Marina Renee-Cemmick

Marina’s work begins with the human body. A breathing vessel that holds every experience. Having trained in contemporary and tap dance, and later gained experience with Butoh and physical theatre, the ability to think with and express through the body became a necessity, and touch, a vital tool for communication. Working to harness movement, she uses multiple disciplines including, painting and drawing to capture and directly translate motion onto a canvas.

Her works combine classical figuration with abstracted or fragmented forms; layering multiple images to create a sense of time and motion. She often uses dance, theatre or her own movement as starting points for larger works. Most recently Marina has been creating a series of works from Flabbergast Theatre Company’s MACBETH in direct response to their rehearsals and live performances. This physical record of the transient performance acts not only as documentation of the process but creates a moving dialogue between action, physical embodiment and visual expression.
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The Royal Rawing School, London. MA. 2021
Glasgow School of Art. BA (Hons). Fine Art. 2018
Kyoto Seika University. Japan. 2017

2022
Interactions: Body&Theatre
Tap&Bottle, London
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2019
Underlying Structures, The New Glasgow Society
Glasgow
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Selected Group
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2023
Two by Two
Brushes with Greatness, Morrell House, London
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2022
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2021
Royal Drawing School Annual Exhibition, London
Open Studios, Drawing Year, Space Studio, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
FACE 2021, Society of Portrait Sculptors (The Tony Stones Award Commended)
Best of The Drawing Year, Christie’s Auction House, London
Viking Cruise Award, Chelsea Arts Magazine

2020
WOM Collective Exhibition, London
Holy Arts, Digital Exhibition, online platform

2019
Chelsea Art Fair, Chelsea, London
Creating Connections, Royal Glasgow Institute Gallery, Glasgow