Pepe Mar

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Pepe Mar
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Pepe Mar lives and works in Miami, Florida. His vibrant and intricate work, often exploring themes of myth and magic, is included in major collections and has been widely exhibited.

Mar received his BFA from California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, and his MFA from Florida International University. He participated in the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2011).

Upcoming exhibitions include an artist-curated project at the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH; The Atrium Project: 10 Years and 10 Stories at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; and Something Borrowed, Something New at the Sarasota Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include a 15-year career survey Myth and Magic at Tampa Museum of Art (2023-2024); Rising Sun at the Kemper Museum (2022-2023); Magic Vessel at Everson Museum of Art (2023); Pepe Mar at Baker Museum of Art (2023-2024); Tesoro: Pepe Marʼs Love Letter to the Frost at Frost Art Museum in Miami (2020-2022); and Dragonfruit at the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh (2019-2020).

Mar’s work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, High Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Perez Art Museum, Kemper Museum, and Tampa Museum, among others. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, ARTnews, Art in America, The Art Newspaper, BOMB Magazine, Burnaway and Panorama.