Marla Allison found the need of expression through art in her youth and continued her education at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM. She graduated with an Associates Degree in three-dimensional art in 2000. While there, Marla was intrigued with all types of art forms and ways of learning them. She tried to absorb everything she could within two years and since has been finding her own path of inspiration. She found influence in the various art styles of Pablo Picasso, Freida Kahlo, M.C. Escher, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the geometric patterns of Laguna and Hopi pottery designs.
Most recently Marla received the Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Women’s Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM.
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