Keagan Marcella
ABOUT: Keagan Marcella is an interdisciplinary artist currently practicing out of South Boston, Massachusetts. Marcella is a 2020 graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design earning his BFA in Studio for Interrelated Media. The majority of Marcella’s early work spanned a series of different mediums including Lighting design, spoken word poetry, performance, Zines, Process pieces, and 3-D Objects. Concepts and subjects would consistently transition between introspection, home, and group story telling. Marcella’s recent practice has been manifested through found images translated into acrylic paintings, sometimes including elements of collage. He uses his series of paintings to explore the use of images in the digital age and explore how these images are used as storytelling devices when taken out of the context of the screen and shown through the lens of paint. These paintings touch on comedy, memetics, and nostalgia as a tool to help split the viewers interpretation into both intentional meaning, or lack thereof, and personal meaning. Outside of his artist practice Marcella often works with non-profit organizations, mainly including The Boys & Girls Club
CV:
Solo Exhibition(s):
The Getaway City, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
Group Exhibitions:
Disassembly Required, New Alliance Gallery, Somerville, MA, 2024
Pink!, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA 2024
Out of the Blue, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Virtual Exhibition, 2024
Don’t Play With Your Food, Godine Family Gallery, 2024
(RE)CONNECT, Francis Euphemia Thompson Gallery, 2022
Senior Exhibition, MassArt, Virtual Exhibition, 2020
Where We Are and Once Were, House of Venus, Virtual Exhibition, 2020
Regardless of Outcome, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
Dear Diary, House of Venus, Boston, MA, 2019
Love Letters, North Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
SIM Big Show, Godine Family Gallery and Pozen Center, Boston, MA, 2019
All School Show, Godine Family Gallery and Pozen Center, Boston, MA, 2019
Gallery 404, Massart Design and Media Center and Virtual Exhibition, Boston, MA, 2018
SIM Big Show, Godine Family Gallery and Pozen, Boston, MA, 2018
COPIOUS, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
All School Show, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
Imp(s), Massart Design and Media Center, Boston, MA, 2017
SIM Big Show, North Gallery and Pozen Center, Boston, MA, 2017
All School Show, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA, 2017
Curated Exhibitions:
WorkShop, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
Am, is, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
Regardless of Outcome, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
What’s Past is Prologue, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA, 2019
All School Show, Pozen Center, Boston, MA, 2019
Green Arts Festival, North Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
Featured & Publications:
ARTYPANTS Magazine: Issue II, https://www.artypantsmagazine.com , June 2024
MISTER Magazine: Issue II, https://www.misterzine.com/ , September 2023
OUTLANDER Zine, https://outlanderzine.wordpress.com , 2022
BRUISER, www.bruisermag.com, 2022