Marni Kotak
CV
Press
Exhibitions
Marni Kotak & Ajak Kotak Bell
“Seriously Kidding Around," 2022
Installation and durational performance
Dimensions variable
Marni Kotak & Ajax Kotak Bell
"Seriously Kidding Around:
10 Years Have Passed," 2022
Archival pigment print
30 x 30 inches
Marni Kotak
"The Eternal Shrine to Mother
and Child," 2011-2015/2022
Installation
11 x 6 x 6 ft.
Marni Kotak
"11.25.21 (I am so tired today that
I ordered our Thanksgiving dinner
from Fresh Direct!)," 2022
Oil pastel and acrylic paint on wood panel
24 x 16 1/2 inches
Marni Kotak
“My Herstory American Dream Oval Office”, 2019
Installation and durational performance
Executive desk, executive chair, two flags,
two armchairs, two loveseats, carpet, curtains,
disco ball, colored spotlights, boombox,
tape cassettes
Dimensions: approx. 12 x 13 x 26 ft.
Marni Kotak
“Raising Baby X Herstory Paintings —
Year 6”, 2016-17
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood panel
24 x 16 3/4 inches (each)
Marni Kotak
“A Shrine To My Madness”, 2014
gold-leafed hospital bed, gold-leafed hospital side-table, gold-leafed hospital lamp, gold-leafed elliptical machine, custom-printed hospital curtains, hand weights, custom-printed yoga mat, wall-mounted video “Where I Feel Peaceful”, ornate velvet robe, gold satin sheets, two custom-photo woven pillows, custom-photo woven blanket, iridescent gold-painted walls, panoramic 36 x 152 in. wall canvas
dimensions variable
Marni Kotak
“Synaptic Writing, 7/18/14 (page 1)”, 2014
gold permanent marker on archival paper
17 x 14 inches
“All The Meds I Took”, 2014
ornate mirrored glass and wood medicine cabinet, custom-printed prescription vials (all of the meds taken by the artist since her stay at Beth Israel Hospital in February 2012)
15 x 24 x 4 inches
Marni Kotak
“I am the fire that shines from inside #1”, 2017
inkjet archival print
22 x 33 inches
Marni Kotak
“Treehouse”, 2017
Plywood, tree logs, gold and green chalkboard paint, custom photo-printed curtain, photo-printed door mat, quilt stitched out of clothing Ajax has grown out of, marquee lights, plant, chalk, bookshelf, toys, books, picnic basket, snacks, LED lantern
120 x 100 x 123 inches
Marni Kotak
Treehouse
Marni Kotak
“Raising Baby X: Five Years”, 2012-2016
single-channel HD video, sound
5 hours 51 minutes 41 seconds
Marni Kotak
“Day of the fire”, 2017
oil on wood panel
30 x 20 inches
Marni Kotak
"Cape Cod Christening", 2012
inkjet archival print
33 x 50 inches
Marni Kotak
"Don’t Mess With Texas", 2013
inkjet archival print
24 x 24 inches
Marni Kotak
"The Birth of Baby X", 2012
inkjet archival print
18 x 24 inches
Marni Kotak
"The Birth of Baby X", 2012
digital video, color, sound
4 minutes 30 seconds
