Mieke Marple

Mieke Marple is an artist, writer, and activist living in San Francisco. She received a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2008. 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, The Art Newspaper, Autre, among other publications. She has written essays for Zyzzyva, Matrons & Mistresses, and Artsy. Through various charity art auctions, she has helped raise over a million dollars for Planned Parenthood LA, a quarter million for prison abolitionist organization Critical Resistance. Marple was co-owner of Night Gallery, Los Angeles, from 2011-2016. She is represented by Ever Gold [Projects].

Education

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

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2021: "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

2021: "Origins" NFT exhibition, DoinGud
: "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

Catalogues/Press

2021: "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

Writing

2021: "Big Money ABCs," Zyzzyva, Fall (forthcoming)
: "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)

Panels, Lectures, Interviews, Webseries

2021: "Tokenverse #10: How Social Impact Organizations Can Use NFTs," panelist, DoinGud (Link)
: "Mieke Marple x Headlands : NFT Drop," IG Live conversation with Sarah Wendell Sherrill & Maricelle Robles
: "Sustainable Art," panelist, Global Digital Finance NFT Conference (Link)
: "Reimagining Artist/Dealer Relationships," conversation with Maya Futrell for SF Art Week
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
2015-2016: “Money Talks,” financial advice for artists, host and panelist of series, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014: Masters Thesis Presentation, panelist, Sotheby’s Institute, Claremont, CA
: “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
: Night Talk, host, KCHUNG Radio

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