Born in Northern Ireland, Mary Little relocated to the United States in 2001 to join the faculty at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco. Trained as a furniture designer at the Royal College of Art in London, she has always approached her work through the lens of sculpture.
In 2015, Little made a deliberate shift in her practice, moving away from functional references to create more abstract works. This new direction was showcased in her 2018 exhibition at Craft Contemporary Museum (formerly CAFAM) in Los Angeles, followed by a solo show at Craft in America Center.
Little's work is housed in the permanent collections of The Bunker Artspace in West Palm Beach, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Her commissions and gallery pieces have been acquired by private collectors in Europe and North America, as well as by public institutions like the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Galerie, and Surface magazines, and in 2022, she appeared in the PBS documentary Craft in America - Inspiration.
Little is also a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and currently resides in Los Angeles.
