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About

Bio:

Marnae grew up in the western United States spending most of her time in Utah. Currently she resides and works in the San Francisco bay area. She received her MFA from SMFA at Tufts University as an interdisciplinary artist working across time based media, printmaking, and installation. She received a BFA in studio art with a focus in photography and a BA in art history from the University of Utah. Her work has been shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art as well as in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, South Korea, and the UK.

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Education

2018 - MFA, SMFA at Tufts University

2013 - BA in Art History, University of Utah

2009 - Post-Baccalaureate, SMFA

2007 - BFA, University of Utah

 

Awards

2017 - Dean's Research Grant

2018 - Presidential Scholarship SMFA at Tufts

2017 - Presidential Scholarship SMFA at Tufts

2016 - Presidential Scholarship SMFA at Tufts

2015 - Bronze Award, Art Forward Competition

2006 - Merit Award, Student Show

 

Exhibitions

2019-

Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL.

2018-

Open Source, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea

Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

Permadeath, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

Light in the Basement, The Bag Gallery, Boston, MA

2017-

Maximillan, Edinburgh, Scottland, UK

Truth Post-Truth, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA

Marking Thoughts, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA

 

A Year in Media Arts, The Bag Gallery, Boston, MA

Blue and Other Colors, W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library, Boston, MA

Light in the Storm, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA

 

Media Arts Annual, Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA

Print Area Show, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

 

Light in the Storm Katherine Weems / The Bag Gallery, Boston, MA

 

Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

Betwixt and Between, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

 

 

 

2016-

 

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Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

[dis]embodied, Solo Show, Art Access II Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

Abstract Expressions, Linus Galleries, Online Exhibition

 

 

Sense of Place 2016, University of Utah President's Gallery, UT

 

 

 

 

2015-

 

Punctum: 20th Annual Photography Exhibition, PCNW, Seattle, WA

Abstracts, Linus Gallery, Online Exhibition

Natural Realm, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT

Photo '15, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.

NVAL 2015 International, Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA.      

Valdosta National 2015, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

 

2014-

The City As I See It, The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR      

Sense of Place, University of Utah President’s Gallery, UT              

National Juried Competition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA            

Finding the Light, Photoplace Gallery Online Annex, Middlebury, VT 

Landscape: Through the Lens, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR       

Elements, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT   

 

2009-

NAMI: The Mind Is A Beautiful Beast, OKW Gallery, Boston, MA 

Post Baccaulauriate Spring Exhibition, Boston, MA

 

2008-

Post Baccaulauriate Fall Exhibition, Boston, MA  

Solo Show: Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

 

2007-

Pixels and Illusions, Utah Arts Council Traveling Show, UT

 

2006-

Student Show, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

 

Publications

2017 - Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art, web page

2017 - LoveDanceMore Journal Cover Art, volume 13

2016 - [dis]embodied, Art Access, web page and facebook page

2016 - University of Utah, Sense of Place, Web page

2016 - Abstract Expressions, Linus Galleries

2015 - Linus Gallery Web Page, Winning Artists Juried Exhibition

2015 - Art Forward Winners Gallery Page

2015 - Natural Realm Exhibition Catalogue, Darkroom Gallery

2015 - Valdosta National 2015 Exhibition Catalogue, Valdosta State University

2014 - University of Utah, Sense of Place Exhibition Catalogue and Web page

2014 - National Juried Competition Exhibition Catalogue, Axis Gallery

2014 - Finding the Light Exhibition Catalogue, PhotoPlace Gallery

2014 - Elements Exhibition Catalogue, Darkroom Gallery

2008 - Review Finch Lane Solo Show, 15 Bytes

2007 - Photographers Forum Best of College Photography

2006 - Photographers Forum Best of Photography

2006 - Photographers Forum Best of College Photography

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