Artist statement
Socio-political themes are intrinsic to all the projects I pursue. I am currently exploring globalisation and disconnectedness in a hyper-real world. Visually, the images I digitally create are based on photographs I have taken of rural Asian landscapes. This practice has now extended to local scenes of London. These depict scenarios from the contrasting world of film and television, as well as objects in our everyday surroundings. All voice concerns and narratives inherent to research. This point of enquiry, emerging through collage asks the viewer if entertainment as art can be radical. These raise questions of what constitutes the 'natural' in a Postmodern world and how much does cultural conditioning answer for.
Interview with Jonathan Harris (PDF 142 KB)
Marina de Stacpoole is based in London
Qualifications and training
- 2008 MA Contemporary Fine Art Practice, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds
- 2002 BA Multimedia Arts (First Class Honours), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool
Solo exhibitions
- 2011 PLASTIC FLOWERS - Marina de Stacpoole, EASTGALLERY, 214 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA
- 2010 Marina de Stacpoole, I love West Leeds Festival Shop, Leeds
- 2010 GIFTS, Pop Up Art Space, Centenary Square, Bradford
- 2010 White Rabbit, Howden Park Centre, Livingston
- 2010 GIFTS, Gallery II, University of Bradford
Group exhibitions
- 2012 AKKAMBO - SHWAMP - FINISSAGE, Galerie Atelier Sabine Niebuhr, Berlin
- 2011 Artists From The Web, EASTGALLERY, 214 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA
- 2009 The Space Between, Surrounds Our Desire - The Event, Eastside Projects, Digbeth, Birmingham
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