marcus Oakley
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My work is inspired by many things, both retrospective and contemporary, natural and manmade.
Exploring the potential of a line across a variety of formats, including drawing, paintings, sculpture, and music. Thick lines, thin lines, zigzag, curved, straight, fast and slow—they all have their own special mood and melody.
Visually recording my time and memories of various landscapes and locations, from explorative day trips, holidays, shopping jaunts and interior observations, depicting the daily rituals and interactions with crockery, cutlery, food and furniture.
Daydreaming, curiosity and imaginative drifting, making and more making, drawing and more drawing.
Influences include folky, harmonic, and melodic musics of all kinds; the pastoral and folkloric delights of the countryside and the various eccentric beasts and humans that inhabit it; the dizzy geometries of architecture and design; and overall, the wonders of making stuff.
Website: marcusoakley.com
Instagram: @marcus_oakley
Music: soundcloud.com/the-sunflower-band
Education:
1993 – 1996 / BA Joint Honours Visual Arts / Camberwell College of Arts.
1991 – 1993 / BTEC National Diploma In General Art & Design / Norfolk Institute of Art and Design.
Exploring the potential of a line across a variety of formats, including drawing, paintings, sculpture, and music. Thick lines, thin lines, zigzag, curved, straight, fast and slow—they all have their own special mood and melody.
Visually recording my time and memories of various landscapes and locations, from explorative day trips, holidays, shopping jaunts and interior observations, depicting the daily rituals and interactions with crockery, cutlery, food and furniture.
Daydreaming, curiosity and imaginative drifting, making and more making, drawing and more drawing.
Influences include folky, harmonic, and melodic musics of all kinds; the pastoral and folkloric delights of the countryside and the various eccentric beasts and humans that inhabit it; the dizzy geometries of architecture and design; and overall, the wonders of making stuff.
Website: marcusoakley.com
Instagram: @marcus_oakley
Music: soundcloud.com/the-sunflower-band
Education:
1993 – 1996 / BA Joint Honours Visual Arts / Camberwell College of Arts.
1991 – 1993 / BTEC National Diploma In General Art & Design / Norfolk Institute of Art and Design.
Selected / Exhibitions :
2021 ‘Wave East Sea’ / Pencil Museum / Donghae City
2019 ‘Room Time / Central Library / Edinburgh (solo)
2018 ‘Graffix’ / De Studio / Antwerp
2018 ‘Dialogue De Dessins’ / Au Shadok / Strasbourg
2017 ‘Drawingsssssss / White Space / Edinburgh (solo)
2016 ‘Object Matter’ / Mini Galerie / Amsterdam
2016 ‘A Bizzare World of Plants’ / Newbridge Project / Newcastle
2016 'Crunchy Pump' / Gayfield Creative Spaces / Edinburgh (solo)
2015 ‘Brainstrom’ / Good Space / Sydney
2013 'Temporary Whims' / Fish Factory Art Space / Falmouth
2011 'Objects & Pictures' / Librairie Maison Le Bon Marché / Paris (solo)
2010 'Draw' / Monster Children Gallery / Syndey
2010 'Disorder Disorder' / Penrith Regional Gallery / Syndey
2010 'Close To A World Below' / Scion Space / Los Angeles
2008 'Pictoral Aural' / Gallery Hanahou / NYC (solo)
2008 'Lucky Seven' / Lucy Gallery / Antwerp
2008 'The Idea of Something' / Nog Gallery / London (solo)
2007 'That & This' / Analogue Gallery / Edinburgh (solo)
2007 'Post-Wood' / Monster Children Gallery / Sydney
2007 'Happy London' / Paul Smith SPACE / Tokyo
2006 'Shibboleth' / Dilston Grove Gallery / London
2006 'The Blank Tape Spillage Fete' / English Folk Dance & Song Society / London
2005 'The Banjo Artshow' / 88B Gallery / London
2004 'Moving Units' / Moving Units Gallery / London
2003 'Everywhere From Here' / The Workroom / Dublin
2003 'Fanclub' / Rosy Wilde Gallery / London
2003 'Where is Silas' / Parco Museum / Tokyo
2003 'A Surface in Between' / Arthouse / London
2001 'The Side Effects of Urethane' / The Jam Factory / London
2021 ‘Wave East Sea’ / Pencil Museum / Donghae City
2019 ‘Room Time / Central Library / Edinburgh (solo)
2018 ‘Graffix’ / De Studio / Antwerp
2018 ‘Dialogue De Dessins’ / Au Shadok / Strasbourg
2017 ‘Drawingsssssss / White Space / Edinburgh (solo)
2016 ‘Object Matter’ / Mini Galerie / Amsterdam
2016 ‘A Bizzare World of Plants’ / Newbridge Project / Newcastle
2016 'Crunchy Pump' / Gayfield Creative Spaces / Edinburgh (solo)
2015 ‘Brainstrom’ / Good Space / Sydney
2013 'Temporary Whims' / Fish Factory Art Space / Falmouth
2011 'Objects & Pictures' / Librairie Maison Le Bon Marché / Paris (solo)
2010 'Draw' / Monster Children Gallery / Syndey
2010 'Disorder Disorder' / Penrith Regional Gallery / Syndey
2010 'Close To A World Below' / Scion Space / Los Angeles
2008 'Pictoral Aural' / Gallery Hanahou / NYC (solo)
2008 'Lucky Seven' / Lucy Gallery / Antwerp
2008 'The Idea of Something' / Nog Gallery / London (solo)
2007 'That & This' / Analogue Gallery / Edinburgh (solo)
2007 'Post-Wood' / Monster Children Gallery / Sydney
2007 'Happy London' / Paul Smith SPACE / Tokyo
2006 'Shibboleth' / Dilston Grove Gallery / London
2006 'The Blank Tape Spillage Fete' / English Folk Dance & Song Society / London
2005 'The Banjo Artshow' / 88B Gallery / London
2004 'Moving Units' / Moving Units Gallery / London
2003 'Everywhere From Here' / The Workroom / Dublin
2003 'Fanclub' / Rosy Wilde Gallery / London
2003 'Where is Silas' / Parco Museum / Tokyo
2003 'A Surface in Between' / Arthouse / London
2001 'The Side Effects of Urethane' / The Jam Factory / London
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