Marta Marcé
(Barcelona, 1972)
Education
1998 - 2000
MA Painting, Royal College of Art. London
1990 -1995
Degree Facultad de Bellas Artes. Universidad de Barcelona
1995
Beginning PhD. Universidad de Barcelona. Thesis in progress
January- April 1994
Erasmus, École Nationale superièure des Beaux-Arts. Paris
January- April 1996
Erasmus, Hochschule der Kunste. Berlin
Scholarships / Grants
2011 Februry-March
AECID. Artist in Residency in 'Semillero'. Maracaibo, Venezuela
2008 April–June
Abbey Fellowship / British School at Rome, Italy
2007 July–September
Artist in Residence / Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2004 April–June
International Artist Residency / Arts Council Grant, Kunming, China
2000 - 2001
Picker Fellowship. Kingston University, London
1998 - 2000
BUNDY - T.I. Group Scholar (MA) RCA, London
1999 (feb)
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1996 (aug)
INTERCAMPUS. Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima
1996 (july)
QUAM Workshop: "Arquitectura imaginada"
With Jordi Colomer. Montesquiu
1995 (dec)
QUAM Workshop: "La Mónada Nómada"
With Federico Guzmán. Barcelona.
Dec 1995 - Jan 1996
Workshop QUAM, in Barcelona and Montesquiu with Federico Guzmán
1995 (summer)
"Els tallers de Miró". Fundation Pilar i Joan Miró, Mallorca
Collections
Government Art Collection
British Airways Collection
North American Private Collections
English Private Collections
Spanish Private Collections
Selected Group and Solo Shows (SOLO shows marked with *)
2011
*Iki. Marta Marce. MasART Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
*Punto.Aparte. Al Borde Gallery. Maracaibo, Venezuela
2010
*Nationless. Solo show. Centrum. Berlin, Germany
*IKI. Solo show. Moriarty gallery. Madrid, Spain
-Farbvergnugen. Group show. Spielraum. Berlin, Germany
*Transition. Bereavement Centre at Guy’s Hospital commissioned by Modus Operandi. London, UK
2009
-‘Reframing’. Curated by Barry Schwabsky at CCA in Andratx, Mallorca. Spain
* Pinballing. Wall painting at Royal London Hospital. Commissioned by Vital Arts.
- Glass installation at British Embassy in Madrid. Commissioned by the Government Art Collection. Spain
- Back to the Future. Robilant + Voena Gallery. London
2008
- Game Theory. Group show. South London Gallery. London
- Tutti Frutti. British School at Rome’s gallery.
- John Moores 25. Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool
- Precious Things. Group show. Highlanes gallery. Ireland
- Ex-Roma II. Group show. APT gallery. London
2007
* Encounters. Moriarty Gallery. Madrid. Spain
-Slipping Abstraction. Mead Gallery. Warwick. UK
* Puzzling. Palma XII. Barcelona. Spain
-Is this abstraction? Wall painting. Camden Arts Centre. London. UK
-Diadem Paintings. Riflemaker Gallery. London
2006
*"Pasajero". Riflemaker Gallery. London
- Nice to meet you. Mark Moore Gallery. LA. USA
- Sensorial Material. Bonhams Gallery. London
2005
*"Jouable". Galeria Moriarty. Madrid
- John Moores 23. National Museums Liverpool. Liverpool
- Cards. Gallery 39. London
2004
* Playroom. Riflemaker Gallery. London
- Coalesce: forum. Palma XII Galeria. Barcelona
* New Paintings. Mobile Home Gallery. London
- Artfutures Contemporary Art Society. 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
- England our England Carnaby St. London
- ArtAid 2002, Bloomberg Space. London
- Ways of seeing Blains Fine Art. London
- The Bold & the Beautiful Mile End Pavilions. London
- Miller Durazo Gallery. Los Angeles. USA
- Cross Currents Raids Project Gallery. L.A. USA
2001
- Inside Space at Selfridges. London
- Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston. London
- Jerwood Painting Prize. London (catalogue)
- Gallery of Modern Art. Glasgow
* (two person show):
Marta Marcé: Recent Work and Sigmar Polke: Music of Unknown Origin
Milton Keynes Gallery. Milton Keynes
- Palma XII Gallery. Barcelona
2000
- Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2000, Milton Keynes Gallery,
Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh and Cornerhouse, Manchester (catalogue)
* Para un cubo preparado Box 23, Barcelona
- Assembly Project, Jubilee St, London, (catalogue)
- Group show, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
- Degree show, RCA Galleries, London (catalogue)
1999
- Group show, Howie Street, RCA, London
- Raw Gallery, London
1998
- AIDS Awareness week, RCA, London
- Interim Show, RCA, London
1996
- Allém da Água Con Fede Guzmán, MEIAC - Badajoz
1995
- SBC, Smith's Galleries (catalogue), London
* Solo Show, Área Space, Barcelona
- Stop War! Rijeka Biennale, Croatia
- Galería Manel Mayoral (catalogue), Barcelona
1994
- Galerie Gauche, Paris
Teaching
2007-09
-Wimbledon College of Art. Senior Lecturer Painting.University Arts London
2006
-Wimbledon College of Art. Senior Lecturer, University Arts London
-Slade School, University College London
-Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford
-Royal Academy of Arts. London
2005
-Wimbledon School of Art. Lecturer in Painting. London
-Slade School, University College. London
-Royal Academy of Arts. London
-Central St. Martins, College of Art & Design. London
2004
-Royal College of Art. London
-Wimbledon School of Art. Lecturer in Painting. London
-University of Gloucestershire
2003
-Royal College of Art. London
-Wimbledon School of Art. Lecturer in Painting. London
-University of Gloucestershire
2002
-Wimbledon School of Art. Lecturer in Painting. London
-Chelsea School of Art. London
-Winchester School of Art. Winchester
2001
-Wimbledon School of Art. Lecturer in Painting. London
-Kingston University. London
Bibliography
- 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. 9th February 2008
- Begoña Arce. "Emergentes: Marta Marce". El Periodico de Catalunya. 10th Dec 2007
- Fisun Guner. "Marta Marce". Interview for ART WORLD. Oct/Nov 2007
- Helen Sumpter. "In the Studio Marta Marce". TIme Out. 15th Aug 2007
- Waldemar Januszczak. "Smart, tarty and Urban". Sunday Times Culture. 18th Feb 2007
- "The painting show". THe Independent. 27th Jan 2007
- David Vincent. "Slipping Abstraction". Metro Magazine. 12th Jan 2007
- Julie Chamberlain. "Five ways". Coventry Telegraph. 19th Jan 2007
- Louise Cohen. "How to live". THe Times. 10th Feb 2007
- Cover. Sunday Times Magazine. 9th Jan 2005
- "Marta Marce". Art Review. TIME OUT. 13-20th Oct 2004
- "Marta Marce". Art Review. TIME OUT. April 28th- May 5th 2004
- “A Winning Combination” ARTREVIEW June 2001
- “Hidden Artists” SAAB Magazine 3/2001- “Marta Marcé: Recent Work” AN Magazine May 2001
- 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, 2000
- Louise 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, Jonathan "I've seen the future and it links" The Guardian 20/6/2000
- Jones, Jonathan "Art: It’s a funny old game" The Guardian 8/6/2000
- Lack, Jessica "New Obsessions" Tate Magazine London, Summer 2000
Marta Marcé
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