Marie Le Lievre

M Versus C (isms), 2024, Oil on canvas, 1850 x 1650 mm

*Blue (Boxed)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1670 x 1670 mm*

*Bridging Loot*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1375 x 1375 mm*

*Gigging Isms (Orange)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1675 x 1825 mm*

*Gigs (Stacked)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1200 x 1200 mm*

*Hemming Loot*, *2024*, *Oil and graphite on canvas*, *1825 x 1675 mm*

*High House (Loot)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1900 x 1650 mm*

*Ships (May)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *750 x 750 mm*

*Ships (Rose)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *750 x 750 mm*

*Stacked (Lettings)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1830 x 1630 mm*

*Twelve (House)*, *2024*, *Oil on canvas*, *1810 x 1650 mm*

*Bomb Catcher*, *2023*, *Oil & graphite on paper*, *760 x 560 mm*

*Bumps (Net Let)*, *2023*, *Oil and graphite on canvas*, *750 x 750 mm*

*Catcher Net*, *2023*, *Oil & graphite on paper*, *760 x 560 mm*

*Coke Catcher*, *2023*, *Oil & graphite on paper*, *760 x 560 mm*

*Cookie Monster's (Tray)*, *2023*, *Oil and graphite on canvas*, *1800 x 1650 mm*

*Cradle Catcher*, *2023*, *Oil & graphite on paper*, *760 x 560 mm*

*Fix Catch (Net Let)*, *2023*, *Oil and graphite on canvas*, *1400 x 1400 mm*

*Flag Ships (Net let)*, *2023*, *Oil and graphite on canvas*, *1400 x 1400 mm*

*Map (Net Let) in Collaboration with Emma Wallbanks*, *2023*, *Photo and graphite on board, framed*, *750 x 750 mm*

*Mars (Boxed)*, *2023*, *Oil on canvas*, *1800 x 1650 mm*

The key to understanding the work of artist Marie Le Lievre is that everything depends on an interplay between what is revealed and what the artist obscures, a dialogue between private inscape and public world.

Le Lievre’s work divides into five loosely overlapping categories. One is the sensitive drawings; another is the painted-on photographic self-portraits. A third is the “writing” works and fourth the “paraphernalia” paintings with their stylised motifs. Fifth are the “slip” paintings, in which layers of translucent oil pigment are poured onto the canvas flat on the floor and worked by the artist with gloved hands in a very physical process.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Marie Le Lievre studied Criminology and Education before focussing upon her artistic career in Fine Arts. She travelled extensively abroad while living and working in London, Israel and Argentina. Her work is represented by Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch and acquired by major art collectors such as Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu and Fletcher Trust, Auckland. She currently lives and works as a full time artist in Lyttelton.

Education

2008 MFA (Distinction) Painting, University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts, NZ
2007 BFA Honours (First Class) Painting, University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts, NZ
1996 BA Degree, Criminology, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Exhibitions

2024 Entelechy
2024 Theatre
2023 Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection
2023 Spring1883
2022 Auckland Art Fair 2022
2022 Paint
2020 Auckland Art Fair 2020
2020 Melbourne Art Fair 2020
2018 Auckland Art Fair 2018
2018 Rock n Roll
2017 Sydney Contemporary
2015 UnSeen: The Changing Collection
2013 Auckland Art Fair 2013
2010 Anthony Harper Awards
2009 Master 08
2008 The Pretty Show.

Solo Exhibitions Group Show Exhibitions

Writing

Awards

2021 Finalist, Parkin Drawing Prize
2021 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canady Award
2020 Awarded CNZ Continuity Grant
2018 Finalist, Parkin Prize
2018 Selected Finalist, Wallace Art Award
2017 Finalist, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking
2016 Highly Commended, Parkin Prize
2013 Finalist, Parkin Prize
2011 Inaugural Recipient, Canterbury Arts and Heritage Trust Award
2011 Selected Finalist, Wallace Art Award
2009 Highly Commended, Anthony Harper Award
2008 Masters Scholarship, University of Canterbury
2008 Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship
2008 Graduates Scholarship, University of Canterbury
2008 Selected Finalist, James Wallace Award
2007 Bickerton-Widdowson Scholarship
2006 Bickerton-Widdowson Scholarship

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