Marion Wesson b.1971
Education & Biography
1993 BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
A fifth generation Californian born and raised in Los Angeles
Artist in Residence
2022 Stay Home Gallery & Residency, Paris, Tennessee
2012-2014 Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Cluster, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas
2013 Distortion, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
2003 Impressions Made By Pressure, Irvine Fine Arts Center
1999 The San Francisco 1999 James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
1999 Morning, Noon, Night, Cruz LA Gallery, Venice, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 COLLECT THEM ALL!, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
[amorpha], Imperfecta Gallery, Oregon City, OR
2024 Big Tiny Show, The District Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, California
/'ab,strak(t)/, Art Fluent
Super Fresh!, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2023 7x7 Show, Graci Gallery, Marquette, Michigan
Rethinking The Landscape, Conversations with Artists
Cereus Group, Chicano Wellness Center, Los Angeles, California
2022 Remix: The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2021 Gift Edit, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
Remix: The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2020 Remix: The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2019 B.A.T State III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press, The Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, California
2019 B.A.T. State II, SBC SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2018 Bread & Butter, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas
2015 Pinceladas Colectivas, Galeria Imprevisual, Valencia, Spain
2015 Group Show, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas
2014 RussafaArt Group Show, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
2013 Summer Group Show, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
2012 Salon de Primavera, Art Aka Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2012 Director's Choice, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas
2011 Next, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas
2011 Art XIV, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach California
2009 Art XII, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
2008 La Dolce Vita, Brea Gallery, Brea, California
2006 Impression/Ism: Contemporary Urban Impression, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
2005 Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California
2005 Group Show, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004 Pulp: Works on Paper, Cypress College, Cypress, California
2004 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, California
2003 All Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
2003 RISD Group Show, Orbetello Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003 Wet Paint, Brea Gallery, Brea, California
2002 5th Annual Abstract Invitational, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2002 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, California
2001 All About Abstraction, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
2001 Reflections, Forms, Patterns, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2000 Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1998 House Party, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California
1998 One Night Stand 5, Farmer's Daughter Motel, Los Angeles, California
1995 Forbidden Paradise, MOCA at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
Selected Collections
Fidelity Corporate Collection
Tailwater Corporate Collection
Mission Pacific Hotel
Publications
2025 Friend of The Artist, Vol. 20
2024 Create Magazine: "Breaking Boundaries and Bending Lines"
New Visionary Magazine Issue #10
Create! Magazine Issue #42
2022 New American Paintings Issue #157
2017 “Top 5 Art Events”, Dallas Observer, Dallas, Texas
2014 “Where We Are”, RISD XYZ, FALL/WINTER 2014/2015, p.76
2013 Kwun, Katherine, “The Virtuous Art of Marion Wesson”, WordPress, June 13th
Yareham, Bob, “Marion Wesson: Three Years Without a Car”, VLC News, May 21st
Singleton, Kate, “Artist Q&A With Marion Wesson”, BSDA, July
2012 Keith, JJ, “Marion Wesson, Nasoki Box Installation”, WordPress, February 21
Singleton, Kate, “Artist Q&A with Marion Wesson”, BSDA, April
2010 Singleton, Kate, “Artist Crush: Marion Wesson”, Art Hound, September 22
Tucker, Kristin,”Profiles”, MAAM, p15-16
1999 News, “Kala Names Phelan Award Winners”, Artweek, October, p.2
“Portfolio: Class Notes”, RISD Views, Winter 1999, p. 40-41
1998 Art, Opening, “Marion Wesson: Parallel”, BUZZ Weekly, January 16-22, p.16
Art, “Marion Wesson: “Parallel”, Venice Magazine, volume X, number 4, January, p.67
1995 Art Picks of the Week, “We Also Recommend”, LA Weekly, April 4-10, p.148
2017 Exhibition Photo Credit: Ted Thornton