Marlene Mocquet's First Major Show in Asia to Open on April 19

Opening Reception Featuring Marlene Mocquet will be Held from 6 - 9 pm on April 19

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Mar 29, 2012, 02:00 ET

HONG KONG, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- FEAST Projects is delighted to announce Marlene Mocquet's first major show in Asia. The show will be open from April 19 - May 26, 2012.

Marlene Mocquet, at 33 years old, is a rising star in the art world. The honors and kudos she has earned give her this esteemed standing. Highlights include: a 2009 one woman retrospective at the Contemporary Art Museum in Lyon, an invitation to the Shanghai Biennial (2010), a commissioned work from fashion designer Christian Lacroix; her Art Prizes and Grants include the prestigious Pierre Cardin Prize, the Hiscox Prize, and the Alphonse Cellier Prize.

Melding surrealism with the sublime, Mocquet masterfully executes her canvases in drips and impastos of mixed media creating a personal, poetic and fantastic universe that piques our curiosity. Every disparate picture is populated with characters, animals and anthropomorphous objects composing an extremely sophisticated image. Mocquet's work has multiple references: Bosch, Klee, Ernst, Murakami, Betty Boop, Tim Burton; yet the end products are always undeniably Mocquet. She discovered painting as a form of self-therapy drawing on Symbolism, Surrealism Expressionism and Action-Painting, as well as on popular imagery from manga and cartoons.

"Her candy-jeweled palette belies her explosive paintings populated with anthropomorphic blobs, animals and monsters; and we enthusiastically follow her into a warped, ethereal and fantastic universe -- one that is hers alone," describes Philippe Koutouzis, Director of FEAST Projects. Mocquet's unlimited imagination and singular faux-naif style are unforgettable and from the start her work has been received with great applause from the critics and the public.

This exhibition is part of Le French May 2012 program, presented by FEAST Projects and supported by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau.

BIOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHTS OF MARLENE MOCQUET (FOR FULL BIO, PLEASE VISIT ARTIST'S PAGE @ http://www.feastprojects.com/artists/marlne-mocquet/)


2006	Graduated with jury felicitations, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France

SOLO EXHIBITION


2012	FEAST Projects, Hong Kong
2012	Musee de l'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France
2010	Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
2010	Vienna Fair, Contemporary Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
2009	Jeux de Dames - Marlene Mocquet, Chateau de Jau, France
2009	Marlene Mocquet: Restrospective, Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France
2008	La Galerie Edouard Manet, Genevilliers, France
2007	Freight + Volume Gallery, New York, USA
2007	Contemporary Art Place Aponia, Villiers sur Marne, France

GROUP EXHIBITION (SELECTED)


2012	ACCROCHAGE, FEAST Projects, Hong Kong
2012	Drawing Now, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2012	La belle peinture est derriere nous, French Institute, Ankara, Turkey
2012	A suivre..., Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France
2012	Eleventh hour, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2011	Antidote 7, Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
2011	"Construire, elever la matiere", 16eme Biennale, Musees de Chateauroux, France
2010	La belle peinture est derriere nous, French Institute, Ankara, Turkey
2010	Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Museum, China
2010	Circuit Ceramique, Manufacture de Sevres, Sevres, France
2010	Lignes de Chance, Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
2009	Beautes Monstres, Musee des Beaux-arts, Nancy, France
2009	Art Basel, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Basel, Switzerland
2008	Il etait une fois..., Boutique Christian Lacroix, Paris, France
2008	Rendez-vous, Shanghai 2008, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2008	Musee Reattu, Arles, France
2008	Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France
2008	Art Brussels, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Bruxelles, Belgium
2007	FIAC, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
2007	Rendez-vous 07, School of Fine Art, Lyon, France
2007	ENSBA, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
2007	Art Brussels, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Bruxelles, Belgium
2006	Salon du Livre, Paris, France
2005	"Scene de Menage", "Chez l'un, l'autre", Galerie Anton Weller, Paris, France
2004	49 eme Salon de Montrouge, European Salon of Young Creators, Montrouge, France
2004	Pole impression / Edition 1/X, ENSBA, Paris, France
2001	Centre Culturel Aragon Triolet, Orly, France

PRIZES & GRANTS


2008	Pierre Cardin Prize, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France
2007	Hiscox Prize
2007	Alphonse Cellier Prize, National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (ENSBA), France
2007	Grant - first show, CNAP, National Center for Plastic Arts, France
2007	Grant - first catalogue, Val de Marnes region, France

ABOUT FEAST PROJECTS:

Founded by Philippe Koutouzis in 2010, FEAST Projects produces innovative projects through collaboration with both established and emerging contemporary artists. Represented are works in classical mediums, as well as works involving the new convergence of art, music, performance, film and design. Global in outlook FEAST Projects represents artists from around the world, including Ron Arad, Chu Teh-Chun, Feng Shuo, Fensterbank, Rene Iche, Liu Wei (b.1965), Marlene Mocquet, Carr Patterson, T'ang Haywen, Tie Ying, Xie Lei and Zao Wou-Ki amongst others.

The innovative 2,500 sq ft gallery space is located in Unit 307, 3/F, Harbour Industrial Centre, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.

Opening Hours: 12 - 7pm, Tuesday to Saturday
For more information, please visit: www.feastprojects.com.

ABOUT LE FRENCH MAY

Organised by the Consulate General of France in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise of Hong Kong, and with the support of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, over the last 19 years Le French May has grown to become one of the largest French arts festivals in Asia.

For further information, please contact:

Kate Tai
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +852-2553-9522

SOURCE FEAST Projects