Marpi Studio
Marpi Studio makes work inspired by the complexities of the natural world and the possibilities of alternate futures.
Whether self-directed or commissioned, our artworks for public, private, and digital space bring environments, entities, and behaviors into being with code. We ask our audiences to co-create with us, transforming their interactions into avatars, gestures, and physics that shape the work in playful and unexpected ways.
Founded in San Francisco in 2019 by Marpi, a creative technologist and artist, Marpi Studio is now based in the Bay Area, California.
Enquiries: hello@marpi.studio
World wide artist collaborators — designers, technologists, musicians, and more
Kevin Colorado
Technical consultation
Miami, US
Press
Exhibitions
2023
- FILE Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sep 20th–Oct 30th
- JEF Festival 2023, Antwerp, Belgium Feb 11th–26th
2022
- De Havenloods, Utrecht, Netherlands Dec 7th–11th
- FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil Jul 13th–Aug 28th
- Bicycle Day, San Francisco, US Apr 19th
- Light.WAV, Sacramento, US Mar 4th–5th
2021
2020
- MUTEK.SF, Online May 23rd–24th
- Clouds in the Distance, Online Apr 20th
- Art Center Nabi, Seoul, South Korea Apr 1st–30th
- The Distance Between Black & White, Dwellpoint, Sacramento, US Mar 6th–28th
- LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, US Mar 5th–Apr 3rd
- Brooklyn Academy of Music: Teknopolis, Brooklyn, US Feb 22nd–Mar 8th
2019
- Botanica: Bring Your Own, San Francisco, US Dec 14th
- Maadi Art Fest, Maadi, Egypt Dec 13th–14th
- IAAPA Expo, Orlando, US Nov 18th–22nd
- IFTF 2019 Ten-Year Forecast, Palo Alto, US Oct 23rd–24th
- Tipping Point Amplified, Oakland, US Oct 12th
- CITY Unseen 2.0, Orlando, US Oct 11th
- Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, US Aug 31st–Sep 2nd
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, US Aug 25th–Sep 2nd
- Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China Aug 23rd–26th
- Converge, Brooklyn, US Jul 24th
- Light.wav, Sacramento, US Jul 19th–20th
- Sónar+D, Barcelona, Spain Jul 17th–20th
- Sandbox Immersive Festival, Quindao, China Jun 24th–27th
- SF Design Week, San Francisco, US Jun 20th–21st
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US Jun 8th–Oct 6th
- AmsterdamJS, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jun 7th–8th
- The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, US Jun 7th
- Times Square, New York, US May 3rd–31st
- MUTEK, San Francisco, US May 2nd–5th
- FITC, Toronto, Canada Apr 29th–May 1st
- Coachella, Indio, US Apr 12th–21st
- Lighted Art Festival, Napa, US Jan 12th–20th
2018
- Réel, Shanghai, China Dec 14th 18–Jan 11th 2019
- Print Screen Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel Oct 31st–Nov 3rd
- Artechouse, Washington DC, US Oct 12th 18–Jan 13th 2019
- Signal Festival, Prague, Czechia Oct 11th–13th
- Burning man, Black Rock City, US Aug 26th–Sep 3rd
- Elements Music Art Festival, NY, US Aug 11th
- FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil Jul 3rd–Aug 12th
- MOCO Movement and Computing, Genoa, Italy Jun 28th–30th
- Light.wav, Sacramento, US Jun 15th–16th
- IllUM Art.Tech.Music, San Francisco, US Jun 9th
- Currents Festival, Santa Fe, US Jun 8th–9th
- Codame ART+TECH Festival, San Francisco, US Jun 4th–7th
- Halation at Midway Gallery, San Francisco, US Jun 1st–Jul 1st
- Digital Graffiti, Alys Beach, US May 18th–20th
- Eureka! The National Children's Museum, Halifax, UK May 12th–25th
- MUTEK, San Francisco, US May 3rd–6th
- If So, What?, San Francisco, US Apr 26th–29th
- The Undiscovered at K11, Guangzhou, China Apr 20th–29th
- Brooklyn Academy of Music: Teknopolis, Brooklyn, US Feb 24th–Mar 11th
- Officially Noted at Arkham, Shanghai, China Feb 10th
2017
- New Year's Eve: Beats Antique, Wax Tailor, San Francisco, US Dec 31st
- Beats Antique, Alex Grey & Allyson Grey, San Francisco, US Dec 30th
- Sisli Municipality New Year's Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey Dec 24th
- Lights Out, San Francisco, US Dec 15th
- Art Basel, Miami, US Dec 7th–10th
- Visual Art Week, Mexico City, Mexico Nov 29th–Dec 3rd
- Luminary: Art, Tech, Music, San Francisco, US Nov 4th
- 3DWebFest, Darmstadt, Germany Oct 16th
- Web3D Art Gallery, Singapore Oct 11th–13th
- Entanglement & Sin is a Virtue, San Francisco, US Oct 1st
- Microsoft Envision, Orlando, US Sep 25th–27th
- Sub Chroma, Chicago, US Sep 16th
- Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Sep 14th–17th
- Digital Decade 5, London, UK Aug 25th–27th
- Oregon Eclipse, Ochoco National Forest, US Aug 17th–23rd
- SIGGRAPH 2017, Los Angeles, US Jul 30th–Aug 3rd
- 3DWebFest, San Francisco, US Jul 30th
- The Nehru Centre, London, UK Jul 10th–15th
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil Jun 18th
- Currents New Media, Santa Fe, US Jun 5th–12th
- Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, US Jun 3rd
- Google I/O, Mountain View, US May 17th–19th
- Criaturas Digitales, ArtFutura Roma, Rome, Italy Apr 29th–Sep 10th
- Resonate, Belgrade, Serbia Apr 19th–22nd
- Luminary: Art, Tech, Music, San Francisco, US Mar 18th
- Peace, Love + Propaganda ft. Alex Cruz, San Francisco, US Mar 9th
- Next Art, Los Angeles, US Mar 3rd
- Art and VR, San Francisco, US Feb 18th
- Obscura Winter Party, San Francisco, US Feb 10th
2016
- A New Year's Eve Party to Benefit The Lab, San Francisco, US Dec 31st
- MUSE presents: Duke Dumont, San Francisco, US Dec 30th
- Dance Hack Day 2016, San Francisco, US Dec 10th
- Art and Virtual Reality, San Francisco, US Nov 22nd
- Codame: Artificial Experiences #ARTEX, San Francisco, US Nov 11th
- The Art of Dying VR + AR Art Show, San Francisco, US Oct 28th–30th
- Kaleidoscope VR: Summer Showcase, San Francisco, US Sep 30th
- Art and Virtual Reality, San Francisco, US Sep 20th
- Next Art Night, Los Angeles, US Sep 1st
- Virtual Reality Playground, San Francisco, US Jun 24th
- 3DWebFest, San Francisco, US Jun 15th
- Google I/O, Mountain View, US May 18th
- Live Visuals for Container at Gray Area Festival, San Francisco, US Apr 23rd
2007–2015
- Codame ART+TECH: Movement, San Francisco, US Oct 23rd–24th 2015
- String Theory Labs Present: SENTIENCE, San Francisco, US Aug 27th 2015
- 3DWebFest 2015, San Francisco, San Francisco, US Jun 15th 2015
Talks/Workshops
2020
- LIVE from Marpi Studio Artist Talk Technology & the Arts, Online May 7th
- Today at Apple, San Francisco, US Jan 28th
2019
2018
- Depict Modern Salon, San Francisco, US Dec 13th
- SF Content Creators, San Francisco, US Dec 12th
- GROW, Paris, France Nov 12th–16th
- FITC Presents Web Unleashed 2018, Toronto, Canada Oct 1st - 2nd Oct 1st–2nd
- Generate Conference, London, UK Sep 19th–21st
- FITC, Amsterdam, Netherlands Feb 19th–20th
2017
- Spotlight AR/VR, Toronto, Canada Dec 2nd
- Visualisation Matters 2017, Sydney, Australia Nov 21st–22nd
- Technarte, Los Angeles, US Nov 16th–17th
- CAMP Festival, Calgary, Canada Sep 10th–12th
- Web3D Conference, Brisbane, Australia Jun 5th–7th
- Matchbox Salon, San Francisco, US Mar 7th
- Institute for the Future / Electronic Arts, Palo Alto, US Jan 31st
- js.la, Los Angeles, US Jan 26th
2016
- Building More Virtual Reality Worlds using Three.js, San Francisco, US Aug 21st
- Creative Code Immersive at Gray Area, San Francisco, US Aug 2nd–6th
- Building Virtual Reality Worlds using Three.js, San Francisco, US Jul 31st
- World-class WebVR with Google & Samsung, San Francisco, US Jun 16th
- Sculpting Virtual Worlds at Gray Area Festival, San Francisco, US Apr 24th
- Creative Code at Gray Area Art + Technology, San Francisco, US Mar 16th
2015
Binary Salons
2023
2019
- 13 Richard Grillotti, Tim Thompson Dec 10th
- 12 Shihan Zhang, Qinqin Yang, Lady PheOnix, Jacqueline Assar Aug 13th
- 11 Jiabao Li, Victoria Scott Jul 16th
- 10 Dylan Chapple, Ryan Huber, Shane Lassiter May 28th
- 09 Pierluigi Dalla Rosa, Colin Sebastyen Apr 16th
- 08 Anastasia Victor, Tyler Freeman Mar 5th
- 07 Nick Shelton, Will Clark Jan 22nd
2018
- 06 Camila Magrane, Zoey Vero Dec 18th
- 05 Dylan Urquidi, Büyükberber x Sprayprinter x UCSF Nov 6th
- 04 Donald Hanson, Xiaohan Zhang Sep 25th
- 03 Lauren Bedal & Travis Bennett, Christopher Schardt, Cere Davis Jun 21st
- 02 Osman Koc, Jeffrey Yip, Swan Apr 11th
2017
Press
2021
2019
2018
- Art and tech converge in new projects at The Tech Museum of Innovation Dec 13th
- Museum of Science Fiction Nov 19th
- Washington Post: New Nature Nov 5th
- OUTPUT: 凡尔纳可能都想不到的“海底世界”，你见过吗？ Nov 3rd
- TVN: Interaktywne Instalacje - Aquarium Jul 3rd
- Creative Bloq: How digital is bringing down barriers in art Jun 12th
- OhMore TV: The Future Of Art May 18th
2017
- Pony Friday: Don't Hesitate. Make it. Nov 28th
- Web Designer Magazine: VR and Augmented Reality Nov 10th
- The Afterglow Interview Sep 12th
- Web Designer Magazine: Web 3D Sep 7th
- ChromART: 'Making Worlds' - talking Art and Technology with Marpi Jul 7th
- NUTS Computer Graphics: Interview with Marpi Interactive 3D Artist May 22nd