I grew up moving all over the California bay area. I moved to Oakland to attend the California College of the Arts and Crafts, where I received my BFA in 2002 and my MFA in 2008. I now live and work in Berkeley, CA.

I am interested in building a fictional narrative with connections to history as well as to the present. It's like I'm illustrating a novel that doesn't exist. If it did, it would probably be a lot like Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Turn of the Screw- novels which function as social commentary as well as haunting epics of supernatural romanticism.

I am represented by Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco.

Drop me a line at marciwashington@gmail.com

:: Solo Exhibitions ::

Marci Washington: New Work Leeds College of Art, November 2011, Leeds, Yorkshire UK
For Forever I'll be Here Rena Bransten, April 2011, San Francisco, CA
Dark Mirror Rena Bransten, April 2009, San Francisco, CA

:: Selected Group Exhibitions ::

2013
The Blood is the Life Everhart Museum, February 2013, Scranton, PA
Tear it Out Issues, February 2013, Oakland, CA
Wildness Between Lines Leeds College of Art, January 2013, Leeds, Yorkshire UK

2012
The Bridge Rena Bransten Gallery, April 2012, San Francisco, CA

2011
Momentum LeBasse Projects: Chinatown, April 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Bitches Brew Park Life, January 2011, San Francisco, CA

2010
Secret Drawings Palo Alto Art Center, June 2010, Palo Alto, CA
Space Odyssey Southern Exposure, May 2010, San Francisco, CA

2009
Decline and Fall Rena Bransten, July 2009, San Francisco, CA
Pop Noir Southern Exposure, June 2009, San Francisco, CA
Ny Print Show Giant Robot, May 2009, New York, NY
Trace Elements San Francisco Arts Commission, May 2009, San Francisco, CA

2008
We = Trouble Secret Project Robot, September 2008, Brooklyn, NY
Cream- From the Top Arts Benicia, July 2008, Benicia, CA
Dreamscapes Rena Bransten, May 2008, San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition California College of the Arts, May 2008, San Francisco, CA

2007
Au Revoir Auf Wiedersehen Motel, December 2007, Portland, OR
1st Anniversary Benefit Park Life, December 2007, San Francisco, CA
Immediate Future San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, September 2007, San Francisco, CA
In the Shadow of This Fading Light, We Waited Giant Robot, May 2007, San Francisco, CA
Us and Them Virginia Commonwealth University, January 2007, Richmond, VA

2006
American Mythology II Oliver Arts Center, November 2006, Oakland, CA
Visual Aid SOMArts, November 2006, San Francisco, CA
Curvy III DAS Gallery, July 2006, Surrey Hills, AU
Fresh StArt Arena 1, April 2006, Santa Monica, CA
Under the Crooked Bough...-Receiver, February 2006, San Francisco, CA

2005
Four Squared Motel, December 2005, Portland, OR
Ghosts Gather at Night The Rhys Gallery, September 2005, Boston, MA
Friendless Outsiders Unknown, August 2005, Salt Lake City, UT
Daydreaming Uno, July 2005, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh StArt Arena 1, Febuary 2005, Santa Monica, CA

2004
Hounds Tooth and Herring Bone Here, June 2004, Bristol, UK
Keep a Breast Modart, June 2004, La Madrague, Anglet, France
Up Our Sleeve Vooruit, February 2004, Ghent, Belgium

:: Awards and Residencies ::
AS220 Artist in Residence June 2013, Providence, RI
Six Talents Foundation Fellowship Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2010
Yaddo January 2009, Saratoga Springs, NY
Cadogan Fellowship San Francisco Foundation, 2007
Berman Fellowship Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2007
Graduate Scholarship CCA 2006-7
Marion Brobeck Scholarship CCAC 1999-2002

:: Bibliography ::
Propeller Quarterly Feature by Shea'la Finch, May 2010
Aorta Magazine Interview with Melanie Maddison, May 2010
Juxtapoz Magazine Interview with Kristin Farr, April 2010
New American Painting Book #85, Curated by Dominic Molon, 2009
Dark Arts Compiled by Juxtapoz Magazine, 2009
Artslant Review of Dark Mirror by Petra Royale Bibeau, April 2009
Shotgun Review Review of Dark Mirror by Brady Welch, April 2009
New American Painting Book #73, Curated by Alma Ruiz, 2007
Fecal Face Interview with John Trippe, December 2007
SF Weekly Review of Under the Crooked Bow by Sharon Mizota, February 2006