Marina Collard is a British/Italian artist based in London, who works across visual arts and performance. Marina’s live performances, installations and exhibitions are underpinned by a long history of somatic investigatory practice within the field of contemporary dance and choreography. The material of the body manifests in the physicality and movement of her paintings. The paintings are felt; reflecting fluidity and the process of moving through, rather than operating as static observations. Her work is site-responsive – it emerges directly from her observations of public and private spaces and the manner in which they are inhabited. Her interest in human relationships and the environment - whether urban or natural -  is expressed via the intimate abstraction within her images. 

 

Marina has presented solo and collaborative work in performance and exhibition contexts internationally. While Here - Mentre Sono Qui is a solo exhibition at Fondazione Ricci Barga (LU) Italy, 2025. Her work was included in FESTENFEST: International Festival of Expanded Choreography at APT Gallery, London 2024, where she presented Corner Piece, comprised of a printmaking installation, large scale paintings and a live performance dialogue with the video edit of her work Skirting Around the Edges. Solo performances with videos by film maker Tom Paine, have been shown in Europe including at Tanz@Namedy Festival Andernach, Germany, and at the British Council Theatre in Delhi, India. 

 

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