Marie Zack Nolan
46 Waltham, Studio 100
www.mznolan.com on Instagram
Marie Zack Nolan is a mixed-media artist who mines her personal experiences and familial history and examines the interactions of humans with nature through time and space. She is drawn to folk stories handed down in various cultures that have helped humans make sense of their place within the natural environment. Her process involves research, travel, and learning about world cultures and religions. Marie makes a series of exploratory drawings on a subject of interest and successively refines them into a single image. She works in printmaking and painting and layers textures, colors, and images to achieve insights. She strives to make her work authentic, aesthetically pleasing, balanced and informative.
Marie continues to pursue her dual interests of art-making and environmental science. She received an MFS at the Yale School of Forestry and BA of environmental science at the University of Virginia. After having a career in sustainability and environmental management consulting, she completed the post-baccalaureate studio art program at the SMFA at Tufts in 2022. She was an artist-in-residence at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California in 2023. She currently makes art in the Boston area at 46 Waltham and at the Shepherd & Maudsleigh printmaking studio; and in her Rumney, NH studio. She's a museum teacher at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, a place that never ceases to inspire her.
