About the Artist

Marilyn Holsing lives and works in Philadelphia. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond, including, The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, Delaware; Melanee Cooper Gallery in Chicago; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; the ICA at the University of Pennsylvania and Field Projects, New York. Her work is included in public collections such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Woodmere Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Fidelity Investments. She is Professor Emerita in painting at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia.

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“An Ohioan by birth, I have lived and worked in the Philadelphia area for decades, moving here to teach at Tyler School of Art after graduate school. My undergraduate degree (BFA) is from the Ohio State University and my graduate degree (MA) is from the University of New Mexico. I retired as Professor of Painting a few years ago, but I have continued to work in the studio in a variety of media. My practice has branched out into new directions, such as dioramas, while continuing my commitment to painting.

In these years I have lived in the city followed by a move to the suburbs. One of the joys of life in the suburbs is the opportunity to garden. Not only do I grow flowers and shrubs, but I like re-designing the plantings, interests that reveal themselves in my studio work.”