Marian Pham is a painter and illustrator using digital, watercolor, gouache, and oil to create her works. In her personal practice, Marian explores themes around collective healing, generational trauma, and current social issues, using portraiture, symbolism, and abstraction. She is currently exploring art commissions as a way to work with clients interested in identity work using narrative techniques, Human Design, and healing consultations.

She graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration. She has also studied abroad at Hongik University in South Korea, and attended Graduate School of Illustration at the Academy of Arts University. She has exhibited in various plein air competitions around Utah and has taught painting and drawing classes. Her paintings have won her Artist’s Choice at the Escalante Plein Air Competition in 2016, and the Purchase Award and Merit Award from the Brigham City Museum in 2018.

Marian managed a creative social events business running Paint Nite and Plant Nite in Utah markets for Yaymaker during 2014-2020, and was featured in local publications like City Weekly and Standard-Examiner for her work. She is currently an administrator for the online gallery Every Day Original while freelancing illustration.