Marcelline Mandeng is a Cameroonian born Black trans fem multidisciplinary artist based out of West Philly. As a cultural producer, they employ a variety of media such as performance, sculpture, video, music production and writing to archive deeply transformative aspects of their personal narrative centered around unearthing the divine, a process that began as an undergraduate at the Maryland Institute College of Art back in 2015. In their community based practice, they use this archive to trigger deep internal healing in other Black trans/non-binary folks as a reminder of the spiritual dimensions imbued in this identity. They've exhibited works at Macao Milano, Italy; Karma International in LA; MoMA PS1 in New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Headlong Studios in Philadelphia to name a few places.

Photo by Corcoran Gallery.


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Marcelline Mandeng



B. Yaoundé, Cameroun 1993
Lives in Philadelphia, PA





Education

BFA Interdisciplinary Sculpture + Culture & Politics (cum laude), Maryland Institute College of Art, 2015


Solo Exhibitions

2019

Floodgate, Headlong Studios, Philadelphia, PA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Scratch Night, FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA

Black Womxn Time Camp curated by Black Quantum Futurism, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Eclipsing Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL

In Progress w/ AuMAR, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL


2018

HARD|soft, Three Keys Ace Hotel, New Orleans, LA

What Color Is Blue? (Feature Length Film), Arclight Cinemas Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

Slutisland Festival, Bar Le Ritz, Montreal, QC

Nocturnal Reflections: Immanent Cloud, Macao Milano, Milan, Italy

Hyphen American, Gallery 102, Washington, DC

INEFFABLE BLAZE curated by Jessica Karuhanga, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada


2017

Odwalla 1221+Marcelline+Eartheater, Larrie, New York, NY

Prick Up Your Ears w/ AuMAR, Karma International, Los Angeles, CA

Reuptake, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA

Black Girl Lit Performance, Mount Holyoke, South Hadley, MA

Light Cities presented by Labbodies, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

Feministry Is Here…, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada

INDEX Festival, Knockdown Center, Queens, New York

Brown Paper Zine & Small Press Fair by 3 Dot Zine , MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, New York


2016

ATM presents DEN$E, Museum of Modern Art PS1, Long Island City, NY

A Litany Of Desires organized by Forced Into Femininity, No Nation Arts, Chicago, Illinois

PERFORMANCY FORUM: Sympathetic Mimesis, Panoply Lab, New York, NY

Edge Control organized by BALTIGURLS, EMP Collective, Baltimore, MD

Intraphenom curated by Kayla Guthrie, Signal Gallery, New York, NY

Marcelline: In My Own Images (Video Premiere), MATA NOISE, Los Angeles, CA


Residencies

Leeway Foundation x Headlong Studios, Philadelphia, PA

AuMAR Presents Nocturnal Cyclones, Navel, Los Angeles, California

ATM (#ATMDATA) A Monthly Night of Sound Experiments, Dahlak Paradise, Philadelphia, PA Fabric Workshop and Museum H.S. Apprenticeship & Mentorship Program, Philadelphia, Pa


Curatorial

Pariah, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA

She Gon Slay, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

Femmewrath, Bb gallery, Baltimore, MD

METROPOLIS: Performance series(co-curated with Elise Drake), Cohen Plaza, Baltimore, MD Protest Era III: Doomsday Clock Meditations, Annex 2E, Baltimore, MD

Circus Acts 0: On The Horizon…(Performance Art Series), Annex 2E, Baltimore, MD

Pottery Barns: An Experimental Ceramics Exhibition, Annex 2E, Baltimore, MD

Black & White: An Exhibition of Printed Media, Penthouse Gallery & Annex 2E, Baltimore, MD Guest Curator, Annex 2E, Baltimore, MD


Press

Meet Leeway x Headlong Resident: Marcelline, Headlong Studios

Hyphen American at Gallery 102, Afrofusion TV Lounge

No Sesso Fashion Film by Marcelline, The Fader, Published by Nazuk Kochhar

Show & Tell with Kimberly Drew, The Window, Barneys, NY

Your History Exceeds Beyond Pain, The Sparkmag, Published by Genesis Crespo

PERFORMANCY FORUM QUINQUENNIAL, Incident Magazine, Published by David LaGaccia Uncensored Art- No Borders!, The Dance Journal, Published by Gregory King

Rock & Rose Gold Edition, Published by Chloe Maratta


Awards

Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant

Access For Excellence Award

Don F. Turano 59 Fund Scholarship

Freda Eichelberger 81 Sculpture Award

MICA Presidential Scholarship

Ruth Jenkins Bristor Scholarship

Fanny B. Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship

MICA Achievement Award Nancy Roberts ’39 Scholarship

CS Surdna Scholarship






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