Poli Marichal (b. Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a printmaker, painter and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She has a BFA from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She is a founding member of Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective, a member of Consejo Grafico, the Los Angeles Printmaking Society and the WGA West. Marichal has been recipient of several grants from, among others, the Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department Art Grant and the Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship. Her works have been exhibited in the USA and abroad and are in several public and private collections. www.polimarichal.com