MARNE LUCAS
BORN: 1968 Honolulu, Hawaii 

SELECT ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 ‘Maternal/Eternal : Materna Eterna’ with sound installation by Dr. Lena Ortega Atristain (CDMX), location TBA, Portland, OR.
2024 ‘Bardo ∞ Project: Oregon’ Portland Arts Collective, Oregon.
2024 ‘Quietus Echo’ Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, Oregon.
2021 ‘Quietus’, Kente Royal Gallery, New York. Presenting solo work, and Bardo ∞ Project collaborator Manuel Pecina’s ‘Deidades’.
2018 ‘Bardo ∞ Project’, Rio II Gallery, Broadway Housing Communities, New York. Premiere exhibition of photography and sculpture.
2013 ‘Incident Energy’ Multi-channel infrared video installation, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Makers in Place: Kohler Celebrates 50 Years of Arts/Industry, Miami Art Week. Sculpture.
2024-2025 ‘Lunch Break: Arts/Industry in Between’ June 29 2024 - May 4, 2025. Celebrating the exchange between artist and associate through artwork made in the factory. Sculpture.
2024 ‘A Racket of Banshees: An Evening of Contemporary Feminist Video’ Association of Hysteric Curators, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Chthonic Fatigue Syndrome” IRT video.
2024 ‘Vote or Suck!’ curated by Guy Overfelt, 4 Oceans One Family gallery, Portland, OR.
2024 ‘Elegy to a Cell’, curated by Mireille Bourgeois, IOTA Institute, School of Creative Arts at The University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. ‘Transmundane series’.
2024 ‘Bureau of Queer Art - The Pink Tide’, Dama Gallery, Ventura, CA. Curated by Micheal Swank.
2024-2025 ‘MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction!’, Mechanical Hall, University of Delaware, MD. Curated by Amanda Zehnder, Maisie Mc Niece, Patsy Craig, and Jon A Cox.
2024 'I Will Always Love You' Every Woman Biennial, La Mama Galleria, NY.
2023 ‘A Very Queer Thing’ Well Well Projects, Portland, Oregon, curated by Dr. Jessi DiTillio.
2023 ‘SPACORE’, Co-Prosperity Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, curated by Rudolf Lingens + Serena JV Elston.
2023 ‘Women in the Heights- Rio II Gallery, NoMAA, New York. Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
2022 ‘Synthetic Becoming’ group exhibition, FaVU Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, curated by Lenka Vesela.
2022 'Glimpses - We are what we see' Exhibition, London, U.K., curated by Auronda Scalera & Lidia Ravviso.
2022 ‘Don’t Say Gay’, Royal Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by David Gorman & Jason Lewis.
2022 ‘Kipaipai Alumni Group Exhibition’, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA.
2022 ‘Memories of Tomorrow’s Sunrise’, CAL STATE L.A. Curated by Vojislav Radovanovic & Jason Jenn, with Mika Cho.
2022 'The Mediated Body' group exhibition, Oregon Contemporary, curated by Ben Buswell.
2021 ‘My Body, My Truth’, group exhibition, Association for Hysteric Curators, Dog & Pony Art Space, Spokane, WA.
2021 ‘Everywoman Biennial NFT’ group exhibition. Superchief Gallery NFT, New York, NY.
2021 ‘Madre’ exhibition Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California. Infrared video and photography.
2021 ‘SE(h)ER’ virtual group exhibition of female-identifying artists, Seer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2020 ‘Video Art Today’ Shoebox Projects online exhibition, ‘Haute Flash’ infrared video. Los Angeles, CA.
2020 ‘Queer Futures’ a public art group exhibition, Save Art Space, solo artist billboard in Los Angeles, CA.
2020 "Brand 48" group exhibition curated by Dan Cleary, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.
2020 'Collaborate and Create' group exhibition of 40 Kipaipai Workshop artists, MOAH Lancaster, CA.
2020 ‘Us’ an online exhibition curated by Savannah Spirit, hosted online by Undercurrent Projects at Artsy.com
2020 ‘Women in the Heights- Rio II Gallery, NoMAA, New York. Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
2020 ‘Com(Post), Faculty of Fine Arts Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Marta De Menenzes/Cultivamos Cultura 'Haute Flash' infrared video, thermal photography.
2020 'What She Said-Living in Dystopia', Association of Hysteric Curators, ace/121 Gallery, Los Angeles.
2020 ‘Palimpsest’, Municipal Museum of Penafiel, Portugal. Curated by Maria Manuela Lopez. 
2019 ‘Other Suns’ science fiction exhibition curated by Erin Coates & Jack Sargeant, Fremantle Art Centre, Australia, in collaboration with Revelation Perth International Film Festival. ‘Incident Energy’ 4 channel video.
2019 #18 ART ‘Of  The Admirable Order of Things: Art, Emotion and Technology’, October 17-19, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. 'Deep See: Thermography As Art Form' black & white infrared photos and color photography, video.
2019 CoSM Women’s Visionary Film Festival- ‘Haute Flash- official selection. Curated by Lindsay Kent.
2019 Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival, ‘Haute Flash- An Infrared Ode to Menopause’ official selection.
2018 - 2019 Transitional States: Hormones at the Crossroads of Art and Science, video exhibition series. ‘Haute Flash’ infrared short film. Space Plus, Lincoln, UK, Peltz Gallery, London UK, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain and Sala Borsa, Bologna, Italy.
2018 ‘Re:Imagine End-of-Life, a citywide conference on death and dying, curated by Andrew Ingall. 
2018 ‘Then She Did’ Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY. Curated by Melissa McCaig-Wells and Lori Zimmer. Infrared photos.
2018 ‘Women in the Heights- Resistance’ Rio II Gallery, NoMAA, NYC. Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
2018 ‘One Year of Resistance’, UntitledSpace, New York, NY. Curated by Indira Cesarine. Infrared video collage.
2018 ‘Onward’ group exhibition curated by Jamie Sterns, Wide Open Arts, Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
2017 ‘New York Short Film Festival’, Presented- ‘Haute Flash’ experimental infrared video on menopause.
2017 ‘Doomtown’ group show curated by Kristan Kennedy. PICA, Portland, OR. Vitreous porcelain/infrared photos.
2017 ‘Good Mourning Tis of Thee’, Co-Lab Projects, curated by Alyssa Taylor Wendt, Austin, TX. Photography, Infrared photography, death doula and art docent performances.
2017 ‘Body Esc’ Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science, Interdisciplinary Conference, Ionian University.
2010 Portland2010 Biennial, curated by Cris Moss. Marne Lucas & Bruce Conkle, ‘Warlord Sun King’ Eco Baroque installation.

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2025 Playa Summerlake artist residency, Summerlake, Oregon.
2024 Arts3C grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR. ‘Bardo Project: Oregon’.
2022 Creative Engagement Grant, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Corp. via the LMCC, New York, ‘Universe Within’.
2021 Creative Engagement Grant, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Corp. via the LMCC, New York, ‘Quietus’.
2018 Creative Engagement Grant, UMEZ Corp. via the LMCC, New York, the Bardo ∞ Project.
2018 ‘Re:Imagine Grant, citywide conference on death and dying, curated by Andrew Ingall. 
2016 Arts/Industry, John Michael Kohler Artist Residency, Foundry (2 months) and Pottery Divisions (2 months). Kohler, WI.
2013 RACC Project Grant ‘Incident Energy’ thermal infrared video installation with Jacob Pander, Key Collaborator.
2012 360• Land Art Biennial Mongolia, Ikh Gazriin Chuluu Dund Gobi Desert, Mongolia. With Bruce Conkle as Eco-Baroque.
2009 PSU Public Art + Residency Project: Percent for Art in Public Places', Portland, OR. With Bruce Conkle. Sculpture.
2008 RACC Project Grant ‘Warlord Sun King: The Genesis of Eco-Baroque’. Portland, OR. With Bruce Conkle as Eco-Baroque.
2006 Caldera Arts Residency. With Bruce Conkle, wrote and developed a historical puppet show.

LECTURES/RELATED EXPERIENCE
2025 Bardo Project Remembrance Workshop, location TBA, as part of ‘Our Fairview…’ by Bruce Burris and Jill Baker, a Creative Heights Initiative awarded project.
2024 Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver Washington. Guest artist talk by Marne Lucas.
2024 ‘SPACORE Publication Release’ Chicago, Illinois, curated by Rudolf Lingens + Serena JV Elston. Guest artist talk by Marne Lucas.
2024 Lucas, Marne, High, Kathy, Schaffer, Guy (2024, June 23-29). “Body as Waste/Death Culture”. “HRT ( ^ ) IRT: ”Papers to be presented at the Fifth International Conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology, Windsor, Ontario, CA.
2024 ‘Talk Back, Memento Mori’, Hand2Mouth Theatre, Portland, OR. Deathcare workers panel discussion.
2023 Lifelong Artists: Living Your Legacy, Seattle, WA. Workshop with Sarah Kavage, Marne Lucas, Laura Sullivan Cassidy, and Nichole Dement.
2022 Kipaipai Professional Artist Development Workshop, organized by Andi Campognone, Mill Valley, CA.
2021 Bardo ∞ Project - Manuel Pecina documentary short film by Jean Chapiro, 2021.
2020 "Deep See: Thermography as an Art Form", presented at ‘Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science’ academic conference at tge University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria, online.
2019 Kipaipai Professional Artist Development Workshop, organized by Andi Campognone, Rennslaerville, NY.
2019 ‘FEMeeting – Women in Art, Science and Technology’ conference. Paper presented at the Third International Conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology, Lisbon, and Milfontes, Portugal.
2019 ‘Oregon Film History Conference’- presentation on animator Bill Plympton and Marne Lucas.
2018 ‘Celebrating Life Cycles’ collage workshop, Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano, New York.
2018 ‘Re:Imagine End-of-Life New York, ‘We Can Die Better’ panel discussion, artist talk.
December 2017 -February 2020 URAM Board Member, Consumer Representative, Medical/Dental The Nest, and Chair, Program and Quality Committee, Harlem United.
2014-2015 Advisory Board Member, OUTsider Film & Arts Festival, LGBTQIA non-profit, Austin, TX.

PUBLICATIONS
2024 American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying, Vol. 1, Issue 2, December 2024. ‘Soul Dummies’.
2024 ‘Bardo Project’ review by Laurel Reed Pavic, Oregon ArtsWatch, online.
2024 ‘SPACORE’ magazine edited by Rudolf Lingens + Serena JV Elston. Chicago, Illinois. ‘Death’ pages 29-32, video stills and interview with artist and death doula Marne Lucas.
2024 ‘The Bureau of Queer Art: Volume 4, Pink Tide’. edited by Micheal Swank, Art Gallery Studios: CDMX & Cuernavaca.
2022 “HRT (^) IRT: Hormone Replacement Therapy reimagined via Infrared Thermography”, Marne Lucas. “Synthetic Becoming”, book, edited by Lenka Veselá, 288 pages, soft cover, published by K.Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-947858-37-8.
2021 To Explore Mortality & the Legacy An Artist Leaves Behind, Afinelyne. Gotham to Go, online.
2020 “Bringing Peace and Comfort to the Dying”, interview by Khaya Himmelman, CircleAround, Girl Scouts.
2019 "Blame the Algorithm" Der Greif 12 (Broomberg & Chanarin), color, 100 pages, ISSN: 2191-4524.
2019 “Marne Lucas: A Pioneer in Infrared Experimental Art”, Labocine Magazine, interview by Nathalie Launder.
2019 “The Art of Dying- Death Doula Marne Lucas is Changing Our End-of-Life Aesthetics” by Sarah Wambold. Bitch Media, March 17, 2019.
2019 “Dancing Across Genres, Medium Serving Message” by Richard Speer, Visual Art Source, April 5.
2018 Transitional States: Hormones at the Crossroads of Art & Science, catalog, color, 85 pages. U of Lincoln, U.K.
2018 "TTT Proceedings of 2017 conference. Essay on infrared video art. Ionian University - Department of Audio Visual Arts, ISBN: 978-960-7260-60-4 
2017 ‘Good Mourning Tis of Thee’ Catalog. Essays by Morgan Meis and co-curator Alyssa Taylor Wendt. Full-color, 160 pages. Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX. 
2017 “Walking on Lava: Selected Works for Uncivilized Times” Chelsea Green Press, ‘Incident Energy’ infrared video still. ISBN 978-1-60358-741-9, black & white.

PODCASTS/RADIO
‘Bardo Project Oregon’ interview with Marne Lucas, by Joseph Galllivan, KBOO Radio, Portland, OR. October 8, 2024.
Podcast: Marne Lucas on the Art of Legacy and Being an End-of-Life Doula, MediaSanctuary by Veronica Maroulis.
Podcast: Episode #109 Marne Lucas, I Love You Anyway (formerly Outspoken) by Justin White.
Podcast: Marne Lucas Helps Artists Cement Their Legacy, Grief, Gratitude, and Greatness by Sarah Shaoul.

PERFORMANCE
2017 ‘Good Mourning Tis of Thee’, Co-Lab Projects, curated by Alyssa Taylor Wendt, Austin, TX. Death doula performance with Marnie Castor and a solo durational art docent performance.

CURATORIAL
2005 -2006 V-Gun, monthly exhibitions curated by Marne Lucas and Bruce Conkle. Portland, Oregon.
2005 ‘Danzine Retrospective’ CUNY Gallery, New York, Co-curator with Teresa Dulce. As part of ‘At The Mercy of Others: The Politics of Caregiving’ organized by ‘2005-2006 Whitney Museum Fellows: Sarah Lookofsky, ‎Sasha Archibald, Elena Sorokina, and Cira Pascual Marquina.
2000 ‘2nd Sex by Sex Worker Film + Video Festival’, Portland, Oregon, Co-Curator with Teresa Dulce. Guest of honor Carol Leigh.
1998 ‘1st annual Sex by Sex Worker Film + Video Festival’, Portland, Oregon, Co-Curator with Teresa Dulce. Guest of honor Sharon Mitchell.

COLLECTIONS
2024 Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Jane Beebe Collection, Salem, OR. Color photographic portraits of Oregon artists Storm Tharp, and Molly Vidor.
2023 Public Art Collection of Portland, The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), in partnership with the City of Portland, OR. “Henk Pander, Studio” (2006) color photograph, and “Walle, Breakdancer” (2022) black and white IRT photograph.
2016 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI. ‘Bardo: Chris Brunkhart’s Portrait’ ‘Hand Holding Camera’.
2016 Kohler Company, Kohler WI. ‘Memorial Birdbath, honoring Candace Vidala’ Cast iron, brass, PVD, enamel.
2012 National Mongolian Modern Art Museum, permanent collection. ‘Crystal Rainbow’ sculpture by Lucas and Conkle.
2010 Portland Art Museum, Terry Toedtemeier Memorial Gifts, ‘MLSP posing for Henk Pander’ color self portrait photograph.
2010 Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Public Art + Residency Projects: State of Oregon Percent for Art Program' permanent collection. ‘Time, Space, Tuition, Differential’ sculpture in lobby entrance, sculpture by Lucas & Conkle.

EDUCATION 
Exhibiting self-taught artist since 1995.
2016 End of Life Doula training under Henry Fersko Weiss, International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA).
2016-2024 Private practice End of Life Doula.
2019-2020 end-of-life doula volunteer, Parker Jewish Institute, Queens, NY.
2016-2024 member, International End of Life Doula Association.