The paintings and drawings of Marshall Arisman have been widely exhibited, both internationally and nationally. His work may be seen in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, at the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as in many private and corporate collections. His editorial illustration work has been seen in major publications all around the world.

Mr. Arisman's original graphic essay, "Heaven Departed," in which paintings and drawings describe the emotional and spiritual impact of nuclear war on society, was published in book form by Vision Publishers (Tokyo, 1988).

Chairman of the M.F.A. degree program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Marshall Arisman was the first American invited to exhibit his artwork in mainland China. His series, "Sacred Monkeys," appeared at the Guang Dong Museum of Art in April 1999.

We were thrilled  when a friend of the Learning Center, Kurt Hollomon, invited us along when he visited Mr. Arisman's studio on a recent trip to New York. Marshall was kind enough to welcome us in and spoke about his early years as an illustrator and how he found that by looking inward to his past life experiences the subject matter and point of view that would make his work most successful were there all along. Marshall also spoke with us about his current project, a series of oil paintings done on translucent layers and hung with space in between to allow interplay and shifts in the image as it is viewed from varying distances and angles. We look forward to the final results.

The Learning Center would like to thank Kurt for inviting us to tag along and Mr. Arisman for his hospitality. Below is a small selection of Marshall Arisman's vast body of work, you can see more by visiting his website here.