Isabel A. Marin
Colombian artist based in Maryland
My life as an artist started in the middle of the Chaotic city of Bogota, Colombia. The non-stoping chaos and contrast of the modern with colonial impacted my view of the world and inspired me to become an artist.
When I moved to the U.S., I further developed my artistic pursuits and became part of the Visual Arts Center at Albert Einstein High School. I knew that I wanted to pursue art as a career so I enrolled in the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore where I am currently a Painting BFA candidate.
In my art, I explore themes of identity, family, and self-expression through the use of expressive techniques and colors inspired by Fauvists like Mattisse and impressionists like Cezanne. My primary practice is portrait painting in a naturalistic yet expressive style. My work draws on the Latin American expression of surrealism while achieving a high level of verisimilitude. the vibrant colors I choose reflect my cultural background and allude to the literary genre of magical realism. My main mediums are acrylic and oil paint on canvas and my main subjects are quotidian Latin American women who I admire and look up to. I work in layers and build up the image in all over composition, simultaneously developing the whole. I greatly value a lively and improvisational handling of the paint.
@_isabelarte_
Exhibitions
2024
First Year Experience Artwalk MICA
Latine Student Union "Somos Semillas"
Awards
2024
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2023
2023
Visual Arts Center Show
Youth Art for Healing Art Show
MICA Admitted Students Virtual Exhibition
Scholastics Art & Writing Maryland Exhibition
National Arts Honors Society Juried Exhibition
Albert Einstein High School Main Office Collection
2022
Congressional Art Show
Visual Arts Center Show
2021
Youth Art for Healing Matt Papirmeister Award
MCPS Distinguished Scholar Award
MCPS Superintendent's All-County Fine Arts Award Visual Arts 2D
Scholastics Art & Writing Regional Gold Portfolio
Scholastics Art & Writing Regional Gold key
Scholastics Art & Writing Honorable Mention Recipient (6)
2022
Maryland 8th District Congressional art competition
Scholastics Art & Writing Regional Silver Key
The 22nd Annual Juried Friends of the Yellow Barn High School Exhibition
Visual Arts Center Show
