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My name is Marianna Olinger (born Brazil, based in Brooklyn, NY). I don’t think there’s a single narrative of how I’ve assembled my career. I try to do things that are interesting to me. I make experimental models to test possible functional, aesthetic and theoretical scenarios. My projects seek to create elements and processes that are inspiring and can contribute to human development, in harmony with other species and the planet. Each new project has its own visual and conceptual language, and I'm usually working on multiple projects, some with open ended timelines.

Investigations on language and memory have resulted in works that reflect on the passage of time and energy. Identity and politics have been recurrent themes in my work, both autonomously and in collaboration with other people. Experimentation is at the core of my practice. Chance plays an important role in whatever I research, as well as scientific methods of investigation. I’m interested in protecting the earth’s ecosystem. I prioritise using found/given and everyday objects in the making of my physical creations, working with the idea of welcoming what comes my way.

I studied arts both in Rio de Janeiro and New York. I also have degrees in urban planning (Ph.D., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), social policy and planning (M.Sc., London School of Economics) and administration (B.Sc., Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina). I worked extensively as a researcher and activist in themes related to social justice (for further references and publications see Earthly Issues).

For my on going collaboration with artist Keren Moscovitch see doppelgangertheproject.com

Selected Art Shows

Solo—
2018 Voids, Vacuums and Ghosts - Curated by Sarah Crown, at
The Yard - Columbus Circle, New York
2016 Emotion Blindness: An Art fiction, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery,
New York
2013 Ambi valentia, Casamata, Rio de Janeiro

Group—
2018 12th Anarchist Arts Festival, Judson Memorial Church,
New York
No Grey Zone: Stories We Tell in Black and White, popup
show in conjunction with Yuko Uchida’s performance
“Sunshower,” Ideal Glass, New York
2017 11th Anarchist Arts Festival, Judson Memorial Church, New
York
New York Print Week - IPCNY's Printfest, New York
VI Creative Mischief , National Academy Museum, New
York
2016 10th Anarchist Arts Festival, Judson Memorial Church, New
York
V Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York
Emotion, Discovery and Illusion: Between Art and Fashion,
National Academy Museum School, curated by Maurizio
Pellegrin, New York
2015 The Sphinx Returns | Grace Exhibition Space, curated by
Whitney V. Hunter, New York
Concerning Human Understanding, Flatiron Project Space,
curated by Keren Moscovitch, New York
The Artist As Philosopher, AW Asia/ curated by IDSVA, New
York
9th anarchist Art Festival. Judson Memorial, New York
Experiments in Self Portraiture, National Academy Museum
and School, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, New York
IV Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York
2013
Run Rabbit Run, School of Visual Arts Westside Gallery,
curated by Keren Moscovitch, New York
Digital Urbano Mostra de vídeos, EAV Parque Lage | Rio de
Janeiro
#three3some project, Instagram
2012 Exposição, Capacete, Teatro Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro
Séries Gráficas em Processo, EAV Parque Lage, curated by
Fernando Lopes, Rio de Janeiro
2011 Cotidiano e Mobilidade, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro,
Outros cinemas, Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro, curated
by Paola Barreto, Rio de Janeiro

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Contact me at tooseriousnotsamba@gmail.com
Selected artworks available at ArtSpace

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