Mieke Marple

Mieke Marple is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. She is creator of the Medusa Collection, a set of generative art NFTs reframing the Medusa myth. Recent solo exhibitions include Tarot Reckoning (2021); and Bad Feminist (2019-2020) at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco; and God is an Audiobook at 1301PE, Los Angeles (2019). Marple has been written about by The New York Times, W Magazine, The Guardian, Fortune, Autre, among other publications. She has written essays for Lit Hub, Zyzzyva, ArtNews, and Artsy. Through various charity art auctions, she has helped raise over a million dollars for Planned Parenthood LA and a quarter million for prison abolitionist organization Critical Resistance. She received a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2008. Marple is co-founder of NFTuesdayLA and was co-owner of Night Gallery, Los Angeles, from 2011-2016.

Education

2008: University of California Los Angeles, CA, BA Fine Art

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2022: "Blue," Ever Gold [Projects] on Platform Art (Link)
2021: "Medusa Collection: NFTs for Good" (Link)
: "Tarot Reckoning," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, CA (Link)
2019: "Bad Feminist," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, LA (Link)
: "God is an Audiobook," 1301PE, LA, CA (Link)
2018: "Relocation Tarot," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, CA (Link)

Group Exhibitions

2022: "Hands Off My Cuntry: An Emergency Response to the SCOTUS Leak to Overturne Roe vs. Wade," Undercurrent Projects, curated by Savannah Spirit (Link)
: "Artist Who Code: Generative NFTs by Women and Non-Binary Artists," curated by Mieke Marple and Vellum LA, Artsy & Vellum LA, CA (Link)
2021: "OceanDrop," an NFT Digital Art Auction Supporting Open Digital Technology for Climate, SuperRare (Link)
: "Élan Vital," curated by Max Teicher and Emily White, MoCA Westport, Wesport, CT (Link)
: "Pantheon," curated by Adam Park Smith, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL (Link)
: "Benefit Art Auction 2021," Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA (Link)
: "Twisted Dream," curated by John Wolf, LA, CA (Link)
: "CarbonDrop," an NFT Digital Art Auction Supporting Open Digital Technology for Climate, Nifty Gateway (Link)
2020: "Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition," art auction supporting prison abolitionist organization Critical Resistance, Artsy (Link)
: "Drawn Together," The Unit, London, UK (Link)
2019: "[On Approval] Beta Launch," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, CA (Link)
: "Gold Standard / Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, CA (Link)
2018: "Internet Archive Artist-in-Residency Exhibition," Ever Gold [Projects], SF, CA (Link)
2008: "Undergrad Juried Exhibition," juried by Ali Subotnick, New Wight Gallery, University of CA Los Angeles, CA
2007: "Department of Art Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition," New Wight Gallery, University of CA Los Angeles, CA

Writing

2022: "9 NFT Terms Every Art Collector Should Know," Artsy, Aug 2 (Link)
: "4 Ways Collectors Can Safeguard their NFTs," Artsy, July 20 (Link)
: "Chanel, Marge Simpson, and Me," Hobart Pulp, July 17 (Link)
: "How Making Generative Art Changed My Understanding of Self," Artsy, Mar 22 (Link)
: "14 Contemporary Artists on How Reading Influences Their Work," Lit Hub, March 15 (Link)
: "Masochism," Platform Art Editorial, March 15 (Link)
: "What’s Really at Stake in the Debate over Whether NFTs Are Art," Artsy, Jan 24 (Link)
2021: "Medusa and Me," Medium, Nov 9 (Link)
: "World of Women: An Interview with the WoW Founders," Matrons & Mistresses, Sept 16 (Link)
: "Weath and Language," Zyzzyva, Fall
: "Artist as Muse," Matrons & Mistresses, May 28 (Link)
: "Why I believe NFTs Will Benefit Artists," Artsy, April 29 (Link)
: "Capital A" Art, Matrons & Mistresses, April 9 (Link)
: "Big Money," Matrons & Mistresses, Feb 10 (Link)
2018: “How Starving Artists Could Benefit from Smarter Contracts,” co-written with Tobias Vielmetter-Diekmann, Artsy Editorial (Link)
2016: “Lisa Lyon is a Horse,” Muscles, essay in artist book by Davida Nemeroff
2013-2014: “Pop Goes the Easel,” column, FlashArt online
2013: Review of This book owns no one by Cara Benedetto, LA Artbook Review
2010: “Eyes Like the Sun,” essay for Davida Nemeroff exhibition at TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009: "The Lives of Objects," Interview with Michelle Grabner, The Highlights, (Link)

Catalogues/Press

2022: "Jehan Chu," Outland, Aug 4 (Link)
: "The Art of NFTs," Oliver Wyman Forum, July (Link)
: Gary Singh, "The Medusa Touch," IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, July-Aug Issue (Cover Feature) (Link)
: Shana Nys Dambrot, "The Future of NFTs is Female, Too," LA Weekly (Cover Feature), May 26 (Link)
: "How Female Artists Are Navigating the NFT Space," Fortune Magazine, May 11 (Link)
: Derya Sayin, "Gorilla Girls to This Side," Sanat Dünyamız
: Josh Rubin, "Artsy's NFT Auction Supporting Girls Who Code," Cool Hunting, Mar 24 (Link)
: Josie Thaddeus-Johns, "Women and Nonbinary Artists Are Breaking New Ground through Generative Art NFTs," Artsy, Mar 23 (Link)
: Reethu Ravi, "Artsy Hosts Female-Focused NFT Exhibition, Supporting Girls Who Code," NFTEvening, Mar 22 (Link)
: "StandardVision Artist Showcase: Reframing the Medusa Myth with Mieke Marple," Standard Vision, Mar 2 (Link)
2021: Laura Studarus, "Five Women Giving Back," Shondaland, Dec 13 (Link)
: Justin Roberti, "EXCLUSIVE Interview: The Leaders of NFTs Past, Present, and Future - Part 1," Benzinga, Dec 10 (Link)
: "Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt Partners With NFT Artist To Bring Progressive Learning To High School Students," Aithority, Dec 7 (Link)
: Asad Ali, "The Medusa Collection NFTs have focused their efforts on raising funds for TeachRock," TechX Pakistan, Dec 7 (Link)
: Justin Roberti, "Medusa Collection NFTs set its Gaze on Raising Money for TeachRock," Hackernoon, Dec 6 (Link)
: "This is Czech Republic's First NFT Gallery," Prague Morning, Dec 6 (Link)
: "GDF: Are NFTs all hype or here to stay?" Crowdfund Insider, May 20 (Link)
: "Mieke Marple & Christine Wang in Conversation," Autre, p. 48-9, Spring Issue
: "Artist Interview: Mieke Marple," Luc Likes, Feb 22 (Link)
2020: "Mieke Marple: Artist Profile," Matrons & Mistresses, Dec 9 (Link)
: Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition, catalogue published by Critical Resistance
: Bruna Corsato, "Tarot 2.0: new generations recover the tarot tradition, redesigning the cards," TAB, Sept 13 (Link)
: Scott Reyburn, "The art market is more neolibereal factory farm than finely balanced ecosystem: now is the time to 'rewild' it," The Art Newspaper, Sept 8, 2020 (Link)
: "Occult following: tarot cards through the ages-in pictures," The Guardian, Aug 4 (Link)
: The Library of the Esoterica, Volume One: Tarot, published by Taschen (Link)
2019: "Mieke Marple: Bad Feminist @ Ever Gold [Projects] in San Francisco," Autre, Dec 10 (Link)
: "Bad Feminist: Mieke Marple's Solo Exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects]," Juxtapoz, Dec 19 (Link)
2018: Scott Reyburn, "The Art World's Elephant in the Room," The New York Times, Sept 21 (Link)
: "Mieke Marple Releases Her Latest Art World Tarot Deck This Weekend," Juxtapoz, Aug 25 (Link)
: Abigail Cain, "Dealing with Creative Block? A Deck of Cards Might Help," Artsy, Jul 11 (Link)
: Melissa Locker, "The Internet Archive is helping these artists get inspired by digital history," Fast Company, Jul 3 (Link)
: Michele Debczack, "The Internet Archive's Billions of Web Pages Inspired a New Art Exhibition," Mental Floss, Jul 9 (Link)
: Anna Louie Sussman, "What's Driving Nonprofits into the Art World's Arms," Artsy, Feb 26 (Link)
2017: Interview, Art Insiders, Feb (Link)
2016: Julie Chaplin, “Art Scene Heats Up in Downtown Los Angeles,” The New York Times, Feb 12 (Link)
: Casey Lesser, Alexxa Gotthardt, “The L.A. Artist-Run Galleries You Need to Know,” Artsy, Feb 12 (Link)
: Tulsa Kinney, “Giving is Sexy,” Artillery, Sept (Link)
: “Sexy Beast Comes to Town,” Flaunt, Sept (Link)
: Christina Ohly Owens, “Sexy Beast Art Gala’s Stunning Line-Up,” How to Spend It, Aug
: Maxwell Williams, “Andy Richter to Host Sexy Beast Gala Benefitting Planned Parenthood Los Angeles,” The Hollywood Reporter, July (Link)
2015: Molly Languir, “Women in Art 2015,” ELLE, December (Link)
2014: “Who’s Who,” W Magazine, December (Link)
: Maxwell Williams, “Jack Black, Diane Keaton, Marisa Tomei and a Host of Artists Turn Out in L.A. to Support Reproductive Rights,” T Magazine, Sept 22 (Link)
: Jessica Askinazi, “SEXY BEAST: An Inside Look at The Planned Parenthood Benefit,” BUST, Sept 29 (Link)
: Natalia Bonifacci, “Natalia Meets Sexy Beast,” RedMilk, Sept 28 (Link)
2013: Carol Cheh, “Day For Night,” (cover story) LA Weekly, Jan 25
: Susanna Davies-Crook, “Behind the White Cube,” Twin Magazine, Summer
: Patrick Steffen, “Night Turns to Day,” FlashArt, Jan-Feb
: Jonathan Griffin, “Another Way to Show,” The Art Newspaper, Jan
2012: Sarah Cascone, “With Larger Gallery and Daytime Hours, Night Gallery Grows Up,” Art in America, Sept 24 (Link)
: Christelle Laffin, “Art contemporain: L.A. s’eveille,” Madame Figaro, March (Link)
: Kevin McGarry, “Out There: MOCAtv,” T Magazine, Oct 25 (Link)
: Brienne Walsh, “Food for Thought: Feast of Burden on MOCAtv,” Art in America, Nov 19 (Link)
: “MOCAtv Premieres Feast of Burden,” Interview Magazine, Oct

Panels, Podcasts, Etc.

2022: "Medusa Collection - Mieke Marple," AdLunam: The Future of NFTs, podcast (Link)
: "How to Make NFT Communities that Serve People," Web3 Anarchy with Justin Roberti, Benzinga (Link)
: "Artists & The New Digital," panel with Glenn Kaino, Paul Pfieffer, Sarah Zucker, and Nato Thompson, WTF NFT? Hammer Museum, LA, CA (Link)
: "What is the Future of Art NFTs? with 'Artsy' - The World's Largest Online Art Marketplace (w. CRO Dustyn Kim & Artist Mieke Marple)," Welcome to the Metaverse with Luke Franks, podcast (Link)
2021: "Mieke Marple & Medusa Collection," Near Future Laboratory Podcast (Link)
: "NFTs for Non-Profits? An Interview with Mieke Marple," Wishes Granted, podcast (Link)
: "Tokenverse #10: How Social Impact Organizations Can Use NFTs," panelist, DoinGud (Link)
: "Sustainable Art," panelist, Global Digital Finance NFT Conference (Link)
2020: "Me Too: Did It Work? A Conversation with Artists About #MeToo's Successes and Failures," panel with Christine Wang, Nkiruka Oparah, moderated by Elena Page, The Battery, SF, CA (Link)
2018: “Tarot in the Age of Uncertainty,” panelist, Untitled Radio, SF, CA
2017: Seeing is Forgetting, interviewee, pod cast with Jason Bailer Losh, LA, CA
2016: “What Makes a Global Art Capital?” moderator, Sotheby’s Institute, LA, CA
2014: “Collecting Art SF vs. LA,” moderator, The Battery, SF, CA
: “Touching the Art: Art School, Insider vs. Outsider Art, The Art Establishment,” panelist, web series hosted by Casey Jane Ellison, Ovation
2013: “State of the Art: A Public Roundtable on the Gallery Business in Los Angeles,” panelist, Gusford Gallery in conjunction with Sotheby’s Institute, Claremont, CA
: The Conversation, interviewee, podcast with Michael Shaw, LA, CA
2012: "Feast of Burden," web series producer, MOCAtv

Residencies

2018: Internet Archive Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2007: Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT

Honors, Awards, Scholarships

2008: Werner Z. Hirsch Award, Honorable Mention, University of CA Los Angeles, CA
2007: Lillian Levinson Foundation Scholarship, University of CA Los Angeles, CA
2006: Hoyt Scholarship Fund, University of CA Los Angeles, CA
2005: Werner Z. Hirsch Award, Second Place, University of CA Los Angeles, CA

Advisory Boards

2017 - present: WrkLst: artwork and contact management for artists, galleries, and collectors, Berlin, Germany (Link)

Non-Profit Fundraising

2020: "Imagine Freedom: Artworks for Abolition," fundraiser for Critical Resistance, Oakland, CA (Link)
2018: 20th Anniversary Fundraiser for Critical Resistance (Link)
2016: “Sexy Beast: A Benefit for Planned Parenthood LA,” co-chair, LA, CA
: “Summer on Seventh,” fundraiser for Inner Cirty Arts, curator, LA, CA
2014: “Sexy Beast: A Benefit for Planned Parenthood LA,” co-chair, LA, CA