MAR TRAD received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, Roski School of Fine Arts in 2009. Award recipient of Great Rivers Biennial 2012 at the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis and 2018 Grant Recipient at Telluride Arts District, Trad has exhibited and curated projects at Migros Museum of Contemporary Art in Zürich, Switzerland; Centro Médico Mazunte in Oaxaca, México and San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, México. Past exhibitions in the USA include Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts; Gallery 618; AH HAA School for the Arts, and Helen Lindhurst Fine Art Gallery.

Press and publication include Artforum International Magazine, Temporary Art Review, and THE FRONT ROOM: Artists' Projects at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis 2008-2013, First Edition 2014

Recent interview:

VOLUME I: TANTRUM

Interview with Benjamin Merrick, Mina Kompisar of Orkydaceae. MARCH 2023