Marissa Yardley Clifford

Marissa Yardley Clifford is an American writer and visual artist.

Early life and education

Clifford was born in 1992 in Starkville, Mississippi. She attended UCLA where she studied art history and digital humanities.

Writing

Clifford's writing career began in 2006, when she began writing for a local newspaper. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vice[1] and The Culture Trip.[2] She has published extensively for Curbed[3] and has appeared on local news networks discussing issues like gentrification and the digital divide in MacArthur Park.[4]

In addition to journalism, Clifford has worked with major advertising agencies including Media Arts Lab,[5] 72andSunny, and R/GA. She has concepted and written campaigns in collaboration with artists and directors such as Damien Chazelle,[6][7][8] FKA twigs, and Megadeth.[9] Her campaign for Megadeth, titled Nature Is Metal, received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial in 2019,[9] earning Clifford membership in the Television Academy.

Visual art

After college, Clifford joined the Getty Research Institute's Digital Art History team, where she served as project manager for the Getty Scholars' Workspace.[10] Her work explores the relationship between art, technology, and culture,[11] primarily through video art, projection, and painting.[12] Her collaborative project DH4 with Victoria Wells was exhibited at the Getty Center,[13] and her projection work has been featured at the Hammer Museum[14] as well as in numerous music festivals and live performances.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Marissa Clifford – Vice Contributor". Vice. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05.
  2. ^ "Marissa Clifford – Culture Trip Author Page". The Culture Trip.
  3. ^ "Why Doesn't MacArthur Park Gentrify?". Curbed LA. 2017-01-26. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "In Focus: Writer Marissa Clifford". Spectrum In Focus.
  5. ^ a b "Voyage LA: Conversations with Marissa Clifford".
  6. ^ "Damien Chazelle's Vertical Cinema Spotlights a New Way of Seeing". Below the Line.
  7. ^ "Damien Chazelle's New Vertically Framed Short". Oscars Newsletter.
  8. ^ "Shot on iPhone by Damien Chazelle – Vertical Cinema". D&AD.
  9. ^ a b "Apple Commercial Featuring "Last Rites" Nominated for an Emmy". Megadeth. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  10. ^ Baca, Murtha; Clifford, Marissa (2018-06-19). "Developing a Digital Collaborative Research Environment: the Getty Scholars' Workspace". Uncommon Culture: 17–25.
  11. ^ "Netizens in Dialogue". Graphite Journal.
  12. ^ "Marissa Yardley Clifford". Our Prime Property.
  13. ^ "The Getty Center College Night 2017" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Arts Party: Recreation at Hammer". Go See Art.
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