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| One to watch: Pauline Marcelle |
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Artist Pauline Marcelle is creating quite a stir in the international art world, but her influences and heart still remain true to her homeland, Dominica.
Contemporary artist Pauline Marcelle was born in the small fishing village of Calibishie on the northeast coast of Dominica, where she was raised by her grandmother – the person who strongly influenced her individualistic sense of creativity, her love for art and hard work, and her passion for travelling the Islands at a very young age. As a child Marcelle spent her time exploring the natural resources of Dominica and engaging in arts and crafts projects, eventually studying extra curricular activities in the arts at the Convent High School in Roseau. This was the beginning of an incredible journey that took her to Austria by the way of the US. In 2000 Marcelle completed her studies at the University for Applied and Contemporary Arts in Vienna, where she obtained a Masters in Fine Art in Painting, Graphics and Trick Film Animation. She currently lives and works in both Vienna and Dominica, but has exhibited extensively at International Art Fairs and in solo and group exhibitions in Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, USA and Dominica. Pauline’s art is focused on and inspired by her daily experiences and she is best known for her strongly expressive large-scale paintings as well as her dramatic video works and installations, in which she connects the intensity of modern art with the expressivity of her Caribbean origin. Dominica, the artist says, is her biggest source of inspiration, feeding her with ever-changing and ever recurring images. Marcelle was recently featured in ARC, a contemporary Caribbean art and culture magazine dedicated to highlighting emerging and established artists. She has also just completed a four-month scholarship at The Bag Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the exhibition titled Bend Down Boutique: The Joburg Works, which was featured in The Sowetan and the South African Elle Décor magazine. Future plans include an upcoming catalogue featuring new works, and she will continue to represent Dominica in Washington DC at the World Bank About Change exhibitions, which opened in early 2011 and will close in January 2013. • For more information about this talented homegrown artist, go to http://www.paulinemarcelle.com/ or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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