Maria Coryell-Martin

Artist Bio:

Maria Coryell-Martin has been exploring the world with sketchbook in hand since a young age. Her first grade elementary school teacher, Aki Kurose, told her, "A creative person is never bored," a saying she has taken to heart.

Maria graduated from Carleton College in 2004 with a degree in studio art and intensive studies in French. During her time there, she traveled extensively, creating art in West Africa, the South Pacific, and Southeast Alaska. After graduation, she left the country to travel for one year as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow to explore remote regions through art. Since traveling to Antarctica as artist-in-residence with Quark Expeditions, Maria has visited all seven continents.

Home in Seattle, WA, Maria is developing her field work in the studio and planning future expeditions. Her project, “Portraits of Ice, Witnessing Climate Change through Art,” is formally recognized by the International Polar Year as project #1182 and she is a member of the Polar Artists Group and Explorers Club.