1996 School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL .USA Master of Fine Arts
1992 Smith College, Northampton, MA.USA Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude
1991 Chautauqua School of Painting, Chautauqua, NY.USA
1990-91 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT USA

2007 It's you and me forever, Emily Tsingou, London, England
Pop Life, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2006 Mari Eastman, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sittings, Sprüth and Magers, Projekte, Munich, Germany
2005 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Two Gnomes on Rocks Facing Each Other, with Anne Eastman, The General Store, Milwaykee, WI, USA
Paintings, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mari Eastman, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001 I am the Painting Factory, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL, USA
Mari Eastman, Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hello, Goodbye, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000 Summertime, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
View From Mt. Washington, Recent Works, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Rotating Exhibition, Rainbo Room, Chicago, IL, USA
Predators, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
1997 Dance Party, Rx Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
BYOB/ Mari Eastman & Amy Wheeler are at CPR, Chicago Project Room, Chicago, IL, USA

2008 Urbi et Orbi- Hunters & Devils, Andreas Grimm München, Germany
Mystery of the Invisible Clock, Hudson Salon, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
One way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Blaffer Gallery- The Art museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX
2006 Selections From My Wardrobe, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Asian American Art Now, The Asia Society, New York, USA
Landscapes, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL, USA
Hotel California, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, USA
2005 Maureen Paley, London, England
Blumenstuck, Kunstlers Gluck, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Old News, LACE- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
2004 Arnold, Eastman, and Weatherford, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Drawing Show, SouthFirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
NATURE, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
2003 Ten Years Anniversary of Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hands up, Baby, Hands up!, Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Summer Romance, Sandroni-Rey, Venice, CA, USA
The Larger Room, 678 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA, USA
School is Out, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Girls Gone Wild, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
The Cat Show, Acme Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2002 Bad Touch, Ukrainian Institute of Art, Chicago, IL, USA
Painting and Illustration, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
New Angeles, Ewing Gallery, University of Tenessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
2001 Miss World 1972: A Free Form Art Show, Daniel Reich, New York, USA
Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, The UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA Travelling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (Oct- Dec)

New Angeles, University Galleries, Universtiy of Indiana at Bloomington
Drawn From LA, Midway Initiative, St. Paul, MN, USA
Sharing Sunsets, Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Part Two: Three Day Weekend, 1234 El Paso, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Group Show, 5022 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Painting 2001, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
2000 Nader Poster Design 2000, a collaborative project with CAR, Monk Parakeet, Chicago IL, USA
Blurring Lines in Contemporary Drawing, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA
Part I - Three Day Weekend with Mari Eastman, Rebecca Morris, and Amy Wheeler, 1234 El Paso, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Use Your Illusion/Part 3 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
People Are (Still) Animals -Three Day Weekend curated by Dave Muller, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA

People Are Animals Too -Three Day Weekend curated by Dave Muller, Art Frankfurt, Germany
The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter, China Arts Object Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 George's Phototron, George's, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Forever is a Hell of a Long Time , Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York,NY, USA
1998 Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1997 Pink, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL., USA
1996 Young Americans of Asian Ancestry , Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL., USA
AOK, 1223 N. Wolcott, Chicago, IL., USA
1995 The Bunny Show, Base Space, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

1998- Co-Founder and Associate Editor of Cakewalk magazine, a journal on contemporary arts.

2006 Smith, Roberta: "A Mélange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities", The New York Times, September 8
Campagnola, Sonia: "Dictionary of Los Angeles Artists" Flash Art , January-February
2004 Lorch, Catrin: "So stickt man mich in die Kunstgeschichte", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February, p. 49
2003 Dambrot, Shana Nys: "Summer Romance" Artweek, September, p.24
Smith, Roberta: "Art in Review/Girls Gone Wild" The New York Times, July 4, Sec. B, p.29
Pagel, David: "Around the Galleries" Los Angeles Times, July 4, Sec. E, p.22
2002 Charley Magazine, Edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Ali Subotnik
Belden, Kris: "Mari Eastman, The Suburban" Ten by Ten, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 58
Klefstad, Ann: "Drawn From L.A. (Home is Where the Heart is)" New Art Examiner, March-April, p. 73
2001 "Snapshot, New Art from Los Angeles", Catalogue, Ucla Hammer Museum, LA 2001
1 Cutter, Kim. "East Side Story", W Magazine, Sept. 2001, p.204-209
Cotter, Holland "Miss World 1972: A Free Form Art Show by Daniel Reich" The New York Times, Dec. 28 , Lesiure/Weekend, Art in Review
Saltz, Jerry "Something Wild" The Village Voice/ArtNet, December
Haithman, Diane "A (Benefit) Show of Solidarity" LA Times, Calendar, December, p. 65
Mined Magazine, "Dream Diary" December, pp. 394-396
Dambrot, Shana Nys "Snapshot" Tema Celeste, September-October
Hickey, Scott. Art View: Mari Eastman MacDirectory, Summer, p. 221
Pagel, David . "To Live and Create in LA2" LA Times, Calendar, July 29, p. 4
Knight, Christopher, "A Snapshot of New Art From LA2" LA Times, Calendar, June 6
Kent, Sarah, "Reviews: Paintings 2001", Time Out London, No. 1594, March 7-14, p. 63
Taylor, Tanis, "Art: Painting 2001" Metro Life, February 6, p. 18
2000 Erickson, Karl, "News" Flash Art, November, p. 51
Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review/Mari Eastman" The New York Times, Aug 4, Section B, p. 33
"Goings on about town/Galleries-Downtown/Mari Eastman" The New Yorker, August 21, p.28
1999 Gavlak, Sarah, "Art Review/Mari Eastman" Time Out, August 23
Saltz, Jerry, "Mood Swings" The Village Voice/Artnet, August
1998 Bryan, Edgar , "Perfect Sleeper" Cakewalk #2 Review section
Glueck. "Gallery Listings" The New York Times, July 31
Murphy, Mary. "Alternative Spaces in Chicago" Dialogue, May/June, p. 29
1997 Frank, Nicholas. "BYOB" Art Papers , November/December. Vol. 21, #6, p. 52
Bulka, Michael, "Mari Eastman at RX Gallery" World Art, Fall 1997, p. 81
Grabner, Michelle. "Mari Eastman and Amy Wheeler, Chicago Project Room" Art/Text, August-October, p. 86-87
Palmer, Laurie, "Carol Jackson, Chicago Project Room" Frieze, Summer, mention p. 82
Campbell, Shane, "Mari Eastman, RX Gallery" The New Art Examiner, June, p. 38-39
Siener, Jim, "Mari Eastman @ RX Gallery" Lot 33, http://www.lot33.com, Spring-Summer
Palmer, Laurie, "Yet Another Kind of Space" Dialogue June, p. 12-15
Swartz, Mark, "Torn Between Two Cultures" The Chicago Reader, April 18, Section 1, p. 35
Wiens, Ann, "Grrll Art: Feminism Gets Femme" The New Art Examiner, March, mention, p. 32
1996 Bulka, Michael. "A-OK" The New Art Examiner December, p. 35-36