Marine Joatton
Encyclopedia
Marine Joatton is a contemporary
French
artist
.
in 1972. She received a diploma from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques
in Paris when she was 20 years old, but then decided to pursue a career in art. In 1995, she started a course of studies at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
de Paris (Ensb-a). From there, she obtained a diploma in 2001. Starting 2004, she had her own exhibitions.
s made from organic materials which she subsequently painted.
Starting 2002, she focused entirely on painting
, starting with small formats of about 30x30cm. Since about 2004, she has been painting bigger formats (114x150).
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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Biography
Marine Joatton was born in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1972. She received a diploma from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques
Institut d'études politiques
Instituts d'études politiques , or IEPs, are nine publicly owned institutions of higher learning in France. They are located in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse , and their vocation is the study and research of contemporary political science...
in Paris when she was 20 years old, but then decided to pursue a career in art. In 1995, she started a course of studies at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
de Paris (Ensb-a). From there, she obtained a diploma in 2001. Starting 2004, she had her own exhibitions.
Art
Marine Joatton started her artwork with the creation of "monsters", about 200 sculptureSculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
s made from organic materials which she subsequently painted.
Starting 2002, she focused entirely on painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, starting with small formats of about 30x30cm. Since about 2004, she has been painting bigger formats (114x150).
Main exhibitions
- 2008 : "Venir à bout des taupes", galerie Eric Dupont (Paris)
- 2006, "un monde retourné", galerie Claude Samuel (Paris)
- 2004, "Les Encombrants", galerie du Haut-pavé (Paris)
- 2004, "Bête", Galerie d'Art de Créteil (Créteil)