Marcus Civin received a BA in Theater from Brown University and an MFA in Studio Art from University of California, Irvine. He is a lecturer in art history at MICA and has been a lecturer in studio art at UC Irvine. He has delivered lectures as a visiting artist at California Institute of the Arts, University of Houston, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, and San Francisco Art Institute, and is a founder of New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized art mentoring program in Providence, Rhode Island. For two years, Marcus was involved in organizing Perform! Now!, a festival of new performance art in Los Angeles' Chinatown. He has also been active in the experimental writing communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Marcus writes art reviews for the Internet magazine, artslant.com, and has performed and exhibited at galleries including: LA><ART, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE), Sea and Space Explorations, Betalevel, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Jancar Gallery, and High Energy Constructs in Los Angeles; The Temporary Space in Houston; Am Nuden Da in London; Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Pitzer College Art Galleries in Claremont; and The Lab in San Francisco. Marcus creates prop-based performances, text works, photographs, sculptures and drawings that consider American violence.

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