Marissa Cote
3D
2D
Projects
Texts
Info
rissacote@gmail.com
Cornell University, Creative Visual Arts, MFA, 2026
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, BFA Studio for Interrelated Media, 2018
Solo Exhibitions
2027 I want to be a construction site - Behind VA Shadows, Cambridge, MA (forthcoming)
2026 The Moon Went With Her - Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2023 I promise to stay in touch - Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
Two Person Exhibitions
2027 As the Sun Breaks - Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX (forthcoming)
2025 to woo, to wane, to bind, to bear - Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Works In Progress - Found Object Space, Prague, Czechia
Deus Ex Bark-ina - Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
The Soul Selects Their Own Society - Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, MA
I Happen to be Rock - Ortega Y Gasset, New York, New York
A book is a conversation with a stranger in the future - Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Wunderkammer - The Crystal Palace, Ithaca, NY
2025 Before 3I / Atlas Arrives - Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Magnum O-Pspsps - Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2024 Into the Deep End - Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2023 Heavy Holidays - New Alliance Gallery, Somerville, MA
2022 Surprise! - Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
(RE)CONNECT - Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA
2020 un/comforts - Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2019 You Must Not Stand In One Place - Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 TENSE - Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Curatorial Projects
2025 Return Weight - Tjaden and Experimental Galleries, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2017 Godine Family Gallery, Co-Director/Curator, MassArt
Residencies
2024 Artist Fellow, Low Residency MFA, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
2026 Artist Grant, I I I Artist Fund
Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture
2023 Cultural Sector Recovery Grant for Individuals, Mass Cultural Council
2018 Departmental Honors, Studio for Interrelated Media, MassArt
Member of the Year, Student Government Association, MassArt
2017 Lenore G Tawney Foundation Fiber Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Craft
2014 Barbara Zenner Award for Outstanding Artist in New Media, SAIC
Press/Publications
2026 CT art gallery is going to the dogs…, Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant
Run by Artists, Built for Artists: OyG and the Cornell MFA, Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel
Architecture of Longing, Marissa Cote, published by Ex-Wife Press (TBA)
2023 Galleries: A Map Based on Touch and Care, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
Marissa Cote’s “I promise to stay in touch” Asks How We Exercise Love, Maya Rubio, Boston Art Review
2018 The Closest Thing to Skin, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
Perpetual Collapse at the Godine Family Gallery at MassArt, Gabe Gill, Big Red and Shiny
Artist Talks/Lectures/Workshop
2026 Graduate Artist Talks, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Visiting Artist Talk, FA3D, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2025 Visiting Artist Talk, FA2D, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Visiting Speaker, John S. Knight Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Curator’s Tour, Return Weight, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2018 Artist Panel, TENSE, Fort Point Arts Community, Boston, MA
2018 Presenter, Retooling Critique, Faculty Development Convening, Massachusetts College of Art
and Design, Boston, MA
Presenter, Reconstructing Practice: Towards an Anti-Racist Art and Design Field, Anti-Racist
Classroom Convening, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2018 Artist Talk, Godine Vintage Furniture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Teaching
2026 BFA Thesis, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
2025 Large Scale and Site Specific Drawing, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
Non-Majors Drawing, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
2024 The Worlds We Make, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
2022 Art, Life and Money, Teaching Assistant (Post-Grad), Studio For Interrelated Media,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2020 Intro to Weaving Workshop, CraftBoston, Boston, MA
2013 Intro to Indigo Dye Workshop, Self Organized, Boston, MA