MARISA PURCELL COLLISION ZOE YOUNG
Cover: Viewfinder, 2018 mixed media on linen 153 x 137 cm
MARISA PURCELL COLLISION 29 August – 16 September 2018 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 29 August 6 – 8 pm
‘Darest thou now O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?’ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855) ‘You’re half in control, half knowing, half absolutely not knowing. There’s a liminal space of not-mind and not-body that painting activates for the painter. Painting is about getting on the edge of language.’ Amy Silman
For me, abstract painting is a kind of non verbal language. Words not only interrupt the process, they can get me lost amongst the warrens of the mind. When the conditions are right - fields of imagery arise that emanate not from the seen world but from a realm at the end of the imagination. Like a dream, they can disappear into the world of the unconscious before there has been a chance to capture them. Painting can sometimes drive me crazy. It can be allusive and untameable. Even when you know what you are looking for, something will happen - a perfect awkward fragility that insists on changing the direction. And you have to go with it. The main appeal is the not-knowing‌ it leaves an open door to a reality that is usually invisible. These rare moments of ‘not-mind’ open up unchartered territories, new pathways are forged, serendipitous marks fall into place. For all this to happen though, the collisions, the contradictions and the destructions need to be welcomed. They are all necessary conditions in order to attain those elusive moments of clarity. Marisa Purcell
Axis, 2018 mixed media on linen 94 x 86 cm
Two Views, 2018 mixed media on linen 153 x 137 cm
Directionless, 2018 mixed media on linen 183 x 168 cm
Afternoon Breeze, 2018 mixed media on linen 153 x 137 cm
Coordinates, 2018 mixed media on linen 183 x 168 cm
Constellation, 2018 mixed media on linen 153 x 137 cm
Change of Season, 2018 mixed media on linen 183 x 152 cm
Orchard Street, 2018 mixed media on linen 198 x 168 cm
Expectation, 2018 mixed media on linen 153 x 137 cm
Gate, 2018 mixed media on linen 94 x 86 cm
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Opposite: Realm A, 2018 mixed media on linen 200 x 300 cm
Smoulder A, 2018
Smoulder B, 2018
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
76 x 56 cm
76 x 56 cm
Archival A, 2018
Archival B, 2018
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
76 x 56 cm
76 x 56 cm
Opposite: Archival C, 2018 mixed media on paper 76 x 56 cm
MARISA PURCELL Born 1971 Queensland Lives and works in Sydney
Academic/Residency
2007
Master of Visual Arts, University of Sydney, SCA
2001
Master of Art Administration (major elective: painting), COFA
1994
Post-techincian’s certificate in Printmaking, National Art School, Sydney
1993
Bachelor of Educational Studies (art) University of Queensland
1991
Diploma of Education (Visual Art), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Transmission, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Realm, Olsen Gruin, New York Collision, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2017
FACET (part b), Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2016
FACET (part a), Olsen Gallery (Works on paper gallery)
2016
Screen, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Loom, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2015
Unbounded, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2014
Walking with Time, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Polyphony, Olsen Irwin, Sydney Walking with time, Edwina Corlette Gallery
2013
Zone, Block Projects, Melbourne Communion, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2012
Halo, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Murmuration, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2011
Immanence, Edwina Corlette Gallery, New Farm, Brisbane
2010
Night Crossings, Tight: Projects, Kings Cross, Sydney ‘Portrait of the Seeping Through’, MOP project space, Chippendale, Sydney
2008
Installation / Design for ‘Manna’ (theatre set) at Sydney Theatre Company Only the Memories are New, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2007
Post-Graduating exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts Places to Remember, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2006
Time Being United Galleries, Sydney
2005
The Entrance, Cite Internationale des arts, Paris
2004
In Between, Table Gallery, Basel, Switzerland Sticky Nights Station21, Zurich, Switzerland
2003
Translations, FUGE/Verein Pro Fuge, Grünau, Zürich, Switzerland
2002
Somewhere Near, Tim Olsen Gallery
2000
Hum, Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1997
Place, Waverley Gallery, Sydney
1995
Earth Museum of Modern Art, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Melbourne Pop-Up Exhibition, Besser Space, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane All We Can’t See – Illustrating the Nauru Files, The Yellow House, Sydney Imagine, Gippsland Regional Gallery
2017
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery
2015
Summer Exhibition, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney The Waverley Art Prize Exhibition
2014
Regroup, Olsen Irwin Works on paper, small oils and sculpture gallery, Sydney The Art Hunter, Sydney The Waverley Art Prize exhibition, Sydney
2013
Sydney Contemporary, Stand D103, Sydney The Waverley Art Prize exhibition, Sydney (highly commended)
2012
Solstice II, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Painting as presence, MOP Projects, Sydney
2011
Autumn, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Wattle, Selected Australian artists, The Cat St Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
A Summer Survey, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Christmas Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Beyond the Field, Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery, Bondi Beach, Sydney Still Life: FBI Fundraiser Auction, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney First Group Show, Tight Projects, Kings Cross, Sydney
2009
Art on Paper Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery Reflections of Australia, Beijing
2008
Utz Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane Stations of the Cross, St Ives Uniting Church Art Dubai’ Contemporary Art Fair, Kashya Hildebrand Stand (Zurich) New Generation, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Off the Wall, Brisbane Art Fair
2007
The Blake Prize for Religious Art National Art School Gallery Sydney Art on Paper Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea Unrealesque, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney Dreamscapes, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich KIAF, International art fair, Korea, Kashya Hildebrand Stand Monochromes, Gallery 141, Darlinghurst, Sydney
2006
‘The Blake Prize’, National Art School Gallery Art Sydney 06 Selected, Off the Wall Flavour Art loft, Singapore Slowly, Slowly Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2005
Liquid, Love, Light, Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney Art on Paper Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney Flavour Art Loft, Singapore
Scholarships/Awards
2018
Finalist: Ravenswood Art Prize for Women Bundanon Studio Residency, June/July
2017
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Woollahra, NSW Finalist Ravenswood Art Prize for Women, Sydney Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize
2016
Winner, Bundanon Studio Residency, Illaroo
2015
Winner - Acrylic prize, Waverley Art Prize
2013
Highly commended- Waverley Art Prize
2012
Residency – La Macina di San Cresci- Chianti, Italy
2009
Waverley Council 6 month Studio Residency. Bondi Rd. Studios
2008/9
Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant
2007
Hill End Residency, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2006/7
University of Sydney Post-Graduate Award
2004/5
Cite Internationale des arts, 3 month residency (2004), Paris, France
2003
FUGE/Verein Pro Fuge, 6 month residency, Zürich, Switzerland
2001
‘India Link’ grant to finance ‘Same, same but different’
2000
National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA) Artists Marketing Scheme Grant for ‘Hum’ exhibition, Global Gallery, Sydney The Blackbird Art Prize, 2nd Prize
1999
The Elioth Gruner Painting Prize – Joint Winner
1998
Italian Institute of Culture – 3 month residency, The Institute of Art and Design, Italy
MARISA PURCELL COLLISION 29 August – 16 September 2018 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 29 August 6 – 8 pm