Lot 309 - Marie Lenclos - That Day

Oil on paper
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
Born in Paris, Marie came to London to study Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Art in 1995 and has made her life in London ever since. She paints in oils. She has shown her art in many exhibitions, most recently in the Mall Galleries.

The strand of her work she is focusing on at the moment is urban landscapes and buildings. She bases these paintings on places encountered as she walks or cycles around London. Some of these are very familiar places and come back repeatedly, such as the bridges near her studio in Loughborough Junction. She also has great affection for the post-industrial urban streetscapes of East London, such as Spitalfields, where she recently had a very successful solo exhibition. For her, the industrial past is ever present and the richness of old brickwork is illuminated by the fleeting sunlight. There is indeed noise everywhere, the perpetual movement of passersby, hurried workers carrying coffees, cars starting and stalling, suddenly honking, buses crawling past. But to her, there is only calm. When she focuses on the scene in front of her, with its play of light and its colourful texture, it is like a mental pause. So there are no people in her paintings, no romantic implications or back stories – we see urban landscapes caught in a moment of precision and calm amongst the movement and chaos. The fine textures of brick, concrete, glass and steel are captured with detailed affection and honesty. “Light is the most important actor, its role is to reveal the permanence and unexpected beauty.”

Education
1999-2001
MA Communication Art and Design, Royal College of Arts, London, UK
1995-1998
BA Graphic Design, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK
1993-1994
Art Foundation, École St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
1989-1993
MA French Literature, Sorbonne University, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Still Light, Town House, London, UK
2023
A Walk in Stoke Newington, Everyday Sunshine, London, UK
2022
Marie Lenclos, Everyday Sunshine, London, UK
2020
Marie Lenclos, Studio 73, London, UK
2019
Marie Lenclos, Studio 73, London, UK

Group Exhibitions
2024
Friends of the Galleries, Transformation Gallery, London, UK
Guildford House Open exhibition, Guildford, UK
ING Discerning Art Prize exhibition, Mall Galleries, London UK
Townhouse Open, Townhouse, London UK
Green and Stone Open exhibition, Green and Stone, London, UK
Copper Beech Cafe, London, UK
Three, Tom Cox Gallery, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, London, UK

2023
Botanicals, Tom Cox Gallery, London, UK
Urban Art Fair, London, UK
Townhouse Open, Townhouse, London, UK
RBA annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, London, UK
M2, Tom Cox Gallery, London, UK

2022
RBA annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
The Affordable Art Fair, London, UK
Townhouse Open, Townhouse, London, UK
Tom Cox Gallery, London, UK

Awards
2023
Dry Red Press Award, RBA exhibition

Gallery Representation
Art Friend (London, UK)
Tom Cox Gallery (London, UK)
Studio 73 (London, UK)