education
2011 courses only - Abstract Painting, Academy of Art San Francisco
2015 Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design & Architecture, CSU Sacramento
2019 Masters - Urban Planning, CSU Northridge
select exhibitions
2025 (solo) Between Walls, I Find My Voice, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
2025 (group) Iconic Visions: The Girlfriends Tribute Exhibition, The LINE Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2025 (group) Trust Fall, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA
2025 (group) Sacred + Seen, Compton Art & History Museum, Compton, CA
2025 (group) The Black Woman Is God: We See Us, Marlowe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 (group) Forest Bathing, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2024 (group) Reclamation, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2024 (group) Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2024 (group) The Fate of Eve, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, CA
2024 (group) h=em^2, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2024 (group) The Big Softie, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 (group) Spectrum Gestalt, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2023 (group) Now Ain’t Some Day Yet, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2023 (group) A Common Thread, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2023 (group) Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2023 (group) 24th International Open, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 (group) Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Museum of Science + Industry, Chicago, IL
2022 (group) Penetrating the Surface, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
2022 (group) Art for the Climb: At the Intersection, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2022 (two-person) Portals, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2022 (group) Over the Moon: Transcending the Tangible, Garagedoor Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2020 (group) WAM!2020, studiothreesixone, San Pedro, CA
2019 (group) We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective, The Montalban, Los Angeles, CA
2019 (group) Unbound, LA LGBT Center, Los Angeles, CA
2019 (group) New Bodies, New Spaces, Silverlake Conservation, Los Angeles, CA
2017 (group) Heart & Soul, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
residencies
2025-2026 Crafting The Future, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Château Orquevaux, France [FORTHCOMING]
2022 Garagedoor Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2022 Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
fairs
2024 Gallery 1202 - San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2022 Gallery 300 - Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
2022 Gallery 300 - Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY
2020 bG Gallery - LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
murals/long term installations
2024 HOPICS (Homeless Access Center) - Crocker St Location, Los Angeles, CA (ongoing)
2023 Private Residence, Covina, CA (ongoing)
2022 Destination Crenshaw, Round 5 Mini Mural Artist, Los Angeles, CA (removed 2023)
2020 Street Mural - ‘COMMUNITY’, .Crenshaw Imperial Plaza, Inglewood, CA (removed 2022)
2020 Street Mural - Koi Pond, Crenshaw Imperial Plaza, Inglewood, CA (ongoing)
short term installations
2025 Black History Month Experience, Westfield Culver City Mall (February 2025)
publications/press
2025 (online) ‘Girlfriends’ celebrates its 25-year anniversary with a free art exhibit in L.A. L.A. Times.
Published 06/27/2025. www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-06-27/girlfriends-is-celebrating-25-years
2024 (online) ‘The Fate of Eve’ exhibition opens at Golden West College. L.A. Times.
Published 03/07/2024. www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/the-fate-of-eve-exhibition-opens
2024 (online) I Like Your Work Podcast, Studio Visit Artist - March 7.
Published 03/07/2024. https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/post/artist-marie-jose
2023 (print + online) SKEW Magazine, Issue #4
2023 (print + online) Arts To Hearts Magazine, Issue #2
film/tv
2021 (painting) “The Blessing of the Black Child(ren)”, HBO Series Documentary
Insecure: The End, Timestamp 36:25. Original Airing: December 26, 2021
panels
2025 Artist Panel, Sacred & Seen: Lives at the Intersection, Compton, CA
2025 Artist Talk, Between Walls, I Find My Voice, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Artist Panel, h=em^2, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2022 Artist Panel, Art for the Climb, Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA