Rahn Marion was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in September 1993. He attended MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore, Maryland, majoring in Painting with a concentration in Film, and has taught at the University of Memphis since 2023.
As a young working artist, Rahn has sought out jobs that keep him close to the arts scene in Memphis. He's worked at a local, family-owned frame shop, always staying within arm's length of creative work that supports or inspires his own practice, and has worked as production personnel for other artists on commission, as well as in welding alongside his studio practice. He formerly served as Minister of Art and Resident with First Congregational Church, an experience that has shaped his artistic practice and his ongoing journey into mysticism, theology, and identity.
In recent years, Rahn's practice has moved decisively onto the national stage. He is represented by Monya Rowe Gallery in New York and Sheet Cake Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2024, he presented his first New York solo exhibition, Medieval Jazz, at Monya Rowe Gallery — a body of work reworking Medieval and society-portrait iconography through a queer, Black Southern lens. He followed this in 2025 with a second solo exhibition at Monya Rowe Gallery, Where Spirit Meets Bone. Sheet Cake Gallery has also featured Marion's work in two art fairs: The Armory Show in 2025 and the Atlanta Art Fair in 2024.
Rahn currently teaches oil painting at the University of Memphis, continuing to shape the next generation of artists in the city that raised him.
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