c marquez

• Published: June 20th, 2025

Born in Los Angeles, c marquez lives and works near Taos, NM. Their mission: to inspire eternal love for the ephemeral, working soley with one natural material: the tall tumble mustard plant. Education: BFA from The University of Kansas, MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. The only intentional residues of their works are beauty and emotion, with the purpose of honoring vulnerability, impermanence and cycles of infinite life on earth.

Artist-in-residence: Venice Printmaking Studio; visiting artist: “Beyond our Natural Borders” in Little Rock, AK; inclusion in “The Carved Line” exhibition and book: Albuquerque Museum; named one of the “12 Artists to Know Now in New Mexico”: Southwest Contemporary Magazine and inclusion in exhibition showcase of named artists. artist-in-residence: Dune Shack artist residency at Cape Cod National Seashore. selected grant recipient: The Virginia A. Groot Foundation. Material Exploration Artist-in Residence with the Virginia A. Groot Foundation at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC.

Select exhibitions include: “161” Solo Exhibition: The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos NM; “Subscript”, ”Livewire”, and “Family Room”: Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; “Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande”: 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM; “Ephemeral”: GVG Contemporary, Santa Fe NM; “998” Solo Exhibition: Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe NM; “Viewpoint: Abstract Minimalism in Taos, NM”: Taos Abstract Artist Collective and Taos Center for the Arts/Encore Gallery, Taos NM; “Channeling Luchita” Exhibition at Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos NM.