MARILYN NAROTA
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Email: marilyn@narota.com
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Bio

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.

CV

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
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