Fine Arts

Bio
Maria Marshall was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. When she was nine, her family immigrated to the United States. Maria earned a BA in Fine Art from Indiana University and an MFA in Painting from Brooklyn College, where she won the Charles G. Shaw Award for Excellence in Art. While living and working in New York City, she curated several large-scale corporate exhibitions and exhibited her work in group and solo shows in New York and New Jersey. Maria also worked as a graphic designer and digital artist since 1993, participating in campaigns at major NYC advertising agencies for national and international clients. In 2001, Maria joined the faculty in the Media Arts Department at Middlesex College in Edison, NJ, where she teaches a range of fine arts and media arts classes.

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Maria Marshall
Highland Park, NJ
mariamarshall.art@gmail.com
www.mariamarshall.art

EXHIBITIONS
2019    Artbox, group show, College Center Gallery, Middlesex College, Edison, NJ
2016    Sight and Sound, group show, College Center Gallery, Middlesex College, Edison, NJ        
2007    Recent Work, Open Studios, Highland Park, NJ
2006    Recent Work, Open Studios, Highland Park, NJ
2005    War and Peace, group show, IM Gallery, Highland Park NJ
2004    Paintings, long term loan, iFormation, New York, NY
2004    Figure-Structure, solo show, College Center Gallery Middlesex College, Edison, NJ
2004    Recent Work, solo show, Senior and Youth Center Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
2004    Recent Work, Open Studios, Highland Park, NJ
2002    Abstract Works on Paper, solo show, Presidential Gallery, Middlesex College, Edison, NJ
2001    Evolutzia, group show, CASE Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ
2001    Works on Paper, group show, Merkin Hall Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY           
2000    Daily Observations, two-person show, Wolf Group Gallery, New York, NY
2000    MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chelsea, New York, NY
2000    College Art Association New York Regional MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2000    George G. Shaw Memorial Award Exhibition, Boylan Gallery, Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
1999    Familiar Strangers, Galapagos Art & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
1995    Spring Garden Studios Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

EDUCATION
Cel De Nord Virtual Residency, Oristà, Barcelona, 2020
McGraw Mid-Career Fellowship, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2008-2009,
MFA, Painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2000
Private Study, Russian Academic Method, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1995
Graphic Arts and Design Coursework, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
BA, Painting and Drawing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1993
Private Study, Braunstone Studios, Allentown, PA, 1989
Coursework, PA Academy of Fine Arts, 1988
           
AWARDS
Silver Crown Award for Literary Magazine, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, NY, 2000 
(art and design advisory role)
First Place Eastern Division, Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine Competition, 2004 (art and design advisory role)
Illumina Teacher Award, Artists' Call for Justice, The Justice Project, Washington, D.C. 1989-91
George W. Shaw Memorial Award for Excellence in Art, Brooklyn College, New York, NY, 1991
           
CURATORIAL
Annual Student Exhibitions, Middlesex College, Edison, NJ, 2003-2019
Urban Passages, Wolf Group Corporate gallery, New York, NY, 2001          
Person, Place, and Thing, Wolf Group Corporate gallery, New York, NY, 2001
Daily Observations, Wolf Group Corporate gallery, New York, NY, 2000
Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY, 2000
(group project to restore 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse and install over 100 works of art),
           
TEACHING
Assistant Professor, Middlesex College, Edison, NJ Media Arts, 2001- Present
Adjunct Professor,  Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE 2001
Adjunct Lecturer, Basic Design, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2000
Visiting Critic, Foundation Studies, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA, 1997
Art Summer Camp Director, YMCA, Martinsville, Indiana, 1991
                    
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Board of Judges, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, NY, 2004        
Arts Commission, Highland Park, NJ, 2002-03
DESIGN AND MEDIA WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Designer, Highland Park, NJ, 2000 - Present
Senior Digital Artist, Wolf Group Advertising, New York, NY, 1999 - 2000
Senior Digital Artist, DDB Worldwide, New York, NY, 1997 - 1999
Digital Artist/Multimedia Graphics, Designer's Atelier, New York, NY, 1997 - 1998
Art Director/Designer, Image Group, Haverford, PA, 1994 – 1997

PUBLICATIONS
Stern, Joanne. "College Literary Magazine Wins Humanities Award."
Middlesex Now [Edison, NJ] Winter 2004-05: 6
Bodas, Jay. "MCC Literary Magazine Wins National Awards."
Sentinel [Metuchen/Edison, NJ]July 7, 2005: Front Page
Voorhees, James. "Maria Marshall Leads MCC Literary Magazine to Excellence."
Quo Vadis [Edison, NJ] December 3, 2004: 3
Sabella, Bryan. "Exhibit Spotlights College's Best Artists."
Sentinel [Metuchen/Edison, NJ] April 14, 2004, 3
Stern, Joanne. "College Features Works of Maria Marshall."
Middlesex County College FYI [Edison, NJ], April 5, 2004, 2
Loyer, Susan "Art Journey Leads to Classroom", Home News Tribune.
March 11, 2004, D4 (with Community Section front page photo)
"College Instructor has Work on Display."
The Chronicle [Cranford, NJ], March 6, 2004: A-8
"Marshall Show at Middlesex County College."
The Review, January 18, 2002
"Marshall Show at Middlesex County College."
Somerset Messenger Gazette January 17, 2002
"College Art Exhibit to Feature Works by Maria Marshall."
The Atom Tabloid & Citizen Gazette January 11, 2002
"Middlesex County College Art Display" The Review, January 11, 2002
"Artistic License." Agency [New York], Fall 2000: 18

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