BIO
Born in Chula Vista California, Patrick Marasso grew up in the Sacramento area. Marasso has exhibited widely in Sacramento since 1996, while represented by The Michael Himovitz Gallery, Exploding Head Gallery, and Verge Gallery. Currently Patrick teaches painting and drawing at Sierra College in Rocklin, California.
PATRICK MARASSO
EDUCATION
2005 M.A., California State University, Sacramento, CA
1991 B.F.A., (Painting and Drawing), California State University,
Long Beach, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Verge@Axis, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Flatlanders 3, Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
2009 Magic Window, Verge Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Macho, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
CAST, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
KVIE Art Auction, KVIE Studios, Sacramento, CA
Kitsch, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Skateboard Show, Bitchinʼ Space Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2008 CAST, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Meeting 2.0, The Conference Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Circus Show, Verge Gallery, Sacramento, CA
*Retro, works from 1998-2008, Bitchinʼ Space Gallery,
Sacramento, CA
2007 Collaborative Works, Bitchinʼ Space Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Meeting 1.3, The Conference Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Circus Show, Bitchinʼ Space Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2006 Games, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
By land or by sea, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Collaborative Works, Bitchinʼ Space Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Holes in the Head, monthly installation and performance works,
Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
*eBay works, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Graduate Exhibition, Uptown Studios, Sacramento, CA
Holes in the Head, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Drop Your Drawers, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
M.A., Graduate Student Exhibition, California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
2004 Figuratively Speaking, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
* Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
By Land or By Sea, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2003 *Yoked, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2000-01 Art Ark, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2000 *Guise, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Artists from the Michael Himovitz Gallery, LIMN Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Crocker Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1999 California Works, California State Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
1998 *Lenn.Mara Lanes, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
California Works, California State Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
1997 Stocking Stuffers: Small Works and Miniatures for the Holidays,
Sacramento, CA
CSUS/50, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
New Space/New Work, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Artists from the Michael Himovitz Gallery, Mesa Verde Art Gallery,
Citrus Heights, CA
*Collaborative Stuff, with John Lennertz, Michael Himovitz Gallery,
Sacramento, CA
Art-Religion, Religion-Art, Encina Art Gallery, Carmichael, CA
1996 Introductions 1996, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Patrick Marasso, The Ad Group, Auburn CA
1995 *New Paintings, Winstead Library Gallery, Sierra College,
Rocklin, CA
1991 Student Annual, University Art Museum, California State University,
Long Beach, CA
GaGaʼs Invitational, Long Beach, CA
Friends of the Ocean, The Co-Op Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA
Performance piece, The Triangle Club, New York, NY
1990 Student Annual, University Art Museum, California State University,
Long Beach, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http//www.squarecylinder.com/2010/07/flatlanders-richard-l-nelson-gallery-ucd/
Dalkey, Victoria, “Criticʼs Pick,” image, The Sacramento Bee, November 9, 2003.
Blunk, Dawn, “State of the Art,” Sacramento Magazine, April 1999.
Blunk, Dawn, “Combine Talents,” Sacramento Magazine, October 1998.
Dalkey, Victoria, “Second Saturday, Second Shift,” The Sacramento Bee,
July, 1997
Zamborski, Dan “Childrenʼs Hour,” Sacramento News & Review, August 1996.
Dalkey, Victoria, “Barbie & Other Newcomers,” The Sacramento Bee, July 1996.
COLLECTIONS
Lial Jones, Sacramento, CA
Jennifer Sparks, Habanero Cava Latina, Sacramento, CA
Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, Folsom, CA
University Art Department, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Steven Goldstein, Sacramento, CA
Rosalind Hsia, M.D., Davis, CA
Randy Placy, Sacramento, CA
Andrew Collier, Esq.
Linda Winchester, Sacramento, CA