About the artist
Marc Rogerson is a sculptor and painter whose practice involves illuminated sculpture, architectural-sculptural installations, abstract painting, figurative
painting and portraiture.
Marc started executing mural commissions in 1988 with Daryl Millard. The company Fresco and Co was formed which swiftly outstretched the original brief of murals and extended its practice into site-specific sculpture and mixed media.
A major break from excessive diversification of media and the burden of commercial briefs was needed. From 1999, Marc started to develop a studio practice with no commercial relevance. The work now is branching into figurative and abstract painting, illuminated sculpture, musical instruments and immersive environments.
Marc’s practice has been public with exhibitions and commissions for commercial spaces and private in the creation of bodies of work for their own sake.
Selected Highlights.
2014 - 2017 Living in Melbourne and Wye River. Accepting commissions in materials as diverse as kinetic steel sculture, bronze casting and decorative plasterwork. Attempting to develop ideas for sculptural lamps in resin, bronze and terrazzo.
2013- 2014 Living in Barcelona and creating paintings and illuminated sculpture. Exhibited in Tallers Abiertos at La Nave studios, with Colectivo Freixas at Edifici Freixas, with Colectivo Freixas at Centre Cívic Sant Andreu and at Nauart.
2012 Lived in Paris and created paintings and illuminated sculpture
2009 Co-wrote a chapter titled ‘When words and worldviews decay: thoughts on the art-science nexus, on how a poem can be as beautiful as a scientific theory’ with David Paganin. Accepted for publication in Challenging the Divide. Erica Jolly (ed.) Lythrum Press 2009
2009 Created a sculptural instrument which was toured to Sydney and Brisbane and was operated, performed and activated by the trio Plump (Marc, Philip Samartzis, Dave Brown) titled ‘Large, Room-sized Instrument. This was performed at the North Melbourne Town Hall as part of the Liquid Architecture festival.
2008 Creation and execution of an exhibition and performance titled ‘Cluster’ with colleagues Dave Brown and Philip Samartzis as part of the ‘Plump’ trio. This
was presented at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the VCA.
2007 Foyer piece for Telstra in their head office, 400 George Street Sydney. Stainless steel, stone, neon, fibreglass, plastics, flouros. (Commercial brief)
2006 Foyer piece for Wendouree Performing Arts Centre, Ballarat. Suspended fibreglass, illuminated by ambient sunlight.
2006 Entrance sculpture for Agyle apartments, lt. Cardigan Street, Carlton Concrete render over foam, wood and steel.
2005 Feature lighting for Village Cinema foyers, Fountain Gate and Knox. Vacuum formed plastic, illuminated by neon.
2004 Sculptural lamps for Crown Casino, Southbank. Fibreglass with incandescent globes.
2003 Sculptural lamps for Scorpion night club Flinders street, Melbourne Fibreglass with incandescent globes
2002 Sculptural lamps, paint finish and soft sculptures for Velour nightclub. Flinders Street, Melbourne Fibreglass with incandescent globes, finished stainless steel, side-leak acrylic, velour covered polystyrene foam, acrylic paint on plaster walls.
2000 Sculptural lamps and murals. Kanela Flamenco Bar. Johnson st Fitzroy. Cast resin lamps, slumped acrylic sheet lamps, incandescent illumination, acrylic
and oil paint on plastered boards, both abstract and figurative.
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Italian Men of Carlton. Jimmy Watson’s wine bar. Lygon Street, Carlton Portraits. Chalk on paper
1998 Paintings from Classical Tragedy. Art Affairs Gallery. University St. Carlton Figure-work Acrylic paint, chalk and shellac on plaster covered boards.
Group Exhibitions
1997 Plastic Fantastic. Exhibition of photographs taken on plastic camera for the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Johnson St. Fitzroy
1992 Rebirth of the City. An exhibition of maquettes as sculptural ideas for public spaces in Melbourne. Both curated and exhibited in the show under the auspices of the Institute of Site Specific Art.
Educational Work
1991 Set up the Institute for Site Specific Art in collaboration with the Melbourne College of Decoration to teach skills in mural commissions. Attained a TAFE
accreditation for the course and managed to bring students of the course into the workforce as site specific artists.
Curating
1995 (?) At the invitation of the Dutch Consulate, curated an exhibition of dutch painters working in Australia as a side-project to a Rembrandt exhibition at the
National Gallery or Victoria.
Marc Rogerson is a sculptor and painter whose practice involves illuminated sculpture, architectural-sculptural installations, abstract painting, figurative
painting and portraiture.
Marc started executing mural commissions in 1988 with Daryl Millard. The company Fresco and Co was formed which swiftly outstretched the original brief of murals and extended its practice into site-specific sculpture and mixed media.
A major break from excessive diversification of media and the burden of commercial briefs was needed. From 1999, Marc started to develop a studio practice with no commercial relevance. The work now is branching into figurative and abstract painting, illuminated sculpture, musical instruments and immersive environments.
Marc’s practice has been public with exhibitions and commissions for commercial spaces and private in the creation of bodies of work for their own sake.
Selected Highlights.
2014 - 2017 Living in Melbourne and Wye River. Accepting commissions in materials as diverse as kinetic steel sculture, bronze casting and decorative plasterwork. Attempting to develop ideas for sculptural lamps in resin, bronze and terrazzo.
2013- 2014 Living in Barcelona and creating paintings and illuminated sculpture. Exhibited in Tallers Abiertos at La Nave studios, with Colectivo Freixas at Edifici Freixas, with Colectivo Freixas at Centre Cívic Sant Andreu and at Nauart.
2012 Lived in Paris and created paintings and illuminated sculpture
2009 Co-wrote a chapter titled ‘When words and worldviews decay: thoughts on the art-science nexus, on how a poem can be as beautiful as a scientific theory’ with David Paganin. Accepted for publication in Challenging the Divide. Erica Jolly (ed.) Lythrum Press 2009
2009 Created a sculptural instrument which was toured to Sydney and Brisbane and was operated, performed and activated by the trio Plump (Marc, Philip Samartzis, Dave Brown) titled ‘Large, Room-sized Instrument. This was performed at the North Melbourne Town Hall as part of the Liquid Architecture festival.
2008 Creation and execution of an exhibition and performance titled ‘Cluster’ with colleagues Dave Brown and Philip Samartzis as part of the ‘Plump’ trio. This
was presented at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the VCA.
2007 Foyer piece for Telstra in their head office, 400 George Street Sydney. Stainless steel, stone, neon, fibreglass, plastics, flouros. (Commercial brief)
2006 Foyer piece for Wendouree Performing Arts Centre, Ballarat. Suspended fibreglass, illuminated by ambient sunlight.
2006 Entrance sculpture for Agyle apartments, lt. Cardigan Street, Carlton Concrete render over foam, wood and steel.
2005 Feature lighting for Village Cinema foyers, Fountain Gate and Knox. Vacuum formed plastic, illuminated by neon.
2004 Sculptural lamps for Crown Casino, Southbank. Fibreglass with incandescent globes.
2003 Sculptural lamps for Scorpion night club Flinders street, Melbourne Fibreglass with incandescent globes
2002 Sculptural lamps, paint finish and soft sculptures for Velour nightclub. Flinders Street, Melbourne Fibreglass with incandescent globes, finished stainless steel, side-leak acrylic, velour covered polystyrene foam, acrylic paint on plaster walls.
2000 Sculptural lamps and murals. Kanela Flamenco Bar. Johnson st Fitzroy. Cast resin lamps, slumped acrylic sheet lamps, incandescent illumination, acrylic
and oil paint on plastered boards, both abstract and figurative.
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Italian Men of Carlton. Jimmy Watson’s wine bar. Lygon Street, Carlton Portraits. Chalk on paper
1998 Paintings from Classical Tragedy. Art Affairs Gallery. University St. Carlton Figure-work Acrylic paint, chalk and shellac on plaster covered boards.
Group Exhibitions
1997 Plastic Fantastic. Exhibition of photographs taken on plastic camera for the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Johnson St. Fitzroy
1992 Rebirth of the City. An exhibition of maquettes as sculptural ideas for public spaces in Melbourne. Both curated and exhibited in the show under the auspices of the Institute of Site Specific Art.
Educational Work
1991 Set up the Institute for Site Specific Art in collaboration with the Melbourne College of Decoration to teach skills in mural commissions. Attained a TAFE
accreditation for the course and managed to bring students of the course into the workforce as site specific artists.
Curating
1995 (?) At the invitation of the Dutch Consulate, curated an exhibition of dutch painters working in Australia as a side-project to a Rembrandt exhibition at the
National Gallery or Victoria.