Mieke Marple

Mieke Marple
Marple in March 2022
Born1986 (age 39–40)
Mountain View, California
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Known forCampaign Director to Dan Greaney's 2028 presidential campaign
Websitemiekemarple.com

Mieke Marple (born 1986) is an American artist and writer based in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Early life and education

Marple was born in Mountain View, California, and grew up in Palo Alto.[2] She received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008.[3]

Career

Marple began her artist career as an intern at Blum & Poe and David Zwirner galleries. She worked as an artist assistant for the artist Karl Haendel and partnered with Davida Nemeroff on Night Gallery in 2011. While still at Night Gallery, she participated in art fairs like Frieze New York, Frieze London, Art Basel Hong Kong, and NADA Miami, and worked with artists like Sterling Ruby, Laura Owens, Samara Golden, and Josh Kline, among others.[2]

In 2024, Marple began collaborating with clowns and comedians, such as Melinda Hill, on a painting and video series called Live, Laugh, Lube. [4][5] Her work often combines current and new technologies, such as social media, augmented reality and NFTs, with more traditional practices.[6][7] Her artwork has been exhibited at MOCA Westport,[8] the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia,[9] the Seattle NFT Museum,[10] and other arts galleries and platforms. Her work has been featured in The New York Times,[11]The Guardian,[12] Autre,[13] Fortune Magazine,[14] Hyperallergic[15], and some others.

In 2014 and 2016, Marple organized "Sexy Beast", a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood LA, with Davida Nemeroff.[16][17][18][19]

As a writer, Marple has published articles about arts and other topics with The Huffington Post,[20] Los Angeles Review of Books,[21] McSweeney's,[22] Zyzzyva,[23] Lit Hub,[24] and other media platforms.

In 2026, she became Campaign Director to Dan Greaney, a Simpsons writer who announced his run for President of the United States on May 26, 2026.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dolle, Coco (18 November 2023). "Interreality Modalities: A Conversation With Artist Mieke Marple On Bridging The Digital And Traditional Worlds". autre.love. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 Freya Bennett,"ARTIST FEATURE: Mieke Marple". ramonamag.com. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Meet Mieke Marple". VoyageLA. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Tyler Nesler,"Mieke Marple talks about her ongoing art project LIVE, LAUGH, LUBE". interlocutorinterviews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "LA Creatrix Mieke Marple's "Live. Laugh. Lube."". theknowculture.com. 22 September 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Interreality A New Exhibition in LA Entwining the Traditional and Digital". whitehotmagazine.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Kristina Stakor,"International Nft Exhibition 'Techno-Healing': How Much Are We Our Bodies And How Much Are Our Avatars?". mood-hr.translate.goog. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Élan Vital". mocawestport.org. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Exhibition Outside, at Librairie Métamorphoses". avant-galerie.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  10. ↑ ""Gen XX" Exhibition". Seattle NFT Museum. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Chaplin, Julia (14 February 2016). "Art Scene Heats up in Downtown Los Angeles". New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Goodinson, Elena. "Justice (Angela Davis), Art World Tarot, 2018, by Mieke Marple". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Interview Of Artist & Curator Mieke Marple On Bridging The Digital & Traditional Worlds Of Art". autre.love. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "How female artists are navigating the NFT space". Fortune. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Lakshmi Rivera Amin,"A View From the Easel". hyperallergic.com. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Laden, Tanja M. (9 September 2016). "Artists Band Together to Protect Women's Healthcare Rights". Vice. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "SEXY BEAST: An Inside Look at the Planned Parenthood Benefit". Bust. bust.com. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  18. ↑ Michael Slenske,"Sexy Beast: A Night for Planned Parenthood". culturedmag.com. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  19. ↑ John Chiaverina,"Planned Parenthood Benefit Sexy Beast Announces 2016 Artist Lineup". artnews.com. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "What It's Like To Be A Young Woman In The Art World – Where Bad Behavior Is An Open Secret". huffpost.com. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "Bureaucracy Versus the Apocalypse". lareviewofbooks.org. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "An Open Letter to Marge Simpson After Her Ventriloquist Debut is Heckled by Her Husband Homer". mcsweeneys.netg. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  23. ↑ "The Family Issue". zyzzyva.org. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  24. ↑ "Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member: Because Books Matter". lithub.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  25. ↑ "'It's Not a Joke': A Simpsons Writer Holds His First Presidential Campaign Rally". wired.com. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
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