BIO
Mary Cindrich is an award winning illustrator and graphic designer born and raised in the chilly midwestern United States. As an artist who must wear many hats, Mary has collaborated on a variety of projects across her 10+ year career. These ventures include but are not limited to work in marketing illustration for automotive, children’s books, poster design, indie-brand apparel, special keyboard emojis, group gallery shows, and even running her own online shop for several years.
As it stands, she currently resides in the realm of illustrative packaging design. While she enjoys working in graphic design and vector work, painting is her one true love. Mary is also currently teaching as an adjunct instructor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She mentors students at every level, but thrives teaching the basics in color theory to the underclassmen and loves encouraging upper term students to incorporate tactile processes into their work. Education and research is an avenue of work she plans to pursue further along side her creative career.
When she’s isn’t making art, Mary enjoys growing food in her garden, indulging in her latest vegan cooking venture, or watching Asian dramas and making miniatures. She collects toys, sews, partakes in the occasional k-pop dance class, and (if you haven’t caught on already) has an intense love for cute things. Mary is currently learning to read, write, and speak Japanese.
Mary currently lives in southeast Michigan with her husband, two young daughters, and two elderly bunnies.
Artist Statement
Mary is an award winning multidisciplinary illustrator and designer with a passion for cute characters, nature, and whimsical, maximalist design. Her obsession with color and intricate detail can be seen throughout her illustrative packaging and dreamy gouache paintings. Mary pulls motifs from both the natural world and the very idealized and overtly feminine toys and graphic novels from her youth. This blend of aesthetics makes for some very sweet and unapologetically girly creations.
Through her paintings, Mary is currently exploring her relationship with the natural world and conservation efforts and how those visuals play in tandem with her strong affection for sparkly eyed characters and her consumerist consumption of tiny trinkets.