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Marilyn Narota combines art and psychology to produce socially engaged installations, sculptures and performance-based videos. She explores perception and social norms surrounding femininity and multiculturalism through unexpected use of familiar materials and situations. She was born in Colombia and currently lives in New York City. She holds an MFA from School of Visual Arts (2016), a Post-Baccalaureate from Maryland Institute College of Art (2013), and a BA from Williams College (2006). Her work has been exhibited at Periphery Space, Project for Empty Space, The Hole, El Museo de Los Sures, Cloying Parlor, Goucher College, Maryland Institute College of Art, Williams College and School of Visual Arts, among other venues. She is also founder of collaborative artist initiatives such as Artilade Magazine and Kaur Studio. Narota has been the recipient of several scholarship awards and completed the inaugural Grab Back: Feminist Incubator Residency at Project for Empty Space in 2017.
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MARILYN NAROTA
BORN
1984 Cali, Colombia
EDUCATION
2016 School of Visual Arts, MFA in Fine Arts, New York, NY
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Fine Art Post Bacc, Baltimore, MD
2006 Williams College, BA in Psychology and Art Studio, Williamstown, MA
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2018 Upcoming: SVA Chelsea Gallery, El Museo @ SVA: May Contain Moving Parts, New York, New York, Curated by El Museo Del Barrio
2017 Periphery Space, Up-Root, Providence, RI, curated by Donna Troy Cleary and Tiffany Smith
2017 Aurora Picture Show, Señorita Cinema: Super Shorts, Juried Film Festival, Houston, TX
2017 Project For Empty Space, Claw, Newark, NJ, curated by Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol
2016 El Museo de Los Sures, Light of Interiors, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Art Theory Project, catalog
2016 The Hole, Popular Culture Is Where the Pedagogy Is, New York, NY, curated by Jasmine Wahi, catalog
2014 Cloying Parlor Gallery, 12 Hours, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Goucher College Art Gallery, Femme, Baltimore, MD, curated by Laura Amussen, catalog
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Dis/Order 2: Representation of Disability, Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Performance Night, Baltimore, MD
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, En Masse, Baltimore, MD
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017 Editor & Founder, Artilade Magazine, New York, NY
2017 Creative Director & Co-Founder, Kaur Studio, New York, NY
2017 Contributor, Tool Book, Brooklyn, NY (edited by Sarah G. Sharp)
2017 Performer, NOMEANSNO, New York, NY (directed by Jasmine Wahi)
2016 Performer, #OrangeVest, New York, NY (directed by Georgia Lale)
2015 Performer & Film Editor, Hypothetical Creature, New York, NY (with Hyeonkyeong Yeo)
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Gelfand, Alexander, “Habitats for Humanities,” SVA Visual Arts Journal, Fall 2017.
2017 Maryland Institute College of Art, “Site Specific,” Velocity, No. 2, Summer 2017.
2016 Sargent, Antwaun, "Art School Exhibition Explores the Politics of Pop Culture," The Creators Project, June 2016.
2014 Cox, Joan, "We Saw This, So Should You: Femme and Joe Hyde's Certain Trees at Goucher College," BmoreArt, February 2014.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2017 Residency, Project For Empty Space, GRAB BACK: Feminist Incubator, Newark, NJ
2015 Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, Academic Award, New York, NY
2013 Symposium Speaker, Walters Art Museum, The Ideal and The Real: Contemporary Positions in Art Criticism, Baltimore, MD
2013 Speaker, Maryland Institute College of Art, The Salon, Baltimore, MD
2006 Scholarship, John M. and Kathryn L. Harris Academic Art Award, Williamstown, MA
2002 - 2006 Scholarship, Williams College, Academic Award, Williamstown, MA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2016 - Present Art & Technology Research & Education Consultant, Laurin Raiken Art Archives, New York, NY
2016 Gallery Attendant, The Hole, New York, NY
2016 Lead Workshop Instructor, Art Theory Project, Brooklyn, NY
2015 -2016 Teaching Assistant, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, (Introduction to Sculpture, Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
2015 Logo Designer, St. Nick’s Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2014 -2015 Intern, Shoplifter Studio (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Brooklyn, NY
2012 -2013 Program Assistant, Guest Spot @The Reinstitute, Baltimore, MD
BORN
1984 Cali, Colombia
EDUCATION
2016 School of Visual Arts, MFA in Fine Arts, New York, NY
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Fine Art Post Bacc, Baltimore, MD
2006 Williams College, BA in Psychology and Art Studio, Williamstown, MA
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2018 Upcoming: SVA Chelsea Gallery, El Museo @ SVA: May Contain Moving Parts, New York, New York, Curated by El Museo Del Barrio
2017 Periphery Space, Up-Root, Providence, RI, curated by Donna Troy Cleary and Tiffany Smith
2017 Aurora Picture Show, Señorita Cinema: Super Shorts, Juried Film Festival, Houston, TX
2017 Project For Empty Space, Claw, Newark, NJ, curated by Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol
2016 El Museo de Los Sures, Light of Interiors, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Art Theory Project, catalog
2016 The Hole, Popular Culture Is Where the Pedagogy Is, New York, NY, curated by Jasmine Wahi, catalog
2014 Cloying Parlor Gallery, 12 Hours, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Goucher College Art Gallery, Femme, Baltimore, MD, curated by Laura Amussen, catalog
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Dis/Order 2: Representation of Disability, Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, Performance Night, Baltimore, MD
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art, En Masse, Baltimore, MD
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017 Editor & Founder, Artilade Magazine, New York, NY
2017 Creative Director & Co-Founder, Kaur Studio, New York, NY
2017 Contributor, Tool Book, Brooklyn, NY (edited by Sarah G. Sharp)
2017 Performer, NOMEANSNO, New York, NY (directed by Jasmine Wahi)
2016 Performer, #OrangeVest, New York, NY (directed by Georgia Lale)
2015 Performer & Film Editor, Hypothetical Creature, New York, NY (with Hyeonkyeong Yeo)
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Gelfand, Alexander, “Habitats for Humanities,” SVA Visual Arts Journal, Fall 2017.
2017 Maryland Institute College of Art, “Site Specific,” Velocity, No. 2, Summer 2017.
2016 Sargent, Antwaun, "Art School Exhibition Explores the Politics of Pop Culture," The Creators Project, June 2016.
2014 Cox, Joan, "We Saw This, So Should You: Femme and Joe Hyde's Certain Trees at Goucher College," BmoreArt, February 2014.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2017 Residency, Project For Empty Space, GRAB BACK: Feminist Incubator, Newark, NJ
2015 Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, Academic Award, New York, NY
2013 Symposium Speaker, Walters Art Museum, The Ideal and The Real: Contemporary Positions in Art Criticism, Baltimore, MD
2013 Speaker, Maryland Institute College of Art, The Salon, Baltimore, MD
2006 Scholarship, John M. and Kathryn L. Harris Academic Art Award, Williamstown, MA
2002 - 2006 Scholarship, Williams College, Academic Award, Williamstown, MA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2016 - Present Art & Technology Research & Education Consultant, Laurin Raiken Art Archives, New York, NY
2016 Gallery Attendant, The Hole, New York, NY
2016 Lead Workshop Instructor, Art Theory Project, Brooklyn, NY
2015 -2016 Teaching Assistant, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, (Introduction to Sculpture, Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
2015 Logo Designer, St. Nick’s Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2014 -2015 Intern, Shoplifter Studio (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Brooklyn, NY
2012 -2013 Program Assistant, Guest Spot @The Reinstitute, Baltimore, MD
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