Marlene Wisuri
Photographer, artist, author, teacher
Education
College of St. Scholastica, B. A.
University of Wisconsin-Superior, Art, Photography, M. A.
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Visual Design, Photography, M. F. A.
Teaching Experience
Teaching experience includes the University of Wisconsin-Superior; University of Minnesota Duluth; Dean Junior College, Franklin, MA; University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, MA; College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL; College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN; Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet, MN. All levels of photography and photographic history. Recent teaching for Duluth Community Education, Sami Cultural Center of North America.

Selected Exhibitions
ONE OR TWO PERSON:
THE COST OF LIVING, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN, July, 2018.
NORTH SHORE MEDITATIONS SQUARED, BeiJing Family Gallery, Tromsø, Norway, August 8-Sept. 18, 2019.
DOVETAILED CORNERS, Nordic Center, Duluth, MN, October-November, 2017; North End Arts Gallery, Superior, WI, July, 2008; American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN, July-August, 2000; Finnish Heritage Center, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI, July & August, 1998. Several other locations 1990s.
STAGE STOP AND SHANTIES, with Kathryn Nordstrom, UUCD, Duluth, MN, February-April, 2016.
PAPER WORKS, Red Wing Arts Association Gallery, Red Wing, MN, August, 2012.
VIEWING FROM THE VAULT, North Shore Bank, Cloquet, MN, July-August, 2007.
IMAGES FROM THE BOOKS, with Kathryn Nordstrom, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN, May-June, 2007, International Falls Public Library, January, 2008.
TWO NORTHERN CULTURES: AN EXHIBIT OF FINNISH AND OJIBWE LIFE IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, MI, April, 2002.
CURRENT WORK—MOTHER AND DAUGHTER with Kathryn Nordstrom, Rainy River Community College, International Falls, MN, November-December, 1998.
KUVA~SANA~HILJAISUUS (IMAGE~WORD~SILENCE), Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland, June, July, 1996, Traveled in Finland during 1996-1997.
WANDERING FROM HOME, Fond du Lac Tribal Community College, Cloquet, MN, Jan.-Feb., 1996; Rainy River Community College, International Falls, MN, April, 1995; Dean Junior College, Franklin, MA, February, 1992.
THE SUGAR AND SPICE MYTHOLOGY, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, two-person with Patricia Lenz, March- April, 1992.
PORTRAITS OF FINNISH AMERICANS, Ironworld, Chisholm, MN, July, 1992; Hubert Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, November, 1991.
FACETS OF THE JEWEL – PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROGER WILLIAMS PARK, Creamer Gallery, Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence, RI, October, 1990-March, 1991.
COLOR 2, with Patricia Lenz, Kruk Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Superior, December, 1987.
FILM IN THE CITIES PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT, Film in the Cities Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 1983.
TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS – MARLENE NORDSTROM “INFRA-RED IMAGES” and BRUCE CHARLESWORTH, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, December, 1982.
MYTHS AND OTHER TALES: RECENT SX-70 PHOTOGRAPHS, Touche Gallery, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN, January, 1981.
GROUP AND INVITATIONAL:
LEADING WITH THE HEART: NORDIC – OJIBWE DESIGNS FROM NATURE, Nordic Center, Duluth, MN, March-April, 2023.
30th ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN, August-September, 2022.
MEMBERS EXHIBITION, UUCD, Duluth, MN, Summer, 2022.
GOVAHALLAT: A SAMI CULTURAL CENTER EXHIBIT, Robert Powless Cultural Center Gallery at
AICHO, Duluth, MN, May 24-June 10, 2018.
YHDESSA * TOGETHER, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, December 6, 2017-January 2, 2018.
IMAGO MUNDI: SAMINIATURES, Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso, Italy, October 2017.
IMAGO MUNDI: THE ART OF HUMANITY, Sami Cultural Center of North America, Duluth, MN, December, 2016.
THE NEW NORDIC ART SHOW, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN, Oct.-Nov., 2016, Nordic Center, Duluth, MN, March, 2017.
MEMORY ART, UUCD, Duluth, MN, May-August, 2016.
FROM THE COLLECTION, North Shore Bank of Commerce, Duluth, MN, Nov. 2014-Feb. 2015.
UWS STUDENT AND ALUMNI ART, North End Arts Gallery, Superior, WI, January-March, 2015, 2016.
FIVE CONTEMORARY FINNISH-AMERICAN ARTISTS, Rozsa Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, June, 2013.
SNOWSNAKES: A WINTER STORY, North End Arts Gallery, Superior, WI, February, 2013.
INSTANT LOVE: POLAROID, LAND CAMERAS, AND THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, October-November, 2012.
ARROWHEAD BIENNIAL, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, November 2010-Feb., 2011, juried, regional.
PERCENT FOR ART, Mesabi Range Community & Technical College, Virginia, MN, October, 2006.
MEMBERS EXHIBITION, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and previous years.
SAMI AMERICAN ARTISTS, NANA Indigenous Days, 2000, Tromsø, Norway, summer, 2000.
BOUHKAT, CONTEMPORARY SAMI-AMERICAN ART, Superior Public Library, Superior, WI, March, 1997, Ironworld, Chisholm, MN, August, 1997, BOUHKAT II, Grand Marais, MN, January 1998.
SUOMALAISET LINKIT (FINNISH CONNECTIONS), University Gallery, University of Northern Michigan, Marquette, MI, August, 1996.
THIRTEEN BROADSIDES, Tweed Museum, University of MN-Duluth, January-March, 1996.
RECLAIMING OURSELVES, (Uusin voimin eteenpåin), Holmes Art Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, July-August, 1994.
NEW ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHERS ‘92, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, March-May, 1992, purchase award, traveled through 1994. Catalog published.
INTERIORS: AN INVITATIONAL CONCEPT EXHIBITION, Duluth Art Institute, May-June, 1984; Hibbing Community College, November-December, 1984; Bemidji Art Center, February, 1985; Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, July, 1985.
Selected Grants
Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Support for Individuals, 2022.
Finlandia Foundation and Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, 1993 – to travel and photograph in Finland.
University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity – “A Documentary Study of Finnish-Americans in Photographs and Narrative,” 1988-89.
Blandin Foundation Grant through the Minnesota Private College Research Foundation – Production of Photographic Exhibition STRATA, toured in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1983.
Minnesota State Arts Board Support
Marlene Wisuri is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
