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![]() ![]() About Marc Pascal : In his working processes, Pascal constantly experiments with techniques and materials, seeking not only an envisioned aesthetic effect, but also determining the practicality and durability of the objects. They are, after all, primarily intended for use. The first insight into the process and the evolution of the objects can be seen in the conceptual sketches. They have boldness and freedom, and are obviously used as ways of thinking. The drawing becomes exact when moved to the computer, used as a precision design and drawing tool.
Delight is the key word in describing anything to do with Pascal’s practice. There is the delight he experiences in his own creativity and the realisation of his ideas. This is not unmixed with the usual frustrations of creation and manufacture, but such concerns fade when he starts to speak of his work. His speaking is never merely in words, but overflows into sound effect and gesture and an irresistible urge to touch the objects. It is from this delight and openness that his ability to experiment with form, materials, and techniques springs. And it is in this delight, infusing his work and communicating to the viewer, that the distillation of all the aspects of his originality lies. For Marc Pascal’s useful, practical domestic objects perform that most difficult of artistic statements: they depict and engender happiness in a way that is complex and profound.
I feel very blessed to be able to express myself in three dimensions. I take inspiration from natures complex interactions between living things and their environments. My art is a homage to the interconnectedness inherent in nature. I take joy in closely examining and re-imaging natural forms. I truly immerse myself in studying the chosen form as the product development takes place. I do many drawings, this is where I can be quite playful and whimsical as the design develops. I use a fusion of both traditional and modern techniques to create forms that I find sensually pleasing and as an expression of my awe of nature. The process from inspiration to finished product can be very long and experimental, but I always know when I have completed the journey, as I feel deeply, personally satisfied by the form I have created. This is when I know that my product is ready to share. ORGANIZATION: marc pascal pty EDUCATION: Fine Art BA- painting & printmaking Victorian College of the Arts 1981 Product Design BA_ Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1991 EXPERIENCE: Schiavello product designer 1991 M2 Products designer maker in my business 1994 Marc Pascal Pty Ltd designer maker in my business 2008 PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS: 1994 solo Marc Pascal Designer Objects Gallery 101 Melbourne Australia 1998 Objects for Dynamic Living Craft Victoria Melbourne Australia MIXED EXHIBITIONS: 2015 Rainbow Serpent Festival décor Beufort 2014 Grand Designs trade show Melbourne 2013 public lighting Correa lights Centenary of Canberra 2010 Rainbow serpent Festival Melbourne 2009 Lights in Winter Tulip, Turkish Melbourne Form and Function Melbourne Cloud 19 melb design festival Melbourne Bangkok design festival Thailand Designex Melbourne Rainbow Serpent festival Deco Beufort 2008 Rainbow Serpent festival Deco Beufort Milan Furniture show Hotel Know Italy Lights in winter cherry blossom, Japanese Melbourne 2007 Decoration + Design. Petite room Melbourne Home Beautifull Powerhouse Sydney Lights in winter federation square 2006 Dream seed installation in Atrium Federation Square Hotel Show Dubai UAE TSAR rugs commision melbourne Freestyle Melbourne Sydney 2005 ANYTIME SOON Milan Italy 2004 Seoul Design Festival Souel Korea Designex Sydney Singapore Furniture Fair Singapore 2003 Designex Melbourne Tokyo designers block Tokyo 2002 Hybrid designers block Tokyo Glow Object gallerts Sydney Chrysalis Elastic Span Melbourne 2001 Designex Melbourne Chrysalis "Light" Span Melbourne 2000 Designing minds Adelaide Sydney Melbournese coin strike Melbourne 1999 SOFA USA Chrysalis Span Melbourne San Francisco International Gift Fair USA City of Hobart Art Prize Hobart Handmark Gallery Hobart Munich International Handcraft Fair Germany Melbournese Coin strike Melbourne 1997 Craft from S.O.F.A. Quidrivium Sydney Melbournese Coin strike Melbourne 1996 Experimenta. Melbourne SOFA USA Aurora Messages; Art from Australia all over Asia Cardboard Show Details Melbourne National New Product Parade. Melbourne Arts + Industry. Melbourne 1995 Art from R.M.I.T. Australian High Commision Singapore Selected Works Arts Victoria Melbourne Details Group shows No 4 + 8. Melbourne Fringe Furniture Show. Melbourne Steam Fringe Salon. Melbourne Arts + Industry. Melbourne 1994 Crucible. Craft Victoria Melbourne Bitmap. Next Wave Melbourne Sensorium One. Sensoria Melbourne Fringe. Blow - Up Computer Generated Art Melbourne Home is where the art is. Festival centre Adelaide Arts + Industry. Melbourne EVENTS: I curated a show at RMIT in Melbourne 1995 called "Materiality" Invited "makers" from a variety of mediums to express "materiality" a vast display of ingenious ways.. AWARDS: 2009 Designex x 3 Melbourne 2005 Australia council Grant Presentation 1997 Australia Council Grant. New Work. 1997 Arts Victoria Grant. New concepts. 1995 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Drawing Prize. 1992 Melbourne Fringe Furniture First Prize. 1991 Australia Council Grant. Development. PRESS APPEARANCES: Art 4d Bangkok Thailand #56 Dec99 / Jan 00 Anu Kumar P.28 - 32 Monument 24 a little bit of Dynamism for the home Heidi Dokulil p.26 - 27 Monument yearbook 98 Vaase p.24 Axis Japan Jan 99 vol 77 p.079 BOOKS: Messages Art from Australia Aurora asialink/RMIT/Art gallery of Queensland 1996RIPE New Design in Australia Steven Cornwell Craftman House 2000 P.156 - 161 Stephen Crafti, Request. Response. Reaction. The Designers of Australia and New Zealand. Images Publishing. 2002, Melbourne p.139 - 143 Anu Kumar, Humanism & Materialism, Marc Pascal. Art 4D, Dec99/Jan 2000, p.28 – 32 Bangkok Jane Andrew, Noel Frankham, Margot Osborne, Alexandra Bowen, Gray Hawk, Designing Minds. Object- Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, 2000 Noris Ioannou, Masters of Their Craft, Craftsman House 1997 Sydney p.148 Steven Rainbird/ Susi Muddiman, Selected Australian Works, Queensland University of Technology Art Collection. Illustrated p.81 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 1995 Dominic Lowe, Crucible materials of invention. Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 1994 Roger Palmer, Art and the computer generation. 1994 Next Wave: Art & Technology Catalogue, Next Wave Festival Inc., Melbourne, 1994 LANGUAGE SKILLS: English COMPUTER LITERACY: Rhino, t splines, Photoshop, Illustrator I am always expanding my knowledge and learning COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS:: I take art classes for Arts Acces Victoria, an outreach program for disadvantaged people since 2015 and on going Sessional teaching drawing to product design students at RMIT University COLLECTIONS: Lisbon Design Museum Portugal Queensland Institute of Technolgy Australia National Gellery of Victoria Australia HOBBIES: enjoying my family, camping, music and art festivals, tree planting, informal music jams by the local creek with friends WEB SITE: www.marcpascal.com PORTFOLIO URL: Pinterest: marc pascal pty REGISTRATION DATE: 2016-06-24 02:20:08 COUNTRY/REGION: Australia ACCOUNT TYPE: Professional |
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Awards received by Marc Pascal
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Good design deserves great recognition. |
A' Design Award & Competition. |