I grew up moving all over the California bay area and moved to Oakland to attend the California College of the Arts and Crafts, where I received my BFA in 2002 and my MFA in 2008. I now live and work in Berkeley, CA.

Currently I am interested in building a fictional narrative with connections to history as well as to the present. It's like I'm illustrating a novel that doesn't exist. If it did, it would probably be a lot like Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Turn of the Screw- novels which function as social commentary as well as haunting epics of supernatural romanticism.

I am represented by Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco.

Drop me a line at marcibones@yahoo.com

:: S e l e c t e d . E x h i b i t i o n s ::

2009
Decline and Fall Rena Bransten, July 2009, San Francisco, CA
Pop Noir Southern Exposure, June 2009, San Francisco, CA
Ny Print Show Giant Robot, May 2009, New York, NY
Trace Elements San Francisco Arts Commission, May 2009, San Francisco, CA
Dark Mirror Rena Bransten, April 2009, San Francisco, CA

2008
We = Trouble Secret Project Robot, September 2008, Brooklyn, NY
Cream- From the Top Arts Benicia, July 2008, Benicia, CA
Dreamscapes Rena Bransten, May 2008, San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition California College of the Arts, May 2008, San Francisco, CA

2007
Au Revoir Auf Wiedersehen Motel, December 2007, Portland, OR
1st Anniversary Benefit Park Life, December 2007, San Francisco, CA
Immediate Future San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, September 2007, San Francisco, CA
In the Shadow of This Fading Light, We Waited Giant Robot, May 2007, San Francisco, CA
Us and Them Virginia Commonwealth University, January 2007, Richmond, VA

2006
American Mythology II Oliver Arts Center, November 2006, Oakland, CA
Visual Aid SOMArts, November 2006, San Francisco, CA
Curvy III DAS Gallery, July 2006, Surrey Hills, AU
Fresh StArt Arena 1, April 2006, Santa Monica, CA
Under the Crooked Bough...-Receiver, February 2006, San Francisco, CA

2005
Four Squared Motel, December 2005, Portland, OR
Ghosts Gather at Night The Rhys Gallery, September 2005, Boston, MA
Friendless Outsiders Unknown, August 2005, Salt Lake City, UT
Daydreaming Uno, July 2005, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh StArt Arena 1, Febuary 2005, Santa Monica, CA

2004
Hounds Tooth and Herring Bone Here, June 2004, Bristol, UK
Keep a Breast Modart, June 2004, La Madrague, Anglet, France
Up Our Sleeve Vooruit, February 2004, Ghent, Belgium

:: Awards ::
Cadogan Fellowship San Francisco Foundation, 2007
Berman Fellowship Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Summer 2007
Graduate Scholarship CCA 2006-7
Marion Brobeck Scholarship CCAC 1999-2002

:: Residencies ::
Yaddo January 2009, Saratoga Springs, NY

:: Bibliography ::
Juxtapoz Magazine Interview with Kristin Farr, April 2010
New American Painting Book #85, Curated by Dominic Molon, 2009
Dark Arts Compiled by Juxtapoz Magazine, 2009
Artslant Review of Dark Mirror by Petra Royale Bibeau, April 2009
Shotgun Review Review of Dark Mirror by Brady Welch, April 2009
New American Painting Book #73, Curated by Alma Ruiz, 2007
Fecal Face Interview, December 2007
SF Weekly Review of Under the Crooked Bow by Sharon Mizota, February 2006

:: Collections ::
Richard and Lenore Niles San Francisco, CA
Peter Gelles and Eve Steele Gelles Los Angeles, CA

::Professional Experience::
ASUC Art Studio at UC Berkeley Part Time Instructor for Introduction to Painting and Materials and Methods, Summer 2009 - Present
SFMOMA Teaching Artist, March 2010
California College of the Arts Individual Studio Practice Units, Spring 2010
California College of the Arts Guest Critiquer for Graduate Dialogues and Practices, Fall 2008 and 2009
Oakland School for the Arts Guest Lecturer, June 2008
California College of the Arts Teaching Assistant to Jack Mendenhall for Painting II, Fall 2007