Maria Marshall is a conceptual artist who explores the fine line between the autobiographical and the imaginary on the subject of ¨Thought¨. The exploration of these themes has been her main focus since the creation of her seminal breakout ¨Shadow¨works ‘When I Grow Up I Want to be a Cooker’ from 1998 and ‘President Bill Clinton, Memphis November 13, 1993’ from 2000, which were instrumental in establishing her voice as a leader in her contemporary field.
Marshall experienced post-natal depression and systematically applied ‘shadow work’ to her oeuvre by bringing individual dreams into the active experience through emotionally charged, immaculately conceived films and, in this process, dispelling those associated fears. This work has continued with creating an alter ego character, ‘Thought’, who has developed inscapes with a blindfolded series of paintings and drawings, descriptions of what the mind looks like, mirror pieces, and poignant references to thought.
Originating from an Iraqi Jewish family that emigrated due to persecution to India. Marshall was born in India and raised in London, United Kingdom,
currently based in Mexico City.
Instagram: @maria_h_marshall
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Y museum, Mexico City. 'make love not war'
2022
Y Museum, Berlin - ‘Manifestations’
2018
What am I not seeing, Hair Sweet Hair, Site Specific Exhibition, Berlin
2015
Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Holland
2016
Art and Leisure, New York, USA
Graces women's health club. Curated by Nadja Romain, Belgravia, London,United Kingdom
Stille. Werkhalle, Wiesenburg, Wiesenstrasse 55, Berlin. 22 July-Aug 5th
2017
Site specific. Curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Kings cross warehouse, London , United Kingdom
2014
I love you Mummy , I hate you, Mac's Museum Grande Hornu, Curated by Laurent Busine. Belgium.
2012
In my End is my beginning, Site-specific installation, London, United Kingdom
2011
Tank tv, London, United Kingdom
2009
Artist spotlight.New Frontiers, Sundance, USA
2006
Musee Dauphinois, Grenoble, France
Herzliya Museum, Israel
2004
Team Gallery, New York
Centre pourl'image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Salon 94, curated Jeannie Greenberg Vandoren-Rohatn, New York, USA
Ruth and Bill True collection, Western Bridge, Seattle, USA
2002
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Centre Pompidou, screening/talk, curator Christine Macel, Paris, France
Team Gallery, New York. USA
The Swiss Institute, Project Space, New York, USA
Site Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Goteborgs Konsthall, Goteborg, Sweden
2001
Freiburger Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany
Team Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Prague
Yves St Laurent, Paris, France
Oliver Art Center, CCAC Institute, curated by Larry Rinder, Oakland, San Franscisco, USA
Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
1999
Team Gallery, New York, USA
Real Art Ways, Harford, Conneticut, USA
1998
Team Gallery, New York, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
'Exhibition Match', Capetown, curated by A4 Arts foundation Francis Alys, Maria Marshall
Mitica festival book publication, Rome
Videocity, Berne, Switzerland
Artloft, Berlin , Sept 18th - Nov, 'Blue sky thinking', curated by Joanna Przybyla.
White Conduit Projects, London, SMALL things with BIG ideas 30 Nov – 20 Jan 2023 Curated by Paul Carey - Kent and Yuki Miyake
2022
Kunsthaus Interlaken
White Conduit Projects, London, SMALL things with BIG ideas 30 Nov – 20 Jan 2023 Curated by Paul Carey - Kent and Yuki Miyake
Contaminated landscape, Marc Straus gallery New York
The Dream, Sorano, Venice
Artivism, Centro Esposivitivo, San Vidal, Tuscany
2021
Johann Koenig Gallery Berlin, 'art fair' ( online )
'Kolonie wedding' Cluj art centre, Napoca, Rumania
Football. Realism of the Game curator tranzit.ro/București in the historical Sports Hall Floreasca / Lucian Grigorescu in Bucharest
Farenheit gallery Berlin
Confrontation - University of Angers France curatorial final project.
2020
Y museum, 'Breakthroughs', Bla Bla projectraum, Berlin.
2019
Tech open air, Berlin, Germany
The Factory, Berlin, Germany
Unleashed, Yair selection, Arts Electronica, festival, Linz Austria
Bla Bla projects, Berlin. 'Quadratisch, praktisch, gut.
DNA Gallery, honoured artist Berlin Mitte Festival
Honoured artist Berlin Mitte Festival, Kino
IFAC Athina, Eaux D'Artifice, Athens, Greece
Bla Bla projects, Berlin. 'Incursion, Assault, Penetration'
2018
Death is Black and White. Hudson Valley MOCA, New York, USA
Two sides of Panke, Artloft, June - Sept
Chateau Monsereau Museum, Loire Valley, France, July-Nov
2017
Mixed Pickles, curated by Nils Muller, Kunstraume der Michael Horbach Stiftung, Stuttgart
Museum Villa Rot, 'Bright Childhood', Germany. Curator Marco Hompes
'Revival', National Museum of Women in the Arts
Frankfurt Biennial
2017th edition of Verona Fieracavalli, curated by Rebecca Russo, collector director of Videoinsight, France
Werkhalle Wiesenburg, Berlin, Germany
2016
So many steps so little time. Exhibition for Bruges city. Belgium.
Playback, Pierre Hubert collection. Shainghai
2015
Moscow Biennial.
Alanica, Vladdikavcaz, Russian National collection, USSR
2013-14
Dazibao Centre, Montreal
Toronto University gallery
Manifesta 10, Hermitage Museum USSR
Photographique d ile-de-France, Paris
Closed Circuit, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : Video and New Media
Shenzen Biennal, Shenzen, China
Mass, en masse, mass medium, Cafe gallery, Southwalk, London
London Met University gallery
2012
Faking it, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
LVMH Red square Moscow, curated by Anne Pierre D'AlbisPinault
Triple tour, Pinault Collection at the Conciergerie, Paris,
Ikono festival, Pompidou festival, Paris, France
Art projects, the Armoury, New York
Von Engelnund Bengeln, 400 Jahre kinder im Portrat, Kunstalle Krems, Austria
2011
Mainstrean 2.1 Angus Hughes gallery, cur. Paul Carey Kent, London, United Kingdom
2010
Men with balls, The Art of the 2010 world cup. Apex art Tank tv. New York
Hypocrisy, Yinka Shonibare. London
The Mulburry Tree press, SE8 Gallery, London
Sheffield Docfest, Sheffield, UK
2009
Azerbaijan Biennale
Spain Musee national de Ceramique, Aix en Provence, France
Little history of cinema, the rules of the game, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona,
Actual fears, Centre D'art de Neuchatel, France
Remap, Athens, Greece
Mothers and mothercraft in art, Museo Nationale de ceramique, Aix en Provence, France
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Summer Salon, Minnie Weisz Studio, Kings Cross, London
2008
Diary of a derelict dairy, cur. Minnie Weisz
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Curated 3 x 3, Yinka Shonibare. London
Live market, Minnie Weisz studio, Kings cross, London
2007
Fantasy n'est pas un jeu, Centre de photographie d'Ile de France , Paris
Closed Circuit, Video and new media, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Shenzen Biennial
Dolls, galleria Raphaela Cortese, Milan
2006
RUNDLEDERWELTEN, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2005
Ocean 1212-W, Fiona Tan, Roni Horn, Raphaela Cortes Gallery, Milan
Fade To Black, Umea Kulturforvaltning, Umea, Sweden
2004
Showcase, South London Gallery,London, United Kingdom
Dimension Folly,Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Presences et Apparitions/une visite particuliere, Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Borusan Centre for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Zwischenwelten, Dresden, Germany
Silent screams, difficult dreams, Ardnt and Parteners, Berlin
Hochschule fur Bildende Kunstee, Zwischenwelten, Dresde, Germany
2003
The American Effect (cur. Larry Rinder), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
ThrowBack, Team Gallery, New York
Ninos (cur. Cristina Zelich), Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain
Child In Time (cur. Frank Hoenjet), Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Germany
Clash of Cultures (cur. Kathrin Becker), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
2002
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (cur. Linda Norden)
NuitBlanche : plus qu'une image (cur. Caroline Bourgeois), Aux Anciennes Pompes Funebres de la ville de Paris, Paris
Self/In Material Conscience (cur. Eric Mangion), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebuadengo per l'Arte, Guarene d'Alba
Slow Motion, Ludwigforum fur Internationale Kunst, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
L'Herbier & Le Nuage (cur. Laurent Busine), Musee des Arts Contemporains, Grand-Hornu, Belgium
Family (cur. Jessica Hough, et. al.), The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA
Private Affairs: A Contemporary Video Exhibition (cur. Angelika Richter), Kunst Haus Dresden, Dresden Germany
The Collective Unconscious (cur.Hieke Munder), Migros Museum, Zurich
2001
Casino 2001 (cur. Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn), Stedelijk Museumvoor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Urban Nature, Goteborgs Konsthall, Goteborg, Sweden
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Team Gallery, New York
Video Jam (cur. Michael Rush), Palm Beach Institute of the Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
Art Unlimited, Art | 32 | Basel, Switzerland
Beau Fixe, Centre Photographique dile-de-France, Paris
In A Lonely Place (cur. Greg Hobson), National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford
Chelsea Rising (cur. David S. Rubin), Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Double Trouble (cur. Binnaz Tukin), Borusan Centre for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
My Generation (cur. Mark Nash et Alexandre Pollazzon), Atlantis Gallery, London
Wonderland (cur. by Lisa Tung), Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
2000-2001
The Laing Art Gallery
Tyne-Wear Museums,Newcastle
Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow
York City Art Gallery
2000
GMI Screen, Leicester Square, London(cur. Katia Garcia ICA)
Some Secrets (cur. Dorothea Strauss), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sensitive:Photographie & Art Visuels (cur. Christine Macel), Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France
Topologies (cur. Lair Rosenkranz), White Box, New York
Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Contemporary Art at the Millenium (cur. Christian Eckhart et Osvaldo Romberg), The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,Ridgefiled, Conneticut
1999
The Sexual Child, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick,USA
Hi8 (cur. Alexandre Estrela), CAPC, Coimbra, Portugal
Shiny, Shiny, Team Gallery, New York
Common People: British Art between phenomenon and reality (cur. Francesco Bonami), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Turin
Space Place (cur. Hubert Salden), Kunsthalle Tirol, Salzlager, Autriche
1988
Screening, Beaconsfield, London
The Art and Science of the Unborn Child, 210 Gallery, Welcome Trust, London
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, PACA, Marseille, France
Musee des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Belgium
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, USA
The Progressive Collection, Cleveland, OH, USA
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Torino, Italy
The Contemporary Arts Society, London, United Kingdom
Site Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Stedelijk Museumvoor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
The Robert J. Shiffler Collection, Greenville, OH, USA
Bill and Ruth True Collection
Tony Podesta Collection, Washington DC, USA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA
Mac's Grand Hornu, Belgium,
Louis Vuitton collection, Paris France
Pinault Collection, Paris, France
Yvon Lambert collection, Paris, France
Mangusta multiscreen collection, New York, USA.
Zablodovitch collection, London, United Kingdom
Auckland print studio
National centre for contemporary art
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College
Francis Greenburger collection
Brian Herbstritt collection
Centre Georges Pompidou Musee National d'Art Moderne, collection, Paris, France
Russian National collection, USSR
Pierre Hubert collection, Switzerland
RESIDENCIES
USSR National collection residency, Vladikavcaz, USSR
Auckland print residency. New Zealand
KAUS Australia, Rotterdam, Holland
Wapping Project residency, Berlin, Germany
The Factory, Digital arts residency, Berlin Germany
Hair sweet hair, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED AWARDS
Pollock Krasner JURY award
2017, Pratt film students for inclusion in Bam cinema