MZG Biography

Two of Marlene's artworks (The Eighth Day: View II and Flamenco) are in the permanent collection of the Albuquerque Museum, one of which was recently featured in an exhibit entitled "From the Vault: Modern and Contemporary." The other work has been on repeated exhibits since its acquisition.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe NM also has one of her works in its permanent collection (The Eighth Day: View I).
She has another piece "Healing the Despair" in the permanent collection at New Mexico State University's Art Gallery.

Last year there were three works on display at the Albuquerque Museum, two in a national competitive exhibit for the members of the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, and one in the New Mexico State Competition.
The three major galleries that have exhibited her artwork are Adair Margo in El Paso, Shidoni in Tesuque and John Cacciatore in Albuquerque. Marlene also had her own gallery, Revelations Art Gallery, in downtown Albuquerque in 2002 and 2003.

Art Education
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
University of California at Berkeley. Yearly scholarships. Graduated with honors in psychology.
Pratt Graphic Workshop in Manhattan, NY.
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.

Awards
Honors Award, National Women's Art Exhibition, San Antonio, TX.
One-person Exhibit Award in "Close to the Border" Exhibition, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM.
Award of Merit, "New Horizons" Exhibit, Silver City, NM.
Honorable Mention in oils and acrylics, Tri-State Exhibition, Carlsbad, NM.
Purchase Award, Midwest Print Making and Drawing Competition, Tulsa Civic Center, Tulsa, OK.

Solo Exhibitions
McCray Art Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM.
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX.
C.G. Jung Center of Houston, Houston, TX.
Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
University Art Gallery, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM.
Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

Group Exhibitions
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Shidoni Contemporary Art Gallery, Tsuque, NM
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM
University Art Gallery, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Fine Arts Gallery, New Mexico State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM
Bridge Center of Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX
Galleria Loggia, Assisi, Italy

Marlene was born in Los Angeles, California, of German immigrant parents, Hans and Norma Zander. The family lived with her grandparents, who spoke only German. As a child Marlene longed to express herself by drawing and painting, but the family could not afford paper or crayons, so sometimes she drew on walls or in books with anything available, suffering the consequences of punishment.
	After mastering English she did very well and won praise for her artwork. She received a scholarship to the University of California at Berkley, graduating with honors in psychology. While at UC Berkley Marlene met Don Gutierrez. They fell in love and married in 1957, and after graduation moved to New York City, where Marlene hoped to enter the art world.
Two years later they returned to California, where Don attended UCLA, working towards his doctorate in English Literature. After Don's graduation they moved to South Bend IN where he accepted a position on the faculty at Notre Dame. Marlene continued her artwork and she was soon accepted in competitive exhibitions in the Chicago area. She excelled in mixed media, including collage, painting, print-making and metalworks.
	In 1975 Marlene, Don and their two children, Hector and Trajan, moved to Silver City, New Mexico, where Don taught at Western New Mexico University and Marlene had her first one-person art exhibit. Marlene progressed to numerous exhibits, including one in Assisi, Italy where she was invited to work as an artist for a month in 1989.
After Don's retirement in 1994, the couple moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Marlene even now continues breaking new ground.	Early picture of Marlene and one of the awkward children from the village.