Ollie Marr
Oliver Marr (he/they, b.1995, South Africa) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. Oliver graduated from the University of Cambridge (2020) where his research focussed on the interconnections between human society and natural systems. After graduating, Oliver worked for three years under the guidance of British artist, David Williams-Ellis, where he developed a practice investigating his connection to landscape through painting. Oliver has attended residencies in France and South Africa and exhibits regularly in group shows. Oliver had his first solo show (2021) with Windsor Gallery in South Africa and has recently presented with North Coast Asylum Gallery in the UK (June 2024).
Oliver makes his paints from raw pigment and prepares surfaces of linen or paper with rabbit skin glue and chalk. Relying on an urgency in mark-making, Oliver paints en pleinair, and is interested in the blurring of boundaries that happens as objects are abstracted to volume and colour. The idea of queer ecology comes to mind as Oliver captures the shifting identities of the landscape. In light of this, the titles of Oliver's paintings reference our relationship with the landscape in the face of climate change, and the dissonance between despair and hope.
Oliver Marr (he/they, b.1995, South Africa) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. Oliver graduated from the University of Cambridge (2020) where his research focussed on the interconnections between human society and natural systems. After graduating, Oliver worked for three years under the guidance of British artist, David Williams-Ellis, where he developed a practice investigating his connection to landscape through painting. Oliver has attended residencies in France and South Africa and exhibits regularly in group shows. Oliver had his first solo show (2021) with Windsor Gallery in South Africa and has recently presented with North Coast Asylum Gallery in the UK (June 2024).
Oliver makes his paints from raw pigment and prepares surfaces of linen or paper with rabbit skin glue and chalk. Relying on an urgency in mark-making, Oliver paints en pleinair, and is interested in the blurring of boundaries that happens as objects are abstracted to volume and colour. The idea of queer ecology comes to mind as Oliver captures the shifting identities of the landscape. In light of this, the titles of Oliver's paintings reference our relationship with the landscape in the face of climate change, and the dissonance between despair and hope.
Oliver Marr (he/they, b.1995, South Africa) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. Oliver graduated from the University of Cambridge (2020) where his research focussed on the interconnections between human society and natural systems. After graduating, Oliver worked for three years under the guidance of British artist, David Williams-Ellis, where he developed a practice investigating his connection to landscape through painting. Oliver has attended residencies in France and South Africa and exhibits regularly in group shows. Oliver had his first solo show (2021) with Windsor Gallery in South Africa and has recently presented with North Coast Asylum Gallery in the UK (June 2024).
Oliver makes his paints from raw pigment and prepares surfaces of linen or paper with rabbit skin glue and chalk. Relying on an urgency in mark-making, Oliver paints en pleinair, and is interested in the blurring of boundaries that happens as objects are abstracted to volume and colour. The idea of queer ecology comes to mind as Oliver captures the shifting identities of the landscape. In light of this, the titles of Oliver's paintings reference our relationship with the landscape in the face of climate change, and the dissonance between despair and hope.