About Marilyn

Looking, acrylic gouache, pencil, on handmade paper, 11"x14" $600

Rainy Late Afternoon, acrylic gouache, pencil, on handmade paper, 11"x14" $600

Revelation, acrylic gouache, pencil, on handmade paper, 11"x14" $600

Blue, acrylic gouache, pencil, on handmade paper, 11"x14" $600

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​​“Speak a New Language so that the world will be a new world.” - Rumi


Marilyn Walter, a contemporary artist was born in the sun-drenched city of Bakersfield, California.  Her early life, however, unfolded amidst the rich tapestries of Kuwait and Iran, where her family resided.  This multicultural upbringing instilled a deep-seated wanderlust and igniting a lifelong passion for exploration and artistic expression.  She is currently residing and working in West Palm Beach, Florida.
 
Walter's life is a tapestry of varied experiences.  Moving to the cultural hive of New York City marked a pivotal chapter, reconnecting her with academia and reigniting her artistic journey.  It was at Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ, that a fortuitous mentorship acquainted her with the energy of New York's gallery  scene, deeply influencing her artistic evolution.  Walter continued her art education pursuits by attending Bank Street/Parsons, NYC and several Summer Residency Programs at the School of Visual Arts, NYC.  In West Palm Beach, FL she has facilitated a series of collaborative art projects and taught sketching and watercolor workshops at Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, FL.
 
​Community Arts and Professional support are both integral to her art career and education.  Walter was a Resident with the Makor/Steinhardt Center, NYC, a team member of the Social Engagement HomeBase IV Project, NYC, and Artist in Resident at The Hacklab, Boynton Beach, FL.  In 2021, she was nominated assistant curator for the Captured DBA Exhibition, ArtServe, FL.

Walter is currently completing a new portfolio, Searching For A Place To Rest My Head At Night... I'll Meet You There, incorporating a series of landscapes from Texas, Long Island City, New York City, West Palm Beach, and Miami. 

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 Works In The Studio (below) More In Progress...Click Below If Interested In Seeing More
 

ARTIST STATEMENT

SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO REST MY HEAD AT NIGHT ... I'LL MEET YOU THERE

PEOPLE, PLACES, SITUATIONS & EVENTS

​​My works are an ode to my nomadic life, shaped by the thirty-one cities I have called home, nineteen of those alongside my partner.  It is the spontaneous, the ephemeral, and the ever-changing landscape of human existence that inspires my art.

My creative process is as fluid as my life has been, producing intimate works on handmade paper.  Using photographs taken during my wanderings, I apply acrylic gouache and pencil to paint the world as I perceive it: filled with intriguing shapes, textures, and unchartered spaces.  The decision to work on a small scale stems from my appreciation for the portable nature of Persian miniatures and Russian icons-art that could follow my transient existence and be shared intimately amongst viewers.

I pride myself on the unique interplay between my chosen materials.  The unpredictability of handmade paper paired with gouache encourages a relinquishment of control, permitting spontaneity to guide the artistic process.  This embrace of chance infuses each piece with an organic authenticity.

I remain committed to exploring the intricate interplay between place and identity-a visual diary of the incessant motion of life.  Art is a lifetime endeavor, a reflection of a perpetual journey through an ever-evolving world, with each piece a testament to my quest for understanding and belonging.


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Save The Date OPEN STUDIO 2023

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MARILYN A. WALTER          www.marilynwalter.com     
email: marilyn@marilynwalter.com   917-597-9451 West Palm Beach, Florida

FINE ART​ EXHIBITIONS
MIRRORED REALITIES, Art Exhibit, Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery, Alvin Sherman Library, NSU FL 2025
Small Works Group Show - 3rd Prize, Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2025
VISUALIZING CLIMATE DISRUPTION, Group Exhibit "I Am Climate Change" Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, FL 2024
A QUEENS FINE ART SPRING AFFAIR, Long Island City (LIC-A) Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY 2022
CAPTURED DBA Exhibition, ArtServe, Curator Assistant, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2021
SMALL WORKS, Curated by Sergio Gomez, The Access Room and Artsy.net, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL 2017
101 Contemporary Exhibition, Platform Art, Book Fair & Film Festival and Makeshift Museum, LA 2017
MARK my WORDS, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL 2017
The Nerve 2017 Performance Art Festival, Pre-Text, FATVillage Art District, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2017
LAYERED, Art NXT Level Projects/33 Contemporary Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017
Extravaganza Group Show, ArtHouse 429, mixed media drawings & text pieces, West Palm Beach, FL, 2016
Group Show, ArtHouse 429, mixed media drawings & text pieces, West Palm Beach, FL, 2015
A Moveable Feast: Art, Food & Migration, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, NJ, 2014
BRIDGING THE GAP, Flushing Town Hall & QCC Gallery, Queens, NY, 2013-2014
Summer Salon 2008, Artes Gallery, NY, NY, 2008
Traveled, lived and worked in Turks & Caicos, 2005-2007
Gallery Artists II, Makor/Steinhardt Center, NY, NY, 2004
Inside/Out, Makor Artists Networks, Makor/Steinhardt Center, NY, NY, 2003
Invitational, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY, 2000

COLLABORATIVE/INSTALLATION 
VISUALIZING CLIMATE DISRUPTION, Group Exhibit "I Am Climate Change" Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, FL 2024
​(DIS)OBEDIENT:Redefining Feminism in a Fractured Reality, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL  2020
tidal, Arts WAREHOUSE, "I Am Climate Change" Delray, FL 2019
ArtServe 30th Anniversary Season Preview, "I am Climate Change" Fort Lauderdale, FL 2019
TEXTURED DBA Artist Entrepreneurs, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2019
BIENNIAL 2019, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, FL 2019
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD! Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, FL 2018
Social Engagement: HomeBase V Wish List2Go2010 project of HomeBase Team, NY, NY, 2010
Social Engagement: HomeBase IV Wish List for a Shelter2009, HomeBase Team, NY, NY,2009

ART FAIRS
Art Synergy Biblio Exhibition, Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL 2020
ART SYNERGY V Exhibition at Art Palm Beach 2018, ​West Palm Beach, FL, 2018
CONTINUUM WEST PALM BEACH ARTS 2018, ​ArtPalmBeach Week, West Palm Beach, FL, 2018
ART BASEL WEEK, SCOPE Art Fair, Celestial Babies Video Installation, Galerie Mark Sachem, Miami, FL 2016
The Hullaballoo Collective at the Fountain Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NY, NY, 2014
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EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, Painting & Mixed Media Summer Residency Program, NY, NY
School of Visual Arts, Printmaking & Book Arts Summer Residency Program, NY, NY
Bank Street/Parsons, NY, NY
Fairleigh Dickinson University, BA, NJ

Born, Bakersfield, California at age 7 the family relocated to Kuwait and Iran- High School –Tehran, Iran

PROFESSIONAL
Creative Capital Professional Development Program, Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs Core Weekend 2017
​Participant, The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Broward County, FL, 2015
​Participant, The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Broward County, FL, 2015

​COMMUNITY
National Council of Jewish Women New York, Council Lifetime Learning Classes, Instructor, NY, 2021-2023
Long Island City Artists, NY 2021-2023
Member, NYAC, New York Artists Circle, NY 2021-2025
Mounts Botanical Gardens of Palm Beach County, Sketching & Watercolor Instructor, WPB, FL 2021
Artist in Residence/Member, The Hacklab, North Boynton, FL, 2015-2017
Kinetic Art Community Group Project, International Kinetic Art Symposium, Boynton Beach, FL, 2015-2017
Participant,The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Broward County, FL, 2015
Volunteer, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Summer FOTOcamp. West Palm Beach, FL, 2015
Monitor, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NY, NY, 2011-2013
HomeBase IV Team- New York, Artist Community Workshops, NY, NY, 2009-2013
Artist in Residence, National Council of Jewish Women NY Section, Council Senior, 2006-2013
Center, Memory & Art Program, Classes-Collage/Mixed Media/Oil Painting
Watercolor Painting/Acrylic Painting/Intergenerational Programming, NY, NY
2004, 2003, Artist in Residence, Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y, NY, NY

PRESS & PUBLISHED CATALOGS
101, Curated by Terrence Sanders, ARTVOICES ART BOOKS Publishing, 2016, 2019
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, WPB, 2018
https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20181012/food-celebrated-in-playful-show-at-cultural-council-of-palm-beach-county
​2017 Group Show -Mark My Words -
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL
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Press: Palm Beach Arts Paper
http://palmbeachartspaper.com/cultural-councils-exhibit-lets-the-pictures-do-the-talking/
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​Blind New World Blog
http://blindnewworld.org/blog/the-difference-between-them/  

Voices: An Artist’s Perspective, Women’s Caucus for Art, Online/Gallery & Catalog, 2015
Women’s Caucus for Art’s STORIES WE TELL, 2013 Exhibition Catalog, NY, NY, 2013
May 11, 2009 The New York Times At a Clinic, Artists Reflecting on Home" By Melena Ryzik HomeBase IV