrfoundation.org/content/mary-early |website=S&R Foundation |access-date=16 June 2021}} Early was commissioned to create a piece for the U.S. State Department Art in Embassies program which was installed in the United States Embassy in Amman, Jordan in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Jean Lawlor |title=Interfering With Space: A Conversation with Mary Early |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/interfering-with-space-a-conversation-with-mary-early/ |website=Sculpture |access-date=16 June 2021 |date=2018-12-01}} Early is the director of Hemphill Fine Arts.