maramenahan@gmail.com

Education:
2024 MFA Rhode Island School of Design  
2015 BA Environmental Studies, BS Geography, University of Montana 

Select Exhibitions:
2025     Bloedel Reserve: 10 Years of Creative Residencies, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
2024     Graduate Thesis Show, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
2024     Arriving at the Exit, group show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2024     Viewing Velocities, group show, Ladd Observatory, Providence, RI
2023     Grounded and Connected, group show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2023     Slow walk for you (while the planet spins), performance at Tillinghast Marsh, Barrington, RI  
2023     Show Don’t Tell, group show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2022     ABSURD DINNER PARTY, performance with Claire Alrich, Brookland home, Washington, D.C.  
2021     Landscape Portraits: Color Studies from Southeast Alaska, solo show, Rhizome, Washington, D.C.
2021     Fieldwork, group show, Dance Place, Washington D.C., Online 
2017     Landscape Drawings, solo show, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA
2017     SHED SHOW, group show and performances, Bathtub Republic, Washington D.C.
2016     Fieldwork, group show, Dance Place, Washington, D.C.

Select Clients:
United States Botanic Garden
Golden Triangle Business District
Wild Confluence Media
Bikepacking.com
Montana Audubon

Teaching Experience:
Wild Rockies Field Institute
Rhode Island School of Design 
Wilderness Institute, University of Montana

Workshops:
Brown University
Rhode Island School of Design
Wilderness Leadership Experience for Rhodes Scholars, Patagonia, Chile
RISD Museum
United States Botanic Garden
Tenekee Springs Public Library
Bainbridge Artisan Network

Residencies:
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Salmon House Creative Residency, Tenekee Springs, Alaska
Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, Washington

Honors:
RISD Fellowship, funding for 2 year MFA degree  
Bunyan Velo Expedition Fund Grant 2,000 mi cycling/botanical illustration project, Baja California, Mexico
Botanical Artists for Environment and Education Individual Grant, U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.
Truman Scholar, National congressional scholarship for graduate school
Udall Scholar, National congressional scholarship