new works / work in progress:

The Thirsty Bird (in progress)
NeoGeo (in progress)
Mesocosm (Wink Texas) (in progress)
Heraldic Crests for Invasive Species,letterpress print series
Not an Artichoke, Nor from Jerusalem, formal dinner, toasts, and prints
Mesocosm (Northumberland UK), 146 hour animated cycle (completed)
Portraits, animal human metamorphs(ongoing)
Zoöpolis, with Una Chaudhuri, image & text project (in progress)

events lately / soon:

January 2012:

Not an Artichoke, Nor from Jerusalem
Dinner, artwork, with curators Michael Connor and Alex Freedman
The Artist's Institute, NY
Jan 16 (SOLD OUT)

The Cute The Bad and The Ugly,
talk and tasting
by Gene Rurka and Marina Zurkow
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
Jan 12, 7 pm

December 2011:
The Birdwatchers,
Bitforms Gallery
curated by Laura Bardier
Dec 8, 2011 - Jan 21, 2012
Gabriela Albergaria, Jeffrey Blondes, Adriana Salazar, Marina Zurkow

November 2011:

Nature of City, Narracje
Gdansk, Poland
Nov 17-20

September 2011:

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
"Marina Zurkow: Friends, Enemies and Others"
Sept 17, 2011 – Mar 18, 2012

BAM, Brooklyn, NY
"BAM 2011 Next Wave Art"
Sep 13—Dec 18, 2011


Slurb, Legion Arts
Cedar Rapids, IA

April 2011:

Awarded a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship

January 2011:

Research Resident, Diverseworks, Houston and W. Texas Jan 4-18

December 2010:
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image opens at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Included in this exhibition of nine artists is Elixir II
(acquired by the Smithsonian in 2010)

Works featured at Catharine Clark Gallery, Pulse Miami

November 2010:
Essay and 8 page spread on Slurb in
Gulf Coast, Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (University of Houston)

October 2010:
Visiting Artist, NYU Abu Dhabi Oct 2-16
Abu Dhabi Institute Distinguished Lectures | Artist Talk
"The Future is Now: Making Art / Thinking Ecology" on October 10
(Video Link)

Paradoxical Sleep at Marian Spore, opens Oct 22

Artist Talk at Google NY (video link), Oct 21

September 2010:
Elixir I - IV at Lithium Project, Naples, Italy

Slurb featured at Whitney Museum's pre-gala party at Akris

August 2010:
Elixir III at grey)(area, Korcula, Croatia

Artist in Residence, Yaddo

July 2010:
Elixir I-IV at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Franscisco, opens July 21

Zoöpolis featured in BADCAT MOBILE1 exhibition, July 29 - Aug 5, NY

June 2010:

Slurb in The Nature of Cities, United Nations Pavillion, Shanghai World Expo,
curated by Art Works for Change

Artist in Residence,The MacDowell Colony

May 2010:
Apocalypse Now panel discussion, May 12
Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas

FutureEverything 2010, exhibiting Slurb, May 12-15
Manchester, England

Elixir IV at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Franscisco, opens May 22

April 2010:
Animated Futures / New Media Lecture Series, artist talk
Wednesday Apil 7 6:30 pm
Neuberger Museum of Art/ SUNY Purchase

Slurb, solo show, opens April 22
Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas

March 2010:
Crossing the Waters, solo show, closes March 27
Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont

Tempestad,group show exhibiting Slurb, opens March 25
Yaku Museo de Agua, Quito Equador (curator, Alfons Hug)