Mari Richards MFA

Bio:
Mari completed her M.F.A. from the Minneapolis College
of Art and Design in 2006 and a B.A. in Studio Art and
a B.M. in Piano Performance at St. Olaf College in
1997. Based in Minneapolis, her artwork has been shown
locally, regionally, and nationally, with recent solo
shows at Vesper College and Space 144. She has taught
Intro to 2D and 3D design, 3D Foundations, Modern Art
History, and Beginning Drawing classes at the College
of Visual Arts, the Walker Art Center, MCAD, Globe
University, and the Minnesota School of Business. By
day, she has been successfully designing toys with
Manhattan Toy since 1998, designing over 300 products
for an international market, and winning more than 30
industry awards.

Statement:
Our culture is hell-bent on consuming everything
around us. In every area of life from food, to
information, to our choice of identity and beyond we
create a concept of self by asking our bodies and
minds to incorporate and assimilate our surroundings.
This habitual filling assumes that individual bodies
can take it all in, and continue in the same oblivious
state as they began. But, what is our personalized
bodily response to this excess and overfilling? How do
we cope subconsciously and corporeally with too
much input, and no end in sight?

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