Maris Van Vlack
b. 2002, Boston, MA
marisrvanvlack@gmail.com
Education
2023 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
B.F.A. in Textiles, Honors
Student Department Representative
Concentration in Drawing
2023 Brown University, Providence, RI
Geology Course and Various Literary Arts Courses
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Time Warp, Superhouse, New York, NY
The Blue of Distance, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Fiberscapes, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Group Exhibitions
2025 Superhouse Exhibition Booth, FOG Art Fair, San Fransisco, CA (forthcoming)
Transient-Eternal, OVERLAP, Newport, RI (forthcoming)
2024 Textiles Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Emerging Artist Exhibition, The Collective, Lafayette, CO
Interchange, Arts Access Gallery, Raleigh, NC
VSA Program Exhibition, The Kennedy Center (Hall of States), Washington, D.C.
Superhouse: Ellen Pong and Maris Van Vlack, NADA New York, New York, NY
Rayburn Foyer Emerging Artist Reception, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
VSA Emerging Artist Show, Volkswagen Group of America, Reston, VA
Interchange, The IDEAL School, New York, NY
Topographies, Center for the Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA
2023 New Voices, New Visions, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
The View from Mars, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Common Threads, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
Night Vision, Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY
New Contemporaries, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Global Design Graduate Show in Collaboration with GUCCI, Arts Thread (virtual exhibition)
Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Blanket Statement, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Splash!, Donkey Mill Arts Center, Holualoa, HI
End of Year Group Show, Brown Hillel Center, Providence, RI
Go Thither, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 The Nest, Museum of American Bird Art, Canton, MA
Residual Hauntings, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Flower Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2021 Textiles Triennial Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Textiles Selections 2021, Waterman Gallery, Providence RI
Recognition
2024 Kennedy Center VSA Emerging Young Artists Award
2023 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2023 Society of Arts & Crafts Innovation Jumpstarter Grant
2023 Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in Collaboration with GUCCI Winner, Fine Arts Category
2023 Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize Finalist
2023 RISD Textile Department Award for Innovation in the Textiles Field
Professional Experience
2023-present Textile Designer, Merida Studio, Fall River, MA
2023 Industrial Knitting Programming Assistant, Malaika Temba Studio, New York, NY
2022-2023 Teaching Assistant: Spatial Dynamics and Drawing Studios, RISD Experimental and Foundation Studies Department, Providence, RI
2022 Graduate Student Weaving Tutor, RISD Textiles Department, Providence, RI
2021-2022 Design Intern Reporting to the Creative Director, Merida Studio, Fall River, MA
Residencies
2023 Icelandic Textile Center Ós Residency, Blönduós, Iceland
2020 Museum of American Bird Art Residency, Canton, MA
Artist Talks
2025 Weavers’ Guild of Boston: Maris Van Vlack - Building Woven Landscapes (forthcoming)
2023 Gallery 263, Fiberscapes: Meet the Artist
Selected Publications
2024 Conceptual Pieces Celebrating Materiality, Interior Design Magazine
Maris Van Vlack’s “Time Warp” Teaches us About Ourselves, Impulse Magazine
Textile Landscapes: Maris Van Vlack’s Artistic Journey Through Time and Space, Miami Living Magazine
Maris Van Vlack Showcases the Beauty in Destruction, BlackBook
Saturday Selects, Sight Unseen
The Mood of Stephen Markos, Founder of Superhouse, GoodMoods
Bromfield Gallery SOLO Show Artists, The Boston Globe
6 Exciting Craft-Focused Designers at the NADA Art Fair, Curbed (New York Magazine)
Maris Van Vlack’s Fiber Landscapes, Cambridge Day
2023 Fine Art/Photography/Craft Winners 2023, Google Arts & Culture
Field Notes: Maris Van Vlack, Warp and Weft Magazine
Fiberscapes: A Solo Exhibition by Maris Van Vlack, Gallery 263
2022 Summer Internships Offer New Perspectives, RISD Website
2020 Maris Van Vlack: RISD Student and MABA Intern, Mass Audubon Website