MICHELE MARCOUX makes paintings inspired by landscapes both real and imagined. She often works in remote, disused, or abandoned places where structures merge with nature – evidence of the past disintegrates, yet the story of a place remains powerful. Ideas gathered outdoors are often developed in the studio.
Painting restructures observation and memory. Story/history, literature, found objects/images are part of the process. Michele uses these ideas outdoors where nature provides a counterpoint. Image emerges from abstraction, abstraction from image,
Originally from Ohio, Michele came to Scotland in 1990 and is now based in Edinburgh. For many people who migrate, ‘identity’, ‘place’, ‘home’ shift, feel transitory. Her work draws on this experience of displacement to look for hidden stories, to disrupt nostalgic narratives.
Michele Marcoux has exhibited her work in the UK and internationally. In 2024 she was awarded an RSA Residency for Scotland which will take place on the Isle of Lewis in 2025. In 2022 she was a recipient of a Connect & Collaborate Grant from the British Council which supported a residency and exhibition in Pakistan. In 2021 Michele received a grant from Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals supporting a residency at Merz Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland.
Michele is a member of Studio 1.1, London, Scottish Artist’s Union, Scottish Contemporary Art Network, Society of Scottish Artists, Visual Arts Scotland