Photo by Sean Kent
Maris Van Vlack (b. 2002, Boston, MA) is an interdisciplinary artist working with weaving, knitting, and paint. She received a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2023 and is currently a M.F.A. candidate at Columbia University.
Maris has exhibited in the USA and Europe, including shows at the U. S. Capitol Building (Washington, D.C.), NADA (New York, NY), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (Reykjavík, Iceland), and FOG Art Fair (San Francisco, CA). She has exhibited solo shows at Superhouse (New York, NY), Bromfield Gallery (Boston, MA), Gallery 263 (Cambridge, MA), and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI). Maris is a recipient of the Kennedy Center’s VSA Emerging Artist Award, the St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award, and the RISD Textile Department Award for Innovation in the Textiles Field. Her work has been published by the Boston Globe, Interior Design Magazine, Google Arts & Culture, Dwell Magazine, Miami Living Weekly, and Warp + Weft Magazine. Her work has been acquired by the RISD Museum (Providence, RI).
Email: marisrvanvlack@gmail.com