Marissa Dunagan is a painter based in Austin, TX. She recieved her BFA from the University of Texas in 2020.  Dunagan's work explores contact sports and their influence on her life and practice. In her paintings, she isolates specific moments of action and displays them in detail, examining themes of physicality, contact, and constructing a sense of self. She has been featured in group exhibition From Afar at the Visual Arts Center and more recently organized First Veil, an independent group show.