Poli Marichal

(Photo courtesy of Leopoldo Peña)

Marichal works in nearly every media, including printmaking, painting and mixed media. Her prints often express her interest social, political and environmental concerns, while also exploring a more internal dreamlike imagery based on tree-like and organic forms. For Marichal, trees are symbols of our need to be rooted and safe but also of our desire to transcend our limitations and branch out into the cosmos. 

She has said that Printmaking is her favorite medium because "it allows for endless experimentation and configurations. It is also the utmost democratic art form." 

In 2004, at the same time that they were teaching printmaking at Self Help Graphics, Poli Marichal and Agustín Barón founded the Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective. 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
The University of Puerto Rico Museum of Anthropology, History and Art
Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame
The Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Self-Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, New York
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA), Department of Donald C. Davidson Library, University of Santa Barbara
Carnegie Art Museum
Laguna Art Museum
Orange County Art Museum
Huntington Museum, University of Texas, Austin
The Gerald Buck Collections, Mexican Fine Art Center Museum - Permanent Collection

(Photo courtesy of Leopoldo Peña)