b. 1985
Gemini Sun
Gemini Rising
Libra Moon
Mary Frances Foster is a St. Louis-based independent, multidisciplinary designer and art director with over 18 years of experience creating concept-driven design solutions for clients primarily in food & beverage, hospitality, retail, and creative industries. Specializing in brand identity, packaging, and art direction.
Enamored with evidence of the human hand in the world, I strive to create tender and thoughtful narratives. I love finding and collecting special pieces from the past, photographing sights and signs, sharing songs, and continuing to cultivate curiosity alongside my young son.
For more information or to discuss a project, please share some details here or get in touch here → mffosterstudio@gmail.com
✳︎ Currently taking on select freelance projects
"There is a feeling in the work of Mary Frances Foster that is hard to pin down. It’s authentically rural, but doesn’t resort to tired Southern clichés. It’s elegant, but also unapologetically powerful. It’s subtly epic, but intensely personal at the same time. She chooses words with an upright honesty that communicates meaning far beyond their literal interpretation, and there are just enough unexpected elements in the layouts to keep you guessing. She has an aesthetic that feels all her own. In fact, the only thing I can accurately compare it to is listening to someone like
Neko Case or Gillian Welch."
—Brad Surcey; designworklife, 2012
EXHIBITIONSLast in the American League
St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibition; 2015
Design Week Dot Show
AIGA St. Louis
Group exhibition; 2014
DART St. Louis
AIGA St. Louis
Group exhibition; 2011, 2012, 2013
Artcrank
St. Louis, MO
Group exhibition; 2010, 2011, 2013
Cosmic Sans
Seattle, WA
Group exhibition; 2012
Art For Joplin Relief Effort
*Best of Show AIGA St. Louis No.17
Collaborative Poster Campaign; 2011
Famous Fictional Family Feud
Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis
Group exhibition; 2011
Virginia House Collective
Curator & Contributor
St. Louis; 2010, 2011
Pins & Needles
Alton, IL
Group exhibition; 2010