Bio
Marcia Weese grew up in downtown Chicago and spent her childhood roller skating between the dense urban landscape and the natural world of crows, lightning bugs, oak trees and prairie grass. Her deepest inspiration springs from the natural world.
Trained as a sculptor and versed in site-specific projects, Weese is attracted to the ephemeral quality of works on paper—in particular, MONOTYPES.
Her approach to the monotype reflects her background. She builds layers of color with printing ink, and ‘carves’ into the color field by wiping away pigments to reveal forms. The prints glow from within.
‘Everyone has a point of reference. For me, it’s where the light hits the land, or the object; whether infused or reflected, this luminosity points to an inner life.’
Marcia Weese’s prints have been described as intimate, enigmatic portraits of elusive moments that land somewhere between shadow and memory.
Her work can be found in private and public collections throughout the US and in Germany. She currently lives in Colorado.
Marcia Weese grew up in downtown Chicago and spent her childhood roller skating between the dense urban landscape and the natural world of crows, lightning bugs, oak trees and prairie grass. Her deepest inspiration springs from the natural world.
Trained as a sculptor and versed in site-specific projects, Weese is attracted to the ephemeral quality of works on paper—in particular, MONOTYPES.
Her approach to the monotype reflects her background. She builds layers of color with printing ink, and ‘carves’ into the color field by wiping away pigments to reveal forms. The prints glow from within.
‘Everyone has a point of reference. For me, it’s where the light hits the land, or the object; whether infused or reflected, this luminosity points to an inner life.’
Marcia Weese’s prints have been described as intimate, enigmatic portraits of elusive moments that land somewhere between shadow and memory.
Her work can be found in private and public collections throughout the US and in Germany. She currently lives in Colorado.
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Education
1978 M.A. degree from Hunter College, New York, NY
1973 B.A. degree from Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Selected Exhibitions and Installations
2024
‘Fortune Teller’, Red Brick Center For the Arts, Aspen, CO
2022
‘From the Center’, Carbondale Arts, Carbondale, CO
2021
‘ABOVE/BELOW’, Art Base, Basalt, CO
2020
Gold Coast Arts Center Gallery, Great Neck, NY
2019
‘Solar Impressions’, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
‘Crosspollinate/Works On Paper’, The Launchpad, Carbondale, CO
2018
‘Coalesce’, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2017
MI-LAB Basic Program Group Show, Moscow, Russia
CFSHE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
‘Singular Impression’, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2013
Rembrandt Yard, Boulder, CO
2012
William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
‘Pairings’, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2011
Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2006
Victoria Price Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, CO
2002
Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
2000
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999
Mellon United National Bank, Miami, FL
1998
Ingrid Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997
Conlon-Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
1996
“To Each Her Own”, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
“Small Prints Show”, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
1995
“Botanica”, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
1994
Shrine Show, Copeland Rutherford Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Monoprint Show, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
1993
Shrine Show, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
Tom Blackman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
“Being Women Sculptors: A Dialogue of Views”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Monuments and Memorials”, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Chicago Art Today”, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
1990
“The Prairie, the Lake and the City”, curated by Mary Jane Jacob, Evanston Art Museum, Evanston, IL
“New Work For A New Decade”, The Annex, Gallery Vienna, Chicago, IL
1989
“18 Artists, 18 Works”, 1800 Clybourn, Chicago, IL
1987
Sculpture Chicago Alumni Exhibition, Dearborn Park, Chicago, IL
1986
“Exterior, Interior”, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985
“New Traditions In Sculpture”, traveling exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Chicago Sculpture”, Rockford College of Art, Rockford, IL
1984
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Chicago ‘84, Chicago, IL
Chicago International Art Expo–Mile 4, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“Flatworks–Drawings By Sculptors”, WPA Gallery, Washington D.C.
1983
Monotypes and Sculpture, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
“Castles”, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“Artists Work In Clay”, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982
“Some Girls”, Chicago, IL
“Artists of the New South Loop”, Chicago, IL
1981
“City Sculpture”, curated by Judith Kirschner, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“Loop Show”, curated by Larry Lundy, Fisher Building, Chicago, IL
“New Sculpture”, Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
University of Michigan , Flint, MI
Rehabilitation Institute, Chicago, IL
1980
“New Aquisitions”, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkart, IN
“Competition Finalists”, Aspen Center for Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
1979
“Invitational IV”, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Ward’s Island Sculpture Library, New York, NY
1978
“Cow Dreams”, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1976
“Performers’ Drawings”, Fine Arts Building, New York, NY
1975
Henry Hudson Settlement Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Public Commissions/Collections
Blackies, Chicago, IL
Dr. Brant Bittman, Chicago, IL
Brown Forman, Louisville, KY
Dorfplatz, Kleive/Anrochte, Germany
Harper College, Palatine, IL
Hyperform Design Coop, Denver CO
Mellon United National Bank, Miami, FL
Muellenbeck Landscaping, Wheaton, IL
Museum of American Art, Elkart, IN
Northwest Industries, Chicago, IL
Percent for Art Commission-Public Site:Northpoint Marina, Winthrop Harbor, IL
Grand Lowry, Denver, CO
St. James Farm, Wheaton, IL
Stults & Marshall, New York, NY
Tenney & Bentley, Chicago, IL
Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center–Lawrence S. Rockefeller Pavilion Collection
Selected Private Commissions/Collections
Susanna Allen, New York, NY
Carol Anthony, Santa Fe, NM
Ben Baldwin, Easthampton, NY
Lissa Ballinger, Aspen, CO
Trini Barnes, Santa Fe, NM
Gordon Baym, Urbana, IL
Kay Bennett, Lake Forest, IL
Lis Bensley, Santa Fe, NM
Hilmar Blumberg, Seguin, TX
George Bowman & Trudy Goodman, Cambridge, MA
Robert Brady, Santa Fe, NM
Dr. Dave Buck, Chicago, IL
Vincent & Ann Carrozza, Santa Fe, NM
Susan Chapman, Chicago, IL
Kathy Chase, Santa Fe, NM
Michael Cleavenger, Chicago, IL
Richard Connette, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cravey, Atlanta, GA
David & Rowena Dillon, San Antonio, TX
Victor DiSuvero, Tesuque, NM
Sara Etta Eckrich, Pagosa Springs, CO
Robert & Carol Farwell, Santa Fe, NM
Richard Friedman, Aspen CO
Dan & Catharine Garber, Chicago, IL
Irwin Glass, Chicago, IL
Geoffrey Goldberg, Chicago, IL
Lisa Goddard, Carbondale, CO
Jody Grossman, Boulder, CO
Tony & Sally Grunsfeld, Highland Park, IL
Steve Hansen, Aspen, CO
Dr. Martha Heineman-Peiper, Chicago, IL
Bill & Ellen Hunt, Aspen, CO
Charlotte Jorgenson, Boulder, CO
Patty Korf, Denver, CO
Charlotte Jorgensen, Boulder, CO
Stefan Lark, Santa Fe, NM
Amy Maron, Basalt, CO
Mrs. August Maynard, Southampton, NY
Robert McNamara, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Sylvia Miller, Chicago, IL
Mark Morrison, Boulder, CO
Virginia Morrow, Aspen, CO
Nan Newton, Santa Fe, NM
Bob & Margy Pastor, Atlanta, GA
Stina Permild, Santa Fe, NM
Frederic Phillips, Chicago, IL
Charles Priester, Seattle, WA
Carol Racine, Aspen, CO
Warren Schifferd, Chicago, IL
Sarah Shaw, Aspen, CO
Richard Shepard, Boston, MA
Laura Smith, Carbondale, CO
Harry Teague, Aspen, CO
Susan Terra, Carbondale, CO
Ellie Thompson, Salem, NY
Sally Wardwell, New York, NY
Nancy Waud, Los Angeles, CA
Kathy Woods, Dallas, TX
Worth Interiors, Denver, CO
Gay Yellen, Houston, TX
Shirley & Donald Young, Seattle, WA
Selected Publications
Alpine Modern, 2016
Dwell, 2016
LUXE Style Colorado, 2011
Aspen Home Magazine, Aspen, CO
Aspen Daily News, May 29, 2003, Aimee White Beazley
Grassroots Television–Red Brick Arts Center, interview broadcast May 2, 2003, Jeannie Walla
KJAX public radio, interview broadcast May 1, 2003, Jeannie Walla
Aspen Times Weekly, May 10, 2003, Stewart Oksenhorn
The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, June 6, 1995, Lis Bensley
The New Mexican, Nov 5, 1993, Dean Balsamo
WBEZ Public Radio, broadcast September 1992, Victoria Lautman
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, August 2, 1992, Victoria Lautman
Chicago Sun Times, June 1992
New Art Examiner, March 1985, Michel Segard
Chicago Magazine, Nov 1984, Henry Hansen
Nit & Wit, Sept/Oct 1984, Chris Blackstone
Crain’s Chicago Business, Sept 17, 1984
Lerner Newspaper, Sept 4, 1984
MacNeil Lehrer Report, Oct 3, 1984
Chicago Sun Times, April 26, 1984, Chris Lyon
Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1984 Deborah Wood
New Art Examiner, Feb 1983, Alice Thorson
New Art Examiner, May 1982
New Art Examiner, April 1982
Chicago Sun Times, May 3, 1981, Rick Kogan
Artes Visuales, Jan 1980, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico
Village Voice, June 18, 1979
New Yorker, June 18, 1979