MARION FLANAGAN
Born in Toronto, Canada.
Lives and works between Toronto and London, UK.
ARTWORKS
THEN IT RAINED, 2021
Acrylic and oil paint
30 in x 40 in
APPROACHING STORM, 2020
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
76 cm x 102 cm
BEAUTIFUL DELUGE, 2020
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
102 cm x 76 cm
STORIES OF THE LAND, 2020
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
120 x 160 cm
DOROGANUS, 2020
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
20 in x 16 in
MONARCH, 2020
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
20 in x 16 in
BOTANICALS, 2019
Acrylic and oil paint on gessoed paper
50 x 85 cm
WAVES OF CHANGE, 2019
Acrylic and oil paint on paper
16 x 20 in
ROOTED, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
42 x 60 cm
RISE, 2019
Acrylic paint and tissue on paper
42 x 60 cm
CUT, 2019
Acrylic paint and tissue on paper
42 x 60 cm
HOLLOW, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
60 x 42 cm
VIEW, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
60 x 42 cm
SWEPT, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
42 x 60 cm
UNINVITED, 2019
Acrylic and alkyd paint, photo transfer on canvas
130 x 160 cm
UNTITLED, 2019
Synthetic rubber, MDF, and metal stand
Approx. 200 cm x 120 cm x 60 cm
MY STUDIO, 2019
Acrylic and oil paint, ink, and photo transfer on canvas
120 cm x 160 cm
INSIDE, 2019
Acrylic and enamel paint on canvas.
150 x 200 cm
LINE UP, 2019
Synthetic rubber, stainless steel bar, two metal bases
SWEET TEMPTATION, 2019
Oil on canvas
150 cm x 200 cm
INJECTION, 2019
Rubber hose, cement, wire
Approx 60 cm x 60 cm x 60 cm
SELF PORTRAIT #2, 2019
Acrylic paint, house paint, ink, and fabric on board
150 cm x 200 cm
ON THE EDGE, 2019
Fabric, plastic litter bin, polyester filling, wood and paint.
Approx. 180 cm x 120 cm x 120 cm
FROM THE MANY COMES ONE, 2018
Vacuum tube, styrofoam balls, acrylic paint, and mop head.
Approx. 150 cm x 200 cm
ASTEROID DENIER, 2019
Existing t-rex sculpture and paper
ASTEROID DENIER T-SHIRT, 2019
Textile and acrylic paint on cotton Uniqlo T-shirt
SELF PORTRAIT, 2016
Acrylic and oil on canvas
48 in x 60 in
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONE, 2017
Acrylic and oil on linen
120 cm x 150 cm
TRAFALGAR SQUARE REVISED, 2018
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
84 cm x 112 cm
COMPLEXITY 1, 2018
Acrylic paint, modeling paste, collage on canvas
12 in x 16 in
COMPLEXITY 2, 2018
Acrylic paint, modeling paste, collage on canvas
12 in x 16 in
Marion Flanagan (born in Toronto) is a Canadian artist currently based in Toronto. She moved to London in 2017 and completed the MA Fine Art program at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL) in 2020.
Her work moves between sculpture, painting, and installation considering the materiality of the chosen medium and its potential for narrative expression.
Flanagan’s practice investigates the fragile relationship between humans and nature, the uses and abuses of resources and spaces, and the attempt to define areas of commonality between the bodies of human beings and the substances of the natural world. This research takes in a broad range of specialisms from geography to politics to biology. An insistence on the analysis of petroleum has emerged from recent works, in sculpture and painting. Using synthetic rubber, concrete, steel and acrylic, she references the movement of toxic materials through the natural world to our domestic lives. In painting, Flanagan uses monoprinting as a primary structure on the canvas, and then builds texture and colour in slow abstract forms. The resulting paintings seem by turns industrial and natural; reminiscent of terrain-mapping, surfaces of water, pollution, or images from a microscope or drone camera.
Flanagan’s work expresses an attempt to reveal the impact of our actions at a local and global level. In the end, she encourages us to act with kindness, and proposes a world that treats our environments and fellow citizens with more consideration, empathy and openness.
Flanagan has shown her work extensively in the UK, France, and Canada.
EXHIBITIONS
December 2020
I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, GROUP EXHIBITION, KOPPEL PROJECT CAMPUS, LONDON UK
November 2020
ART TORONTO, OCAD / UAL BOOTH, TORONTO, CANADA
October 2020
THE POWER OF BLACK MAIL ART EXHIBITION, VELOROSE GALLERY, LONDON, UK
August 2020
CULTIVATE: AND SO WHY NOT DO IT AGAIN? GROUP EXHIBITION, LONDON, UK
August 2020
GRADCURATE UK GRADUATES EXHIBITION, ONLINE, LONDON, UK
April 2020
ELEMENTAL-ESSENTIAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION, VELOROSE GALLERY, LONDON, UK
November 2019
SUPERNATURAL II, GROUP EXHIBITION, WELLS PROJECTS, LONDON, UK
October 2019
WORKS ON PAPER, SOLO EXHIBITION, ATELIER MELUSINE, LA TRIMOUILLE, FRANCE
July 2019
MA SHOW, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
April 2019
SUPERNATURAL, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
March 2019
COOKIES AND COKE, GROUP EXHIBITION, THE OLD BISCUIT FACTORY, BERMONDSEY, UK
March 2019
OFF GRID, GROUP EXHIBITION, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, LONDON, UK
March 2019
ONE NIGHT STAND, WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
January 2019
WICKED GAME, THE COOKHOUSE GALLERY, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
December 2018
ART IS EVERYWHERE, BBC RADIO 6, PROJECTION AT TATE BRITAIN, LONDON UK
December 2018
E PLURIBUS UNUM, GROUP EXHIBITION, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, LONDON, UK
December 2018
SPECTACULAR SENSATION, GROUP EXHIBITION, FIVE BELLS PUB, LONDON, UK
November 2018
PARALLAX II: MAFA INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL, ASP KATOWICE, KATOWICE POLAND
October 2018
INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
October 2018
OBSESSIONS, GROUP EXHIBITION, THE COOKHOUSE, LONDON, UK
October 2018
5 IN 5 COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION, STOUR SPACE, HACKNEY-WICK, LONDON, UK
April 2018
5 IN 5 COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION, DLG13, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
February 2018
SNORKEL SHOW, INTERIM EXHIBITION, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK
February 2018
MYTHICALLY IMAGINING KING’S CROSS, CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, UK
April 2017
CREATIVE DEBUTS UAL EXHIBITION, CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, UK.
April 2017
AREBYTE GALLERY PROJECT SPACE, HACKNEY-WICK, LONDON, UK
June 2016
SELECTION OF FIRST YEAR STUDENT WORKS, OCAD UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA
May 2016
BEES & THE BIRDS, GRAVEN FEATHER GALLERY, TORONTO, CANADA
EDUCATION
2018-2020
MA - FINE ART, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART (UAL), LONDON, UK
2017-2018
GRADUATE DIPLOMA - FINE ART, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART (UAL), LONDON, UK
2015-2017
CANDIDATE FOR BACHELOR OF FINE ART (BFA) - DRAWING AND PAINTING PROGRAM, OCAD UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA. ONE TERM AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, UK
2014-2015
LIFE DRAWING AND ACRYLIC PAINTING, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO (AGO), TORONTO, CANADA
1980-1984
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (B. COMM.), QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, CANADA
ADDITIONAL NOTES
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIFFORD CHANCE SCULPTURE AWARD 2020
VISITING LECTURER AT CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS (UAL)
RESIDENCY AT ATELIER MELUSINE, FRANCE IN OCT 2019
ATTENDED SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 AT SLADE SCHOOL OF ART, LONDON, UK
CONTACT
Flick the Switch Artist Collective
Grange Studios, Room 24
34 Stephanie Street
Toronto, Ontario Canada
M5T 1X6
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