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Marisa Mu

b. 1991
Sydney

Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

hello@marisamu.com

 

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AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2024 Artist-In-Residence, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY

2024 Artist-In-Residence, Lake View Hall, Lake View, SA

2024 Artist-In-Residence, Gorman Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT

2024 Finalist, Blacktown City Arts Prize, Sydney, NSW

2023 Finalist, Blacktown City Arts Prize, Sydney, NSW

2022 Finalist, Bluethumb Arts Prize, Melbourne, VIC

2021 Artist-In-Residence, At The Above, Melbourne

2019 Winner of The Emerging Artist of The Year, FortyFive Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC

2019 Finalist, Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2018 Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2018 Artist-In-Residence, Ganyula Studio, Florence, IT

2013 Winner of Designer Rugs Award, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Reclaiming Space, Machine Hall, Sydney, NSW

2024 Up With the Clouds, Leda Gallery, Newcastle, NSW 

2024 With Pleasure, At The Above, Melbourne, VIC

2024 For Our Collective Future, Gorman Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT

2023 The Hysterical Self Love Project That Everyone Is Invited to, Leda Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2022 To Be Alone and Naked, At The Above, Melbourne, VIC

2022 The Power of Womxn, RED Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2021 Block Party for Love, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2020 Visions of Love, FortyFive Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC

2020 Wonder Women, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2019 Kaleidoscope Dancers, Wedge Gallery, Sydney Town Hall, NSW

2018 Marisa Mu, King of The Jungle, Sydney, NSW

2017 The Statement Makers, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2017 Rhythm in Colour, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney.NSW

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 YES Exhibition, aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2024 Fever Pitch, Flatiron Project Space, New York City, New York

2024 Abstraction, curated by Elle Zoltak, Compendium Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC

2024 The Affordable Art Fair, represented by Lara Scolari Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2024 Dream Sweet, Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2024 LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2024 In Homage, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2024 The Affordable Art Fair, represented by Lara Scolari Gallery, Brisbane Showgrounds Exhibition Building, Brisbane, QLD 

2024 The Affordable Art Fair, represented by Lara Scolari Gallery, The Royal Randwick Racecourse Pavilion, Sydney, NSW 

2023 Hosterium, curated by ArtHouse Selective, Waxflower, Melbourne, VIC

2023 The Affordable Art Fair, curated by Marisa Mu of Tits and Co.Gallery, The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2023 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art,, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney. NSW

2023 A Female Gaze curated bv Andy Dinan, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2023 GATHER | TOGETHER, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS

2023 Universal Love Languages, Sketch Gallery, The Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, NSW

2023 LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2023 Life in Colour, Sketch Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2023 Decks for Change curated by Kirby Clarke, No-Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2022 Gather curated by Georgina Arnott, Sketch Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2022 Continuum curated by Jessica Dang, The Meat Market, Melbourne, VIC

2022 The Affordable Art Fair, curated by Marisa Mu of Tits and Co.Gallery, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, VIC

2022 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art,, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney. NSW

2022 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, The Brooklyn Knockdown Centre, New York City, NY

2022 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, The Meat Market, Melbourne, VIC

2022 For the Deckade, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2022 Taking Up Space curated by Bo Bickmore and Variation Three, The Meat Market, Melbourne, VIC 

2022 Secret Art Show curated by Zoe Milah DeJesus, Melbourne, VIC

2022 LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2021 Towards Utopia curated  by Bethany Fincher, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, LA

2021 QUEER VOICES curated  by Joseph Romano, Melbourne Fashion Week Capsule, Melbourne, VIC

2021 PRIDE curated  by Saatchi Art, William Vale, New York, New York

2021 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney, NSW 

2020 Dancing Queens curated by Midsumma Festival, SoHigh Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2019 My Two Cents, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2019 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art for The Other Art Fair, Barker Hangar, Los Angeles, CA

2019 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, Brooklyn Expo Centre, New York City, NY 

2019 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney, NSW

2019 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, The Facility, Melbourne, VIC

2019 The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, The Australian Technology Park, Sydney, NSW 

2018 Colours Are All I Feel curated by B.T.W., Commune Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2018 Orbital Hybridisation curated by Uncast, Usfin Atelier, Sydney, NSW

2018 All Bodies curated by Anthony Sakr, Farr Side Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2018 The Epitome of Her-O curated by Marisa Mu &Simone Taylor, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney, NSW

EDUCATION

2023 Drawing with Textiles and Thread, National Art School, Sydney, NSW

2014 Bachelor of Design, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney , NSW

2010 Fashion Illustration, Ultimo TAFE, Sydney, NSW

COLLECTIONS

Blacktown City Council, Sydney, NSW

Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW

LECTURES, FACILITATION AND PANELS

2024 Artist Talk, Gorman Arts Centre, Gorman Main Hall, Canberra, ACT

2023 Artist Talk, Arthouse Selective, Waxflower, Melbourne, VIC

2023 Artist Talk, Leda Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2022-23 Producer, ClubLuv, Melbourne, VIC

2022 Panelist for Platforming Community, Radical Hospitality x Next  Wave, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Melbourne, VIC

2022 Panelist with Diego Ramirez, Emerging Artists, FortyFive Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC

2022 Artist Talk, An Artist’s Journey, Artful Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2019-23 Director, Tits and Co., Melbourne, VIC

2017 Lecturer, Professional Development for Design Practice, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

PUBLICATIONS

2024 With Pleasure and Sometimes Pain, An Anthology of Poetry and Prose, limited edition book, self published 

2014 The Transmigration of My Mother, limited edition book, self published