About/CV - 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 presentations include Blue (2022) for Platform Art; 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, Elle, and Autre, among other publications. She has written for the Huffington Post, 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: Non Fungible Castle, Prague, CZ (Link)
: "Group Shoe," curated by Mario Ayala, Public Access, NY
: "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: "What It’s Like To Be A Young Woman In The Art World – Where Bad Behavior Is An Open Secret," Huffington Post, Oct 13 (Link)
: "Anna Weyant Media Circus Is a Window Into Art World Sexism and Power," ArtNews, Aug 10 (Link)
: "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)

Press

2022: Chris Katje, "How Vayner3 Has Helped Connect Web3 Communities — And A Look At Brands That Are Doing It Right," Benzinga, Dec 14 (Link)
: Justin Roberti, "How Mieke Marple Combines The Reach Of NFTs With The Traditional Art World," Benzinga, Oct 18 (Link)
: "During NYC's Armory Week, Arthur AI asked how NFTs fit into trad art's future," Metaverse Post, Sept 16 (Link)
: "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: "Branding, Sponsorship, and How to Build an Engaged Userbase in Web3," Benzinga's Future of Crypto Summit, Pier 60, NY, Dec 7
: "NFTs and Traditional Art," panel with Sasha Stiles, Sofia Garcia, Maritza Yoes, Hamzat Raheem, sponsored by Ask Arthur
: "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