Marianne Hall

Marianne Hall (b.1950, Detroit, MI) grew up in Detroit in the shadow of the auto industry and was exposed to Detroit’s Cass Corridor art movement of the 60’s and 70’s. She attended the Center for Creative Studies and earned her BFA in Fibers from Wayne State University. In addition she studied with well known artists with expertise in fiber, encaustic, bookbinding, printmaking and small metals. After living in Toronto for several years, she relocated to New Mexico and has lived and worked in Albuquerque since 2011.

Her travels have taken her across the world where she fell in love with the handmade papers of Japan and Korea, and to places where she was introduced to the indigenous cultures of Africa, Australia, and North America.

The element of touch has always been a guiding light and she has long been a student of healing touch. When she was required to have a ‘day job’ it was always close to the interior design industry. Hall has been a full time artist for the past 25 years.

The last several years have been spent caring for her partner who was diagnosed with brain cancer. During that period her work shifted to more sculptural forms. Her work is in many private collections around the country and abroad.