Mexican, American. Born and raised in Mexico City. Lives between Brooklyn and Mexico City.

Selected Exhibitions:
2023 Storytelling, Solo show at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, SLO, CA. 2022 Zona Maco, Galería Estéreo, CDMX, Mexico. 2022 Unfurled, group show at Cody Wycoff, Ridgewood, NY 2021. UNTITLED Art Fair, Sapar Contemporary, Miami, FL. 2021 Pop-UP: Marela Zacarías y Pedro Friedberg, Galería Alterna, CDMX, Mexico. 2020 Lifted, solo show at Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY 2020 Inside Out, solo show, MadArt, Seattle, WA 2020 Never Normal, group show at Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI. 2020 Llanuras Levantadas por las Olas, solo show at Galería Alterna, Mexico City 2019 UNTITLED Art Fair, two person booth, Sapar Contemporary, Miami, Fl 2019 Underlying BORDERS, group show at Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC 2019 Dallas Art Fair, two person booth, Sapar Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2019 UNTITLED Art Fair, two person booth, Sapar Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2018 Coatlicue’s Return, solo show at Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2018 Street of Many Corners, solo show at Sapar Contemporary, Tribeca, NY
2017 Sunday Painter, group show at the Laundry Mat exhibition space, Miami, FL
2016 La Primera Raíz, solo show at Galería Alterna, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 Material Cultures, group show at BRIC Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Warp and Weft, solo show at Praxis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Doppelstandar: On View, Group show at 103 Allen St, New York, NY
2015 Sculptural Paintings, Solo show at The National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY
2014 Barriococo, group show at British Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Do You See the Picture?, Group show, Praxis Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2014 Cloaked and Revealed: Sculptural Paintings by Marela Zacarias, solo show at the
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2014 Redux Trois, group show at CCSU Art Gallery, New Britain, CT
2013 After the Object, group show at Y Gallery, Soho, NY
2013 Supple Beat, solo show as part of Raw/Cooked series, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
2012 Clean Up, group show at Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2012 Hunter MFA Thesis Show, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2011 S-Files Biennial, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2011 Colorforms, group show, Praxis International Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 Colorforms, group show, Praxis International Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2010 Curate NY, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Weaving In & Out (Curated by Museo del Barrio and No Longer Empty), Tapestry, East Harlem, NY
2010 Resonance, Rabittholestudio, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Mural as a Mirror, Charter Oak Gallery, Hartford, CT
2008 Imprints, Student Union Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2007 48 hours, installation show for 1st Night Hartford, Hartford, CT
2007 Be our Guest, Broad Street Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT  

Site-specific Sculptural Commissions:   

NYU Langone, NY, NY- The Healing Shawl, 2022. Sculptural mural, 26’ x 16” (ini 5 segments) and Nature’s Palette (after a Sound Bath), 5’ x 3’. Acrylic Paint on Canvas. 2022.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA – Chalchiutlicue, permanent sculptural installation for the International Arrival Facility in Seattle, Washington. Five sculptures of 50’ x 6’ x 4.5’. Completed February 2020, installation January 2021. Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX. The Music Series, 4 sculptures. Completed August, 2019.
Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA – The Spiral, 22’ x 78’ x 2’, permanent sculptural installation for Frank Gehry-designed Facebook offices in Menlo Park, California.  Completed October 2018.
William Vale, Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Manna-hatta, 25’ x 20’ x 3’, permanent sculptural installation. Completed September 2017.
VIACOM, New York, NY – Echoing Forms, Temporary sculptural installation commission and exhibition for Art at Viacom.  Completed February 2017.
Art In Embassies, U.S. State Department – Red Meander, 11’ x 58’ x 3’, permanent sculptural installation at the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. Completed July 2014.
Willowell Foundation, Bristol, VT – Azimuth, 60’ x 60’, permanent outdoor sculpture using recycled silos. Completed October 2012.

Selected Mural Commissions:
2010 Cinta, 50’ x 10’. Chejbal, Guatemala
2010 Color Nourishment, 35’ x 48’. Commissioned by Green Street Arts Center of Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT
2010 Conquest, 20’ x 10’. Commissioned by University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2010 La Marcha, 61’ x 15’. Oaxaca, Mexico
2009 Asalto, 75’ x 10’. Commissioned for the movie Asalto al Cine, Mexico City
2009 For the Free Movement of People, 20’ x 8’. Commissioned by Charter Oak Cultural
Center, Hartford, CT
2008 Connections, 240’ x 10’. Commissioned by the town of Farmington, CT, and Farmington
High School.
2007 The Future is Ours, 50’ x 20’. Commissioned by the North Oak Community Center, New
Britain, CT
2006 No Walls Between Workers, 30’ x 20’. Alexandria, VA
2005 La Paloma Sabanera, 20’ x 15’. Commissioned by the Hartford Commission for the Arts,
Hartford, CT
2002 Our Heritage, 32.7’ x 7.9’. Commissioned by the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.
2001 Columbia Heights Community Mural, 140’ x 15’. Commissioned by the Latin American
Youth Center, Washington, DC
2001 Horn Gallery for the Arts, 10’ x 10’. Commissioned by Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Public and Private Collections:
Washington's State Art Collection; Seattle Tacoma International Airport; Sidley Law, NY; Moellis, NY; Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX; Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, CA; VIACOM HQ, New York, NY;  William Vale, Brooklyn, NY; Art in Embassies, US State Department of State, Monterrey, MX. Willowell Foundation, Lincoln, VT; Fundación Canaria para el Desarrollo de la Pintura, Canary Islands, Spain; Sayago and Pardon Collection, LA, CA; Over 200 private collections around the world.

Artist Residencies:
July 2021. Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, Washington. Sept- Dec 2020 MadArt Studio, Seattle, WA. Sept–Oct 2013 Willowell Foundation, Bristol, VT
July 2011 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2009–2010 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2003–2005 Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2001–2002 Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC

Lectures, visiting artist, visiting critic, art jury panelist:
2023 Lecture and studio visits, BYU Art Department, Provo, Utah. 2023 Lecture, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA. 2023 Lecture, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. 2022. Lecture, Sonoma State University, Sonoma County, California. 2022 Jury panelist for the 27th Painting Biennial in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 2022 Lecture at Museo de la Identidad Nacional, Honduras, Tegucigalpa. 2022 Jury panelist, John H. Hauberg Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. 2021. Lecture, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. 2021 Visiting Critic, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 2021 Panelist for “Artist as Global Citizen,” Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. 2020 Lecture, Instituto Hondureño de Cultura Interamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 2020. Lecture, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2020 Lecture, AIGA LINK Program, Seattle, WA. 2020 Lecture, Colegio Madrid, Mexico City, MX. 2020 Lecture, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. 2020 Lecture and studio visits, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA. 2020 Lecture, North Seattle Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2019 Lecture, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. 2018 Lecture, The Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA. 2018 Lecture and studio visits, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. 2015 Lecture, Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT. 2013 Panelist, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. 2012 Lecture, Hunter College, New York, NY. 2011 Lecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 2011 Lecture, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. 2009 Lecture, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 2009 Lecture, Saint John’s College, Hartford, CT. 2006 Lecture, Central Connecticut University, New Britain, CT.

Education:
2009–2012 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
1996–2000 BA, Synoptic Major of Fine Arts, Political Science and Religion, Kenyon College, Ohio