Marisela Rumberg

Background

Born and raised in Mexico, she holds a degree in International Economics and is a certified Spanish-English interpreter and translator. Marisela’s early instincts in art were shaped by her chef and painter grandfather. Although her mother used to design her and her sister’s clothes, she didn’t become interested in fiber arts until she married and moved to the US. Marisela began taking a few quilting classes and then she really took flight - teaching herself free-motion-quilting and other art quilting techniques. Since joining the Workhouse Arts Center in 2015 and The Torpedo Factory Arts Center a year later, Marisela has become a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT25) and has developed her signature style of incorporating sophisticated fiber arts and mixed media techniques such as eco-printing, wet cyanotype, thread painting, fiber sculpting, abstract drawing and more recently abstract painting, into her work.

Interesting Facts

Marisela is an award-winning quilter whose work have been exhibited in five countries on three continents, several times at the Houston International Quilt show, and published in several art-quilt books.

Philosophy

Marisela believes Nature imbues everything with a story, a legend or a myth. She strives to discover them and find the best mix of technique and medium to set them free.

She classifies her large and wide ranging body work into five main collections: “Nature’s Fingerprints,” “Cianotipias,” “Zentangle Inspired Art,” “Alebrije Skin” and “Legends, Stories and Mexican Traditions.” Marisela is an art instructor here at the Workhouse Arts Center, teaches online, and loves to travel all over the world giving lectures and workshops in English and in Spanish.