Faces by Marie

Artist Statement

Marie Hammer - Artist's Statement

My wooden faces are constructed from found objects and branches, scraps of oak shipping palettes, toys and small carvings, driftwood, and leftover pieces from the wooden dogs my husband Rusty makes. I glue and screw pieces together to form expressive faces to hang on a wall.
I have been painting human and animal faces since I was a child the wood is my breakaway from two dimensions.

Biography

MARIE HAMMER
My art was first publicly exhibited in a UNICEF poster contest at the World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium, when I was nine years old. Early in life I learned color theory and composition from my mother; then continued my education at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I like to travel as often and as far as possible, with paint stashed in my suitcase, and art venues on the agenda. I have taught painting, drawing and crafts to adults and children.

My style of acrylic painting combines representational and abstract, with influences ranging from ancient cave art experienced in Peche Merle, France, to Danish artists of the COBRA movement. My abstract series feature an interaction of forms, color and movement. In the representational area, I prefer painting animals horses, panthers, bears, crows. Later I began using repurposed wood as a medium for making masks, both human and animal faces.

Solo Exhibitions:
Works in Wood, with Rusty Hammer, Tench Building, Gainesville FL December 2018
Fundraiser for the Homeless, Treetops, Gainesville FL, December 2017-April 2018
Faces and Spaces, Pride Center, Gainesville FL November December 2016
Connecticut Department of Transportation Headquarters, August- September 2011
Terranova, Gainesville FL, March May 2009
Studio of Michael Pellet, Gainesville FL, December 2007
E. M. Adams Gallery, New Hope PA, May 2006
DOCS Business Interiors, Gainesville FL, December 1999
St. Pete Beach Art Institute, St. Pete Beach FL, September 1999
High Springs Gallery, High Springs FL, June 1999
McDowell Center, Danville KY, July 1998

Selected Group Shows:
Holiday Show, Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg FL, November December 2022
Bookish, Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg FL, August 2022
Trashed, Atelier de Sosi, St Petersburg FL, April 2022
Access Art: Touch Tours, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville FL, March 2016
Dada Art, Gallery at Oak Hammock, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, April 2016
CT +6, Regional Exhibit, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford CT, May 2011
Hammered and Nailed, ArtSpace, Hartford CT, May 2011
New Hartford Art League, New Hartford CT, June 2011
Thomas Center Regional Exhibition, Gainesville FL, 2010
Tench Building Artists, Gainesville FL, 2001 - 2010
Naked in New Hope, New Hope PA, September 2009

Publications:
P.S. Gilmore-The Authorized Biography of America's First Superstar, cover art, 2006
The Incomparable P.S. Gilmore, cover painting, WINDS magazine, Surrey, England, 1992
Friendship through the Arts, tv news and Xinmin Wanbao newspaper, Shanghai, China, 1991

heymariehammer@gmail.com 561-524-8444 www.FacesbyMarie.com St Petersburg, FL

Exhibition History (CV)