Marc Renshaw

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Artist statement

'I’m interested in self perpetuity and relentlessness; the broken record with a repetitive sensibility. It’s a selfish indulgence to crack the ‘same old joke’ that was perhaps never really funny in the first place. I find it gratifying to blur the border between humour and sincerity, and to recycle a pun doggedly; devoid of irony and indiscriminately unheeding towards the passage of time or circumstance.' 

Marc Renshaw - August 2011

Current and forthcoming events

  • May - June 2013: In Other Words, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath (more info)

Qualifications and training

  • 2009 MA illustration, The University Of Lincoln, Lincoln (more info)

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011 The Sporting League, The Ropewalk Contemporary Art and Craft, Barton Upon Humber, North Lincolnshire
  • 2009 MA Illustration Final show, The University Of Lincoln, Lincoln
  • 2008 Storybored, 20:21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe

Group exhibitions

  • 2012 Artifacts of Failure, QUAD, Derby
  • 2012 Trophy, Live Art Bistro (LAB) - East Street Arts, Leeds
  • 2011 Temporary Art Show 3 Part 2, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
  • 2011 OPEM, The Collection, Lincoln
  • 2010 The Moment Of Privacy Has Passed, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln
  • 2007 Foreshore, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 2007 Goldmember, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 2007 The Football Art Prize (Prize Winner), The Lowry, Salford
  • 2006 'Top Draw', The Ropewalk Art Gallery, Barton Upon Humber
  • 2000 Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
  • 1999 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

Live/Performance

  • 2012 The GRID Search, Snaefell Mountain, Isle Of Man

Artist talks

  • 2012 Beacon Bimonthlies: Presentation and Peformance, Beacon Headquarters, Wellingore, Lincoln

Private commissions

  • 2011 New Years Illustration, Socialist Worker, London
  • 2010 Education Illustration, National Centre For Early Music, York

Competitions, prizes and awards

  • 2006 Prize Winner: The Football Art Prize, The Lowry, Salford

Web links - gallery/work/projects

Personal website


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