Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Poland, Ireland, China, Turkey and Japan. She received her MFA in printmaking from TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, and her BFA in printmaking from SFASU in Nacogdoches, Texas. She lives and works in Jonesboro, Arkansas with her husband and daughters Lilia and Sylvia. Mariana SmithInterdisciplinary Collaboration in Academia and Beyond