Mission + Name

Mari is an online gallery and exhibition space dedicated to women artists working on paper, inclusive of all women.

Mari is dedicated to helping women artists showcase their work and expand their careers, utilizing paper as their primary medium.

Mari also collects and exhibits vintage works by women artists.

Mari [pronounced m AA - ree] is a woman’s name in Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Armenian. The name is selected for the artist-founder’s interest in the visual culture of Japan and Sweden, as well as the name's relation to Mary in English, which is her mother’s name before adoption.

Medium: Paper

Works on paper are defined in the traditional sense of printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, and collage, as well as those that utilize paper as the primary medium in new and unexpected ways.

About the Founder

Lindsey Frances Jones is an artist, illustrator, and printmaker based in NJ and NYC. She founded Mari to celebrate the importance of women artists working with her favorite medium: paper.