Marla McLean, Artist
Materials, Meaning, Metaphor

Art Studio

Purple Line Studios (formerly known as  Passageways Artists Studios), Riverdale MD 2010-present 

 Art Exhibitions

             *Juried exhibition   **Invitational

2024

Let This World be Beautiful*, Teaching Artists in reflection of Alma Thomas, MLK Library, Washington, DC

Artomatic, an artist community takeover,  Atelier #504B, 2100 M St NW, Washington, DC

2023

Pivotal, an Exploration of Art & Activism*, Montpelier Art Gallery, Laurel, MD

Our Voices Carry Weight*, Bohrer Park Gallery, Gaitherburg, Maryland

More Than Essential**, Charles Sumner Museum,Washington, DC

2022

What is Ours?*, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD

Songs that Make Us Move*, Friendship Heights Community Center, Chevy Chase,MD​

Decades Ahead: Visions of the Future*, Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park, Maryland

Hill Center Galleries*, Regional Exhibition,Washington DC

Imagine Hope Art Project*, Center for Hope , permanent Collection, Baltimore MD

 Pull Up a Chair**, Faunteroy Community Center, Washington, DC

2021​

Changing the World: Women Role Models*, A national exhibit of WCA, Virtual Exhibition

Symbiotic Presence, * Brentwood ArtExchange, Brentwood, MD

Touch*, Regional ArtExhibit, Strathmore Center for the Arts, Rockville,MD

2020​

She-An Expression of Womanhood,* Annemarie Sculpture Gardenand Art Center Solomons, MD

Why I Vote,*Bohrer PartCenter Gallery, Gaitherburg, MD 

See My Color, An Exhibition of Art for Social Justice*a virtual artexhibit, Womens Caucus of Art of Greater Washington

2019​​

Leonardo- When ArtsReach the Sky*, Contemporary Artworks that Reflect Leonardo'sLegacy, Italian Cultural Center of Maryland, BWI Airport, ConcourseGallery, Baltimore, MD

2018​​

Artiste Feminine**, Artists, Healers, Activists, Busboys and Poets, Takoma Park,Maryland and  Washington, DC

​​                     Coterie**, 39thStreet Gallery/Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD

​​                     Nature Inspired**, Marlboro Gallery, Largo, MD

​                     Maternal Journal, limited edition zine, featured artworks,Washington, DC

                     ELIXIR: Artists Respond toMaking and Healing,* Joan Hisoaka ArtGallery, Washington,DC

2017​​

Fridaen Nosotros, Art works inspired byFrida Kahlo**, Cuba Cuba Gallery & Café, Washington,DC

Artin the Age of Injustice*, DaVinci Art Alliance, The Women’s Caucus for Art(WCA), Philadelphia, PA

​​                  Art of Engagement*, Touchstone Gallery,Washington, DC​​

2016​​

Altered States of Collage*, Collage Artists of America National Open2016*, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA

Art as Politics, Touchstone Gallery,* Washington,DC

​​                  JURIED_01: An Exhibition of Select Artworks,* Holein the Sky, Washington, DC

​​                  Teacher as Artist: Symbols of the Creative Classroom, *Pyramid Atlantic ArtCenter, 

​​                  Silver Spring, MD

2015

Process and Purpose: Visual Reflections of Art Teachers,*Pyramid Atlantic ArtCenter, Silver Spring, MD

​​                     Implicit Bias: Seeing the Other, Seeing Our Self,* Busboys and Poets,Washington, DC

2014​

                  Through Their Eyes,**  Gallery 13, Fabrica deAurora, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

                  By Invitation,** City Hall Gallery, Bowie,MD

​                  Mermaids and Seahorses*, Shoe Factory ArtCo-op, Rochester, NY

​​                  Prince George‘s Sampler*, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood,MD

​​                  Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art*, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 

​​                  Winchester, VA

2013​

Elements in Balance,* Annemarie Sculpture Gardenand Art Center Solomons, MD

​                  The Artists of Passageways Studios,** City Hall Gallery, Bowie,MD

​                  White Walls,** Corcoran College of Art& Design, Washington, DC

​                  Passageways,** 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD

​                  Las Hermanas Siete,**  Gallery 13, Fabrica deAurora, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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2012

​​Blue Bottle Saints Exhibition,** Bowie MarylandCity Hall Gallery, Bowie, MD

​​                  NYU/Venice Celebrating Thirty Years,* Exhibition Publication

​​                  Dia delos Muertos: The Art of Remembrance,* Target Gallery- Torpedo Factory, 

​​                  Alexandria, VA

2011​​

About Face: Stories In Portaits,* Annemarie Sculpture Gardenand Art Center, Solomons, MD

​​                  Chain Mail,** Samson Project,Boston, MA

​​                  Cornucopia,* Capitol Arts Network at Washington School for Photography Gallery, Bethesda,MD

2010​​

Hard Times Require Furious Dancing,*  Bus Boys & Poets, juried exhibition,Washington, DC

​​                      ReCreate: The Art of the Recycled,* McMahon-Tubman Gallery at Center for Green Urbanism,Washington, DC

​​                      Greenspiration,* Workhouse ArtCenter, Gallery 16, Lorton, VA

​​                      Native Landscapes of theMaryland Eastern Shore* [Jurors Award fromCarla Massoni(Massoni Gallery)], Adkins Arboretum Gallery,Ridgley, MD

2009​​

Finding Beauty InA Broken World:In The Spirit of Frida Kahlo,* [Honrable Mention] juried by Lennox Campello,The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center,Washington, DC

​​                      My Island,** City of Greenbelt Art Gallery,AIR Show, Greenbelt, MD Landfillart ** (an artist reclamation project): an international effort encompassing 1,041artists to claim rusted metal garbage

2008

​​It’s Not Easy (a SocialEnvironmental Aesthetics Exhibition)**, Exit Art, New York, NY

​​                      CHINOISERIEand other follies*, The Thomas HunterProject Space at Hunter College, NY,NY

​​                      In Home, In Response**, AbellAvenue Gallery, Baltimore, MD