ARTIST PROFILE

marisa dipaola

  • United States (b. 1977 in New jersey)
  • Currently in Villach-Landskron, Austria.
  • Born barefoot & wandering to the southern Austrian Alps, marisa paints tired landscapes with new botanical life, & recreates natural worlds handmade from found materials; exploring our wonderland through the alchemy of art-making.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Blumen & Pfauenenaugen (blooming peacock’s eye), Karawanserie, villach, Austria.

2011

  • fiddleheads , city hall plaza, montpelier, vermont, United States.

2009

  • confection, frame 301 gallery, montserrat college of art, beverly, massachusetts, United States.

2005

  • garden of delights, falaki 5th floor gallery, american university in cairo, cairo, Egypt.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • 5.Interkulturelle Fest , Klosterruine Arnoldstein, Arnoldstein, Austria.
  • rooted, tulpehaking nature center, hamilton, new jersey, United States.

2015

  • .obliterazioni 2015, nam visualArt, torino, Italy.
  • pine barrens: life & legends, the noyes museum of art of stockton college, oceanville, new jersey, United States.

2014

  • marketMixers, center for advanced hindsight, duke university, durham, north carolina, United States.
  • when the work stops... sculptFest14, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.

2013

  • hair, paul robeson galleries, rutgers newark, newark, new jersey, United States.
  • gimme shelter, white pines, byrdcliffe art colony, woodstock, new york, United States.
  • artScape, outside colonial theater, pittsfield, massachusetts, United States.
  • there is no place like home, paul robeson galleries, rutgers newark, newark, new jersey, United States.

2012

  • toying with art, the morris museum, morristown, new jersey, United States.
  • restraining order, center for advanced hindsight, duke university, durham, north carolina, , United States.
  • keep on keepin’ on, sculptFest12, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.
  • alice: into the looking glass, the noyes museum of art of stockton college, oceanville, new jersey, United States.

2011

  • manamatna, al riwaq art space, adliya, manama, Bahrain.
  • forces of nature, sculptFest11, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.
  • 2011 kingston sculpture biennial, sited in hudson river, arts society of kingston, kingston, new york, United States.
  • 2nd alternative experimental flower show, mobius, boston, massachusetts, United States.
  • artScape, outside colonial theater, pittsfield, massachusetts, United States.
  • id art, boston marine industrial park, south boston, massachusetts, United States.

2010

  • explor-art 2010 , areaOdeon, monza, Italy.
  • metalMorphosis, cushing-martin gallery, stonehill college, easton, massachusetts, United States.
  • FLUX, castleberry hill, atlanta, georgia, United States.
  • heavy metal, boston children’s museum, boston, massachusetts, United States.
  • messages from the future, sculptFest10, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.
  • harborArts, boston harbor shipyard, east boston, massachusetts, United States.
  • artScape, the beacon cinema, pittsfield, massachusetts, United States.
  • the yellow show, boston children’s museum, boston, massachusetts, United States.
  • artsUnion winter sculpture series, union square, somerville, massachusetts, United States.

2009

  • figure/ground, sculptFest09, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.
  • 2009 environmental art biennial, artist enclave at i-park , east haddam, connecticut, United States.
  • providence art windows, 191 westminster street, providence, rhode island, United States.

2008

  • seams: contemporary art to wear, the noyes museum of art, oceanville, new jersey, United States.
  • a twist on the ordinary, howard county center for the arts, ellicott city, maryland, United States.

2006

  • extraterrestrial, sculptFest06, carving studio & sculpture center, west rutland, vermont, United States.
  • deeper depression, parkingallery, tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of.
  • window women, ewart gallery, american university in cairo, cairo, Egypt.

2005

  • form through light, palace of art, cairo opera house, cairo, Egypt.
  • emergent, woods gerry gallery, rhode island school of design, providence, rhode island, United States.
  • enchanted delights, townhouse gallery of contemporary art, cairo, Egypt.

2004

  • 35th annual exhibition, palm springs desert museum, palm springs, california, United States.
  • 47th annual international exhibition, museum of the living artist, san diego, california, United States.

2003

  • art of the plate, museum of arts & design (american craft museum), new york, new york, United States.

PROGRAMS

2004

  • sudanese experimental drawing workshop, Workshop, townhouse gallery of contemporary art, cairo, Egypt. instructor.

LOCATION

  • Born 1977 in New Jersey, United States.
  • Lives and works in Villach-Landskron, Austria.

EDUCATION

  • 1996 - 2000
    Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, rhode island, United States
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2012
    WEAD-wells fargo green team award
    intersection for the arts, san francisco, california, United States
  • 2004
    artists council award
    palm springs desert museum, palm springs, california, United States
  • 2000
    florence leif award
    rhode island school of design, providence, rhode island, United States
  • 1996
    annual art award
    rhode island school of design, providence, rhode island , United States

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Residency For Artists On Hiatus, virtual residence , Canada
  • 2014
    nomadic village 2014, nomadic village, hohe wand, Austria
  • 2012
    artist residency program, lo studio dei nipoti , monasterace, calabria, Italy
  • 2011
    artist-in-residence program, al riwaq art space, adliya, manama, Bahrain
  • 2011
    habitat for artists program, helen day art center, stowe, vermont, United States
  • 2010
    explor-art 2010 workshop, residency & exhibition, areaOdeon, monza, Italy
  • 2010
    bumpkin island art encampment, berwick institute/ boston harbor island alliance, bumpkin island, mass., United States
  • 2007
    funded residency program, sculptureSpace, utica, new york, United States
  • 2007
    residency program, artists’ enclave at i-park, e. haddam, ct, United States
  • 2007
    guest fiber artist in residence program, peters valley craft center, layton, new jersey, United States
  • 2006
    funded sculpture residency, vermont studio center, johnson, vermont, United States
  • 2004
    townhouse residency project, townhouse gallery of contemporary art, cairo, Egypt
  • 2002
    arts residency, chitraniketan residency, kovalam, kerala, India