MARISOL (Venezuelan and American, b. 1930, Paris, France; d. 2016, New York, NY). Marisol was an artist known for figurative wood and assemblage sculptures and played an important role in the development of Pop Art. Institutions that have held solo exhibitions of Marisol’s work include the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2025); the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (both 2024); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2023); El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN (both 2014); Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY (2001); Hakone OpenAir Museum, Hakone, Japan (1995); New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (1992); National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (1991); Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (1988); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (1977); Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH (1974); New York Cultural Center, New York, NY (1973); Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (1971); Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA (1970); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1968); and Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1965). Marisol represented Venezuela in the XXXIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (1968), and she was a part of numerous historic group exhibitions including The Art of Assemblage (1961) and Americans 1963 (1963), both held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Marisol studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (1949) and at the Art Students League and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts after moving to New York in 1950.
–Body Maps: Works from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections in Conversation with Past Exhibiting Artists