Mary Zhou is a multimedia artist from California, currently based in St. Louis.

Mary is the author of cave mouth tongue loose (The Head & The Hand Press, 2024) in collaboration with visual artist Nora E Luks.

They are an MFA candidate in Poetry (‘27) at Washington University in St. Louis, where they received the Norma Lowry Memorial Award and teach undergraduate poetry workshops. Mary is also a Graduate Student Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE²).

Mary is the recipient of a 2025 Fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. They have also received support from McCormack Writing Center, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, VONA/Voices, and Brooklyn Poets. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and is shared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Black Warrior Review, and swamp pink. They have presented dance-poetry performances at the Asian Arts Initiative (Philadelphia) and Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis).

Mary has facilitated community art & writing workshops for Wendy’s Subway, Blue Stoop, The Arts League, and Main Line Art Center.