CV | Marcella Kaspar

Marcella Kaspar

CV

Education
LLB Sydney University Law School
Life Drawing Studies, Sculpture and Jewellery Design at East Sydney Tech (now the National Art School)
2007  Drawing Study, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
2004, 2005 Charlie Sheard Studio School
1994  Julian Ashton School
1983-1991  Study Tour of Europe and USA
             
Solo Exhibitions
2010  Floral Whispers, Greenhill Gallery, Perth
2009  Light and Shade, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2008  Mono No Aware, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2007  Peonie Series, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney,
2007  New Works, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2007  Layers, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2006  Transience, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
1999  Flowers, Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions
2010  Contemporanea, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2010  Contemporanea, Smartartz Gallery, Melbourne
2010  About Flowers, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2010  Collector’s Choice, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2010  Riverview Art Show, Sydney
2010  Ready,Willing & Able, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
2010  40 Squared, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2010  Something Personal, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2010  Summer Exhibition, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2009  Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2009  800/50, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2009,2008,2006 Festivite, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2009  Xmas Show, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2009  Towards the Light, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
2009  Collectors Choice, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2009  Night With The Stars, Westmead Hospital Cancer Fundraising, Sydney
2009  RedArt, Reddam House Art Show
2009-2005 Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
2008  Xmas Show, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2008  Annual Summer Show, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2008  Yodifee Fundraiser, Sydney
2008  Small Images/Grand Visions, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2008  Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2007  Art Commission Show, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2007  Art Commission Show, Dubai, UAE
2007  65 Roses Day Art Auction, Sydney
2007  Woollahra Public School Art Auction, Sydney
2007-2000 Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery,Sydney
2006  Treasure Trove, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2006  Storyteller, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2006  Blake Art Prize Exceptions, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2007-2003 Art Sydney
2006,2005 Melbourne Art Show
2005  Exchange Square Fundraising, National Art School, Sydney                
2005  Fonas Infusion Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2005  Interlude, Charlie Sheard Studio School, MLC Gallery, Sydney
2004  Shapiro Gallery, Sydney
2003  Leukemia Fund Raising Art Auction, Sydney
2002  Sydney Grammar Art Show, Sydney
2002  Tudor House Art Show, Sydney
2001  Ephemera, Salmon Gallery, Sydney


Prizes
2010  Finalist- John Leslie Art Prize
2010  Finalist- 36th Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT
2009   President’s Prize- Florence Biennale
2008  Finalist- 35th Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT
2007,2002 Finalist- Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
2007,2004 Finalist- Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
2007-2005 Shoalhaven Art Prize, Nowra
2006-2005 Finalist- Northbridge Art Prize, Sydney
2005  Highly Commended- Waverley Art Prize
2005  Finalist: People’s Choice Award- Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
2005  North Launceston Art Prize, Tasmania

Private collections held in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, USA, Switzerland, France, Canada, UK and Czech Republic

Marcella works in oils on linen and focuses on the beauty and repetition in nature, freezing the moments and imprisoning, concentrating on refining and perceiving light and dark through the 17th century techniques of opaque layering with transparent glazing. The paintings are tapestries of colour and tonal studies jutting out of receding dark spaces.  The paintings are a study of complex tonal variations, with an emphasis on colour relationships, the study of changeability and the delicate nuances of color. The proportional scales invite the viewer into exotic cocoons, switching the focus onto beauty, stillness and meditation. 

"There is an obsession in my work with the ephemeral nature of flowers and how they reflect the transient nature of life. There is also a constant fascination with the transparency of water and the play of light, colour, temperature and atmosphere that makes up the subject".