Marla L. McLeod
@marlamcleodart
marlalenore@hotmail.com
MFA, Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, 2020
BS, Studio Art, Southern Connecticut State University, 2014
Grants and Awards & Fellowships
2020 Painting/Drawing Area Show*
2019 Will and Elena Barnet Painting Award
2019 Tisch Library Graduate Research Fellowship for RePresent
2014 Robert EW Eisele Fine Arts
Exhibitions
2020 StoreFront Projects, Area Code Art Fair, MA*
2020 Emerge 2020, Gallery 263, MA*
2020 SMFA Art Sale*
2020 As Above, So Below, SMFA at Tufts
2020 Painting and Drawing Show, SMFA at Tufts*
2019 RePresent, SMFA at Tufts University, MA
2019 Erasure, SMFA at Tufts University, MA
2019 Painting and Drawing Show, SMFA at Tufts*
2019 Leftover Data, SMFA at Tufts, MA
2019 Not Just Us: Women Artists Speak Out for Social Justice, Dana Art Gallery, MA
2018 Responding with Representation, SMFA at Tufts, MA
2018 Same-Sex Exhibit, City Lights Gallery, CT
2017 Art Show, Southern Connecticut State University, CT
2016 Identity, Southern Connecticut State University, CT
2015 Alumni Art Show, Southern Connecticut State University, CT
2014 Exhibition of Undergraduate College Artwork in Connecticut, John Slade Ely House, CT
2014 Juried, Southern Connecticut State University, CT*
2014 Black, Southern Connecticut State University, CT
*Indicates juried shows
Publications
2020 Cate McQuaid, "5 Outstanding Art-School Grads for 2020" Boston Globe.com https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/arts/5-outstanding-art-school-grads-2020/?outputType=amp
2020 Celina Colby, “Marla McLeod greets the quarantined art world with optimism” Bay State Banner.com https://www.baystatebanner.com/2020/08/13/marla-mcleod-greets-the-quarantined-art-world-with-optimism/
2020 Mark Levy, “Storefront art project places stunning McLeod at Gallery 263, an appropriate window for a visit” cambridgeday.com https://www.cambridgeday.com/2020/08/29/storefront-art-project-places-stunning-mcleods-at-gallery-263-an-appropriate-window-for-a-visit/
2020 Oct Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Instagram. @mfaboston, #mfaArtistTakeover
Talks
2019 Black Portraitures, NYU, NY for RePresent
2019 Cube Panel, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA for Identity and Portraiture