BELLA MARINOS
2000, San Francisco CA 
Lives and works in Santa Ana, CA


[selected exhibitions]
2025
        45th Anniversary Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
       Staging the Future, Museum at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

2024
        Inchoate Futures, Melrose Botanical Garden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
        LA Clay 1, LA Clay, Los Angeles, CA
        Film & Faces, No Ordinary Oddities, Los Angeles, CA
        Getty PST: Art and Science Collide, Material Acts Material Library, Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles, CA
        Transparency, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
        A Day in the Life, Cinful Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
        WHY WE MAKE ART, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 
        A DEEP WELL, Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
        A Practical Guide to Modest Magic, Museum at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
        Chapman University Spring Departmental, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA 
        Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
        Every Woman Bianniel: I Will Always Love You, La Mama Galleria, Manhattan, NY
        B. Marinos, In Heroes We Trust, Beverly Hills, CA

2023 
        OCCCA Annual, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
        Chapman University Open Studio, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA 
        Chapman University Spring Departmental, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA 
        Fear/Fantasy, Flaboheim Gallery, Orange, CA 

2022
        Chapman University Spring Departmental, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA 
        Chapman University Fall Departmental, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA

[publications]
2025
       Stephanie Hernandez, Rising Stars: Meet Bella Marinos of Santa Ana, SDVoyager

2024 
       Matt Stromberg, 10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This December, Hyperallergic
        Pole Dancing, Campfires and Midnight Footie: Your Summer 2024 in Photos, i-D Magazine
        WHY WE MAKE ART, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Page 21 (catalog)
        Made in California, Brea Gallery, Page 7 (catalog)

2023 
        Spring 2023, Calliope Magazine, Pages 43 & 77

2022
        Fall 2022, Calliope Magazine, Page 42

[curatorial]
2025
        TRYST Alternative Art Fair booth #46, Torrance, CA

2024 
        body of the world, Co-Curator, Escalette Collection, Orange, CA
        Art History Dept, Co-Curator, Escalette Collection, Orange, CA
        Political Science Dept, Co-Curator, Escalette Collection, Orange, CA

2023 
        Fear/Fantasy, Co-Curator, Flaboheim Gallery, Orange, CA
        Relative Fantasies, Co-Curator, Escalette Collection, Orange, CA

[grants & awards]
2023
        Best in Show, Chapman Spring Departmental, Orange, CA 
        2nd Place Best Installation, Chapman Spring Departmental, Orange, CA 
        Honorable Mention, Chapman Spring Departmental, Orange, CA 

[other projects]
2025 
       colt’s tooth magazine, co-editor

2024 
        Elephant SS25, Téodore MATA, Media Personnel
        Cinful Beauty Club, Cinful Aesthetics, Photographer

[education]
2024
        Infinite School x Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2023
        B.A. Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, CA

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