M A R I S A  P O L I N

L I M I N A L

A Solo Show within a SOLO SHOW, in a gallery within a GALLERY!

View it  I N  P E R S O N !  For One Week Only !

Marisa Polin :  City Break

at Collective Gallery

(‘Ballroom’)  39 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1DT

6-10 September, 1-6pm (and by appointment)

Private View Thursday 7th September, 5-8pm

Marisa Polin reflects on the space we inhabit and the city within ourselves. The artist from Mexico City deconstructs reality into the abstract, revealing its essence. In her sculptures she highlights the tension of materials like metal, felt or plastic, forcing opposing forces to coexist in a delicate balance on the edge of rupture. 

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Marisa Polin :   L I M I N A L

Small House Gallery

(Throughout September 2023, viewable by appointment, in a private home, South London)

Marisa Polin’s steel structures explore the boundary between polarities. Polin forces opposing forces to coexist in a delicate, almost impossible balance that could explode any minute: the fleeting instant versus the eternity, the strength versus the fragility, the feminine juxtaposed with the masculine. Polin deconstructs real things into the abstract, revealing their essence. 

Backed by a vibrant, geometric, and minimalist language, she delves into themes of intimacy, home, and memory, inviting onlookers to witness the emotional dialogues.

LIMINAL is installed across two Small House Gallery dollhouse micro galleries curated by artist Eldi Dundee.

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Works in Small House One:

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Works in Small House Two:

Artist statement with Bio

“Art has been my motivation since I was a girl in Mexico City. While studying at La Esmeralda and San Carlos, I met a generation of teachers and colleagues that still inspire me. A strong curiosity drove my travels, and I ended up living in Europe. My studios are in London and The Hague, but I work as well on the move, in the forest, a garden or other public spaces. I am a traveller that bridges between cultures.

“I focused on the sculpture side of ceramics when studying at Sir John Cass in London. In The Hague, I studied painting at the Royal Academy and developed into a professional artist.

“Over the years, when my life took a sharp turn, so did my artwork and my politically-themed paintings transformed into direct activism and performance and later into an internal crusade experimenting with geometric forms and developing a new personal abstract language. I enrolled in filmmaking studies at Central Film School in London where I specialised in production and production design. In collaboration with a group of international creatives, we made political documentaries and fictional short films, They were a great experience that brought us to festivals around the world.

“I collaborate with various artists’ groups, realise projects and exhibit internationally. I also have organised and participated in many artists’ residencies.

“My actual art pieces while studying for a Masters in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art revolve around the themes of home, intimacy, memories, belonging, games, playfulness and fate with a geometric, minimal, abstract language. Video and photography are used not only for recording work but also as part of my body of work. Recently, processes and materials research has become of great importance. I am experimenting with languages and body expressions through performances, interviews and podcasts.”

CV: MARISA POLIN

Marisa Polin is a visual artist and filmmaker, originally from Mexico.
Lives and works in London and The Hague. She travels regularly getting inspired by different cultures, crafts, architecture and use of local materials.

She explores geometric abstraction in her work. She has created exhibition spaces in gardens and forests, drawing on trees and blending the landscape with her work.

Her media includes painting, drawing, film, digital art, sculpture and performance.

Polin is co-founder of Circle Art Residency, a nomadic artists residency. She has been co-curator of Empire II project. Member of Peer Social.

Studies:
Visual Arts and Graphic Communications at ENAP, UNAM, Mexico City Painting and Sculpture, La Esmeralda, Mexico City
Ceramics, Sir John Cass, Metropolitan University, London
Painting, Royal Academy of Visual Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands MA Filmmaking, Central Film School, London
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London

Selected exhibitions:
2023 I Am Home, performance, I Present, Mexican Embassy London
2023 Somers Gallery, duo show, London
2023 Everything is Temporary, 3 Locks Beer, Camden, London
2022 Passaggiatina, Hartslane, London
2022 Chinese Whispers and Acute Angle, performances, Selfsameness N2Lab at Camberwell College of Arts, London
2022 Passeggiatina, Palazzo Ducale d’Atina, Italy
2022 iireal life, Summer Show, Bow Arts Durham Street Studios, London
2022 Search for Belonging, mural, Universiteit van Antwerpen, Ambers, Belgium
2022 Palm Trees Love, Sunset to Sunrise, Hucanii Puerto Escondido, Mexico
2021 RoadMap21 at St Peter’s Bethnal Green, London
2021 We can be us just for one day, Haggerston Park, London
2021 The X Collab, UK
2020 Creatures of the Forest, Haagse Bos, The Hague
2020 Puesto de Vigilancia, Mvseo Privadø Oaxaca, Mexico
2017-2021 Camarada MX-UK, Menier Gallery, The Koppel Project Exchange
2020 Cello Factory, London
2020 Passaggiatina, Hartslane, London
2012-2020 Big Deal Editions, London
2019 Synergic, collaboration with Jill Gibson, Old Biscuit Factory, London
2019 Portraits, World Art Delft, The Netherlands
2017-2019 Empire II, Shown in 13 cities, including: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Mexico, Venice Biennale, Art Week Brussels and Haus Gallerii Tallinn
2019 Cantinone, Passaggiatina, Atina, Italy
2019 Miniscule at Kendal and Venice Biennale
2012-2018 Cavendish Square QPark show, London
2018 Hackney Wicked, London
2017 Circle Residency, Kata Odata, Ubud, Bali
2017 Fallen Angels, Venice Biennale
2017 Chinese Open Exhibition, London