Marela Zacarias

Marela Zacarias is a contemporary visual artist. Her work combines painting and sculpture and is characterized by an interest in sitespecificity, the history contained in objects, and current events.

Most recently, Marela completed a 58’ x 11’ permanent sculptural installation for the new American Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. She had her first solo show at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the Raw/ Cooked Series in February 2013; She was part of the Museo del Barrio’s S-Files Biennial in 2012, the Hunter MFA show at the Times Square Gallery 2012, and participated in a No Longer Empty exhibition in East Harlem in 2010. In addition, Marela has been part of many group shows in galleries in NY and Brooklyn.

A longtime resident of Brooklyn, Zacarias was born in Mexico City. In 2012, she was the first artist-in-residence at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut. She is a graduate of Kenyon College and received an MFA in painting from Hunter College. She has taught mural art in Washington, DC, Connecticut and Mexico City.