Marian Macaranas (b.1995) is an artist based in Queensland, Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University. Her art practice is driven by curiosity and working intuitively. She is deeply intrigued about exploring introspection, healing and associations and emotional responses to colour, energy, music, surroundings and experiences. She is greatly passionate about the meditative, playful and experimental process of making. She works with an extensive range of mediums including cross stitching, abstract mark making, photography, sculpture and wearable art.

 


Selected Exhibitions

2025
Abstraction, Kaye West Studios, Camp Hill, Brisbane, group exhibition 18 March - 6 April

2024
Ipswich Art Awards, Ipswich Council Building, November
Foot Square, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, November

2016
Flow, Collaborative art exhibition with Lauren Macaranas, Secret Identity Comics, Brisbane, 16 January

2015
Why Jewellery?, Hong Kong Baptist University, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, May,
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Webb Gallery, September

2014
X2, Second year Jewellery and Small Objects group exhibition, Contemporary Artisan's Collective Gallery, Windsor, 24 November


Awards

2015
Academic Excellence Award, QCA, Griffith University

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Award - Jewellery and Small Objects, QCA, Griffith University

Outstanding Installation - Lorraine Larter Award, Jewellery and Small Objects Industry Night, QCA,
Griffith University


Interviews

2016
Brisbane Artist Series: Marian Macaranas, Cult GC blog, 4 January