MARC FREEMAN RECEIVES A MARTEN BEQUEST TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP

Marc Freeman has been awarded one of the 2015 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships for Painting.

Freeman will use the scholarship funds to attend art institutions, museums and archives in order to research culturally significant and reoccurring iconography. He hopes to introduce these influences into his current practice, which is deeply engaged in the western cannon of Abstraction. Marc will also spend three months completing a residency at Red Gate Residency in Beijing.

MARC FREEMAN INCLUDED IN ‘GUIDES TO HELP YOU’ – DEGRAVES STREET SUBWAY, MELBOURNE

Blockprojects' Marc Freeman is currently exhibiting as part of the group exhibition, Guides To Help You, in Campbell Arcade, Degraves Street Subway, Melbourne. The exhibition has been curated by Tracy Sarroff.

Guides to Help You runs from 14 February till 22 April 2017, with a closing event held on Saturday 22 April from 3-5pm.

MARC FREEMAN – FINALIST IN THE 2015 BAYSIDE ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE

Blockprojects is pleased to announce that Marc Freeman has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize. The major prize of $15,000 is awarded to a painting and enables the acquisition of new artwork for the Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection.

The finalist exhibition will be held at The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Brighton Town Hall from 6 May to 18 June.

The award announcement and opening event on Thursday 11 May from 6-8pm.

The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre
Brighton Town Hall, cnr Carpenter & Wilson Sts, Brighton VIC 3186
Opening hours: Wednesday – Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 1pm to 5pm

MARC FREEMAN - 100 PAINTERS OF TOMORROW.

Marc Freeman has been included in the recent Thames & Hudson publication 100 Painters of Tomorrow by Kurt Beers. The beautiful book contains over 300 colour illustrations and an impressive array of new painting talent from around the globe.

The book will be launched in London at Christie’s Ryder Street Gallery on Thursday 30 October from 6-9pm. Freeman will be exhibiting work at the launch of the book and also at a future exhibition of works from the publication at Beers Contemporary, in November of this year.

Launch:
Thursday 30 October from 6-9pm
Christie’s Ryder Street Gallery
8 King Street, St. James, London, SW1Y 6QT

Exhibition:
Beers Contemporary
1 Baldwin Street, London, EC1V 9NU
Preview: Thursday 27 November from 6-9pm
Exhibition: 28 November 2014 – 17 January 2015