Marissa Alise Baez
Email: marissabaezart@gmail.com
Education
2021 M.F.A Penn State University
2019 BFA Sculpture, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX. Touchstone Honors
2017 Associates of Arts, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX. Phi Theta Kappa.
Honors/Awards.
2024-2025 La Mecha Contemporary Launch Fellowship
2021 Chautauqua Emerging Artist Participant Fully Funded
2017-2019 Texas Woman’s University Touchstone Honors Scholarship
2018-2019 National Society of Leadership and Success
2018 Texas Woman’s University Chancellor’s List,
2017 Texas Woman’s University Dean’s List
2015-2017 Tarrant County College Dean’s List Certificates
Residencies
2023 Orange Door Residency workshop, Princeton, New Jersey
2022 4th International Symposium at the Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Germany
2021 Chautauqua Artist Residency, New York
Print Media/Web Publications
2023 Bold Joureny, https://boldjourney.com/meet-marissa-baez/
2022 Volksstimme Jeetze-Kurier Salzwedel newspaper
2022 Canvas Rebel https://canvasrebel.com/meet-marissa-baez/
2021 Mural HUB Commonwealth exhibit Daily Collegian
2021 Virtual Summer Camp Series Penn State
2021 Chautauqua Participant Page
https://art.chq.org/school/students-emerging-artists/
2021 Graduate Webpage. https://sites.psu.edu/aagradssp21/
2021 Xylophone in the Field interview displayed on Best of Commedia
https://www.commmedia.psu.edu/special-coverage/story/best-of-commmedia/Xylophone_in_the_Field 2020
Absence, 2019 displayed on Penn State SOVA website.
https://arts.psu.edu/interests/visual-arts/
2020 Viral Imaginations: COVID-19,
https://viralimaginations.psu.edu/visual-submissions/things-i-am-not-supposed-to-do-onmy front-porch-4/
2019 Voyage Dallas Local Stories http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-marissa-baez-marissa-baez-art-dfw/
2019 Texas Woman’s University Honors Publications, Off The Quill, page 32.
2018 Photo documentation of sculpture chosen for Texas Woman’s University Visual Arts Department recruiting and
promotion.
2017 Tarrant County College Trinity River, Illustration published on Postcard
Exhibitions
2024 FOTOFEST Artist-Run, Artist-Organised Exhibition, Houston, TX
2024 MCLA Gallery 51 Group exhibition, North Adams, Ma
2024 The Illusion of Reason and Time A Coast to Coast Exhibition of SOVA Alumni, The Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Suitcase Exhibition, Carrie Blast Furnaces, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 SOVA BIPOC Exhibition, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2023 Devenir Fungí group exhibition, Moloch Galeria Taller, Coyoacán, Mexico City(CDMX)
2023 ClaycOven pop-up show(invited), Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2023 Solo Mujeres group exhibition, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Fransisco, CA
2023 The Human Impact, Restorative Justice Benefit auction, Humpday Gallery, Penn State University, State
College, PA
2023 In Transit Solo Exhibition 3 Dots Downtown Gallery, State College, PA
2022 Casting Call Student and Alumni Foundry Exhibition, Patterson Gallery, Penn State University, State College,
PA
2022 Undertones SOVA BIPOC, Patterson Gallery, Penn State University State College, PA
2021 Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
2021 Penn State HUB Mural Juried exhibition, Art-Ally, Penn State University, State College, PA
2021 In The Seam MFA Thesis Exhibition, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2021 Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Hub Gallery, Penn State University,
State College, PA 2021
2021 Through 2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College,
PA
2020 Kitchen Sink M.F.A First-year show, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2019 Osaze Was a Freedom Fighter curated by Bruxas Bruxas, Hub Gallery, Penn State University, State College,
PA (invited)
2019 MFA & BFA 2019 Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, East and West Galleries Denton, TX
2019 Cast Expressions, Texas Woman’s University, Project Space, Denton, TX
2019 Art and The Environment Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Project Space, Denton, TX
2018 John Weinkein: Juried Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, East and West Galleries, Denton, TX
(Juror: Kalee Appleton)
2018 Hot and Sweaty, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Nature Manufactured: Manufactured Nature, Texas Woman’s University, Project Space, Denton, TX
2017 Delta Phi Delta Group Show, Miscellaneous, Texas Woman’s University, 010 Gallery, Denton, TX
2017 Fort Worth Main Street Art Festival, Fort Worth, TX, (Juried)
Workshops/Lectures
2024 Intercollegiate Iron Pour, Carrie Blast Furnaces, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Southwestern University Artist Talk, Georgetown, TX
2023 Festival of Combustion Aluminium Demonstration Carrie Blast Furnace, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Fall, Steel Weekend, Iron Pour Demonstration, Bethlehem, PA
2023 Spring, Steel Weekend, Iron Pour Demonstration, Bethlehem, PA
2022 Sculpture Club Photo Documentation Workshop, Penn State University, State College PA
2022 Fall, Steel Weekend, Iron Pour Demonstration, Bethlehem, PA
2022 Spring, Steel Weekend, Iron Pour Demonstration, Bethlehem, PA
2022 Iron Pour Demonstration, Atelier Haus Hilmsen Residency, Germany
2022 International Symposium Cast Metals and 3D Printing presentation, Atelier Haus Hilmsen Residency, Germany
2021 Natural Dye Workshop for Chautauqua Participants
2021 Metal/welding Demo for Chautauqua Participants
2021 Spring Steel Weekend, Iron Pour Demonstration, Bethlehem, PA
2021 In The Seam Artist talk
2021 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Penn State University, State College PA