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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