June Guest Artist Marna Bell

Marna Bell is an award-winning American photographer whose work centers around

nostalgia and reclaiming memories through parallels of light and shadow. Bell's images

represent semi-fictionalized narratives, taking form between what's real and what's

imagined. Bell was raised in Brooklyn, NY; she returns here both physically and

figuratively throughout her career. In this fantasy world of the past, she finds excitement

and escape.

Her work has been featured in international publications, solo and group exhibitions in

museums and galleries, including Clarion State College, the Everson Museum of Art in

Syracuse, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Inst., Utica, NY, and Schweinfurth Memorial Art

Center, Auburn, NY. She received a New York State Council of the Arts Grant and a

Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation award, and has been featured in Black and White

magazine. Her book, “Hudson Past/Perfect” is in Howard Greenberg’s Gallery in New

York City. Bell received a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Syracuse University

in painting.