Marisa Purcell
Born 1971, Queensland
Lives and works in Sydney
EDUCATION
2007
- Masters of Visual Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney College of Art
2001
- Master of Art Administration, Painting, University of NSW, College of Fine Art
1994
- Post Graduate Certificate in Printmaking, National Art School, Sydney
1993
- Bachelor of Educational Studies, Art, University of Queensland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 'Endlessness' EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2020 'Out the Window' Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2019 'Fieldwork', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2018
- 'Transmission', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
- 'Realm', OlsenGruin, New York
- ‘Collision’, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2017
- 'FACET (part b), Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2016
- 'FACET (part a), Olsen Gallery (works on paper), Sydney
- 'Screen', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
- 'New Works', Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
- 'Loom', Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2015
- 'Unbounded', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2014
- 'Walking with Time', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
- 'Polyphony', Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2013
- 'Zone', Block Projects, Melbourne
- 'Communion', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2012
- 'Halo', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
- 'Murmuration', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2011
- 'Immanence', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2010
- 'Night Crossings', Tight: Projects, Sydney
- 'Portrait of the Seeping Through', MOP Project Space, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 'Crepuscule', Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2020 Fishers' Ghost Art Prize, Finalist
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2019
- 'The New Gallery Show', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018
- Melbourne Pop-Up Exhibition, Besser Space, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
- Traces of Places, curated by Todd Fuller and Liz Reidy, Bondi Pavillion Gallery
- 'All We Can’t See - Illustrating the Nauru Files', The Yellow House (touring), Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide
- 'Imagine', curated by Simon Gregg, Gippsland Regional Gallery
2017
- Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery
2015
- 'Summer Exhibition', Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2014
- 'Regroup', Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
- 'The Art Hunter', Alexandria, Sydney
- The Waverly Art Prize Exhibition, Waverley-Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2013
- Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2012
- 'Painting as Presence', MOP Projects, Sydney
- 'Solstice II', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011
- 'Autumn', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
- 'Wattle: Selected Australian Artists', The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
- 'A Summer Survey', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
- 'Christmas Show', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
- 'Beyond the Field', Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery, Sydney
- 'Still Life: FBI Fundraiser Auction', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- 'First Group Show', Tight Projects, Kings Cross, Sydney
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2020
- Umbi Gumbi Artist In Residence, NSW
- AIR Nancy Fairfax artist residency, Tweed Regional Gallery
2019
- Kedewatan Residencey, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2018
- Bundanon Studio Residency, NSW
- Finalist, Ravenswood Art Prize
- Finalist, Paddington Art Prize
- Finalist, Redlands Art Award
2017
- Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Woollahra NSW
- Finalist, Ravenswood Art Prize for Women, Sydney
- Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize
2015
- Winner, Acrylic Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley
2014
- Finalist, Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2013
- Highly commended, Waverly Art Prize, Waverley-Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2012
- La Macina di San Cresci, Residency, Chianti, Italy
2009
- Waverley Council Studio Residency, Waverly Council, Sydney
- New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2008
- Short-listed, LAUNCH Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2007
- Hill End Residency, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2006
- University of Sydney Post-Graduate Award
2004
- Cite Internationale des Arts, Residency, Paris, France
2003
- FUGE/Verein Pro Fuge, Zürich, Switzerland
- The Blackbird Art Prize, Second Prize
2001
- Australia-India Council Grant
OTHER PROJECTS
2020/1 Major Public Art commission with SJB Architects, Surry Hills
2018 Indian miniature painting with master painter Ajay Sharma
2015 PUBLICATION - ‘Polyphony’, Walking with W.G Sebald, Pergolesi and Tarkovsky’,
published in ‘Dirty Laundry’ Magazine.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
- Interview, DAILY IMPRINT, 20 January
- Review, Louise Martin-Chew, Art Guide Australia, 3 February
2014
- Feature, Natalie Walton, Inside Out Magazine: Colour Me Happy, April
- Essay, Marisa Purcell, Dirty Laundry: Polyphony, Issue No.5, March
2013
- Interview, The Design Files, 29 March
2012
- Interview, Andrew Frost, The Art Life Podcast, 31 October
- Review, Jillian Grant, Art Almanac, 26 September
- Review, Andrew Frost, The Art Life, 12 October