Marisa Yow : Condensed Bio

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Education:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts                                                                                                     Philadelphia, PA
Master of Fine Arts

Florida State University                                                                                                                              Tallahassee, FL
Bachelors of Fine Arts: Painting / Drawing : Magna Cum Laude 

Florida State University                                                                                                                              Tallahassee, FL
Bachelors of Arts: History and Criticism of Art : Cum Laude

Recent Honors

2019                Voted Top Ten Best Art Instructor in Jacksonville  by Expertise 
2018                Voted Top Ten Best Art Instructor in Jacksonville  by Expertise
2017                Voted Top Ten Best Art Instructor in Jacksonville  by Expertise 

Selected  Exhibitions   
        
2020               W.A.V.E. Women Artists Visual Experience : (group show)  Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL
2019               ACQR Art, ( group show),   London, United Kingdom  
2019               CoRK Arts Open Studios  ( group show)  Riverside,  FL 
2019               Musing Women: An Invitational, Wilson Center for the Arts (group show) , Jacksonville. FL
2018               How I Learned to Drive ( solo show) : The 5 & Dime Theater in collaboration with Yellow House Jacksonville, FL             
2017               CoRK Open Studios Event  (group show),  Jacksonville, FL 
​2017               Survive to Thrive: JMS Gallery  ( featured artist )  Jacksonville,FL
2017               Intimate and Exceptional: (featured artist, group show) Cultural Center for the Arts,  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2016               CoRK Open Studios Event (group show), Jacksonville, FL
2016               Pieces: ( solo)  Bold Bean, Riverside, FL 
2016               Holiday Pop Up: Hillary Whittaker Gallery, Ponte Vedra Beach,  FL 
2016               JMOCA at CoRK curated by Ben Thompson ( featured artist) Jacksonville, FL           
2015               CoRK Open Studios Event  (group show) Jacksonville, FL
2014               Alumni Invitational :(group show)  Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts   Jacksonville, FL
2014               The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens (group show) Jacksonville, FL
2013               Art House : (group show) Riverside Preservation Society Jacksonville, FL
2012               MFA Thesis Exhibition: (group show)  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011               Installation Anthropology of the Girl : (solo show) Gallery 8  P.A.F.A, Philadelphia,PA
2009              Juried Figure Drawing Exposition : Arts Center Jacksonville, FL
2005 - 2007   First Friday's at the BFA Warehouse: (participated in 27 group shows) Red Door Gallery, Tallahassee, FL                                                     
2007              The Last Supper : (graduation show) FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2006              The Collective : (group show)  Gallery 621,  Tallahassee, FL
2006              ASL Invitational :The Nan Boyton Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2006              Present : (solo show)  The Yves Piccu Collection, Miami, FL
2006              Support the Arts 25th Annual Auction: Gallery 621, Tallahassee, FL
2005              Rolling’s Juried Show: Olglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2005              Self Existent with Cesar Biojo:  Olglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2004              She Works :  Red Door Gallery , Tallahassee, FL
2003              Student Exhibition : Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL  


Notable Collections Private and Public:

Private Collection of Lieth ter Meulen : Officer/board member MOMA New York
Private Collection of Yves Piccu : Miami Florida
Florida State University’s Permanent Collection
Florida State College of Jacksonville’s Permanent Collection
Notable Private collections in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Florida, New York, Colombia, Barcelona, Germany and U.K.