Marielle Hehir

Painter. Born 1986. Based in Manchester.

Statement -

The work concerns itself with the world, the human species and the evolution of both. Past, present and potential future conditions are all acknowledged, yet seem to exist simultaneously, as if rapid development has been captured in motion. Conflict is discussed at length within the work, highlighting cultural and societal differences and questioning the borders established as a consequence.

Boundaries are illustrated through the format of irregular shaped canvas, drawing attention to the negative space around the canvas, secondly through the differing zones of content within the painted composition. Technically the ingredients of the painting are given voice through the use of controlled or naturalistic gesture, paints of varying viscosity are layered while bold colours pronounce themselves against a muted palate.

A wide array of imagery is referenced and reinterpreted to convey our surroundings. Pattern, architecture, geography, graphic design, graffiti are all assembled upon the canvas, whilst anatomical forms are introduced to suggest human footprint in amongst an environment of rapid change. The paintings intend to concurrently evoke nostalgia for the past, cause...

Slade School of Fine Art
Sept 2014 - Sept 2016
MA Fine Art

Manchester Metropolitan University
Sept 2006-June 2009
Ba (hons) Fine Art (painting division);
First class honours

Solo-

-Everythingism
Jan 2013
VaultNQ
Manchester

-Don’t Roust your Faith Bird High an’ you won’t do no Crawlin’ with the Worms
Cornerhouse Projects
April 2010
Cornerhouse, Manchester

-Brought to you in Technicolor
December 2009
Sandbar, Manchester

Group-

-Something Like Now
Card Room
(Rogue)
July 2014
Manchester UK

-Select
Marburae Art Gallery
Sept-October 2013
Macclesfield, UK

-The Summer Show
June 2013
Malgras Naudet Gallery
Manchester

-Distort:Warp
Ps Mirabel gallery
May – June 2013
Manchester

-Art is for Life
December 2012
Cultivate Gallery
London

-‘And'Art Casablanca 2012’
Instituto Cervantes
September 2012
Casablanca, Morocco

-Atelier East, Summer Exhibition
July 2012
Wisbech&Fenland Museum
Wisbech, Cambridgshire

-Bolton Festival of the Arts
June 2012
Paintings exhibited at Saint Andrew’s Court

-Out House
April 2012
Collaboration – Mural
Manchester

-Parallax Art Fair
June/July 2011
La Galleria, London

-ArtMath Present; 24 hour Growing Pains
(collaborative project)
May 2010
Islington Mill, Salford

- ArtMath Presents; Attack! Of the 50ft Growing Pains
(collaborative project)
April 2010
Nexus Art Café, Manchester

-Eclecticism
Octob...