Marie Martelly is a painter and collage artist currently based in Kyoto, Japan. Martelly's work has been exhibited in England, Canada, and Japan, as well as in shows in Colorado, Alabama, Nevada, South Carolina, and Texas. In 2024, Martelly collaborated with hand saw press Kyoto to publish an art book of 12 Risograph prints of her collages. In 2017 she was selected to create an artwork in appreciation of military veterans at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Martelly received a BA in Art History from McGill University in Montreal (2010), and an MA in Fine Arts from the Cambridge School of Art in England (2015).
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Instagram: @mariemartelly
b. 1987
Education:
2015 Anglia Ruskin University, Master of Arts in Fine Art , Cambridge, UK
2010 McGill University, Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Let Your Dear Child Journey, Gallery Kyo, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Motherhood, SeasonArt Series, Warehouse Theatre, Greenville, SC
2018 Flying Geese, Centennial Hills Library Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2017 Beyond the Call of Duty, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2012 Collations, Warehouse Theatre, Greenville, SC
2011 Collations, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 (upcoming) GALLERY工+with, Tokyo, Japan
2024 beKyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2023 34th Small Works and Postcard Exhibition, beKyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2016 Out of the Park 2: Bases Loaded, Clemson Univ Center for Visual Arts, Clemson, SC
2015 Perceptions, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK
2014 Body Talk, Changing Spaces, Cambridge, UK
2014 I don’t know how to do this, Changing Spaces, Cambridge, UK
2013 Inter-play, Changing Spaces, Green Street, Cambridge, UK
2012 Pieces, Ann Rudd Art Center, Ozark, AL (two-person exhibition)
2010 On the Road, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2010 Inside the Fridge, Nota Bene, Montreal, Canada
2008 Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum Art Exhibition, Colorado Springs, CO
2005 Christopher Park Gallery, Greenville, SC
Publications:
Martelly, Marie, Let Your Dear Child Journey / 可愛い子には旅をさせよ, hand saw press Kyoto, 2024
Cannon, Camille, “Flying Geese,” The Library District Blogs, 2018
Cambridge School of Art 2016/17 Course Catalogue, pg. 48, 70, 2015
Williams, Angela, Art exhibit features work of military spouse duo, Army Flier, A3, Feb 23, 2012
Arts and Humanities council presents ‘Pieces on View’, The Southeast Sun, Jan 11, 2012
Pieces, Ann Rudd Art Center, 2012
A solo exhibition by artist/Air Force spouse, Marie B. Martelly asks: What’s your story? Del Rio
News Herald, Jun 1, 2011, pg. 10
Scrivener Creative Review, Issue 34, 2010
Canvas Journal, McGill Art History Student Association, 2009
Collections:
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO