RESUME

Marissa Delano (b.1991) is a self-taught artist and writer based in New York. She holds a B.A. in Literature from Hunter College. Recent exhibitions include NADA Foreland (NY, 2023,) P.A.D. (NY, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018,) Walter’s (NY, 2021,) Department of Reflection (Miami, 2021,) Plank Road (NY, 2020,) New Museum’s New INC (NY, 2020,) Special Special (NY, 2020,) Serving the People (NY, 2020,) and 182 Ave. C (NY, 2019.) She was recently awarded residencies at Cobertizo (MX) and Virreina (COL.)

Her writing has appeared in Topical Cream and Serving the People’s blog. In 2017 she founded Big Fat Baby (BFB) as an outlet for collaboration across divergent creative practices. BFB remains an experimental site for ready-made, wearable objects highlighting the work of queer artists.

EDUCATION
New Media, International Center of Photography, New York, 2018
B.A. in Literature, Hunter College, New York, 2015

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 Double Plaisir, The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris (FR)

EXHIBITIONS PROJECTS AND PERFORMANCES

2024   NADA House, P.A.D. gallery, New York, NY 
2024   Peer Review, P.A.D. gallery, New York Art Book Fair at Printed Matter, New York, NY
2024   Etchskay, Barely Fair, Chicago, IL 
2023   NADA x Foreland, P.A.D. Hudson, NY
2023   NADA Flea Market, NADA Gallery, New York, NY
2022   In with the Old: (Nearly) Six Years of P.A.D, Yeh Gallery, NY, curated by Emily Janowick/Sophia Ma
2022   Block Party, P.A.D. gallery, New York Art Book Fair at Printed Matter, New York, NY
2022   In with the Old: 5 Years of P.A.D, The Richard &Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2021   In with the Old: 5 years of Project Art Distribution, Walter Elwood Contemporary, Amsterdam, NY
2021   Door to DoR, P.A.D. gallery and Department of Reflection, Miami, FL curated by misael soto
2020   Permanent Maintenance, Plank Road, Queens, NY
2020   Yard Sale, Serving the People, online only curated by Luma Nocito
2020   The Last Resort pt.Il, Studio 5502: with Vanessa Holyoak, Los Angeles, CA
2020   Transfer and Disappearance II, NEW INC: with Eva Davidova, New York, NY
2020   Tie me up! Cam Shows, Special Special, New York
2019   Conditions of Exchange, 80 Nassau, New York, NY
2019   FBI Recruitment Seminar, 182 Ave C, New York curated by Miles Phalanx
2018   Put your phone away, hOlO, Queens, NY
2018   T&N, Beyond Studios, Brooklyn, NY curated by Michelle Nguyen
2018   fashion fauxward, P.A.D. gallery, New York, NY curated by Patrick Carlin Mohundro
2018   Signal Crossings: getting into the whitney, International Center of Photography, New York
2018   big fat baby, Cultural Traffic Art Fair, New York, NY
2017   you're very pretty, Montrose Books, Brooklyn, NY
2017   BYOA, Theresa Byrnes Gallery, New York curated by Madison Berg
2017   TVI, Beyond Studios, Brooklyn, NY curated by Michelle Nguyen
2016   Concrete & Barbed wire, Bushwick Open Studios (BOS), Brooklyn, NY

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

"John, Sandy, Suzie and Me." Delight Quarterlv, (forthcoming 2025)
"The Last Resort pt. 2," rivulet, September 2021
"Witching Hour w/ art dealer Kendra Jayne Patrick," STP blog, September 2020
"Qualeasha Wood - God is a young hot ebony and she's on the internet," Topical Cream, 2020
"From the year you beat me,"  burn magazine, October 2013

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2024 Virreina, San Gil, Colombia

2023 Cobertizo, Jilotepec, Mexico
2021-2024 Merit-based scholarships, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Director's Scholarship, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY