Proposal:
Artist Philosophy by
Marie-Helene (Marlene) Carpenter
My work is predominantly figurative in nature, always containing a golden thread of sublime abstraction and connecting the pictorial with the emotional. My artwork narrates stories of contemporary time and contains traces of my thoughts that are referenced from personal mundane experiences. Creating work that wakes up a connection with an audience because it has a voice of its time, this is a goal that I hold dearly. I create work that is sensitive to the continued struggles and joys of life, as Gerhard Richter said “catch life it is the raw material for new work”
Biography:
Marlene Carpenter is a Benoni based visual artist, with a home studio, where she is actively honing her drawing, painting and printing skills. Attending advanced drawing courses and collaborative work sessions on an ongoing bases, has been vital to further develop her art practice and concepts . Marlene has fond childhood memories, of drawing on large sheets of news print, paper sourced directly from the newspaper printers, all those many moons ago, her creative freedom, could be fully explored.
Curriculum Vitae of Marie-Helene (Marlene) Carpenter
2019- Final top 100 artists, selected for the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards.
2018- Granted an Open Studio exhibition and celebration at attelier 8116.
2018- Marlene was awarded a 3 month Artist residency in Paris at the Cité
Internationale des Arts.
2018- Selected for the Thami Mnyele Top100 artists award,
2017 – Top 85 Thami Mnyele fine arts awards
2017 – Johannesburg Art Week at Joburg Fringe
2017 – Portrait Group exhibition at The Rotary Art Fair in Hyde Park
2017 – SANAVA members group exhibition
2016 – Avenge Grinaker LTA selected for The Ekurhuleni Metro Art collection
2016 – Top 30 Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards
2016 – The Art Collective: Exhibit B-group show at the factory in Norwood
2015 – First South African Art Print Fair at GIBS Hyde Park
2015 – Top 85 Thami Mnyele Fine Art Awards
2015 – The Art Collective: Exhibit A group show at The Factory in Norwood
2014 – Top 40 Thami Mnyele Fine Art Awards
2014 – Joburg Joburg at Corner House Johannesburg
2014 – Trent Gallery Pretoria: Joburg Joburg
2014 – Joburg Fringe
2013 – Tina Skukan gallery group show for the love of figures
2013 – Sharon Sampson 5th annual studio group show in Ilovo
2013 – Top 100 Thami Mnyele Fine Art Awards
2012 – Prints group show at Sharon Sampson Studio in Ilovo
2012 – Residency at Cité des Arts Paris
2012 – Open Studio exhibition at Cité des Arts Paris
2012 – Rotary Art Festival at Hyde Park
2011 – Rotary Art Festival at Hyde Park¬¬
2011 – Nude a curated Group Exhibition St Lorient
2010 – Art-icle Parkwood (Gordon Froud)
2010 – Top 35 Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award
2010 – 30/30 SAG, Springs
2008 – Top 100 Ekurhuleni fine arts award
2007 – Contemporary visions of Southern Africa Pretoria Art Museum
2007 – Top 100 Ekurhuleni fine arts award
2007 – Ekurhuleni mayoral award for achievement in fine arts
2007 – SANAVA members exhibition
2006 – Vaal University of Technology Art Showcase Ekurhuleni Campus
2006 – Cité Internationale des Artes Paris residency and exhibition
2006 – Top 100 Ekurhuleni fine arts award
2006 – Positive fund raiser for Tsopologo aids hospice at Sun City
2006 – Group show The Centurion Gallery
2006 – SANAVA Members Exhibition Pretoria
2005 – @The Studio curated by Carl Jeppe Parktown North
2004 – 2nd Solo exhibition Fragments & Elements SANAVA Pretoria
2004 – Top 100 Ekurhuleni fine arts award
2004 – Figures SANAVA north gallery, Pretoria
2003 – Group Exhibition and Residecy Paris Cité Internationale des Arts
2002 – 1st Solo exhibition a body of work Millennium Gallery Brooklyn
2002 – Entrée des artists at Bamboo students of Thea Soggot School of art
2002 – Wendy Cooke-Tonneson Studio, Rynfield
2001 – Art Worx Exhibition charity event for DITORRO Sandton
1998 – Forum de la création Alliance Française Parkview
1996-02 Wendy Cooke-Tonneson fine art studio mentorship & exhibitions
1986-96 Creative director at various design studios in Johannesburg
1975 – Graduated from the now University of Johannesburg /art and graphic design
Web site: http://marlenecarpenter.weebly.com
WORKS:
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Artist: Marlene Carpenter Title: Habitat Bed Monument, 2018 Medium: collage on paper Size: H:280 W:410 D: Edition:0 Price:R2000 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: Black and yellow, figure paper cut=out, 2019 Medium: paper on paper Size: H:420 W:590 D: Edition:0 Price:R3500 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: memories of Gloria’s dance studio in Joburg, 2020 Medium: graphite and ink on paper Size: H:420 W:590 D: Edition:0 Price:R3800 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: Wardrobe and green box, 2018 Medium: mixed medium, mono print on fabric Size: H:200 W:200 D: Edition:0 Price:R2000 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: Wardrobe (sepia), 2018 Medium: mixed medium, mono print on fabric Size: H:200 W:200 D: Edition:0 Price:R2000 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: portrait in a circle of lock-sliders, 2018 Medium: Mixed medium, frottage, mono print on fabric Size: H:200 W:200 D: Edition:0 Price:R2000 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: Kolam, loop origins and abstract form, 2020 Medium: etched, colour mono print on paper Size: H:505 W:360 D: Edition:0 Price:R4000 |
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Artist: Marie Helene Carpenter Title: W.A.NT.E.D., 2002 Medium: mixed medium on paper Size: H:300 W:1050 D: Edition:0 Price:R5000 |