Marilyn Walter

Marilyn Walter is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in West Palm Beach. Walter is intrigued by social media’s effect on how traditional conventions of portraiture are being challenged. How social media’s technology is redefining how we are portraying ourselves, our identity, and how we are thinking a lot about what our image is. By using others’ images from their social pages, she is looking beyond the visual likeness. Her process allows her to experiment and reinvent ways of manipulating a diverse array of materials. By accessing their photos with their consent, a photo exchange becomes an active dialogue, combining the use of new technologies with old ideas, creating a contemporary portrait.