Born: Bern, Switzerland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT. Recent Paintings. May 15–July 4.

2020

Obsolete, Culver City, CA. Entangled States. May 1–May 30.

2019

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. Unyielding. July 1–August 18.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Still | Here. March 1–April 15.

2018
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. Recent Paintings. October 1–October 31.
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. May 12–August 19.

2017
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. Explorations with Rust. July 3–July 30.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Explorations with Rust. June 1–July 17.

2016

Slete Gallery/Obsolete, Culver City, CA. Entangled States. June 8–July 8.

2015
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Moments of Stillness. Nov 1–Nov 30.
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. What the Flames Make Visible. May 1–May 30.

2014
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Unruffled. October 20–November 30.

2013
Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno CA. Echoes. November 4–December 5.

2012
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Storrow Drive–North Station. October 4–October 27.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Silent–Anticipation. July 5–August 15.

2011
Obsolete, Venice, CA.  Power in each Step. September 24–October 21.

2010
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Breaking Things Open. October 5–October 30.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Recent Paintings. June 17–July 31.

2009
Consulate General of Switzerland, San Francisco, CA. August 31–October 10.

2008
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. The Illusion of Singularity. April 29–May 24.

2007
Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA. Recent Paintings. October 12–November 5.

2006
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Crossing every Boundary. May 2–May 30.

2005
Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID.  Figures. October 7–November 9.

AWARDS

2002
Eureka Fellowship Award Nominee, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

2001
INSITE Award Nominee, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA.

2000
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. Residency, January-February.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Poetic Narratives Part 2.
November 14-January14, 2024.
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. 31st Annual Group Exhibition. December 1-December 23.
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Face Value: Portraits from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection. September 23, 2023-April 4, 2024.

2022
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. Celebrating 30 Years. December 3-December 24.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Poetic Narratives. September 20-November 20.
2022 ART2LIFE International Juried Exhibition. Juror: Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery,
San Francisco.
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA. July 22-July 24. Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle.

2021
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA. Up Close & Personal: The Body in Contemporary Art.
Curated by Amy Chaloupka from the Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky.
October 30–February 27, 2022.
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA. Uncovering The Human Condition.
The Arthur S. Goldberg Collection. September 21–January 9, 2022.

2020
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Figurative Paintings. September 21–November 14.
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA. De Young Open/On the Edge. October 10–January 3, 2021
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID. Gatherings Project. September 21–October 4.
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. Gatherings Project. September 1–September 15.
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA. Salon Style. June 7–July 7.
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. Gallery Group Show. January 11–January 31.

2019
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA. August 1–August 4. Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle.
Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO. May Group Exhibition. May 1–May 31.
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. All in the Family. January 5–January 31.
Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon St. Roseville, CA. Crocker Kingsley Exhibition. January 11–Feb. 23.

2018

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. 25th Anniversary Exhibition. December 6–December 30.
Explorations with Rust Nos.28 & 32. Stanford Court Hotel, San Francisco. December 1–31.
The 2018 Los Angeles Billboard. October 1–October 31.
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA. August 2–August 5. Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Materialistic. January 17–February 26.
THE EAST CUT Art Fair, San Francisco, CA. January 12–January 14. Seager/Gray Gallery.

2017
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. 25th Anniversary Exhibition. December 2–December 31.
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA. August 3–August 6. Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. Salon at the Triton. March 11–April 23.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Introspective. January 18–February 28.

2016
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. Here: BAC Artists Annual. December 1–January 15, 2017.
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. Holiday Exhibition. December 1–January 15, 2017.
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA. Holiday Exhibition. December 1–December 31.
Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Bay Area Swiss Artists. December 1–December 17.
artMAKT San Francisco. April 22–May 1. Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2015

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle,WA. Celebrate Art – Group Anniversary Exhibition. Dec 3–Dec 31.

2011
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Arts alive! 75 Reunion. September 17–November 12.
apex, New York, NY. Private Stash: A Musician’s Eye Fred Hersch. September 8–October 29.

2009
Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Images of Man and Woman.
Curated by Peter Selz and Cameron Jackson. December 4–January 30. 

2006
Toronto International Art Fair, West Vancouver, BC, Canada.
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY. Gallery Group Show. July–August.

2005
AAF Contemporary, Pier 92, New York, NY. October 27–October 30.
Obsolete, Venice, CA.  Private Drama. April 2–May 2.

PUBLICATIONS

2022
SWI swissinfo.ch. Swiss Abroad. Marianne Kolb – the birth of a Swiss artist in California. by Mariangela Mistretta. September 17, 2022.
AD 100, 2022. Jake Arnold with “Selena”. Page 76, January 2022 Edition.

2019
salann Magazine. 1st Edition. Pages 12 and 200. Spring 2019

2018
MUSÉE MAGAZINE, New York, NY. Issue No. 20. Motion. September 2018.
metroactive. Marianne Kolb’s Eerie Truths at Triton by Jeffrey Edalatpour. May 9.

2017

The Seattle Times. Marianne Kolb: Explorations with Rust. In July, Seattle art galleries contain menageries by Michael Upchurch. Originally published July 11, 2017.
The Huffington. Marianne Kolb: Deep Emotions, Common Emotions by John Seed, Professor of Art History. February 15. http://www.johnseed.com/2017/02/marianne-kolb-deep-emotions-common.html

2016
New American Paintings. Pacific Coast Edition #127. Juror: Jarrett Gregory, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Nashville Arts Magazine. Marianne Kolb: The Mercurial State of Being, by Sara Lee Burd. September.

*82 review 3.4. A literary magazine published by Alisa Golden. http://www.star82review.com

2015
Artsy Editorial. Inspired by Kafka, a Swiss Painter Realizes Her Creative Power in California. Editorial by Bridget Gleeson. November 14, 2015.

1stdibs. Shop Talk. Obsolete. Superfluous Essentials, by David A. Keeps. August 24, 2015.

2013
Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA. Volume 29, Number 2. Spring 2013.

2012
New American Paintings. Pacific Coast Edition #103.
Juror: Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Senior Curator San Jose Museum of Art.
The Solitary Figures by Marianne Kolb. Essay by Peter Selz.

2011
ARTslanT. Marianne Kolb: On Our San Francisco Watchlist. June.
kids, Art Institute Chicago Family Self-Guide. Viewing Contemporary Art.
The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Chicago. April Issue.

2010
ART LTD. Magazine. Marianne Kolb at Sue Greenwood Fine Art, by Daniella Walsh.

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