Marela Zacarias

Marela’s work is currently part of the 2011 S-Files Biennial at Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, NY. She made a 30 ft long site-specific sculptural painting at the lobby of the museum. You can see a short video about this piece at: http://vimeo.com/32170802

Marela has had a number of exhibitions of her artwork, most recently at Praxis International Art in Chelsea, NY; Praxis Miami, Fla; Rush Arts Gallery in Chelsea, NY; at Tapesty in East Harlem, NY (a show curated by No Longer Empty and Museo del Barrio) and at Rabbitholestudio in Brooklyn, NY

Marela has painted more than thirty large public murals in the United States. Mexico and Guatemala. She was an Artist-in-residence for the academic year ‘09-’10 at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where she completed a mural to be part of the William Benton Museum of Art collection. Other sponsors of Marela’s murals have included the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corcoran School of Art, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Trinity College, American University, and Wesleyan University.

Marela was born and raised in Mexico City and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is an MFA student at Hunter College and holds a BA from Kenyon College.