Marissa Alper is a photo based artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. Subverting the male gaze, her personal work explores love in relation to loss, intergenerational trauma, and her experience reconciling with the liminality that encompasses every stage of life. Please reach out about commissions and any other inquiries.
EDUCATION
2019 • Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Photography
SELECT WORK EXPERIENCE
2019-2020
2019-2020
2019-2020
2018-2019
Marketing & Communications Intern, MoMA PS1
Photojournalist, The Rubia Group for Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project
Photography & Videography Intern, Chashama
Photography Assistant, Patterson Lawson for The Alzheimer's Association
SELECT FREELANCE
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
Humble Arts Foundation: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors and Their Grandchildren
Curated By Girls, Marissa Alper
Soft Lighting Vol. 1
Find Rangers Camera Club, Issue 17
Lomography, Marissa Alper Reclaiming Space
Cowhouse studios Community Update
Yogurt Magazine, Desirable Body
The Ladies Network, 5 Photographers to Watch
C-41 Magazine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2017
2017
Calamity: Examining the Holocaust,
Berry College Moon Gallery, GA
Moments of Intimacy, The Mast, GA
Summer Solstice, Candela Gallery, VA
3511 P ST, Capital One Media Gallery, VA
Home Sweet Home, The Anderson Gallery, VA
67, GlogauAIR Gallery, Germany
Ambiguously Yours, The HofGarden, VA
Year In Reverse, Humble Arts Foundation, NY
Lil Snoot, Valet Gallery, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
2018
Butterfly, Cherry Gallery, VA
Last Home, The Anderson Gallery, VA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2018
GlogauAIR, Berlin Germany
