Michele Marcoux

b. 1960 Washington DC, USA. Lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland (since 1990)
Member: Scottish Artist’s Union, Society of Scottish Artists, Visual Arts Scotland, Studio 1.1, London

EDUCATION

2016 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, Master of Letters Fine Art Practice, Painting (Distinction),
1983 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, BA Fine Art (cum laude)
1980 Bennington College, Bennington Vermontt, USA, BA Fine Art

AWARDS/GRANTS

2024 awarded RSA Residency for Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy (taking place 2025)
2021-22 recipient Connect & Collaborate Grant, British Council & Creative Scotland, (Ecologies of Displacement)
2021 awarded Open Fund for Individuals grant, Creative Scotland (MERZ Gallery)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 ETERNAL RETURN, The Scottish Arts Club, solo exhibition, Edinburgh, UK,
2022 Home and Beyond,Art Next Project Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan,group show, with Farrukh Addnan, Fatima Saeed, Zaira Ahmad Zaka
2022 Ecologies of Displacement, Summerhall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, with Farrukh Addnan
2022 Ecologies of Displacement, Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, with Farrukh Addnan
2021 Storyforms, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK with Olivia Irvine & Linda Kosciewicz
2020 Landscape of Memory,(online exhibition & talks) Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. with Ade Adesina, Farrukh Adnan, Naiza Khan, Marian Leven, Zara Mahmood, Michele Marcoux, Oliver Reed, Usman Saeed, Gill Tyson, Sohail Zuberi
2018 GYRE,TENT Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art. Installation, Edinburgh, UK
2015 Fan of Memory/Profane Illuminations, Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK.
2014 Hag-ridden, SummerhallLower Church Gallery, Solo exhibition. Edinburgh, UK

RESIDENCIES

2023 Self-directed 2-month residency,countryside, abandoned villages in NE Spain
2021 – 22 Ecologies of Displacement,selected for 9-month International Residency between Pakistan and Scotland. Funded by British Council. Collaboration with Lahore-based artist Farrukh Addnan included travel to Pakistan. EOD is a partnership between Koel Gallery, Karachi and Summerhall, Edinburgh.
2021 Creating a Pandemic Imaginary, MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, UK, selected for 1 month residency.
2019 Taking Time/Prendendo Tempo, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemacchia, Italy, one of six international artists selected for 3-week residency.
2016 Raiding the Past, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, Scotland. Selected for 1-week residency. GSA & The Royal College of Art, Den Hague, Netherlands.
2016 Dumfries House – selected for 1-week residency. GSA, The Royal Drawing School

EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2010

Jun 2024 This Year’s Model II, Studio 1.1 London, UK
Mar 2023 Installation, Niche Gallery, Curation Denise & Mark Zygadlo. Dumfries, UK.
Mar 2023 This Year’s Model II, Studio 1.1 London, UK
Apr 2022 Royal Scottish Academy 196^th Annual, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
Oct 2021 Society of Scottish Artists 123rd Annual, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
July 2021 This Year’s Model,Studio 1.1 London, UK
Mar 2020 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (online) Edinburgh, UK
Dec 2019 This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London, UK
Aug 2018 Reuse, Reinvent, Reimagine, Gallery 23, Edinburgh Fringe 2018, UK
July 2017 RSA Open, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
May 2017 Creative Reactions: Liminal State, Glasgow Trades Hall Gallery, UK
Dec 2016 FLY, Visual Art Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
Sept 2016 Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Masters of Letters Fine Art Practice
Sept 2015 Black Cube Collective Group show, Gayfield Creative Space, Edinburgh, UK
Dec 2014 RSA Open, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
Oct 2013 blood/MarcyAv, a girl’s heart of darkness, Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh, UK
Nov 2012 RSA Open 2012, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
Oct 2011 RSA Open2011, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
Mar 2010 Continental Drift, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK with poet Sheila Black

I am a member of:
Scottish Artist’s Union
Studio 1.1, London
Scottish Society of Artists
Visual Arts Scotland