Marilyn Jolly lives and works in Dallas, Texas. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. MFA in Painting at the University of Oklahoma. Recently retired Associate Professor of Painting at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Solo exhibitions include: Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay, Fred Jones Jr. Fine Art Center, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Paris-Gibson Square Center for Contemporary Arts, Great Falls, MT, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX and The Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX.
Two and three-person exhibitions include: Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, The Nave Museum, Victoria, TX, Grayduck Gallery, Austin, TX, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX, The Irving Art Center, Irving, TX, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Kilgore College Gallery, Kilgore, TX, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX, June Mattingly Gallery, Dallas, TX, and Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Selected group exhibitions include these venues: Centro Cultural Tomasa Valdes, Mexico City, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florance, Italy, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, Ventura College, Ventura, CA, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State Univ., Emporia, KS, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Columbia College Art Center Gallery, Columbia, MO, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Clyde H. Wells Fine Art Center, Tarleton State Univ., Stevenville, TX, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX, Patrick Gallery, Austin, TX, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, Frito Lay Corporate Headquarters, Plano, TX, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX, The Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX Adele M Gallery, Dallas, TX, Handley Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX, and D W Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Jolly’s work has been included in the collections of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Capitol One Art Collection, Richmond, VA, Capitol One Lounge, DFW Airport, The Belo Corporation, Dallas, TX, Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, AL, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX, Dr. Gilberto Cardenas, Institute for Latino Studies- Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,TX.
history
Education
MFA, Painting, 1983 -The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
BA, 1972 -University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma
Teaching Experience
1999-2018 Associate Professor, Painting, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
1997-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
1995-1997 Adjunct Professor, Painting, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
1986-1998 Private Art Instruction, Dallas, Texas
1989-1992 Painter, Ginnie Johansen Designs, Dallas, Texas
1985-1986 Art Instructor, Firehouse Art Center, Norman, Oklahoma
1983 Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma School of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
1973-1979 Secondary Art Instructor, Lawton Public Schools, Lawton, Oklahoma
Guest Lectures
2022 Gallery Talk, Artspace at Untitled, “Traces in Time” with Norman Kary, Aug. 8, 2022
Gallery Talk, “Traces” with Norman Kary, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, Feb. 12, 2022
2019 Gallery Talk, grayDuck Gallery, March 30, 2019
2018 “Big Empty Head”, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington,TX 2018
2016 My Creative Process/Influences, Dallas Chapter of PEO Sisterhood, Dallas, TX 2016
2015 Q and A with Francisco Moreno, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX, Sept. 26, 2015
2014 Guest Artist Lecture, The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas, July 21, 2014
2012 “Transience, Imperfect, Impermanent, Incomplete”, McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Feb. 4, 2012
2004 Lecture and Slide Presentation, Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 24, 2004
Visiting Guest Artist Lecturer, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas
Visiting Guest Artist Lecturer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Visiting Guest Artist Lecturer, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Selected One, Two and Three-Person Exhibitions
2022 Traces in Time, Marilyn Jolly and Norman Kary, Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 7- September 3
Traces, Marilyn Jolly and Norman Kary, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, Jan. 7-Feb. 26, 2022
2020 Weather Report, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX, Jan. 11-Feb. 15, 2020
2019 When They Appear, grayDuck Gallery, Austin, Texas, March 23-April 14, 2019
2018 Big Empty Head, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, August 24-November 18, 2018
2016 Sincerely Awkward, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Sept 3-Oct. 8, 2016
Akin, Carlos Donjuan and Marilyn Jolly, grayDuck Gallery, Austin, TX, Feb. 19-March 20, 2016
2014 Carlos Donjuan and Marilyn Jolly, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, July 17-Aug. 31, 2014
Marilyn Jolly, Recent Work, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma, March 2014
2013 Repetition, Ritual, Memory, Kendra Briscoe and Marilyn Jolly, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Aug. 10-Sept. 1
2012 Transience: Imperfect, Impermanent, Incomplete, Marilyn Jolly, Melba Northum and Susan Sitzes, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Jan. 2012
2011 Influence, Carlos Donjuan, Sedrick Huckaby and Marilyn Jolly, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, July 15-Sept. 6, 2011
Natural Perceptions, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas (with Allison Hunter), Sept. 6-Oct. 9, 2011
2010 Creativity Test, Marilyn Jolly/Maraya Lopez, Gallery 76102, University of Texas at Arlington, Fort Worth Campus, Fort Worth., Texas, Feb. 4-March 31, 2010
Spring, Bows and Arrows, Dallas, Texas
2007 Marilyn Jolly/Kenda North, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2005 Tending My Garden, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma, September 10-October15, 2005
Marilyn Jolly, Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 28-July 1, 2005
2004 Paintings and Mixed Media Prints, Handley Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, December 3-January 29, 2005
Marilyn Jolly/ Small Works, (exhibition, lecture and demonstration of encaustic painting), Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay , June 20 – June 26
Marilyn Jolly/Small Works and Kenda North/Works from Florence 2001, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, May17-June 2, 2004
Green, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, April 10 – May 23
2002 Circles and Dashes, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma, November 1 – December 21, 2002
2000 Andrew Ortiz – Marilyn Jolly, The Gallery at UTA, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, Sept.5-Oct. 7, 2000, curated by Benito Huerta
1999 Recent Work, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
1998 Barbara Brault-Vessels, Marilyn Jolly-Bowl Series, Conduit Gallery presents at the Continental Loft Building, Dallas, Texas
1996 Marilyn Jolly-Beth Secor, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986 Paris Gibson Square Center for the Contemporary Arts, Great Falls, Montana
Bruno Andrade and Marilyn Jolly, Mattingly Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
198 University of Oklahoma Museum of Art Fred Jones Fine Art Center, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Human Nature, ICOSA Collective, Nov. 5-21, Austin, TX, Claire Howard, curator (Asst. Curator of Modern/Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art
2020 In the Absence of Others, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX, Feb. 22-March 28, 2020
2017 Builders, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Curated by Benjamin Terry, Oct. 14-Nov. 30, 2017
Small, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX, Oct. 21-Nov. 25, 2017
Big Idea, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2017
2016 Summer Exhibition, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, Texas, July 23-Aug. 27, 2016
2014 Dia De Los Muertos Retablo Silent Auction, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, invitational, Oct. 2-Nov. 1, 2014
Mac@20, Part II, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, invitational, Nov. 8-Dec. 20, 2014
2013 Delta, Membership Exhibition, The McKinney Ave. Contemporary, July 27-Aug. 31, 2013
Grackle Art, Fort Worth, Texas, April, 2013
The Storybook Poem, West North Fifth Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland, April-May, 2013
Contemporary Drawing Today, Fort Worth Drawing Center, Fort Worth, Texas Jan. 27-March 24, 2013
2012 Membership Show, “Trans”, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, August, 2012
2011 Faculty Biennial Exhibition, The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Oct. 24-Nov. 19, 2011
2010 7th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, (juried exhibition)
Wall, curated by Rebecca Olsen, Gallery of Contemporary Art at Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, Nov. 2010
Heart and Soul of the Great Plains 3rd Invitational, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Fahrenheit 180, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York, (invitational international group encaustic exhibition)
2009 Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 12-Oct. 3, juror, David Pagel, (awarded the “Raucous Science Club Award”)
2008 5X7 2008, (exhibition and auction invitational), Arthouse, Austin, Texas, May, 2008, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, August 29, 2008
Consejo Grafico, (conference and exhibition hosted by Serie Project), Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, Texas, November 20-22
2007 Visual Direction, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, July 27-August 31, 2007
Vitro, Petra, Flora, Marilyn Jolly, Leighton McWilliams, Mel Northum, Susan Sitzes, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas, March 4-April 2, 2006
2005 Select, Handley Hicks Gallery, September 3-October 22, 2005
Encaustic Group Show, Ventura College, Ventura, California, September 6-October 10, 2005
5X7 2005, (exhibition and auction invitational), Arthouse, Austin, Texas, May 15-June 11, 2005
20″X 20″ X 20″, LSU Union art Gallery, (juried competition), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 12-May 13, 2005
Serie Print Project, Vin Gallery, Austin, Texas, Jan. 2005- July, 2005, Time Warner Cable (Office Building), Austin, Texas, Aug. 2004-Jan. 2005, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, Nov. 19, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005
2004 Nature Abstracted, The Painting Center, New York, New York, November 30-December 23, 2004, (Emily Berger/curator)
UTA in Italy, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, November 6-December 11, 2004
Small Works, (3 person exhibition), Handley Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, March 27 – May 15
2003 5X7, at the Jones Center (exhibition and auction invitational) Dunn and Brown, Dallas, Texas, The Bower, San Antonio, Texas, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, August 29, October 3, September 5
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Juror, Diane Karp (director, Santa Fe Art Institute), Fort Worth, Texas, September 6-September 26
Members on View and Critic’s Choice, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas, June 13-August2
39 Hour Show, The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas, May 21-24
Cecelia Feld, Diane Walker-Gladney, Marilyn Jolly and Ruth Forbes Litwin, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, April 19-September 28
Beaux Arts Ball, Framing 100 Years of the Dallas Museum of Art, (art auction and exhibition invitational), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, April 26
Wish, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, (art auction and exhibition), March 14-22
Sunny Side Up, Arlington Museum of Art, (art auction and exhibition), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, January 17-February 8
2002 5 x 7 x X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Salvajes, Locos, Niños y Poetas, E. H. Hereford Center Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas (Traveling Exhibition from Mexico City), September 3 – October 15, 2002
Natural, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, June 21-July 20
All Natural, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, February 23- March 23
Wish, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas, Auction and Exhibition, March 9-March 15
Shades of Blue, City Art Center, Oklahoma City (Invitational) Art Exhibition and Sale January 25-February 16
Home, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, Auction and Exhibition, January 19-February 9
Diverse Work, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, Texas, November 30, 2001-February 2, 2002
2001 Serie Print Project, Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas traveling Exhibition
Firehouse Art Center, Norman, Oklahoma, May 23-June 24
Mexie-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, March 8-April 18
Minority Small Business Administration, Austin, Texas, January 24-February 23
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, October 15-November 20
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 8-Sept. 28, 2001 Juror -Laurence Miller
Salvajes, Locos, Niños y Poetas, Centro Cultural Tomasa Valdes, Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Raquel Olveras, Aug. 9-Sept. 7, 2001
W, A Members’ Invitational, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Aug. 4-Sept. 2, 2001
Critic’s Choice, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas, June 15, Aug. 24, 2001, Juror – Steven Nash
Binational Art Exhibition, Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 2001
Masterpieces, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, May 2001
5 x 7 x X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, May 18, Sept. 7, Sept. 15
Blue Skies, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, Feb. 3, 2001
2000 Serie Print Project, Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas traveling exhibition
Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 18-Nov. 22, 2000
Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 2-30
South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 5-26
UT Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, March 13-April 28
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas, January 7-February 25
Artistas de las Americas, The Latin Arts Association of Fort Worth, Fort Worth Central Library Arts Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 16-Oct 15, 2000, curated by Dotty Zamora
UTA in Italy, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
Juror’s Choice, The 1999 Members’ Show, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas, curated by Suzanne Weaver
Membership Exhibit, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
It’s a Dog’s Life, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas, curated by Larry Felty
Ship of Fools, Southern Graphic Council Conference, Books and Books, Coral Gables, Florida
1999 Art in the Metroplex 99, juried competition, Clint Willour, juror (Director of Galveston Art Center), Texas Christian University J. M. Moudy Exhibition Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Serie VI Print Project, Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas traveling exhibition
Pyramid Atlantic Sixth Book Arts Fair, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 1999
Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, October 9-November 14
Narisco Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, Texas, September 1-October 16
Scarbrough-Philips Gallery, St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas, September 10-October 3
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
1998 Membership Exhibition, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, CIRCA Gallery, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
1997 The Visceral Intellect, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas Sue Graze, Curator
A Woman’s Garden, Exhibition in conjunction with A Woman’s Garden opening and symposium, DeGolyer House, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, CIRCA Gallery, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Elements, Exhibition and Auction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Membership Show, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
Membership Show, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
TLC For EASL, Exhibition and Auction, Dallas Design Center, Dallas, Texas
1996 Faculty Exhibition, CIRCA Gallery, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Membership Show, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas Luiz Jimenez, Juror
All That Glitters, Exhibition and Auction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Hot Flash, EASL Exhibition and Auction, Quadrangle, Dallas, Texas
1995 Membership Show, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Art Journeys, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Critic’s Choice, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
Hats Off, EASL Exhibition and Auction, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, Texas
Order and Chaos, Exhibition and Auction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
1994 Betsy Belcher, Marilyn Jolly, Susie Phillips, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Critic’s Choice, D’Art, Dallas, Texas
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Art Squared, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
1993 Critic’s Choice, D’Art, Dallas, Texas
1992 Critic’s Choice, D’Art, Dallas, Texas
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1991 Incendiary Motives, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
34th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
On Line: Drawings by Texas Artists, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1990 Works on Paper, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1989 Fall Group Show, Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas
Common Ground Beyond Boudaries, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas Marilyn Zeitlin-Juror
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1988 Eighth Anniversary Show, Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas
Zoomorphism:Animals in Art, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, Texas
The Last Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Beaux Arts Ball Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1987 100 Under 1000, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Mid-America Images Exhibition, N.R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Spring Garden Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986 Animation/Imagination, Frito Lay Corporate Headquarters, Plano, Texas
1985 S.P.A.R. National Art Exhibition, Barnwell Gallery and Art Center, Sheveport, Louisiana
Twenty-Eighth Annual Delta Art Exhibition, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
May Juried Exhibition, Ariel Gallery, New York, New York
Kilgore College Gallery, Kilgore, Texas
Clyde H. Wells Fine Art Center, Tarleton State University, Stevenville, Texas
1984 6th Annual Paper in Particular, Columbia College Art Center Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
1983 Art Annual IV National Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Residencies
Santa Reparata International School of Art, dry point etching, Florence, Italy, summer 1999
“Serie VI Print Project”, Coronado Studio, Austin, Texas, spring 1999
Selected Collections
Capitol One Lounge, DFW Airport, Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Capitol One Art Collection, Richmond, Virginia
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas
The Belo Corporation, Dallas, Texas
Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama
Mexie-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Dr. Gilberto Cardenas, Institute for Latino Studies-Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Awards
2015 Art Pace, San Antonio, selected for the short list for the annual international artist residency
1996 Winner, “Road Art!, A Billboards Project” Competition, Dallas, Texas
1993 Assemblage Awards for Excellence in Art, Dallas, Texas
1988 Winner, Patrick Media “Gift of Art” Billboard Competition, Dallas, Texas
1986 Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award for Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Artist’s Books
Bibliography
2021 New American Paintings 150, Vol. 25 Issue 5, Juror Suzanne Weaver, October/November 2020
2016 Marilyn Jolly, Circuit 12, Dallas, Texas, Visual Art Source Weekly Newsletter, by John Zotos, Oct. 7, 2016
Marilyn Jolly, Sincerely Awkward, Modern Dallas Weekly, by Todd Camplin, moderndallas.net, 2016
Sincerely Awkward, A solo show by Marilyn Jolly @ Circuit 12 through Oct. 10, Dallas Arts Review, by JR Compton, 2016
2014 “Two Artists, Two Different Perspectives at the Nave”, Natassia Bonyanpour, August 26, 2014
2005 “La Exposition de Artista Norteamericana”, ABC, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 27, 2005
“Jolly Abre Exposition”, La Nacion, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 28, 2005
“Muestra de Pintura en el CCPA”, ABC, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 28, 2005
2004 “Prints Follow City Gardens Through the Seasons”, Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, December 11, 2004
“Pinturas de Marilyn Jolly”, Ultima Hora, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 21, 2004
“Marilyn Jolly Expone en el CCPA”, ABC Press, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 21, 2004
“Marilyn Jolly Expone Pinturas y Grabados”, Noticias, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 21, 2004
“Muestra de Artista Americana en el CCPA”ABC Press, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 20, 2004
“Exposicion y Charla”, ABC Press, Asuncion, Paraguay, June 20, 2004
“Marilyn Jolly Pinturas Y Grabados, Maria Victoria Echauri, Brochure for exhibition at the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano, Asuncion, Paraguay June 21-24, 2004
2002 “Renowned Artists Display Work at Mainsite Gallery”, Crystal M. George, The Oklahoma Daily, November 12, 2002
“Mainsite Contemporary Gallery Presents 4 Shows”, John Brandenburg, The Daily Oklahoman, November 8, 2002
“Four One-Person Exhibits Opening at Mainsite”, Kathryn Myers, Pop, November 1, 2002
“Four Elements Enter Crossman Gallery” Jeff Danna, The Royal Purple, October 23, 2002
“Chances Art”, Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly, July 4-10, 2002
“AMA”s Artists Play With Forms, Mediums-and Mother Nature”, Brandon Ortiz, Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 21, 2002
“Fort Worth Exhibit Captures Nature at its Finest, Darkest”, Kathy A. Goolsby, The Dallas Morning News (March 1, 2002)
“Natural Beauty – New Exhibit Focuses on the Art of Simple Life Forms”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 22, 2002
2001 “Membership Show at the Mac”, Mike Daniel, The Dallas Morning News, August 10, 2001
“CCPA Inaugura Nuevo Local en San Lorenzo con Exposition”, Ultima Hora, June 15, 2001
2000 “The Art of Self”, Seth Schrock”, The Shorthorn, September 5, 2000
“Andrew Ortiz and Marilyn Jolly”, Brochure for The Gallery at UTA, Joel Weinstein, September 5–October 7, 2000
1993 “Spiritual Growth Blossoms In Oil”, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News (March 15, 1993)
1992 “Women Artists Make A Strong Showing In Exhibit”, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News (June 28, 1992)
1991 “Feeling The Heat Of Uneasy Times”, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News (August 10, 1991)
1990 “Jolly’s New Paintings Are Rich In Wry Humor”, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News (November 15, 1990)
1988 “Four Artists Who Made It Big”, Connie Benesch, The Dallas Morning News (August 25, 1988)
1987 “Exhibits of a Different Color”, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News (April 16, 1987)
“Mid-America Artists Exhibit in Eppink:, Lorraine Cannistra, The Bulletin, Emporia State University (October 22, 1987)
1986 “Marilyn Jolly Formal Gardens, Cathryn Mallory” Paris Gibson Square Center for Contemporary Arts Exhibition Quarterly, Summer/Fall Quarter 1986, (Volume 2, Number 2)
1984 “Emotional Mood Subjective in FireHouse Art Center Exhibit”, John Brandenburg, The Daily Oklahoman/Times (September 6, 1984)