We're thrilled to announce that Artbank has acquired Marina Rolfe's major painting ‘The Ceremony’ (2024).
This work was featured in Rolfe's exhibition Looking Back to See if They Still Look at Me, at ARC ONE Gallery earlier this year, which was the artist's first solo exhibition at a commercial gallery.
MARINA ROLFE Shortlisted for Kings School Art Prize
Congratulations to MARINA ROLFE, who is a finalist in the King's School Art Prize in Sydney! Her beautiful entry Feathers in Autumn Attire, 2024 is inspired by the shift between seasons, particularly the arrival of Autumn.
Established in 1994, the prestigious King’s School Art Prize features entries by invitation only from leading contemporary artists from across Australia.
Former winners include Lyndell Brown & Charles Green, John Olsen, Peter Churcher, Nicholas Harding, Pepai Jangala Carroll, Aida Tomescu and Ben Quilty.
This year's judge is Jane Watters, Director of the National Trust of Australia and the S.H. Ervin Gallery. The winner will be announced tomorrow, 1 June 2024.
MARINA ROLFE - Solo Exhibition at City Library
MARINA ROLFE has a solo exhibition with The City of Melbourne opening tomorrow at Gallery at City Library, which is just down Flinders Lane from ARC ONE.
'Marina Rolfe: The Encounter' is a journey into an imaginary realm, with the implied presence of nature.
See the show from 10-28 May at Gallery at City Library, 253 Flinders Lane, Naarm Melbourne. Contact ARC ONE for more information about Rolfe's absorbing paintings.
Now Representing MARINA ROLFE
NOW REPRESENTING
We are thrilled to announce that Marina Rolfe is now represented by ARC ONE.
Rolfe straddles the line between intuition and decisiveness. Every mark, every colour in her work feels selected and deliberate, yet they impart an overwhelming feeling of spontaneity.
This powerful combination of opposites—control and improvisation—is the result of Rolfe's well-honed skills and her superb visual intelligence.
To request more information on Rolfe, including details of currently available works, see the link in our bio.
Marina Rolfe portrait, courtesy of the Design Files.
OPENING: NATURE KNOT
OPENING TONIGHT
NATURE KNOT: what does it mean to be tied, bound, connected, tangled with nature?
An exhibition of work tethered to the natural world. Humans create knots to secure and to hold onto things tightly. But the natural world hates constraints and resists our desire to ensnare.
Featuring ARC ONE Gallery’s Cyrus Tang, Honey Long & Prue Stent, joined by Marina Rolfe, the 2022 recipient of the ARC ONE Artist Opportunity
All welcome. OPEN from 6PM, Wednesday, 8 February.
MARINA ROLFE selected for ARC ONE Artist Opportunity Award
ARC ONE Director Fran Clark and Artist Marina Rolfe.
ARC ONE Gallery teamed up with the VCA to offer an Artist Opportunity to an outstanding graduate from the 2022 VCA Masters or Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Program. We are thrilled to announce that Marina Rolfe has been awarded the ARC ONE Artist Opportunity.
This opportunity grants Rolfe the chance to exhibit at ARC ONE in early 2023, and receive mentorship from Director Fran Clark and Associate Director Elizabeth Errol. When Fran and Elizabeth selected Rolfe for this award, they were impressed by her attentive and sensitive landscape painting, and excited by her tactile painted surfaces.
The artist popped in this week to visit and set plans in motion for our group show in February, Nature Knot.