Molly Garnier
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Molly Garnier, born at Salisbury, England
in 1981, is an English
artist.
at Gresham's School
, Holt
, and then from 1999 in Scotland
at the Edinburgh College of Art
, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts
degree with first class honours in Art and Design in 2003. While a student, she spent her summers travelling in Italy
, Greece
and Spain
, staying in European artistic cities. In 2000, she visited Thailand
and Malaysia.
, and is best known for her paintings of the female nude
. She has said "I am concerned with the feeling, the impression, the revelation a painting gives you rather than actual realism", and that she "explores the play of light and shadow on skin tones". Some of her work is inspired by her latest travels, which include trips to the Himalayas
and Rajasthan
.
The critic Moira Jeffrey has called Garnier's work "reminiscent of Degas and those Victorian photographs of women accidentally glimpsed in domestic surroundings". Duncan MacMillan wrote in The Scotsman
in 2003 of her "small smoky images of the female nude that are quite memorable" and in 2004 of Garnier's "exquisite small nude paintings".
, at the Royal Society of Arts
Annual Exhibition, the RSA
's Visual Arts Scotland, the Royal College of Physicians
, the Leith Gallery, the Morningside Gallery, the Scottish Gallery, and the Phoenix 369 Gallery; and also at the Compass Gallery, Glasgow
, the South Street Gallery, St Andrews
, the Frames Gallery, Perth
, the Cairns Gallery, Peebles
, the Paisley Institute of Art and Design, Paisley
, and the RendezVous Gallery, Aberdeen
. In London
, she has exhibited work at Painters' Hall
, the Northcote Gallery, the Air Gallery, and the Collyer-Bristow Gallery.
An early solo exhibition was at Morston Hall, Norfolk, in 2003.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1981, is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
artist.
Early life
From 1993 to 1999 Garnier was educated in EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
at Gresham's School
Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk
Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...
, and then from 1999 in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
at the Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art is an art school in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design disciplines for over two thousand students....
, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree with first class honours in Art and Design in 2003. While a student, she spent her summers travelling in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, staying in European artistic cities. In 2000, she visited Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and Malaysia.
Work
Garnier is principally a figurative painterFigurative art
Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.-Definition:...
, and is best known for her paintings of the female nude
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
. She has said "I am concerned with the feeling, the impression, the revelation a painting gives you rather than actual realism", and that she "explores the play of light and shadow on skin tones". Some of her work is inspired by her latest travels, which include trips to the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
and Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
.
The critic Moira Jeffrey has called Garnier's work "reminiscent of Degas and those Victorian photographs of women accidentally glimpsed in domestic surroundings". Duncan MacMillan wrote in The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
in 2003 of her "small smoky images of the female nude that are quite memorable" and in 2004 of Garnier's "exquisite small nude paintings".
Exhibitions
Garnier has exhibited mostly in Scotland. In EdinburghEdinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, at the Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
Annual Exhibition, the RSA
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
's Visual Arts Scotland, the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
, the Leith Gallery, the Morningside Gallery, the Scottish Gallery, and the Phoenix 369 Gallery; and also at the Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, the South Street Gallery, St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
, the Frames Gallery, Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
, the Cairns Gallery, Peebles
Peebles
Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
, the Paisley Institute of Art and Design, Paisley
Paisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
, and the RendezVous Gallery, Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
. In London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, she has exhibited work at Painters' Hall
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. An organisation of stainers, or painters of metals and wood, is known to have existed as early as 1268. A similar organisation of painters, who generally worked on cloth, existed as early as 1283...
, the Northcote Gallery, the Air Gallery, and the Collyer-Bristow Gallery.
An early solo exhibition was at Morston Hall, Norfolk, in 2003.
Awards
- March, 2003: The W. Gordon Smith Award and the Linda Clark Nolan Award at the Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of ArtsThe Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
- June, 2003: The Andrew Grant Bequest Travel Scholarship (Paris) of the Edinburgh College of ArtEdinburgh College of ArtEdinburgh College of Art is an art school in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design disciplines for over two thousand students....
- November, 2006: The Lynn Painter-Stainers Young Artist Award of the Worshipful Company of Painter-StainersWorshipful Company of Painter-StainersThe Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. An organisation of stainers, or painters of metals and wood, is known to have existed as early as 1268. A similar organisation of painters, who generally worked on cloth, existed as early as 1283...
of LondonCity of LondonThe City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
, for the painting Slow Dancing
External links
- Molly Garnier at the-leith-gallery.co.uk
- Gallery of work at mollygarnier.co.uk
- Molly Garnier at artgal.co.uk
- Work by Molly Garnier at limetreegallery.com
- Work by Molly Garnier at stirlingart.com
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize at paintershall.co.uk