marcus cain

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I first met Marcus when I showed my work at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in the late 90’s. He was on staff there. I loved his quiet but determined demeanor, and I adored his artwork. I’m still crazy about both.

Marcus is a Kansas City based artist, writer, and Curator of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art. He is the founding co-director and owner of Satellite Exhibitions, an independent contemporary art curatorial project, and the former Editor of Review, a regional, monthly visual art magazine based in Kansas City, Missouri. He has served as Lecturer in the painting department and Coordinator of the Corporate Partnership Exhibition Program at the Kansas City Art Institute and as Assistant Director for Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art. He frequently serves as guest juror, artist, and lecturer for universities, art fairs, and organizations throughout the Midwest, and he has produced and curated exhibitions for the University of California, Long Beach, CA, Bridge Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL, Stray Show Chicago, Chicago, IL, and the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.

Marcus has written for publications including American Ceramics, Bridge, Ceramics: Art & Perception, Venus, and Review, authored articles on art critic Robert Storr and artists Do Ho-Suh, Rosemarie Fiore, Adriana Arenes, and Peregrine Honig, and he has contributed exhibition essays to the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art and the Kansas City Artists Coalition. He has also been written about in such publications as Art in America, New American Paintings, The New York Observer, Miami New Times, Oklahoma Gazette, Review, My Midwest Magazine, Kansas City Star, and Pitch Weekly, and online at MW Capacity and Present magazine.


Marcus’ artwork includes painting, drawing and installation. He has exhibited nationally, and his work may be found in numerous public and private collections including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, BBC Worldwide America, American Century Investments, H&R Block, Sprint Corporation, Westin Hotels, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, and Designer Todd Oldham. He is represented in Kansas City by Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art.

You'd be hard pressed to find a harder working artist or a nicer guy.