Mariel Harari is an interdisciplinary artist working in fiber, biomaterial, sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, video and fashion. Grounded in laborious processes and bright, tactile surfaces, her work explores and mimics relationships between memory, environment, fragmentation, agency, and embodiment.
Harari is a recipient of the Chicago DCASE Individual Artists Program grant. She has attended residencies at Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC), Annas Projects, High Concept Labs, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in publications including Brooklyn Magazine, Sixty Inches From Center and Surface Design Association. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Co-Prosperity, Northeastern Illinois University and Ignition Project Space as well as group shows at Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, CAC, MDW Fair, and Comfort Station. Harari was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
Image: Mariel Harari, Cocoon Baby 2 (Feral), 2025, Alganyl bio-textile, color pencil, pencil, tracing paper, bristol, aluminum, hand painted organic cotton, thread, inkjet on silk, magazine cutouts, 40 x 30 x 12 inches
(updated 2025)
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