Marisol Cervantes
| Title: | Instructor |
| Division: | Studio Arts |
| Office Location: | AB 414E |
| Email: | mcervantes4@niu.edu |
Educational Background
- M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
- B.S., Art, Northern Illinois University
Emphases
- Painting and Drawing
Courses Taught
- ART 102, 2-D Foundations
- ART 100, Drawing Foundations 1
- ART 101, Drawing Foundations 2
- ARTS 321, Waterbased Painting
- ARTS 323, Beginning Painting
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
- “Pressing on a Bruise”, crosswalk, Chicago, IL
- “milk teeth”, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
- “Fleeting”, Back Space Gallery, DeKalb, IL
- “Comfortably Uncomfortable”, Annette and Jerry Johns Student Art Gallery, DeKalb IL
Group Shows
- “Conversations in Abstraction”, Madron Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “27th Evanston Biennial + Vicinity”, Evanston, IL
- “Rainbow in Limbo”, Wege Gallery, Fairfield, IA
- “Microcosm”, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
- “Held Together: Fragility & Endurance in Art”, Visionary Art Collective
- “Faculty Biennial”, Fine Line Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
- “Abstract Competition”, Ten Moir Gallery, Online Gallery
- “2025 Spring Exhibition Catalog”, I Like Your Work Podcast
- “Orange Peels”, Fargo, DeKalb, IL
- “High Strangeness”, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
- “Faculty Biennial”, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
- “Window Shopping”, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “69 For 69 Love Songs”, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
- “7th Midwest”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “Faculty Art Show”, Fine Line Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
- “Inner Orbits”, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
- “Voices of the Midwest”, Fine Line Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
- 15th “Abstracts”, Light Space & Time Online Gallery
- “Window Shopping”, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “6th Annual Juried Womens Artist”, Online Exhibition Fusion Art LLC
- “Terrain Biennial”, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
- “Home Not Home”, Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “Silent Auction”, Back Space Gallery, DeKalb, IL
- “Abstracted Abstractions”, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
- “Women in Art”, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- “Year 10”, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
- “Embracing Texture”, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St Charles, IL
- “Diverse Expressions”, Fine Line Arts Center, St Charles, IL
- “Esperanza”, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
- “Annual Juried Blick Art Materials Ars Nova”, Jack Olson Gallery, Dekalb, IL
- “Silent Auction”, Back Space Gallery, DeKalb, IL
- “Epilogue”, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
- “Tiny Show”, Gallery 4224, DeKalb, IL
- “The Long Red Line”, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
- “Entanglements”, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
- “Prologue”, 4th Street Gallery, DeKalb, IL
- “32 Intentions”, 4th Street Gallery, DeKalb, IL
Awards
- Best of Show, “Year 10”, Side Street Studios, Elgin, IL
- Best of Show, “The Long Red Line” Juried Art Exhibit, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
- 2nd Place, “7th Midwest Open” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Works
