Opening ReceptionFeaturing Marlene Mocquet will be Held from 6 - 9 pm on April 19
HONG KONG, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- FEAST Projects is delighted to announce Marlene Mocquet's first major show in Asia. The show will be open from April 19 - May 26, 2012.
Marlene Mocquet, at 33 years old, is a rising star in the art world. The honors and kudos she has earned give her this esteemed standing. Highlights include: a 2009 one woman retrospective at the Contemporary Art Museum in Lyon, an invitation to the Shanghai Biennial (2010), a commissioned work from fashion designer Christian Lacroix; her Art Prizes and Grants include the prestigious Pierre Cardin Prize, the Hiscox Prize, and the Alphonse Cellier Prize.
Melding surrealism with the sublime, Mocquet masterfully executes her canvases in drips and impastos of mixed media creating a personal, poetic and fantastic universe that piques our curiosity. Every disparate picture is populated with characters, animals and anthropomorphous objects composing an extremely sophisticated image. Mocquet's work has multiple references: Bosch, Klee, Ernst, Murakami, Betty Boop, Tim Burton; yet the end products are always undeniably Mocquet. She discovered painting as a form of self-therapy drawing on Symbolism, Surrealism Expressionism and Action-Painting, as well as on popular imagery from manga and cartoons.
"Her candy-jeweled palette belies her explosive paintings populated with anthropomorphic blobs, animals and monsters; and we enthusiastically follow her into a warped, ethereal and fantastic universe -- one that is hers alone," describes Philippe Koutouzis, Director of FEAST Projects. Mocquet's unlimited imagination and singular faux-naif style are unforgettable and from the start her work has been received with great applause from the critics and the public.
This exhibition is part of Le French May 2012 program, presented by FEAST Projects and supported by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau.
BIOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHTS OF MARLENE MOCQUET (FOR FULL BIO, PLEASE VISIT ARTIST'S PAGE @ http://www.feastprojects.com/artists/marlne-mocquet/)
| 2006 | Graduated with jury felicitations, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France |
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2012 | FEAST Projects, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Musee de l'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France |
| 2010 | Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France |
| 2010 | Vienna Fair, Contemporary Art Fair, Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 | Jeux de Dames - Marlene Mocquet, Chateau de Jau, France |
| 2009 | Marlene Mocquet: Restrospective, Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France |
| 2008 | La Galerie Edouard Manet, Genevilliers, France |
| 2007 | Freight + Volume Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2007 | Contemporary Art Place Aponia, Villiers sur Marne, France |
GROUP EXHIBITION (SELECTED)
| 2012 | ACCROCHAGE, FEAST Projects, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Drawing Now, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France |
| 2012 | La belle peinture est derriere nous, French Institute, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2012 | A suivre..., Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France |
| 2012 | Eleventh hour, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2011 | Antidote 7, Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France |
| 2011 | "Construire, elever la matiere", 16eme Biennale, Musees de Chateauroux, France |
| 2010 | La belle peinture est derriere nous, French Institute, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2010 | Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Museum, China |
| 2010 | Circuit Ceramique, Manufacture de Sevres, Sevres, France |
| 2010 | Lignes de Chance, Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France |
| 2009 | Beautes Monstres, Musee des Beaux-arts, Nancy, France |
| 2009 | Art Basel, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Il etait une fois..., Boutique Christian Lacroix, Paris, France |
| 2008 | Rendez-vous, Shanghai 2008, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
| 2008 | Musee Reattu, Arles, France |
| 2008 | Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France |
| 2008 | Art Brussels, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 2007 | FIAC, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France |
| 2007 | Rendez-vous 07, School of Fine Art, Lyon, France |
| 2007 | ENSBA, Salon de Mai, Paris, France |
| 2007 | Art Brussels, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 2006 | Salon du Livre, Paris, France |
| 2005 | "Scene de Menage", "Chez l'un, l'autre", Galerie Anton Weller, Paris, France |
| 2004 | 49 eme Salon de Montrouge, European Salon of Young Creators, Montrouge, France |
| 2004 | Pole impression / Edition 1/X, ENSBA, Paris, France |
| 2001 | Centre Culturel Aragon Triolet, Orly, France |
PRIZES & GRANTS
| 2008 | Pierre Cardin Prize, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France |
| 2007 | Hiscox Prize |
| 2007 | Alphonse Cellier Prize, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France |
| 2007 | Grant - first show, CNAP, National Center for Plastic Arts, France |
| 2007 | Grant - first catalogue, Val de Marnes region, France |
ABOUT FEAST PROJECTS:
Founded by Philippe Koutouzis in 2010, FEAST Projects produces innovative projects through collaboration with both established and emerging contemporary artists. Represented are works in classical mediums, as well as works involving the new convergence of art, music, performance, film and design. Global in outlook FEAST Projects represents artists from around the world, including Ron Arad, Chu Teh-Chun, Feng Shuo, Fensterbank, Rene Iche, Liu Wei (b.1965), Marlene Mocquet, Carr Patterson, T'ang Haywen, Tie Ying, Xie Lei and Zao Wou-Ki amongst others.
The innovative 2,500 sq ft gallery space is located in Unit 307, 3/F, Harbour Industrial Centre, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Opening Hours:12 - 7pm, Tuesday to Saturday
For more information, please visit: www.feastprojects.com.
ABOUT LE FRENCH MAY
Organised by the Consulate General of France in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise of Hong Kong, and with the support of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, over the last 19 years Le French May has grown to become one of the largest French arts festivals in Asia.
For further information, please contact:
Kate Tai
Email: katetai@feastprojects.com
Tel: +852-2553-9522
