Contact: mariannephay@gmail.com
For four decades Marianne has explored the properties of the natural world. Her practice is characterised by the incorporation of many families of the floribunda, faunae and arboreal worlds.
Most recently, Marianne pushes these themes into the realm of fantasy and imagination, entertaining the notion of illumination in generic trees and creating the world of the Boomanoomana Fairies.
Exhibitions
2022 Alexandra Club Melbourne
2019 Illuminated Etchings, Prahran CAPI Warehouse
2009 ‘Beautiful Outside My Window’, Domain House Gallery Royal Botanic Gardens
2004-08 Linden Post Card Show, Linden Galleries St Kilda
2004 ‘Garden of Eden’, Domain House Gallery Royal Botanic Gardens
1996 Kirkaldy Davies Galleries, Commercial Rd Prahan
1991 & 92 Capricorn Gallery, Collingwood (Group)
1987 & 88 Studio 78, Singapore
1985 Armadale Gallery, High St Armadale
1981 Heyday Gallery, Greville St Prahran
Experience
1975 Undergraduate Degree (Graphic Design), Swinburne University Melbourne
1976-78 Art Teacher, Huntingtower College Waverley
1979 Painting, Bordeaux France
1980-81 Graphic Designer, AC Press
1981-82 Graphic Designer, ACI Industries
1990 Certificate Painting, Melbourne School of Arts
2003 Commenced Bachelor Arts, Melbourne University
2004-present NGV Foundation
2005 Certificate (Monograph), Australian Paint Workshop
2006 Certificate of Achievement (Plate Lithography), APW
2008-2010 NGVWA Vice President
2010-2012 NGVWA President
2020 Honorary Life Member NGVWA
2020 Lyon Foundation director and Board Member

