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Marcia Marcus (b. New York, NY, Jan. 11, 1928) is an American figurative painter whose work, which often includes self-portraits, is found in many museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Williams College Museum of Art, and the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. Marcus studied at New York University, at Cooper Union (1950–52), and with Edwin Dickinson at the Art Students League (1954). In 1960 her work was included in the Young American Artists exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1962-63 she was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to France. She has taught at many institutions, including Purdue University; Moore Institute of Art, Science, and Industry; Rhode Island School of Design; Cooper Union; Louisiana State University; New York University; Vassar College; Cornell University; Iowa State University; and Northern Arizona University.
Solo exhibitions
- 1957 March Gallery, 10th Street, New York, NY
- 1960 (February) Happening & Ballet, New York, NY
- 1960 (April) Delancey Street Museum: Exhibit, New York, NY
- 1961 Cober Gallery, New York, NY
- 1962-64 Alan Gallery, New York, NY
- 1966 Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
- 1967 Graham Gallery, New York, NY
- 1969-66 Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 1970 Mackler Gallery, Philadelphia. PA
- 1972 New Orleans, LA
- 1972 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
- 1973 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- 1974 ACA Gallery, New York, NY
- 1974 Wellfleet Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
- 1975 Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
- 1976 Bloomsburg College, Bloomsburg, PA
- 1979 Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY
- 1980 Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar, IA
- 1980 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1980 Wheaton College, Norton, MA (March)
- 1984 Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
- 1985 Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
- 1986 Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
Awards
- 1961 Walter Gutman Fund
- 1962-1963 Fulbright Grant to France
- 1964, 1977, 1982 Imgram-Merrill Award
- 1964 Rosenthal Award
- 1964, 1971 Childe Hassam Fund Purchase
- 1966 Ford Foundation Artist in Residence Grant to RISD Museum
- 1991-1992 National Endowment for the Arts, Painting
- 1993 Pollock-Krasner