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Crystal Marshall is an Afro-Caribbean visual artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. The artist makes heartfelt work, often imbued with an intense dark blue palette. Marshall generates an ethnic fusion of surrealism, offering a deep inquiry and examination of the patriarchal system. Born in Long Island, New York, but raised in Kingston, Jamaica until the age of 20, she attended the Edna Manley School of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica. After which she migrated back to the US to attend Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and received her B.F.A. Her migrations between geographical locations are expressed and further deepened within the expanse of her otherworldly paintings. Her personal experiences inform and inspire her narrative and figurative paintings. She combines seemingly opposing principles like spirituality and science to create captivating fantasy realms. Marshall's culture shock in the U.S. led her to focus on identity, societal ills, and technological advancement, all of which has helped to shape her work.

2024

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS

ISSUE # 166

2023

AESTHETICA MAGAZINE

2023

SUPERSONIC CONTEMPORARY ART FEBRUARY 2023

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS 2022, SOUTH ISSUE #160

CICA ART NOW 2022

CICA MUSEUM

Chapman Cultural Center

Spartanburg Art Museum plans exhibition programming years in advance. Black Anatomy was an idea that unfolded while the curatorial staff was reviewing submissions back in 2020, and they saw many conceptual commonalities between four participating artists; Frederick Hayes, Donte Hayes, Crystal Marshall, and Carla Jay Harris. We chose the title, Black Anatomy because these artists refer to the experiences of body as a subject in some way or another. The word anatomy means the study of the structure of the internal workings of something. It lends itself to the process of looking deeper at the internal workings of the Black experience, historically and in contemporary culture.