About

Mariana Rockwell (born 1993) is an interdisciplinary artist from Chicago IL, USA. She works primarily in painting and sculpture and occasionally in installation. Her work is an exploration of our relationship between 'Place' and 'The Subconscious' as well a dissection of where we look for 'value' and 'sacredness' in a capitalist landscape (and the grappling with the loss of both). Exploring this sense of loss and shared disillusionment particularly through the lens of the Midwest region of the United States, allows for a slow unraveling of our collective sense of familiarity and grief. This work is a longing to return to the natural world, the one we all have ancient memories of, and a search for the sublime in typically overlooked places. Mariana received a bachelor's of fine arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015, and since then has exhibited work in Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Guadalajara.