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".