“As a professor and artist situated in upstate New York in a post-industrial city for the past decade, my teaching and work has been a part of the national conversation about legacy or rust belt cities with University campuses and poorer downtown urban centers.”
Marion Wilson is a painter, sculptor, installation artist. Wilson researches and presents work based on urban studies, ecology, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math). She is an internationally recognized artist and is a professor at Syracuse University. Wilson received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, her M.A. form Columbia University, and her M.F.A. from University of Cincinnati. She currently resides in Syracuse, NY but also has a studio in NYC.