Marsia Alexander-Clarke

Marsia Alexander-Clarke was born and raised in Valparaiso, Chile, and came to the United States in 1952. She received her B.A. from Park College in 1962, after which she traveled to New York City to further her studies in art. In 1970 she came to California where she further developed her painting. In the late 1980’s, she attended video art workshops at the Pasadena Community Access Corporation in Pasadena, California. Since then she has worked with video as her primary medium. In 2001, she received an Individual Artist Grant from the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division for her choral video installation, 6 in 1 to 64 CHOIR, which was exhibited at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California. In 2018 she became a Fellow in Film-Video from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundations.


Architectural Forms

Triangular sculptures made of desaturated yellow-colored paper and tape.

1981

Paper, Cardboard, and Tape

24 x 12 x 24 in.

Gift of the Artist

 

Desert Piece (Reflector 4)

Rectangular sculptures made of desaturated yellow-colored paper, mesh, and tape.

1978

Paper, Cardboard, and Tape

24 x 6 x 24 in.

Gift of the Artist