Mexican, American. Born and raised in Mexico City. Lives between Brooklyn and Mexico City.
Education:
March 2023. Honorary Doctor in Fine Arts Degree, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 2009–2012 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
1996–2000 BA, Synoptic Major of Fine Arts, Political Science and Religion, Kenyon College, Ohio.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Storytelling, Solo show at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, SLO, CA. 2020 Lifted, solo show at Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY 2020 Inside Out, solo show, MadArt, Seattle, WA 2020 Llanuras Levantadas por las Olas, solo show at Galería Alterna, Mexico City
2018 Coatlicue’s Return, solo show at Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2018 Street of Many Corners, solo show at Sapar Contemporary, Tribeca, NY
2016 La Primera Raíz, solo show at Galería Alterna, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 Warp and Weft, solo show at Praxis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Sculptural Paintings, Solo show at The National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY
2014 Cloaked and Revealed: Sculptural Paintings by Marela Zacarias, solo show at the
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2013 Supple Beat, solo show as part of Raw/Cooked series, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
2012 Hunter MFA Thesis Show, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Unfurled, group show at Cody Wycoff, Ridgewood, NY 2022 Zona Maco, Galería Estéreo, CDMX, Mexico. 2021 UNTITLED Art Fair, Sapar Contemporary, Miami, FL. 2021 Pop-UP: Marela Zacarías y Pedro Friedberg, Galería Alterna, CDMX, Mexico. 2020 Never Normal, group show at Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI 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 2017 Sunday Painter, group show at the Laundry Mat exhibition space, Miami, FL 2016 Material Cultures, group show at BRIC Arts, Brooklyn, NY. 2015 Doppelstandar: On View, Group show at 103 Allen St, New York, 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 Redux Trois, group show at CCSU Art Gallery, New Britain, CT
2013 After the Object, group show at Y Gallery, Soho, NY 2012 Clean Up, group show at Wassaic Project, Wassaic, 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:
2022 The Healing Shawl, NYU Langone, NY, NY. Sculptural mural, 26’ x 16”
2021 Chalchiutlicue, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA – , Five 50’ x 6’ x 5’ that make one monumental permanent sculptural installation for the International Arrival Facility in Seattle, Washington. 2019 The Music Series, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
2018 The Spiral, Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA – 22’ x 78’ x 2’, permanent sculptural installation for Frank Gehry-designed Facebook offices in Menlo Park, CA
2017 Manna-hatta. William Vale, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 25’ x 20’ x 3’, permanent sculptural installation.
2017. Echoing Forms, VIACOM, New York, NY
2014. Red Meander, Art In Embassies, U.S. State Department. U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. 11’ x 58’ x 3’, permanent sculptural installation at the
2012. Azimuth, Willowell Foundation, Bristol, VT 60’ x 60’, permanent outdoor sculpture using recycled silos.
Selected Murals
2010 Cinta, 50’ x 10’. Chejbal, Guatemala
2010 Color Nourishment, 35’ x 48’. Green Street Arts Center of Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT
2010 Conquest, 20’ x 10’. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2010 La Marcha, 61’ x 15’. Oaxaca, Mexico
2009 Asalto, 75’ x 10’. Asalto al Cine, Mexico City
2009 For the Free Movement of People, 20’ x 8’. Charter Oak Cultural
Center, Hartford, CT
2008 Connections, 240’ x 10’. Farmington, CT, and Farmington High School.
2007 The Future is Ours, 50’ x 20’. North Oak Community Center, New
Britain, CT
2006 No Walls Between Workers, 30’ x 20’. Alexandria, VA
2005 La Paloma Sabanera, 20’ x 15’. Hartford Commission for the Arts,
Hartford, CT
2002 Our Heritage, 32.7’ x 7.9’. Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.
2001 Columbia Heights Community Mural, 140’ x 15’. Latin American
Youth Center, Washington, DC
2001 Horn Gallery for the Arts, 10’ x 10’. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Selected Collections:
NYU Langone Art Collection Washington's State Art Collection Seattle Tacoma International Airport Permanent Art Collection. Art in Embassies, US State Department of State, Monterrey, MX Fundación Canaria para el Desarrollo de la Pintura, Canary Islands, Spain Sidley Law, NY Moellis, NY Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, CA; VIACOM HQ, New York, NY; William Vale, Brooklyn, NY; , Willowell Foundation, Lincoln, VT Sayago and Pardon Collection, LA, CA.
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, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA 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.