Education

• 1997 – M.F.A. in Photography, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

• 1992 – B.F.A. in Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Awards & Fellowships

• 2025 – Louise Lauretano DeMars Love of Art Fund (2024), Main Street Community Foundation, Bristol, CT. https://www.mainstreetfoundation.org/inaugural-grants-support-local-artists

• 2006 – Artist-in-Residence, Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), Woodstock, NY

• 2001 – Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

• 1999 – Fulbright Memorial Teacher Fund (Alternate for CT), Japan-United States Educational Commission

• 1995 – Art Matters Fellowship, The Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY

Collections

• Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Professional Leadership & Experience

• 2026 – Present – Corporator, Hartford Art School Endowment, West Hartford, CT

• 2025 – Present – President, Creative Bristol, Bristol, CT (Non-profit artist collective)

• 2023 – Present – Co-Founder, Co-Owner & COO, Creative Jam Art Co., Bristol, CT (Art studio and entertainment business)

• 1998 – 2012 – Instructor of Art & Photography, Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT

• Courses taught: Photography I, Advanced Experimental Photography, Intro to Color Photography (Digital), Conceptual Photography, Portraiture & Studio Lighting, Independent Studies in Photography, and Studio I (Mixed Media: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture).

• 2000 – Adjunct Professor (Photography II), Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

• 1999 – Adjunct Professor (Photography I), Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Public Projects

• 2004 – My Latina Self / My Other Self, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT

• 2003 – Sharing Through Stories, Lead Instructor & Photographer. A collaborative community initiative alongside Todd Vogel, Trinity College American Studies, and the Wyllys-Lisbon housing community. Funded in part by Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

• 2002 – ACT LIKE YOU CARE, Conceived, Directed, and Instructed by Marlo Marrero. Funded in part by Gerber Scientific, CT Transit, Miss Porter's School, The Bushnell, Real Art Ways, West End Civic Association, Briarwood Printing, Simonds Photographic, Mark Snyder, and Phil Fortune. A multifaceted public transit art initiative displaying the photographic voices of thirteen young women (ages 10–17) across the statewide CT Transit bus system.

Selected Exhibitions

• 2026 – CWA National Open Juried Show, Eastern Connecticut Art Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT

• 2026 – Dual Momentum, Granting Exhibition, Barnes Franklin Gallery, CT State Community College Tunxis, Farmington, CT

• 2025 – National Open Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists (CWA), UConn, Benton Gallery, CT

• 2025 – MIXMASTER, Juried Members Exhibition, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

• 2024 – Stories of Bravery, Healing, and Hope: Survivors Art Exhibition, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT. https://www.amandamendozaart.com/survivors-art-exhibition-marlo-marrero-fernandez

• 2023 – Pop Up: 90 Days, Winter, Spring, Water, Life, School Street Studios, Bristol, CT (Solo)

• 2022 – Art Educators Exhibition, Marie Louise Trichet Art Gallery, Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, Litchfield, CT

• 2008 – Merging Cultures: Latin American and Caribbean Art & Life, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

• 2008 – Made In Woodstock IV, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

• 2005 – Women In the Arts, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

• 2004 – Mirror as Mirror, William Benton Museum of Art, UConn, Storrs, CT

• 2004 – Northeast Exposure, Photographic Resource Center (PRC), Boston, MA (Online)

• 2003 – Female Representation, BackSpace, Portland, OR

• 2003 – Republica Dominicana, EBK Gallery, West Hartford, CT

• 2003 – CT Heart Gallery Program, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

• 2002 – Act Like You Care, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

• 2001 – Grant Recipients Exhibition, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

• 2001 – Fellowship 2001 (Juried by Jean Caslin, Director of Houston Center of Photography), Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

• 1999 – Marlo Marrero (Solo Exhibition), Miriam Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women, Hartford, CT

• 1999 – TRANS (Curated by David Borawski), Middletown, CT

• 1999 – WOW (Curated by Marlo Marrero), Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

• 1998 – The Rebellious Bead, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR (Beadwork & Photography)

• 1998 – 3 Artists, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT (Photography & Fiber-works)

• 1998 – Preview & Auction, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (Beadwork & Photography)

• 1997 – The Rebellious Bead, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX (Beadwork & Photography)

• 1996 – Everything in Moderation, Storefront Project, Hartford Proud & Beautiful Foundation, Hartford, CT (Photography & Fiber-works)

• 1994 – Treading on Hallowed Ground, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA (Beadwork & Photography)

• 1994 – “Don’t I Know You?”, Storefront Project, Re:solution, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies (LACPS), Los Angeles, CA (Beadwork & Photography)

Selected Press

• “Bristol Native Uses Photos to See Her Biracial Identity, Named Artist in Residence in Woodstock, NY.”, Bristol Press, June 2, 2005.

• “Estudiantes De “Maria Sanchez” y “Miss POrters” Colaboran en Proyecto Artistico”, Identidad Latina, Octubre 16-31, 2004.

• “The Meditative Photograph: Fellowship 2001”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Style, May 27, 2001.

• “Is It Really Art Or Is It Obscene?”, The New York Times, New York, NY, July 11, 1999.

• “Marlo Marrero’s Constellation” by Bessy Reyna, El Extra News, April 5, 1999.

• "City May Let Artist Display Censored Work Again", The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, July 19, 1996.

• "Controversial Item in Art Exhibit Draws Another Statement”, The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, August, 81996.

• Radio Interview on The Colin McEnroe Show, featuring Marlo Marrero and Will Wilkins (Director of Real Art Ways), WTIC-AM 1080, Hartford, CT, 1996.

Professional Activities & Conferences

• 2010 – National Conference Attendee, Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Philadelphia, PA

• 2009 – Conference Attendee, NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), Denver, CO

• 2005 – Presenter: "Public Art Projects: Embracing Identities and Connecting Communities," NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), Dallas, TX

• 2005 – Invited Photographer, Photolucida Portfolio Reviews, Portland, OR

• 2004 – Conference Attendee, NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), Miami, FL

• 2004 – Regional Conference Attendee, Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Newport, RI

• 2002 – Conference Attendee, NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), Chicago, IL

• 2001 – Conference Attendee, NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), Providence, RI

• 2001 – National Conference Attendee, Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Savannah, GA