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Marta Marcé

(Barcelona, 1972)

Marta Marce estudió su maestría en el Royal College of Art, Londres (1998-2000) y su Licenciatura en Barcelona en la Facultat de Belles Arts, Barcelona (1990-1995 ) .

Ha participado en numerosas exposiciones a nivel internacional, sobretodo en el Reino Unido, pudiéndose ver su obra en South London Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Rochester Art Gallery, Milton Keynes Gallery y John Hansard Gallery. Su obra está representada por la galería Riflemaker en Londres y la galería Moriarty de Madrid.

La artista ha obtenido becas de gran prestigio como la Abbey Fellow en la  British School de Roma, Italia, o la Arts Council and Triangle Trust Fellowship en Kunming, China.

Durante el verano 2007 obtuvo la prestigiosa residencia en Camden Art Centre donde programo un debate en torno al tema de la abstracción.

Vive y trabaja en Londres y Berlín /Lives and works in London and Berlín

PÁGINA WEB / WEB PAGE: MARTA MARCE

 

GALERÍAS / GALLERIES: RIFFLEMAKER , GALERIA MORIARTY

FORMACION Y BECAS / EDUCATION AND GRANTS

 

1998 - 2000  Master Fine Arts. Royal College of art, Painting. London.

1990 -1995   Degree Fine Arts. Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Barcelona

January- April 1994  Erasmus, École Nationale superièure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

January- April 1996  Erasmus, Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin.

 

EXPERIENCIA DOCENTE / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2001- 2013

  • Wimbledon College of Art. Senior Lecturer. University of Arts London

2006

  • Slade School, University College London

  • Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford

  • Royal Academy of Arts. London

2005

  • Slade School, University College. London

  • Royal Academy of Arts. London

  • Central St. Martins, College of Art & Design. London

2004

  • Royal College of Art. London

  • University of Gloucestershire

2003

  • Royal College of Art. London

  • University of Gloucestershire

 

EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES / SOLO SHOWS

 

2015                                                                            

  • Further Reaches. Solo show.  Riflemaker gallery. London

2014                                                                            

  • Public Commission. Bristol Royal Infirmary. Bristol. Commissioned by Willis Newson.

2013                                        

  • Public Commission. Wall Painting at Fernandez & Wells. Soho, London

2011                                        

  • Flowing (A Series Trajectory). Rilfemaker gallery. LondoN

  • “IKI”. MasArt Gallery. Barcelona

  • Conditions of Abstraction.  Rochester Art Gallery. Medway. UK

  •  “Punto . Aparte”. Al Borde gallery. Maracaibo, Venezuela

  • “La casa del ser feliz”. Community project Velada Sta.Lucia. Maracaibo

2010                                        

  • ‘IKI’. Moriarty Galeria. Madrid

  • Transient. Public commission in Guy’s Hospital. London. Commissioned by Modus Operandi.

  • Farbvergnugen.      Group show. Spielraum. Berlin

  • Nationless. Solo show. Centrum. Berlin

2009    

  • ‘Reframing’.    Curated by Barry Schwabsky at CCA in Andratx, Mallorca. Spain

  • *‘Pinballing.’ Wall painting at Royal Hospital London. Commissioned by Vital Arts.

  • *‘I am throwing the ball’. Glass installation at new English Embassy in Madrid. Commissioned by Government Art Collection.

  • Back to the Future. Robilant + Voena Gallery. London

  • Meta Show. Part I. Ruskin Gallery at Anglia Ruskin University. Cambridge

2008    

  • Game & Theory. South London Gallery. London

  • Tutti Frutti. British School at Rome’s gallery.

  • John Moores 25. Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool

  • Precious Things. Highlanes gallery. Ireland

  • Ex-Roma II. APT gallery. London

2007                                        

  • *Encounters. Moriarty Gallery. Madrid

  • *Diadem Paintings. rRiflemaker. London

  • *Puzzling. Galeria Palma XII. Barcelona

  • Is this Abstraction?. Wall painting. Artist in Residence. Camden Arts Centre. London

  • Slopping Abstraction. Mead Gallery. Warwick. UK

  • Re-clycled. Riflemaker Gallery. London

2006                                        

  • *"Pasajero". Riflemaker Gallery. London

  • Nice to meet you. Mark Moore Gallery. Los Angeles. USA

  • Sensorial Material. Bonhams Gallery. London

2005                                        

  • *JOUABLE. Galeria Moriarty. Madrid. Spain.

  • Colour my world. Riflemaker. London

  • Painting: London. Gallery Holly Snapp. Venice. Italy

  • John Moores 23. Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool

2004                                        

  • *Playroom. Riflemaker Gallery. London

  • *New Paintings. Mobile Home Gallery. London

  • Coalesce. Palma XII. Barcelona

  • Artfutures. Contemporary Art Society. London

  • “Start Again”. Presentation at Mobile Home of Artist Book funded by Arts Council. London

2003     

  • New British Painting. Part I. John Hansard Gallery. Southampton. England

  • The Bold & the Beautiful. New Art from London. Carnegie Gallery. HOBART. Australia

  • The Bold & the Beautiful. New Art from London. RMIT Gallery. MELBOURNE. Australia.

2002   

  • Audio Arts Magazine. Volume 20 n4. Featuring Documenta 11 & artists like Christian Boltanski, W. Tillmanns, Larry Poons and Jules Olitski. London

  • ArtAid 2002. Bloomberg Space. London

  • More ways of seeing. Blains Fine Art. London

  • The Bold & the Beautiful. Mile End Pavilions. London

  • “Cross Currents”. Raids Project Gallery. Los Angeles.

  •  Miller Durazo Gallery. Los Angeles. USA        

2001     

  • Inside Space.  Selfridges. London

  • Stanley Picker Gallery. Kingston. London

  • Jerwood Painting Prize. London (catalogue) & Gallery of Modern Art. Glasgow

  • * Two Person Show. Recent Work.  And Sigmar Polke: Music of Unknown origin. Milton Keynes Gallery. Milton Keynes.

  • ‘Is it any wonder?’ Palma XII Gallery. Barcelona

2000

  • Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2000. Milton Keynes Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh and Cornerhouse , Manchester. (catalogue)  

  • * Solo Show. “Para un cubo preparado”. Box 23 . Barcelona

  • Assembly Project. Jubilee St. London. (catalogue)

1995

  • SBC. Smith's Galleries (catalogue). London

*Solo Show.  Área Space.  Barcelona

 

PREMIOS / PRIZES

 

2008 PRIMER PREMIO “Premio Sorolla de las Artes-Propeller Club Valencia”

2007 PRIMER PREMIO “XI Bienal Pintura Quart de Poblet 2007”

2007 PRIMER PREMIO “IV Bienal de Pintura Manuel Leonor Almassera”

2007 ACCESIT “XXXI Certamen Nacional de Pintura Vila de Pego” (obra en Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Pego)

2006 PRIMER PREMIO “Manolo Valdés Comunidad Valenciana” Altura (obra en Fundación Bancaja de Segorbe)

1994 MENCION DE HONOR “XVII Concurso Internacional de Pintura Casimiro Saínz” (Reinosa)

1990 MENCION DE HONOR “XIII Concurso Internacional de Pintura Casimiro Saínz” (Reinosa)

1989 ACCESIT logotipo y cartel Palacio de Festivales y Congresos. Santander

 

OBRAS EN COLECCION / WORKS ON COLLECTION

 

  • British Government Art Collection

  • British Airways Collection

  • North American Private Collections

  • English Private Collections

  • Spanish Private Collections

  • Saatchi Collection. London

 

PRENSA Y TEXTOS   / PRESS AND TEXTS

 

  • Marta Marce. ‘The Week’. London 16th Aug 2015

  • ‘Arte Espanyol. Capital Berlin’ by Lara Sanchez. EL Pais. 18th Feb 2014. > http://blogs.elpais.com/sin-titulo/2014/02/arte-espanol-capital-berl%C3%ADn.html

  • Conversation with STUDIO VISITS by Isabel Manaro. Feb 2014 > http://thestudiovisit.com/marta-marce/

  • ‘New Elements of Abstract Art’ written by Bob Nicks. Phaidon, Oct 2009

  • Selected Exhibitions. ART WORLD. Issue 6. August/September 2008

  • Derwent May. Times 2. The Times. 5th August 2008

  • Conxa Rodriguez. “Dues artistes, una ciutat”. Avui Newspaper. Sat 9 February 2008

  • Begoña Arce. Emergentes. “Marta Marce. El Periodico de Catalunya. Mon 10 December 2007

  • Fisun Guner. “Marta Marce”. Interview for Art World. October/November 2007

  • Helen Sumpter. “In the Studio.Marta Marce”  Time Out. August 15, 2007

  • Waldemar Januszczak. “Smart, tarty and Urban” . Sunday Times Culture. February, 18, 2007

  • “The painting show”  The Independent ,January 27, 2007

  • David Vincent. “Slipping Abstraction”. Metro magazine. January 12, 2007

  • Julie Chamberlain. “Five ways..”. Coventry Telegraph. January 19, 2007

  • Louise Cohen. “How to live..”. The Times. February 10, 2007

  • Cover. Sunday Times Magazine. Gener 9 , 2005

  • “Marta Marcé”. Art Review. TIME OUT. October 13-20. 2004

  • “Marta Marcé”. Art Review. TIME OUT. April 28-May 5. 2004

  • “A Winning Combination”. ARTREVIEW, June 2001

  • “Hidden Artists” SAAB Magazine. 3/2001

  • “Marta Marcé: Recent Work”. AN Magazine, May2001

  • Darwent, Charles. “The art prizes we could do without”. The Independent on Sunday. 6th May 2001

  • Darwent, Charles.“Art Review”. Metro Life, 4th May 2001

  • Alberge, Dalya, “New Spanish artist shortlisted for prize”. The Times, 2nd May 2001

  • Gemma de Cruz, “Marta Marcé” ARTREVIEW, May 2001

  • Previews, England East. ARTREVIEW, May 2001

  • Lynton, Norbert. “Jerwood Painting Prize 2001”. Catalogue, May 2001

  • Gili, Jaime "Plataformas y trampolines" LAPIZ, nº 169-170, February 2001

  • Craddock, Sacha et al. Catalogue New Contemporaries 2000. MK G. 2000Louise Coysh, “New Contemporaries 2000”  AN Magazine. August 2000

  • Jevons, Rich. "Platform for emerging artists". AN Magazine. July 2000

  • Dorment, Richard "From wit to witlessness" The Daily Telegraph 27/6/2000.Jones, Jonhattan. "I've seen the future and it links" The Guardian. 20/6/2000

  • Jones, Jonhattan. "Art: It’s a funny old game" The Guardian. 8/6/2000

  • Lack, Jessica. "New Obsessions" Tate Magazine. London, Summer 2000

 

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