Bianca Marks, Founder & Principal

Bianca Marks is an arts and culture impresario whose work centers the people, infrastructure, and relationships that allow artists and ideas to thrive. As the founder of Marks on Canvas, she works alongside artists, institutions, and cultural organizations to steward ideas and move complex creative projects from vision to realization.

Often described as “the engine that makes art move in Chicago,” Bianca specializes in aligning creative vision with resources, logistics, and long-term infrastructure. Through Marks on Canvas, she provides studio and artist management that supports exhibitions, commissions, public programs, and institutional partnerships, with a focus on sustainability, clarity, and care.

Bianca represents and collaborates with artists and collectives whose practices shape critical discourse locally and internationally, including avery r. young, Brendan Fernandes, Faheem Majeed, Tonika Lewis Johnson, and Floating Museum, where she serves as Deputy Director. Across each relationship, she acts as both advocate and architect—bridging artists, organizations, and opportunity so that ambitious work can happen with integrity.