Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Hei pionia mo te toi wahine i Itari me Amerika, ko ia te wahine tuatahi i uru ki te Accademia di Belle Arti, "Academy of Fine Arts", o Florence. I whanau i Itari, i tipu ake i Memphis, TN, i uru a Mary Solari hei kaiwhakataetae me te kaiwhakawa i te 1893 World's Fair i Chicago (World's Columbian Exposition), ko ia anake te tangata o te tonga me te wahine i runga i te roopu o te kaiwhakawa o te ao. I whakaatuhia e Solari ana mahi i te Whare Wahine
i te Whakaaturanga o te Ao i te tau 1893. I whakaatuhia hoki ana mahi toi i te 1897 Tennessee Centennial, i reira ia i whiwhi ai i te utu tuatahi mo te peita hinu, te utu tuatahi me te tuarua mo te peita wai, te utu tuatahi mo te karaihe, te utu tuatahi mo te whenua, me te utu tuatahi mo te kohinga katoa. I whakaatuhia hoki e ia ana mahi i te 1904 St. Louis Exposition, i reira i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki nga tohu maha. He rongonui ia mo ana mahi toi, a ka kiia ko ia tetahi o nga kaitoi pai rawa atu mai i te Kawanatanga o Tennessee. I te tau 1859, ko te tuahine o Mary, ko Catherine Solari, i marenatia ki a Domenico Canale, i muri mai ka noho hei waipiro nui me te tohatoha hua puta noa i te tonga o te United States.