Mariel Harari is an interdisciplinary artist working in fiber art, biomaterial, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, performance and video. Grounded in laborious processes and bright, tactile surfaces, her work explores cycles of impact between human made structures and organic beings. Harari draws parallels between the effect of memory and built environment on emotional and physical capacity.

Harari is a recipient of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Individual Artists Program grant. She has attended residencies at Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC), Annas Projects, High Concept Labs, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in publications including Sixty Inches From Center, Surface Design Association and Brooklyn Magazine. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Co-Prosperity, Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery and Ignition Project Space as well as group shows at Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, CAC, MDW Fair, and Comfort Station. Harari was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.