Marisa Mu Archives - Sketch Co. Gallery

Marisa Mu

Artist’s Statement
Mu’s purpose is to spark happiness and positive change within people through her art. As a queer woman of colour, her mission statement is to explore messages of pride, self-love and liberation whilst spotlighting the importance of visibility for marginalized communities and champion intersectional feminism and queer expression.
Biography
Marisa Mu (b.1991) is a Blacktown-born, East Timorese Chinese artist based in Melbourne who works across the breadths of painting, murals, sculpture and textiles. She is an alumna of College of Fine Arts, Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Design in 2014 and was awarded the Emerging Artist of The Year in 2019.
Awards
2022
-Finalist, Blacktown Arts Prize, Sydney Finalist
- Bluethumb Arts Prize, Melbourne
2019
- Winner of The Emerging Artist of The Year, FortyFive Downstairs, Melbourne
- Finalist, Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2018
- Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
2013
- Winner of Designer Rugs Award, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- The Hysterical Self Love Project That Everyone Is Invited to, Leda Gallery, Newcastle
2022
- To Be Alone and Naked, At The Above, Melbourne The Power of Womxn, RED Gallery, Melbourne
2021
- Block Party for Love, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2020
- Visions of Love, FortyFive Downstairs, Melbourne
- Wonder Women, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2019
- Kaleidoscope Dancers, Wedge Gallery, Sydney Town Hall
2018
- Marisa Mu, King of The Jungle, Sydney
2017
- The Statement Makers, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney
- Rhythm in Colour, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
- A Female Gaze curated bv Andy Dinan, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
- GATHER | TOGETHER, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
- LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne
- Life in Colour, Sketch Gallery, Sydney
- Decks for Change, No-Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2022
- Gather, Sketch Gallery, Sydney
- Continuum, The Meat Market, Melbourne
- Tits and Co. x The Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne
- The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney
- The Other Art Fair, The Brooklyn Knockdown Centre, New York City
- The Other Art Fair, The Meat Market, Melbourne
- For the Deckade, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
- Taking Up Space curated by Bo Bickmore and Variation Three, The Meat Market, Melbourne
- Secret Art Show curated by Zoe Milah, Melbourne
- LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne
2021
- QUEER VOICES curated by Joseph Romano, Melbourne Fashion Week Capsule, Melbourne
- The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney
2020
- Dancing Queens curated by Natalie Fleur x Midsumma Festival, SoHigh Gallery, Melbourne
2019
- My Two Cents, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
- The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Centre, New York City
- The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo Cutaway, Sydney
- The Other Art Fair, Barker Hangar, Los Angeles
- The Other Art Fair, The Facility, Melbourne
- The Other Art Fair, The Australian Technology Park, Sydney
2018
- Colours Are All I Feel curated by B.T.W., Commune Gallery, Sydney
- Orbital Hybridisation curated by Uncast, Usfin Atelier, Sydney
- All Bodies curated by Anthony Sakr, Farr Side Gallery, Sydney
- The Epitome of Her-O curated by Marisa Mu and Simone Taylor, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney