Components of Matter 3
2020
27.5" x 19.5"
Acrylic on paper.
Marc Standing (b. 1976 Harare, Zimbabwe) is an African/ British/Australian artist who was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He obtained his BAFA honors degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa with distinctions in painting. After spending a decade in Australia and Hong Kong he now resides in London.
Standing has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions internationally and is represented by Grove Square Galleries in London and Art Labor in Shanghai. He has also been a finalist in many art prizes over the years, including the Sovereign Asian Art Prize and is part of The Groucho Club collection in London.
Over the last three years Standing has been artist in residence at Amilla Fushi in the Maldives, and has taken part in residencies in the Philippines, Shanghai, and Mexico.
Standing’s vibrant and inventive painting has developed along a complex path. Sublime in the originality and mastery of his brush stroke, they are informed by anthropology, biology and the complexities of existence, both physical and metaphysical.
Education, 1996-1999, Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors Degree, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Dimension
Height: 27.50
Width: 19.50