About

About the Artist

Marine Strage is a French Artist living and working in the Bay Area, near San Francisco.

Born in 1968 in Quimper, Brittany, France.

Moved to Paris in 1986 after Baccalaureat in Sciences with Honors.

Marine Strage moved to Paris to pursue her studies in Communication. After a successful carrier in Advertising and a continuous interest in Arts she moved to London and soon decided to engage in Fine Arts studies at Central Saint Martins.

Traveling around the world in 2012 Marine Strage settled in the Bay area end of Dec 2012 with her husband and daughters and started to focus on the beauty of the California landscapes as a source of inspiration for her Art. Her abstract paintings and new photograhic prints engage the viewer in expressive atmospheric landscapes that use wide color fields to create movement and space. Her work pushes the boundaries of landscapes by creating unique compositions made of different geometric shapes.

Resume

Education

Sorbonne University Paris (CELSA), Graduate in Master degree in Sciences of Communication and Information with specialization in Advertising and Marketing- 1986-1991

Work

Ogilvy and Mather, Advertising agency Paris-1991-2000

BBH London, Ad agency. Nov 2000-July 2001

Art Education

2001: Foundation year at Heatherleys school of Art, London, UK

2002: HNC (Higher National Certificate in Fine Arts), London, UK

2003-2004: Central St Martins School of Arts London-1rst year MA program in Painting

2015-2018: On going studies in California with Kate Temple ( Art Space NYC) on Watercolor and Charocal technique exploration

Exhibitions

2019 Art Santa Fe.New Mexico. Represented by Jen Tough Gallery
2019 Four Barrel Coffee SAn Francisco . "Solo show "Odyssey of light"
2019 Crocker Kingsley Art Competition - Blue Lines gallery - Roseville, CA. January.
2018 Berkeley Art Center Annual show
2018 O' Hanlon Center for the Art, Mill Valley: "Soleil brulant", 15 inches. Juror Julie Zener, "The Art of the Spirit" show.December
2018 ICB 50TH WOS, November 30th-Dec 2nd
2018 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley. "Energize" 24x24inches, selected for "Feast of Color". A Juried show by Leslie Allen. November 2018
2018 Marin Civic center San Rafael: group exhibit with ICB Artists for 50th Anniversary, Oct 2017
2018 Tiburon Lodge Restaurant , Tiburon CA: Solo show “The Spirit of Spring-Oil paintings and Photographs, Since May
2018 Branded Boutique Mill Valley CA, April- 25 pieces, Oil paintings and Photographs - Series “The Spirit of Spring”
2018 Tiburon Pensinsula Club, Tiburon CA, Photographs prints. Feb-March 2018
2017 O 'Hanlon Mill Valley: Juried show Jury Kay Carlson and Stephen Ehret "Essence of Water"- Photograph "Reflection on the beach", printed on metal 16"x24". October
2017 Equator Cafe Mill Valley, CA: Pop Up Show for Art Walk October 3rd, 2017
2017 Tiburon Peninsula Club: Solo show "Life force paintings" series exhibition, Feb-April
2017 ICB Open Studios December
2016 ICB Open Studios Sausalito CA, December
2016 O Hanlon RED exhibition.Juried show - Watercolor painting on paper selected.
2015 ICB Open studios Sausalito CA December
2015 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA.: Charcoal Drawing selected for a Juired Group show theme: Myths and Inner landscapes

Art Work present in Private collections in France, Israel, California, Norway, and UK

Award: 2017, 1rst prize of landscape photography by the Belvedere Art Society for " A dog 's life"

Related Experience

Tiburon Pensinsula Club: Appointed Art Curator in 2017, Organized several exhibitions of local artists since.
Volunteer project leader for Reeds School Art program 2015 and 2016 for Grades 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. Developed and coordinated Art projects with more than 30 children per class. Art pieces sold at Auction
Art Gallery: created Gueguen Gallery, London 2008-2010

Exhibition of several French Artists in Gallery Space in Notting Hill