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Education
2021 MFA, Studio Art, Mills College, Oakland, California
2015 BA, Studio Art and Environmental Studies: focus in Sustainable Design, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Artist Showcase, North Gate Inc., Minneapolis, MN.
2016 Marlys Mandaville, Salon Sparrow, Minneapolis, MN.
Group Exhibitions
2022 Kala Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
2021 Virtual Exhibition: In Search of Truth, ZERO1, San Francisco, CA.
2021 Community Showcase Exhibition & Grand Opening, Friedli Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2021 Crystal Ball: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
2019 Kains Cottage Art Pop Up: Exhibit and Sale, Kains Cottage, Berkeley, CA.
2019 This is Earth: Female and Non Binary Artist Pop-up, Modus Locus, Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Fun//Colors, A-Mill Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Mystery of Cats: Cat Art Festival, A-Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Floral Art, Studio Pintura, Minneapolis MN.
2018 Art 'N' Motion (a NEMAA Art-A-Whirl Exhibition), Gallery 332, Northrup King, Minneapolis, MN.
2018 The Goddess Show, Mosaic On A Stick Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2018 Creative House 2, Creative House, Minneapolis, MN.
2016 Freak Show, Studio Payne, St. Paul, MN.
2015 Clickbait: Macalester Senior Exhibition, Law Warschaw Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2015 Macalester Student Show, Law Warschaw Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2015 Feminist as Fuck, Collective House, St. Paul, MN.
2014 Macalester Student Show, Law Warschaw Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2013 Squash: Mac Pics and Art Alliance Fall Show, C’est Fou Dress Shop, St. Paul, MN.
2013 Macalester Student Show, Macalester Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2012 Upstairs Neighbor Collective Arts Show, Collective House, St. Paul, MN.
2011 Naramore Seattle Public Schools Middle and High School Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
2010 West Seattle Student Art Show, ArtsWest, Seattle, WA.
2008 17th Annual Community Artist’s Showcase, Southwest Library, Seattle, WA.
2006 Student Art Show, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA.
Residencies and Exchanges
2021 Impact Art Austria: In Search of Truth, a new media arts exchange led by artist Patrícia J. Reis, through ZERO1, Open Austria, and Ars Electronica. San Francisco, CA.
2021 Hinge Arts Residency, Fergus Falls, MN. (Rescheduled from 2020.)
2020 Awarded, but cancelled due to Covid: Joseph A. Fiore Art Center Award, Rolling Acres Farm, Maine Farmland Trust, Jefferson, ME.
2019 Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, The Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA.
Related Employment
2022-2023 Teaching Artist, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, CA.
2022 Teaching Artist, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
2022 Teaching Artist, Leap Arts in Education, SF Bay Area, CA.
2021-2022 Program Manager, Stochastic Labs, Berkeley CA.
2020-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Video and Painting, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
2017-2018 Assistant, Melissa Loop Art, Minneapolis, MN.
2015-2016 Apprentice, for Chris Willcox, Full Professor (painting), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
2011-2015 Studio and Gallery Assistant, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
2013 Intern, educational outreach with Capitol Region Watershed District including work with Artist in Residence Christine Baeumler, St. Paul, MN.
2013 Instructor, Environmental and Arts Education, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, MN.
Community Engagement
2018 Participant in Megan Vossler’s Ekphrastic 3.0, a cooperative drawing and poetry
project at Soovac Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2012-2013 Co-chair, Macalester Art Alliance, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
2012-2015 Student Outreach Leader, Fossil Free Macalester (fossil fuel divestment campaign), Macalester College, St. Paul,
MN.
Public Commissions
2013 Global Health. Collaborative oil painting on canvas with Katherine Ehrenreich. Macalester College International Roundtable on Global Health, St. Paul, MN.
Work in Anthologies
2015 Shortstop Volume II: Curtains and Blinds, Theo Jacobsen, St. Paul, MN.
2013 The Lion, Macalester Art Alliance, St. Paul, MN.
2012 The Lion, Macalester Art Alliance, St. Paul, MN.
2012 Claw Street Journal Volume I: Under the Bed, Macalester Art Alliance, St. Paul, MN.
Awards
2021 Hung Liu Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA. Awarded by jurors Jovanna Venegas and Rory Padeken for MFA thesis work.
2015 Honorable mention senior merit award, Macalester College, St. Paul MN.
2015 Honorable mention in sculpture category, Macalester Student Show, Law Warschaw Gallery St. Paul, MN.
2015 Ann Bolger Vision Award for work with Fossil Free Macalester, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2010 Third place, West Seattle Student Art Show, ArtsWest, Seattle, WA.
Press
Olson, Mary Bethel. “The Art in Drought.” Fergus Falls Journal. Sep. 4 2021. https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/the-art-in-drought/article_5839f516-0ce5-11ec-9edf-03d52350570b.html
“Mills Artists Center Resonance and Resilience in Thesis Exhibitions.” Mills.edu. Jun. 3 2021. https://www.mills.edu/news/news-stories/mills-artists-center-resonance-and-resilience-in-thesis-exhibitions.php
G, Erin. Kain’s Cottage. Crafterateur. Nov 7 2019. https://crafterateur.com/2019/11/07/kains-cottage/
“Profile Pictures and Other Works.” Allegory Ridge. Jun. 3 2019. https://www.allegoryridge.com/home/2019/6/3/profile-pictures
Eler, Alicia. ”Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association misses $80K of grant money.” Star Tribune. Oct. 30 2018. https://www.startribune.com/northeast-minneapolis-arts-association-misses-80k-of-grant-money/498727261/
Rhodes, Kate. “Marlys Mandaville // Studio Art Major.” The Mac Weekly. Sep. 26 2014. https://themacweekly.com/67528/arts/marlys-mandaville-studio-art-major/