MARIEL PAAT

Visual Artist

San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

2014   San Francisco State University, Bachelors in Art History and Studio Art, emphasis in painting 

2012-13 Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy 

EXHIBITIONS

2025

Root Division’s Annual Art Auction, participating artist, San Francisco, CA

With Love, Sentro Filipino, San Francisco, CA

Window Gallery, Sentro Filipino, San Francisco, CA

Infinite Exchange, curated by Kim Acebo Arteche, KSW, San Francisco, CA

Brown Palms Yellow Balms, curated by O.M. France, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA 

2024

New Works, Root Division, curated by Vanessa Perez Winder, San Francisco, CA 

Agimat, James Kaneko Gallery, curated by Franceska Games, NikiToney, and Nikki Abeleda, Sacramento, CA 

Root Division’s Annual Art Auction, participating artist, San Francisco, CA

RD Studio Fellows 2024-2025, Root Division’s Frank-Ratchye Project Space, San Francisco, CA

Longing For Attachment,  curated by Bushra Gill, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA

Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA

2023

De Young Open, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Ăn Chơi, Eat and Play, Chopsticks Alley Art, San Jose, CA

Jade Wave Rising Portraits of Power, curated by Yeu “Q” Nguyen, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

2020

Kapwa,curated by Franceska Gamez, 1810 Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2019

APATURE Visual Arts Showcase: Declare, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

Live Painting Session, Undiscovered SF: Filipino Night Market, San Francisco, CA

Holiday Art Market Participant, Undiscovered SF, San Francisco, CA

2018

APATURE Visual Arts Showcase: RE:Place, Kearny Street Workshop,  San Francisco, CA

2013

9th Florence Biennale, Ethics: DNA of Art,  Director Rolando Bellini and curator Lilia Lamas, Florence, Italy

CSU Firenze Group Show, Mondi Paralleli, curated by Marsha Steinberg, Florence, Italy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025 YBCA Teaching Artist Assistant, San Francisco, CA

Humming With Life, mural restoration assistant, San Francisco, CA

Asian Pacific American Visual Artists Lab (AVA lab), Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

2024-2025 Instructor, Root Division

2024 Ang Lipi ni Lapulapu, mural restoration assistant, San Francisco, CA

2018 APATURE General Planning Committee, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

2016 Family Programs Intern, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2016-2025 K-8 Art Teacher, San Francisco Schoolhouse, San Francisco, CA

2015 Public Programs Intern, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Publications 

2022 Liwanag Volume 3, Bay Area Filipino arts anthology

2019 So She Slays, blog feature 

Awards/Fellowships/Commissions

2024-2025 Filipinx Teaching Artist Fellowship, Root Division,San Francisco, CA

2023 API Artists Futures Fund recipient, through the Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco

2021 Mural commission, San Francisco Schoolhouse