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Poli Marichal (born February 1, 1956, Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican artist living in Los Angeles, California who works in illustration, painting and filmmaking. She is the daughter of painter Carlos Marichal.
Explore the possibilities of the printed image in all its dimensions and techniques, be it on paper, digital formats or in installations.
Marichal is lauded as one of the first experimental filmmakers in Puerto Rico, starting with films from the mid-1980s. Some of her early films include Underwater Blues (1981), Coffee Break (1987), and Los espejísmos de Mandrágora Luna (Mandrágora Luna's phantoms, 1987).
Biography Details. Printmaker, filmmaker and illustrator. Obtained a Bachelor's degree in Art with a concentration in Printmaking from Escuela de Artes Plasticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Afterwards, she finished a Master's degree in Art from the Massachusetts College of Art.
Poli Marichal. Ponce, PR, 1956. Grabadora, cineasta e ilustradora. Obtiene un Bachillerato en Arte con concentración en grabado de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Posteriormente completa una Maestría en Arte del Massachusetts College of Art.
Poli Marichal utilizes different mediums such as printmaking, painting, mixed media, film and video to make works that explore social, personal, political and environmental issues.
When Marichal moved from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles, she found a home at Self Help Graphics (est. 1970), one of the first Chicano print centers in the United States. Her dramatic linear style and linocut technique connects her work to a long history of political graphics in Mexico and Puerto Rico.
