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About marcia

2024 OTW Artist   Baltimore City  

Marcia Wolfson Ray was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1993 she received a fellowship to attend the Mount Royal  Graduate School at the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her MFA.
She taught art in the Baltimore City Public School System.
While in graduate school she started using organic materials such as bamboo, phragmites, dog fennel, hibiscus, straw, marsh elder and pine wood to construct her… more

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Three dimensions

Constructions
  • 11.wave
    11.wave
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    19-twist-m-wolfson-ray.jpg
  • Mama/ body, donated object/2015
    Mama/ body, donated object/2015
    Digital C print
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    ccc
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    20.fan-wolfsonray
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    ggg
  • 18.surprise
    18.surprise
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    • sculpture

    organic sculpture
    • Lacuna
      Lacuna
      This piece is costructed from dog fennel. It is approximately H-75" x W-24" x D-24".
    • Resist
      Resist
      This piece is constructed from Dog Fennel and Sensitive Fern, It is approximately H-50" x W 34" x D- 20".
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      img_0733_2.JPG
    • Temple
      Temple
      This piece isconstructed from Dog Fennel . It is approximately H- 65" x W- 35" x D- 25".
    • Camouflage - Wolfson Ray
      Camouflage - Wolfson Ray
      This piece is constructed from Marsh Elder, Dog Fennel. It is approximately H-60"x W-60"x D-15".
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      img_0778.JPG
    • Incline
      Incline
      This piece is constructed from Dog Fennel. It is approximately H-65" x W- 36" x D-90".
    • Range
      Range
      This piece is constructed from Pine Bark and Dog Fennel. I is approximately H-40"x W 30" x D-30".
    • Facade
      Facade
      This piece is constructed from Marsh Elder. It is approximately H-45" x W- 45" x D 24".
    • Construction
      Construction
      H 20" x W-20" x D-20" - Grass, phragmites
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    • sculpture

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      8-vanishing-point-mwolfson-ray-.jpg
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      img_2147.JPG
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      img_2509_1.JPG
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      img_2478.JPG
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      img_2006_2.JPG
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      img_1969.JPG
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      img_2049.JPG
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      11square-wolfson-ray.JPG
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      9zig-zag-wolfson-rayjpg.JPG
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      2.zigzag-wolfson
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    • Vale

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      img_3456.JPG
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      img_3335.JPG
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      img_3349.JPG
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      img_3363.JPG
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      hh.jpg
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      wolfson-raym_20.jpg
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      wolfson-ray-sail.jpg
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      img_3444.JPG
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      5vale-wolfson-rayjpg.JPG
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    • Revolution

    • Revolution
      Revolution
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
    • Revolution (detail_
      Revolution (detail_
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
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      img_0665.JPG
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      img_2758.JPG
    • Revolution (detail)
      Revolution (detail)
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    • sculpture

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      img_0308-3.jpg
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      img_0307-2.jpg
    • Descend
      Descend
    • Happy Holiday 2015
      Happy Holiday 2015
      Since our Artscape performance we now get request for Dance & Bmore and our Senior company to come and perform our original work. This is one such performance at the Maryland Ave Adult Day Care just before the holidays. They love going out together as a troupe now.
    • Descend (detail)
      Descend (detail)
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      1current-wolfson-ray.jpg
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      img_0298.JPG
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      img_0297.JPG
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      img_0205.JPG
    • Current
      Current
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    • Ascend

    • Conduit
      Conduit
      Sculpture- free standing. Pine wood, dog fennel. H-24" x W 36" x D 24" 2007
    • Stand
      Stand
      Sculpture- wall hung. H-40" x W- 30" x D-24" Dog fennel 2004
    • Tempest
      Tempest
      H-70" x W-70" x D12" - pine wood, marsh elder, dog fennel- 2014
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      1-128.jpg
    • Three Tiers
      Three Tiers
      Sculpture- free standing. Hibiscus, hosta leaves H-12' x W- 8" x D-8" 2004
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      img_0307.JPG
    • Descend
      Descend
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      4ascend-wolfson-ray-2.jpg
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      pp-4.jpg
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    • inclusion

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      1-inclusion-wolfson-ray-2.jpg
    • Tickle
      Tickle
    • Tickle (detail)
      Tickle (detail)
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      img_0434.JPG
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      img_0598.JPG
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      img_0595.JPG
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      img_0594.JPG
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      img_0589.JPG
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      img_0587.JPG
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      tickle-wolfson-ray.jpg
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    • 2012 new work

    • Spin
      Spin
      Spin Free standing H 30" x W 30" x D 30" Joe Pye weed, vines 2013
    • Flutter (detail)
      Flutter (detail)
      Flutter H 80" x W 36" x D 24" Hosta leaves, vines, dog fennel 2012
    • Flutter- detail
      Flutter- detail
    • Constriction no.6 (detail)
      Constriction no.6 (detail)
    • Flutter
      Flutter
      Flutter H 80" x W 36" x D 24" Hosta leaves, vines, dog fennel 2012
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      img_1228.jpg
    • Spin -Detail
      Spin -Detail
    • Spin -Detail
      Spin -Detail
    • Spin -detail
      Spin -detail
      Spin Free standing H 30" x W 30" x D 30" Joe Pye weed, vines 2013
    • Embrace- detail
      Embrace- detail
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    • New Work

    • Embrace -detail
      Embrace -detail
      Embrace Free standing H 30" x W 25" x D 20" Marsh elder- 2014
    • Embrace
      Embrace
      Embrace Free standing H 30" x W 25" x D 20" Marsh elder- 2014
    • Metamorphosis- detail
      Metamorphosis- detail
      Metamrphosis Free standing H-85" x W- 24" x D- 24"- Marsh Elder, vines, dog fennel- 2014
    • Metamorphosis- detail
      Metamorphosis- detail
    • Metamophosis (detail)
      Metamophosis (detail)
      H 75" x W 30" x D 30" Marsh elder, vines, dog fennel
    • Apparition
      Apparition
      H 40" x W 36" x D 20" Dog fennel, phragmites
    • Rendezvous- detail
      Rendezvous- detail
    • Rendezvous
      Rendezvous
      H 50" x W 50" x D 24" Crepe myrtle, dog fennel- 2014
    • Tempest- detail
      Tempest- detail
    • Tempest
      Tempest
      h 65" x W 65" x D 15" pine wood, marsh elder, dog fennel
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