Marla Sweitzer (born in Sarasota, FL) lives and works in Fresno, CA. Her ceramic sculptures explore how changing light interacts with color as it falls across a hand-built surface. Each structure sits between sculpture and painting, referencing landscapes and architectural structures.
masweitzer @ gmail . com
@marlasweitzer
Education
2020, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, MFA
2011, Centre College, BA
Exhibitions
2022
Innocent Pleasures Suit Me, group exhibition, Warbling Collective, London, UK
2021
Mutual Drift, two-person exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery at Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
Sight Lines, solo exhibition, Housewright Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Promises, three-person exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
ground matter, MFA thesis exhibition, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, Knoxville, TN
From Dark to Light, group exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
ORANGE 8, group exhibition, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
Porto, two-person exhibition, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
ORANGE 7, group exhibition, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Clubby III, group exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Painting Exchange, group exhibition, sUgAR Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Regional Art Exhibition, group exhibition curated by Brian and Carolyn Jobe, Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2018
Paintings, solo exhibition, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Rhythm and Rush, group exhibition juried by Catherine Haggarty, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
Pothos, solo exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Back for Seconds, group exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Pop-Up, group exhibition, Silver Studio, Knoxville, TN
From the Known, three-person exhibition, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2017
Foliage, solo exhibition, Corridor, Dayton, OH
First Course, group exhibition, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Got Dressed in the Dark, group exhibition curated by Emil Robinson, Divisible, Dayton, OH
2016
Taft Museum of Art Landscape Painting Competition, finalist, Cincinnati, OH
2014
The Definitive Contemporary Landscape, group exhibition curated by Daniel Brown, Covington Arts, Covington, KY
2012
New Work, group exhibition, Modern Makers, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Shoreline, undergraduate thesis exhibition, Aegon Gallery, Danville, KY
Press + Publications
2020, if the kit fox had hands, Episode 4: Elements of a Vessel, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College
2019, ArtMaze Mag, curated by Chris Sharp, Summer Edition, Issue 13.
2017, ‘Plant’ featured in Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, University of Tennessee
2012, ‘Hikes I’ featured in Limestone Literary Magazine, University of Kentucky
masweitzer @ gmail . com
@marlasweitzer
Education
2020, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, MFA
2011, Centre College, BA
Exhibitions
2022
Innocent Pleasures Suit Me, group exhibition, Warbling Collective, London, UK
2021
Mutual Drift, two-person exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery at Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
Sight Lines, solo exhibition, Housewright Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Promises, three-person exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
ground matter, MFA thesis exhibition, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, Knoxville, TN
From Dark to Light, group exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
ORANGE 8, group exhibition, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
Porto, two-person exhibition, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
ORANGE 7, group exhibition, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Clubby III, group exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Painting Exchange, group exhibition, sUgAR Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Regional Art Exhibition, group exhibition curated by Brian and Carolyn Jobe, Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2018
Paintings, solo exhibition, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Rhythm and Rush, group exhibition juried by Catherine Haggarty, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
Pothos, solo exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Back for Seconds, group exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Pop-Up, group exhibition, Silver Studio, Knoxville, TN
From the Known, three-person exhibition, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2017
Foliage, solo exhibition, Corridor, Dayton, OH
First Course, group exhibition, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Got Dressed in the Dark, group exhibition curated by Emil Robinson, Divisible, Dayton, OH
2016
Taft Museum of Art Landscape Painting Competition, finalist, Cincinnati, OH
2014
The Definitive Contemporary Landscape, group exhibition curated by Daniel Brown, Covington Arts, Covington, KY
2012
New Work, group exhibition, Modern Makers, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Shoreline, undergraduate thesis exhibition, Aegon Gallery, Danville, KY
Press + Publications
2020, if the kit fox had hands, Episode 4: Elements of a Vessel, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College
2019, ArtMaze Mag, curated by Chris Sharp, Summer Edition, Issue 13.
2017, ‘Plant’ featured in Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, University of Tennessee
2012, ‘Hikes I’ featured in Limestone Literary Magazine, University of Kentucky