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Marshall Roemen | CV

Lives and works in Los Angeles with his wife, Haley, and two kids.

Education

2005 MFA • Painting University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2000 BFA • Painting Maryland Institute, College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD

Commissions | Collections

Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 

Ace Hotel, New York, NY

Port of Portland - PDX Int’l Airport, Portland, OR 

Los Angeles World Airports, LAX, Los Angeles, CA 

George Fox University, Newberg, OR

Frazier Ward, Smith College, Northhampton, MA 

Josine Ianco-Starrels, Rogue River, OR

Chi-Rho Lectures, Central Lutheran, Eugene, OR 

Vessel, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Barry Nemmett, MICA, Baltimore, MD 

Hyatt Place, Eugene, OR

City of West Hollywood, CA 

Stationaery, Carmel, CA

Novo, Eugene, OR

David Duchovny

Exhibitions

2026

"I Wonder (Screen Meditations)", Metro Television, 858 W. Park St, Eugene, OR 97401
April 2026; Opening Reception:April 3, 5:30-8PM

2022

"Body", Irenic Projects, Edgar Arceneaux, Kurt Forman, Sherin Guirguis, Gregory Michael Hernandez, Dea Jenkins, Jessi Knippel, Amy Luong, Danny Martinez, Marshall Roemen, Clare Wallmark

2020

"TSA_PDF 011: Drawing Districts", curated by Suzanne Dittenber, Tiger Strikes Astroid

"The January Paintings", Parade, Vol. 1, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, California, Feb 22 – Feb 24

"ROOTS: A Black Heritage Art Show", Amador County Arts Council, Jackson, California, Jan 24 - Mar 13

2018

"Art vs. Cancer", Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, California, Oct 25

2017

"Office Hours", Beta Main Museum, Los Angeles, California, Nov 29 - Dec 17

2014

"Kindergarten: New Pieces Based on Works Done as a Child", George Fox University, Minthorne

Gallery, Newberg, Oregon, Aug 28 - Sept 25

2013

"New & Used: Employing Text", Exhale Unlt'd, Chinatown, Los Angeles, June 4 - July 23

"Lazarus" (Select Works), Boston Court Theater, Pasadena, California July 2 – Aug 4

2012

"Lazarus", Concordia University, Irvine, California, Sept 26 - Oct 23

"Milledgeville, Georgia, After the Rain", Portland International Airport, Aug 2012- Aug 2013

2011

"Nepheshland", Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, California, Oct 19 - Nov 11

"BANP Benefit Show", Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, May 23 - 31

"Cart", Current Space, Baltimore, Maryland, July 9 - Oct 11

“The Ruach Series”, LAX International Airport, Terminal 3, Los Angeles, California, June 8 - Sept 30

2010

“Hope in the City Benefit”, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, Aug 19

“Third Annual Exhibition”, Boston Court Theater curated by Gabriel Cifarelli, Pasadena, California, July 7 - Aug 1

“Nephesh”, Phantom Galleries curated by Liza Simone, Long Beach, California, Sept 4 - Oct 2

“Oratorio at the End of a Black Rainbow”, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminal 1, Ground Floor Level, Los Angeles, California, commissioned by Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles World Airports, Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

2009

“Patterns & Rhythms”, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, California, June 11 - July 13

“Patterns & Rhythms” (extension), LAX Airport, Terminal 1, Los Angeles, California, Aug 1 - Nov 8

Honors & Publicatiions

2021 Mister Alphabet™ included in The Design Museum Shoppe, London, and La Boutique Du Centre Pompidou, Paris

2017 Los Angeles Juried Pool of Muralists 2017-2019, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Man of Letters, Mister Alphabet | Showcase: Global Design, Computer Arts Magazine, UK

2015 Ultra-Flexible Figurine That Can Bend Into Every Letter Of The Alphabet, DesignTaxi.com, July 16

 2015 Mister Alphabet featured in Fubiz, Quipsologies, Better Living Through Design, The Fox is Black 2014 Modes of Mastery, Marshall Roemen, Darling Magazine, Issue #9

2012 Marshall Roemen, BIOLA Magazine | Dec. Issue, BIOLA University, La Mirada, CA

2010 Buzzworthy | UO MFA’s Art at LAX, Register Guard, Eugene, Oregon, Dec 16

2005 UO MFA Exhibit: The Elegant Work of Painter Marshall Roemen, by Louis Wadsworth, Eugene Weekly, June 2005, p.43

2003 Graduate Teaching Fellowships, University of Oregon

2002 Phillip Halley Johnson Scholarship, University of Oregon 

2002 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon

2002 Paintings that Breathe, Oregon Home Magazine, March Issue 2002, p. 33

2000 Fanny B. Thalheimer Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1996-2000

2000 Presidential Academic Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1996-2000

2000 Maryland Institute Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1996-2000

1999 Accepted for Independent Study via Fulbright with Israel Hershberg, Jerusalem Studio School, Israel