Mary Ford is a painter and printmaker who grew up in Cornwall and currently lives in Falmouth. She was educated at Byam Shaw and the Royal Academy Schools during the 1970s. In London, her work has been included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and is currently on show at Oliver Contemporary Gallery, where she has been a regular exhibitor since 2002. Her silkscreen of 1978 'Boats - Antibes' is included in the Tate Collection.

Nearer home, her paintings have been exhibited at Wills Lane Gallery and Belgrave Gallery in St Ives, and at Falmouth Art Gallery.