BIOGRAPHY

Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

EDUCATION

2018     Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2017     Temple University, Rome, Italy  (2016-2017)

2007     Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2007     Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy

2005    Summer Studies in Painting, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 OFFICE SPACE, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

2018     MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, The Time That Never Was, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2015     ORIGINS, Idyllwilde, Florence, AL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022  KALEIDOSCOPE, Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission, Old Heights Brewing, Hightstown, NJ

2020  FLOURISH, Brooke Lanier Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

2019  5x5x5, Juried by Alex Beard, River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA 

2019  RUTGERS MASTER GARDENERS EXHIBITION, Trenton, NJ

2019 6th Annual Art Crawl, Seven Points Art Group, Idyllwilde, Florence, AL

2019 HOME, FRIEDA for generations, Philadelphia, PA

2019 CREATIVE HAPPY HOUR, Jasper Studios, Philadelphia, PA

2018 ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2018 5th Annual Art Crawl, Seven Points Art Group, Salt & Light Wellness, Florence, AL

2018 TENTH ANNUAL FIGURATIVE DRAWING & PAINTING COMPETITION & EXHIBITION, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

2018     MFA DRAWING EXHIBITION, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2018     ALL PHILLY ART SCHOOL SHOW, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2018     TINY BIENNALE, Temple Gallery of Art, Temple University, Rome, Italy

2017     215|610 CONTEMPORARY, Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists. Juried by Odili Donald Odita, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA

2017     INDEPENDENT HOTEL ART SHOW, The Independent Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

2017     FESTA DI ROMA, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2017     THE BIG PAINTING EXHIBITION, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2017     MFA EXHIBITION, Temple Gallery of Art, Temple University, Rome, Italy

2017     TINY BIENNALE, Temple Gallery of Art, Temple University, Rome, Italy

2016     DASH AGAINST DARKNESS, The Native Daughter, Sausalito, CA

2011      ARTS ALIVE, Kennedy Douglass Art Center, Florence, AL

2009    HOME, Cairo Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009    MIDSUMMER SALUTATIONS, The Art Store, Charleston, WV

2008    SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE: HOLIDAY ART SALE, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ

2008    THE LAND THAT FEEDS YOU, DR Greenway, Princeton, NJ

2007    NOSTRA MOSTRA: SENIOR THESIS SHOW, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2007    NOSTRA MOSTRA, Rhode Island School of Design, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Spring 2022, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ 

2021 Teacher of Record, Watercolor and Acrylics, Summer 2021, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Continuing Education, Philadelphia, PA 

2021 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Spring 2021, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 

2021 Teacher of Record, Painting I, Spring 2021, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ

2020 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Fall 2020, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 

2020 Workshop Instructor, Botanical Drawing, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ

2020 Teacher of Record, Fundamentals of Drawing, Fall 2020, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Continuing Education, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Teacher of Record, Plein Air Landscape Mixed Media, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Continuing Education: Adult Programs, Ambler, PA. Cancelled due to Covid-19 

2020 Teacher of Record, Botanical Drawing with Wet Media, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Continuing Education: Adult Programs. Temple University, Ambler, PA. Cancelled due to Covid-19

2020 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Spring 2020, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 

2020 Teacher of Record, Fundamentals of Drawing, Spring 2020, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 

2020 Teacher of Record, Oil Painting, Spring 2020, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

2020 Teacher of Record, Botanical Drawing with Wet Media, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Continuing Education: Adult Programs. Temple University, Ambler, PA. Spring 2020 anticipated

2019 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Painting, Fall 2019 Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA 

2019 Teacher of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Fall 2019, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 

2019 Teacher of Record, Philadelphia Sketchbook, Fall 2019, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

2019 Instructor of Record, Botanical Drawing, Tyler School of Art Continuing Education, Temple University, Ambler, Pennsylvania

2019 Workshop Instructor, Botanical Drawing, FRIEDA for generations, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Drawing Section 1, Spring 2019, Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey

2019 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Drawing Section 2, Spring 2019, Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey

2019 Instructor of Record, Philadelphia Sketchbook, Spring 2019, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2018 Instructor of Record, 2D Design, Fall 2018, Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey

2018 Instructor of Record, Philadelphia Sketchbook, Fall 2018, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2018     Instructor of Record, "Introduction to Visual Language: Painting", Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2017     Instructor, "Summer Art Series: Still Life Painting with Oil", Florence Lauderdale Public Library, Florence, AL

2016     Teaching Assistant, "Advanced Painting", Temple University, Rome, Italy

AWARDS & HONORS

2020 The Velocity Fund – COVID-19 Artist Emergency Relief Grants

2019 Invitation to Apply, Varda Artists ­Residency, Sausalito, CA

2018 Jasper Studios Artist Residency, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2017     Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

2017     Gamblin Paint Award

2017     Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Painting & Drawing, Temple University Rome

2016     Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Painting & Drawing, Temple University Rome

2007    European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design                                                               

2004    Professor William Carey Poland and Clara Poland Memorial Prize, Rhode Island School of Design

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020 “Artists in the Time of Pandemic, Flourish, a Group Show,” You Tube, by filmmaker John Thornton, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqJTPsy8ns&feature=youtu.be, April 11, 2020

2019 “Drawing Inspiration from Temple Ambler,” Temple University blog,

https://ambler.temple.edu/about/news/drawing-inspiration-temple-ambler, March 2019

2018 RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2018/2019, RISD alumni magazine, page 80, December 2018

2018 “Meet Marisa Keris, Artist-in-Residence”, Jasper Studios Blog, Artist Interview, December 12, 2018

2017     Roy Hall and Abraham Rowe, “Artist in Residence,” No’Ala Magazine, July/August 2017

2016     “Swimming Lessons,” The Paris Review, Summer 2016, Issue 217

2016     Fresh Paint Magazine, Artist’s Blog Feature

2016     Hannah Costello and Kassie Dyes, “Artist Interview,” The Maker’s Post, Volume 2, June 22, 2016

2015     Bobby Bozeman, “Local Artist Marisa Keris Exhibiting First Solo Show,” Times Daily, July 28, 2015