Biography
Marion Griese is a Canadian abstract artist from the Niagara region of Ontario. Her work features bold colours and simple forms inspired by nature, the urban environment and by the organic shapes and patterns found in MCM design. These elements have become the vocabulary to give shape to her impressions of the world around her. Her work is collected across Canada, the USA and internationally.
Statement
My work is orchestrated with a collection of colours, shapes, and lines that have caught my eyes as I move through daily life. These elements have slowly become the vocabulary I use to tell my stories and give shape to my personal impressions of the world around me. My hope is that my art becomes a space for the viewer to transcend the moment and to experience a sense of relief and inspiration, as a favourite piece of music might. I like to think of this as a small gesture: my way of repairing the world in complicated times.
The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees-
To learn something by being nothing
A little while but the rich
Lens of attention.
-Mary Oliver “Entering the Kingdom”
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EDUCATION
1992 University of Toronto, Fine Art and English
1998 Vancouver Community College, Jewellery Art and Design
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Perfect Medium Show, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2023 The Perfect Medium Show, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2022 Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2021 Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2021 Art Gallery of Hamilton Art Sale, Hamilton, ON
2020 Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2020 Congruence, Online Art Exhibition, I Like Your Work Podcast - Erika B Hess/Bridgette Mayer
2020 Art Gallery of Hamilton Art Sale, Hamilton, ON
2019 Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2018 ICE, de la terre cafe, Jordan Village, ON
2018 Why the &%#! Do You Paint?: All those Lines, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2017 Small Feats, NAC , St Catharines, ON
2011 International Women Celebrate, Ayr Space, Ayr, ON
2009 Escarpment: On the Edge, St Catharines City Hall, St Catharines, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Conversations, Red Brick Cafe, Guelph, ON
2023 Running Toward the Sun, Ironwood Cider House, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
2018 Tangled Sky & Garden, The Elora Cafe, Elora, ON
2018 Tangled Sky & Garden, Shannon Passero/The Post Office, Thorold, ON
2010 Land/Mark, Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library, NOTL, ON
ART FAIRS
2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2016 Market Series, Stratus Winery
2013 Market Series, Stratus Winery
PRESS/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Atomic Ranch Magazine - Feature
2023 Create! Magazine Issue #41 - Feature
2022 Artsy Shark - Feature
2021 Abstracto Gallery - Interview
2021 Obsessed With Art - Feature
2020 Artsy Shark - Feature
2020 Malibu True - Interview
2020 Jaamzin - Feature
2020 Women’s Wednesdays - Interview
REPRESENTATION
Art Interiors, Toronto, Ontario