b. 1990 El Paso, Texas
EDUCATION
2019
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016
Bachelor of Arts in Drawing, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
People You Know, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
HOME, El Paso Frame Co. Gallery, El Paso, TX
2020
Gatekeepers, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Collecting Texas 2023, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Soy de Tejas: A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art, Centro de Artes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
UTEP Faculty Biennial: Study is what you do with other people, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX
2022
S2: E4 The One with all the Squares 2, El Paso Frame Co. Gallery, El Paso, TX
Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
August Selections, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
OffSight, James Fuentes, New York, NY
S2 : E1 The Anniversary Show, El Paso Frame Co. Gallery, El Paso, TX
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Salon Redux, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
2021
S1: E4 The One with all the Squares, El Paso Frame Co. Gallery, El Paso, TX
With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
New Work/New Year, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
2020
Shapeshifters: Transformations in Contemporary Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Up Next, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
2019
SALON, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
Cranbrook Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
2018
The Summer Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
M.O.V.E. Group Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Treachery of Images, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017
The Promenade Windows, Anson Mills Building, El Paso, TX
2016
BA Exhibition, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX
Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX
2014
Mauricio Olague’s Graduate Exhibition, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX
ART FAIRS
2023
Expo Chicago, with David Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021
Art Miami, with David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
Art Mile, with David Klein Gallery, artmiledetroit.com
Intersect Aspen, with David Klein Gallery, art-aspen.com
Art Miami, with David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
PUBLIC ART & PROJECTS
2024
(forthcoming) Indoor Mural for EPMA’s Patricia and Jonathan Rogers Grand Lobby, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2021
Mural at Space 24 Twenty, Urban Outfitters + Converse Partnership for Hispanic Heritage Month, Austin, TX
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
Finalist in the sixth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
2021
Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
2019
Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award
Cranbrook Art Museum Purchase Prize
2018
Denison Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2017
Ellen N. Booth Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2016
Outstanding Senior in Two-Dimensional Studio Art, University of Texas at El Paso
Arlene McKinnon Endowment Purchase Award for Overall Best of Show, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
Sarah and Tom Lea Purchase Award for Best Life Drawing or Life Painting, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
2015
Wells Fargo Annual Bank Scholarship
TEACHING
2020-present
Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, Art Foundations/ Drawing
ARTIST LECTURES
2022
Artist Talk, National Museum of the American Latino, Young Ambassadors Program, Washington, DC
2021
Artist Talk, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Art, Edinburg, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Booooooom, Vol. III, Tomorrow’s Talent
2021
Chinati Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 26
The Big Bend Sentinel, Vol. 89 No. 15
New Art Examiner, Vol. 35 No. 2, Art Redistributed?
2019
The City El Paso Magazine, No. 86, El Paso Strong
New American Paintings, No. 141, MFA Annual Issue
COLLECTIONS
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Mi Casa Art Studio Gallery, San Elizario, TX
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, EL Paso, TX
PRESS
Michael Hodges, “Marianna Olague and Patrick Ethen @ David Klein Gallery”, Detroit Art Review
Michael Agresta, “In San Antonio, a Road Map for the Future of Texas Art", Texas Monthly
Staff, “Artist Spotlight: Marianna Olague”, Booooooom
Urban Outfitters, “UO x Converse: Marianna Olague + Niko Rubio”, UO Community Blog
“Tejas Made: A collection of art made by 40 emerging, Texas-based artists”, Remezcla
Marie Couretas, “Marianna Olague and Creative Duality”, Design Pulse
K.A. Letts, “Gatekeepers and Corazon y Dignidad”, New Art Examiner
Michael H. Hodges, “Marianna Olague’s sunburnt portraits at David Klein Gallery”, The Detroit News
Inga Nelli, “Introducing Marianna Olague”, Coeur & Art
“El Paso native and artist, Marianna Olague, awarded Berlin residency”, El Paso Herald-Post