Marisa Gray Atha (b. Apr. 16, 1979) grew up in Sacramento, California, moved to San Luis Obispo in 1997,
                                        San Francisco in 2003, with residence in New York, London, Paris, and Costa Rica somewhere in between.

                                        Marisa graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with Bachelor degrees in Music and English, and a minor
                                        in Psychology, and completed her Master of Music in Classical  Vocal Performance from San Francisco
                                        State University in 2005.

                                       Since 2005, Marisa has been an active and award-winning artist in the medium of digital
                                       photography.  Agora Gallery, of Chelsea, New York, calls Marisa “photography’s cosmopolitan
                                       troubadour.  Paris, San Francisco and New York are among the vibrant cities that have become
                                       backdrops for Atha’s fascinating tableaus.  Atha memorializes momentary experience, at once
                                       acknowledging the volatility and the sublimity of urbanity.  As an artist, Atha understands the ways in
                                       which the mind meshes and reforms its memories.”