Marie Franco

Marie Franco is a Peruvian-Venezuelan artist living in South Florida, whose practice focuses on storytelling through painting and portraiture. She explores the immigrant experience, identity, and community within emergent immigrant spaces such as flea markets. Swap shops are representative spaces for immigrant culture in South Florida and are closely tied to her family history. As a public artist, Marie has contributed murals to organizations such as Hispanic Unity of Florida, the City of Dania, and Broward County Public Schools. She is a graduate of New World School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in Painting and a minor in Art History. She has been a teaching artist at the Pérez Art Museum Miami since 2022. Her work is included in both private and public collections, including those of Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon and Tauan Mandonça. Most recently, she was named a 2025 summer Artist-in-Residence at Locust Projects.