MARCELLA COLAVECCHIO
Visual Artist | Austin, TX | Italian-American, B. 1987
Solo exhibitions
2025 | High Voltage, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
2022 | Marcella Colavecchio: A Retrospective, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
2021 | Take Up Space, The Clever Tiger, Elgin, TX
2021 | Censored, Roaring Artist Gallery, Houston, TX
2019 | Irreversible Psychosis, Contracommon Gallery, Bee Cave, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 | BLUR, Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX
2026 | Uncensored, The Conroy Gallery, Austin, TX
2026 | Ten, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
2026 | Sorry, Mom, It’s Not a Phase, The Conroy Gallery, Austin, TX
2025 | End of an Era, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
2024 | Kismet, Independent exhibition, Austin, TX
2024 | Lacuna Vite, Mothership Studios, San Marcos, TX
2024 | Of Love, Pins, and Needles, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
2024 | Portraits of Power, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
2023 | This Is a Group Show, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
2023 | Strike the Match, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
2023 | Femme, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
2022 | Oh!Este, La Peña Gallery, Austin, TX
2022 | Hands Off My Cuntry, Undercurrent Projects / Artsy, Online
2022 | The Body Is a Wonderland, The Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX
2021 | Major Figures, Saatchi Art, Online
2021 | Provocateurs, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, TX
2021 | This Is Now, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, TX
2020 | WHO ARE YOU?, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2019 | Heatwave, Contracommon Gallery, Bee Cave, TX
2019 | Primer, Contracommon Gallery, Bee Cave, TX
JURIED EXHIBITION RECOGNITION
2025 | Finalist, Roots and Revival, The Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX
2020 | Finalist, 24th Annual No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2018 Artist in Residence, Contracommon Art Organization, Bee Cave, TX — Developed work that culminated in
Irreversible Psychosis (2019), first solo exhibition in Texas.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2026–Present | Art Instructor, Feats of Clay Pottery Studio, Austin, TX — Printmaking, figure drawing, and portrait
drawing.
EDUCATION
2009 | Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business & Technology, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
2005 | Human Anatomy and Classical Figure Drawing, Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT — Studied under
Deane G. Keller
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2024 | Too Long Lulled By Myths, The Western Art World Begins To Stir, Avant-Garde Lawyers
2023 | Provocative Pop-Up Show Transforms Montrose Gallery for Two Weeks, Houston CityBook
2021 | Be Cause, Almost Real Things, Issue 21
2021 | THIS IS NOW Exhibition at West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin Monthly
2021 | Meet Marcella Colavecchio | Contemporary Figurative Artist, ShoutoutDFW
2020 | Marcella Colavecchio’s Paintings Challenge Expectations of the Female Form, Almost Real Things, Issue 18
2020 | Am I Just a Product of My Culture, My Experiences, and My Sex?, Split Lip Magazine
2020 | Life & Work with Marcella Colavecchio, VoyageDallas
2020 | Art of Austin, Artist Feature
2019 | The Raw Art Review: A Journal of Storm and Urge, Publication
ARTIST INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS
2025 | Creative Money ATX, Marcella Colavecchio | Figure Painting
2022 | Pure to Pieces, Artist Talk with Marcella Colavecchio
2021 | ATX Artist Social, Interview with Marcella Colavecchio
SELECTED STUDIO TOURS
2025 | Austin Studio Tour, Almost Real Things Studio & Gallery, Austin, TX
2024 | Austin Studio Tour, 2324 EAST Collective, Austin, TX
2023 | Austin Studio Tour, Good Dad Studios, Austin, TX
2022 | Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Art Studios, Austin, TX
2021 | Austin Studio Tour, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
SELECTED GALLERY RELATIONSHIPS
Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX | The Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX | The Cathedral, Austin, TX | Fort Works
Art, Fort Worth, TX