Marna Shopoff
new paintingsOnline Exclusive Exhibition Series - Winter 2026
January 1 – March 31, 2026
Pull Quote
Through abstraction, shape, color, and scale I render a refracted visual reality, allowing color’s role to come to the fore.
Biography
M A R N A S H O P O F F | | | @marnashopoff
[lives & works – Indianapolis, IN ::: b.1978, Fort Wayne, IN]
Marna Shopoff is a United States based Visual Artist with an emphasis on abstract painting and intuitive drawing. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Master of Fine Arts degree from Herron School of Art & Design, where she has taught as an associate faculty in the Foundations and Drawing programs. Marna has led panel discussions on abstract learning and haptic drawing at the Foundations in Art Theory and Education Conference (US) and the International Drawing and Cognition Symposium (UK).
She is the recipient of various honors and awards including The Billboard Creative (CA), The Individual Artist Award (Indiana Arts Commission), and The Stutz Resident Artist Award (IN). Marna has taken part in exhibitions and artist residencies both locally and internationally, has been included in multiple print circulations, and has participated in art fairs including PULSE New York (NY), the Miami Project (FL), and VOLTA12 Basel (Switzerland).
Artist Statement
Some colors we keep with us – they define our memories and influence our perception. That fabric swatch. That afternoon light. Or maybe that green which was never really there, perfectly encapsulates how we felt the first time we walked through that door or looked through that window.
To me, life is fragmented and layered, a mosaic of experiences interwoven with reflection and intuition: the places we visit, the homes we live in, the environments we explore – each overlapping and influencing one another. Through abstraction, shape, color, and scale I render a refracted visual reality, allowing color’s role to come to the fore.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2014 MFA, Painting and Drawing, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, IN
2012 BFA, Painting, Art History Minor, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, IN
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2016 Leveld Art Centre, Leveld Kunstnartun, Norway
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 Teton ArtLab, Jackson, WY
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014-2015 Stutz Artist-in-Residence, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Spring Green, WI
2013 International School of Painting Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2011 OxBow School for The Arts, Saugatuck, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Online Exclusive, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Dynamic Abstractions, 650 California St, San Francisco, CA, Hosted by Pamela Walsh Gallery
2020 Chroma, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 Premiére Couche, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Shades of Grey, Harrison Center for The Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Layered, Indianapolis International Airport, Main Ticket Hall Showcase, IN
Color Correction, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Shifting Perspectives, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
Wherever and Ever, The Rose Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2015 Untitled, Frost Todd Brown, 19th Floor, Indianapolis, IN
Usual Places Unusual Spaces, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 Searching the Imaginary, Harrison Center for The Arts, Indianapolis, IN
Gray Area, WellConnect, Columbus, IN
2012 Structured Essence, wUG, LAKU’s Studio and Garage, Indianapois, IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Edington Gallery, Group Exhibtion, Indianapolis, IN
2024 4th Anniversary, Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
/ab.strak(t)/, ART FLUENT, Online Group Exhibition, Boston, MA
Katharine B. Sutphin Invitational, Harrison Center for The Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Strokes of Light, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
Katharine B. Sutphin Invitational, Harrison Centre for The Arts, Indianapolis, IN
Of Integration, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
2022 MOOD, International Juried Exhibition, ART FLUENT, Boston, MA
Contemporary Color, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Online Exhibition, NY
2021 Emotional Abstractions, 8-Bridges Online Gallery, Pamela Walsh Gallery, CA
2020 Inspiration in Isolation, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hindsight: 2020 in 20/20, Pamela Walsh Gallery, CA
Personal Space, Virtual Exhibition, Art Strategies, MARKETPLACE, Indianapolis, IN
Join Hands Collection, Virtual Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2019 California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
GRAND: The Significance of Scale, Pamela Walsh Gallery, CA
2016 Exchange, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin and Leipzig, Germany
2015 iMOCA at ESL Spectrum, Indianapolis, IN
Hoosier Salon vs iMOCA, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, The Murphy, IN
Finders Keepers, Geocaching Scavenger Hunt Exhibition, iMOCA, Indianapolis, IN
COLLECTIONS
Anne Matta, California
Brown Legacy Group, Indianapolis, IN
First Financial Bank, Indianapolis, IN
Fishman, Haygood Collection, Baton Rouge, LA
Indiana University, Indianapolis Campus Center
Insight Global, Indianapolis Office, Coterie
MDRG Corporate Collection, New Orleans, LA
Moser Consulting, Indianapolis, IN
Ralph and Susan Brennan, New Orleans, LA
Raymond James | Reams Asset Management
