Marie Zack Nolan
46 Waltham, Studio 100
Marie Zack Nolan is a mixed-media artist who mines her personal and familial history and examines the interactions of humans with nature through time and space. Her subject matter comes from life experiences myth making, and a career in environmental problem solving. She is drawn to stories handed down in various cultures that have helped humans make sense of their place within the natural environment.
Her process involves research and travel. Once she chooses a subject, she makes a series of exploratory drawings. She works in printmaking and painting – and layers textures, colors, and images to achieve insights. She strives to make her work authentic, aesthetically pleasing, balanced and informative.
Marie completed the post-baccalaureate studio art program at the SMFA at Tufts in 2022. She was an artist-in-residence at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California in 2023. She was a sustainability and environmental management consultant for 25 years after receiving her MFS at Yale School of Forestry and BA of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Marie currently is a museum teacher at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. She also makes art at her Rumney, New Hampshire studio.
