Marina Shaltout

Marina Shaltout is a multimedia artist who combines video, photography, sculpture and installation to create experiential environments. Using parody, her work critiques representations of women throughout mythology, pop culture, and cinema. Shaltout received her MFA from the University of Arizona and her BFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has completed residencies at the Creative Centre in Stodvarfjordur, Iceland and at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. She has exhibited work nationally and internationally in venues such as the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, Alte Munze in Berlin, the Cinematograph in Innsbruck Austria, the Living National Treasure Museum in Tokyo, the Czong Institute in Gimpo South Korea, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, the Red Room in Baltimore, and the Billboard Creative exhibition in Los Angeles. Shaltout is a recipient of the Marcia Grand Centennial Sculpture Award, a Creative Achievement Award, and two Medici Scholar project grants. She currently teaches at Ringling College of Art and Design in Fine Arts and Visual Studies.