Marisol Rendón works as artist, designer and educator. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California in 2003. During the last 12 years, she and her husband Ingram Ober have collaborated on projects in public art, museum exhibitions, social/civic events and have participated in art and aesthetics discussions. They are currently working on two public art commissions for the City of San Diego at the Bayside Fire Station and Southcrest Trails Park and have a completed project at Mira Costa College, San Elijo campus. Besides her creative practice, she works for the San Diego Community College District as a tenured professor and coordinator of Mixed MediaThree-Dimensional Design and Art program at Southwestern College. As an individual artist she has exhibited in countries such as France, Switzerland, Colombia, the United Kingdom and the United States. In California, she has exhibited with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the California Center for the Arts, Escondido and worked closely with the New Children’s Museum, San Diego on different exhibitions and programs such as Mass Creativity and the Innovator’s Lab artist in residence. Marisol has presented as a guest lecturer at the San Diego Museum of Art, Mira Costa College, the College Art Association (CAA), UCLA, and the Sur Biennial at Cerritos College. Currently she is part of a research group and lecturer for the master’s program MAIA (Maestría en Artes Integradas con el Ambiente) offered by Cauca University in Colombia and also serves as a member of the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for the Port of San Diego and is a member of the Artist Advisory Committee for the New Children’s Museum in San Diego.
Education
2003 MFA. Claremont Graduate University, California, USA.
1999 Specialist in Semiotics and Hermeneutics of Art. National University of Colombia, Medellín.
1996 Maestra en Artes Plásticas. Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia.
Solo Shows
2016 The Secondary Intent
Space4Art, San Diego, California.
2013-(Still on view) WOBBLELAND
FEAST! The Art of Playing with your Food.
The New Children’s Museum, San Diego, California.
2013 So, Dragons Do Exist?
Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2013 Ojalá: Considerations of The Unavoidable Syndrome of Illusion
Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, California.
2009 Leftover
Art Produce Gallery San Diego, California.
2007 “Hello, is your refrigerator running?”
b-126 Gallery, Zurich. Switzerland.
2005 “Mouse Pérez exists”
Caldas Museum of Art, Manizales. Colombia.
2004 I went to Maine and I saw a moose
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. USA.
2004 From the secret to the sacred
Colombian Consulate. Beverly Hills, California. USA.
2003 MFA final show.
Peggy Phelps Gallery. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Fragrance for melancholic spaces.
Art studio. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Guaca.
White Room. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Black Box.
Peggy Phelps Gallery. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Fragments of a trip.
Art studio. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2001 Al Caído, Creele.
Art studio, CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2001 De la serie: De qué vives en el Aire?
Colombo French Alliance, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
2001 To the fallen.
Art studio, CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2001 De qué vives en el Aire?
Museum of Art of Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
2000 Animas-Animo.
State Library, Manizales, Colombia.
2000 Alteracciones.
Torre de Estancias, National University of Colombia, Manizales.
2000 Alteracciones.
Fondo Cultural Cafetero, Manizales, Colombia.
Group Shows
2017 An Extra-Ordinary Collusion Exhibition
SDAI -San Diego Art Institute. San Diego, California
2017 WAKE
A Ship in the Woods. San Diego, California
2017 So Moved: The Art and Science of Movement
Fleet Science Center. San Diego, California
2017 Nasty Women Exhibition
Helmuth Projects. San Diego, California
2016 The Origin of Species
Noysky Projects. Los Angeles, California
2016 Looking Back/Forward
An Art Produce Retrospective. Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, California
2015 Sharp Contrast
A Drawing Survey. Boehm Gallery, Palomar College San Marcos California
2015 My Name Is______. I am From_____.
A Ship in the Woods, Del Mar California
2015 Cognitive Camouflage
A Ship in the Woods, Del Mar California
2015 Balboa Park and the City:
A Celebration for San Diego’s Panama-California Exposition
San Diego International Airport, San Diego. California
2014 Object, Object. A Selection of Smaller Works.
Helmuth Projects, San Diego. California
2014 Of The Element
Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, San Diego. California
2014 Intersecting Lines: The Tenth Invitational Drawing Show
New Central Library, San Diego. California
2013 Object, Object. A Selection of Smaller Works.
Helmuth Projects, San Diego. California
2013 The 2nd Los Angeles Sur Biennial
Cerritos College, Rio Hondo College, Torrance Art Museum. California
2011 The 43 Uses of Drawing
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, United Kingdom.
2010 “An Interactive Experiment in Art?”
California Center for the Arts Escondido, California.
2010 “Here Not There”
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
2009 Stretched, Stitched and Stuffed
Palomar College, California
2009 Transfer Connection
Southwestern College, California
2009 Drawn In
Noel Baza Gallery San Diego, California.
2009 New Contemporaries II
Noel Baza Gallery San Diego, California.
2009 Drawing the Line
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California.
2006 Irrational Exhibits Five
Track 16 Gallery, Santa Mónica, California.
2006 V Salón de Arte Diversidad 2006
Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Bogotá. Colombia.
2006 “STRANGE NEW WORLD: Art and Design from Tijuana”. (Collaboration w/ Border Art Workshop)
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California.
2005 Triple Play
Southwestern College Art Gallery, California. USA
2004 Away From the Land
Colombian artist from the Los Angeles Area, Beverly Hills, California. USA.
2003 R.E.M.
Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, California. USA.
2003 X Salón Regional de Artistas, Zona Centro Occidente
Museum of Art of Pereira. Risaralda, Colombia.
2003 Altitude Adjustment.
Parks Exhibition Center. Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA. USA.
2002 Installation Show.
Art Department. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Artopotamus
East Gallery. CGU, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002 Scapes
Pomona Arts Colony. Claremont Graduate Progress Space, Pomona, CA. USA.
2002 Sap.
Upstairs At The Market Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. USA.
2002 Concéntricos-Excéntricos.
National Library Luis Angel Arango, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
2002 Latin American Spirit.
Galleries Lafayette. Paris, France.
2001 38th Salón Nacional de Artistas Colombianos.
Claustro de la Merced. Cartagena, Colombia.
2001 Insite, Incite.
East Gallery and Peggy Phelps Gallery. CGU, Claremont, CA, USA.
2001 Ripe.
East Gallery and Peggy Phelps Gallery. CGU, Claremont, CA, USA.
2001 Arte y Ciudad.
Museum of Art of Pereira. Risaralda, Colombia.
2000 IX Salón Regional de Artistas del Eje Cafetero, Huila, Tolima y Chocó.
Museum of Art of Pereira. Risaralda, Colombia.
2000 Imagen Regional III.
National Library Luis Angel Arango, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Itinerant exhibition, shown all over the country.
2000 Primeros Premios Salones Nacionales 1940-1998.
Museum of Art of Pereira. Risaralda Colombia.
Fondo Cultural Cafetero. Manizales Colombia.
1999 Primer Salón Pro-Renovación del Arte en Caldas.
State Library. Manizales Colombia.
1997-92 Exposiciones Experimentales.
Palace of Fine Arts. Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia.2006“STRANGE NEW WORLD: Art and Design from Tijuana”. Collaboration
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California.
Public Art Commissions and Programs
2017 Bayside Fire Station 2
Collaboration w/ Ingram Ober
San Diego Public Arts. City of San Diego. California
2017 Southcrest Trails Park- Southeastern Economic Development Corporation and City of
San Diego. Collaboration w/ Ingram Ober
San Diego, California
2014 Mass Creativity Day
Community Outreach program. the New Children’s Museum. San Diego California
2009 Storefront Improvement Program- Commission for Arts and Culture
San Diego, California
Pre-approved list
2008 San Elijo Campus. MiraCosta College.
Collaboration w/ Ingram Ober and Chuck Moffit
San Diego. California
2007 Public Arts Commission Finalist- San Diego Public Arts Commission
(Collaboration w/ Roman DeSalvo, Chuck Moffit, and Ingram Ober)
Awards and Distinctions
2009 Nominated for The San Diego Art Prize
San Diego, California
2006 Orden Humberto Gallego Gamboa (Alumni of Outstanding Merit Award)
Universidad de Caldas, Manizales. Colombia
2006 Special Mencion. V Salon de Arte Diversidad 2006
Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Bogotá. Colombia
2004 Residency Program for Artists Fellowship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. USA.
2003 Graduate Student Council Travel Award
Claremont Graduate University, CA. USA.
2001-2003 MFA Fellowship
Claremont Graduate University, CA. USA.
2002 Graduate Student Council Travel Award
Claremont Graduate University, CA. USA.
2002 Art Representative
Invited by Colombian Ministry of Culture and Colombian Embassy in France to represent the country at the International Exhibition “Latin American Spirit” in the Laffayette Galleries. Paris, France.
2001 Graduate Student Council Travel Award
Claremont Graduate University, CA. USA.
1999 First Place Award and Grant, IX Salón Regional de Artistas
Eje Cafetero, Huila, Tolima y Chocó
Museum of Art of Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
1998 Ministry of Culture Grant for Artistic Creation
Mixtos Fund Scholarship for the Promotion of Art and Culture, Colombia.
1991-1996 Honor Roll
Caldas University, Colombia.
Workshops/Residencies – Committees – Panels – Lectures
2015 to present Member of the Artists Advisory Committee
The New Children’s Museum. San Diego, California
2010 to present. Member of the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
Port of San Diego Public Art. San Diego, California
2016 Artist in Residence: Innovator’s Lab
The New Children’s Museum. San Diego, California
2016 Professor: Taller Experimental II. MAIA (Maestría en Artes Integradas con el Ambiente)
Universidad del Cauca. Popayán, Colombia
2013 Lecture: Consideraciones Acerca del Inevitable Sindrome de la Ilusion (Considerations of the Unavoidable Syndrome of Illusion)
The San Diego Museum of Art. California
2013 Panel Discussion. The 2nd Los Angeles Sur Biennial
Rio Hondo College, Whittier. California
2011-xxxx Port of San Diego Public Art Advisory Committee
San Diego, California
2013 San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Artist Selection Panel for Terminal 1 Food Court)
San Diego, California
2012 Summer Workshop
New Children’s Museum San Diego, California.
2011 Summer Workshop
New Children’s Museum San Diego, California.
2010 San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Artist Selection Panel for Departures/ Arrivals Plazas)
San Diego, California
2005 Personal Art Perspective
UCLA – University of California Los Angeles, California.
Related Work Experience
2004-xxxx Associate Professor of Art
Southwestern College, Chula Vista. CA.
2002-2003 Computer Graphics Assistant
Art and Art History Department, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. USA.
2002-2003 Computer Consultant
Information Technology Services, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. USA.
2001-2002 Research Assistant
Romance Languages Department. Pomona College, Claremont, CA. USA.
1997-2001 Professor
(Drawing, Public Art and Urban Space, Graphic Products, Illustration Techniques.)
Visual Design Department. Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia.
1999-2001 Researcher, Guest Lecturer, Art theory writer
(Creation and implementation of the Graduate Curricular program: “Formación de opinión
pública, calificada en teoría del arte y crítica del arte”)
Study and Research Center: Obra Abierta. Manizales, Colombia.
1999-2001 Professor
(Drawing, Three-dimensional Space, New Genres, Semiotics of Art, Art Philosophy, Art History, Graphic Techniques)Art Department. Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia.
1997-1998 Professor
(Illustration, Color Theory.)
Communication and Advertising Department. Catholic University, Manizales. Colombia.
1997-2001 Guest Lecturer
(Contemporary Art; Three-dimensional Space; Urban Art and Public Space.)
Architecture Department. National University of Colombia, Manizales.
2001-2000 Cultural Area Coordinator
(Coordinated and organized inter-university conferences, exhibitions, seminars and cultural exchanges.) Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia.
2001-2000 Education Area Coordinator
(Curated such projects as “Nuestro Museo”, an interactive art project involving over 1,000 children, from private and public schools around the city of Manizales, Colombia.)
Museum of Art of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
1999-1997 Art Program Coordinator and Visual Designer
(Curated and designed atistic and academic events to promote art and culture in the region.)
Promoción del Docente, Mayor’s Office, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
1998-1997 Research Assistant and Curator
Cultural Promotions Office, National University of Colombia, Manizales.