Marian Fountain b. 1960
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Marian Fountain2D & 3D, 2019Bronze35 x 10.5 x 7 cm
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Marian Fountain3 Graces: Manu, 2018Bronze37 x 17 x 10 cm
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Marian FountainBig Hug, 2019Bronze26 x 10 x 10 cm
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Marian FountainBody and Soul, 2018Bronze18 x 17 x 16.5 cm
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Marian FountainConnected MedalCast bronze10 x 10 cm
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Marian FountainDream, 2019Bronze45 x 10 x 8 cm
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Marian FountainEcstasy Boat, 2020Cast bronze23 x 16 x 20 cm
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Marian FountainGermination, 2019Bronze16 x 32 x 16 cm
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Marian FountainGlyph Grande, 2019Bronze19 x 18.5 x 10.7 cm
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Marian FountainGraces - NuCast bronze35 x 17 x 8 cm
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Marian FountainHeaven and Earth, 2018Cast bronze8 cm diameter
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Marian FountainIsland Timer ed. 4/8, 2014Cast bronze62 x 12 x 12 cm
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Marian FountainLionCast bronze30 x 16 x 15 cm
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Marian FountainMadonna MedalCast bronze10 x 8 cm
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Marian FountainNombril du Monde, 2019Bronze14 x 15 x 15 cm
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Marian FountainNurtured by Nature, 2023Cast bronze12 x 10.5 cm
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Marian FountainNut, 2019Bronze28.5 x 15 x 13 cm
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Marian FountainPremier Poisson, 2019Bronze44 x 18.5 x 7 cm
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Marian FountainRicerca ReciprocaCast bronze7 x 7 cm
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Marian FountainSelf Portrait as Edible ObjectCast bronze13 x 14 cm
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Marian FountainShelter, 2008Bronze14.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm
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Marian FountainShelter IV, 2013Cast bronze14.5 x 5 x 2 cm
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Marian FountainSqueeze Remnant, 2020Bronze74 x 20 x 12 cm
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Marian FountainTime Capsule - Hands, 2021Bronze14 x 15 x 15 cm
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Marian FountainTurkish Gasp, 2019Bronze13.5 x 9.5 cm
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Marian FountainVertical Pod, 2007Monographed, cast 2007Edition of 8
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Marian FountainWinged Medal with LegsCast bronze35 x 17 x 8 cm
Born in New Zealand, Marian Fountain was introduced to the bronze casting technique while studying at Elam School of Fine Arts (1979 - 1983). Under the guidance of Paul Beadle, Fountain developed a deep respect for the traditional processes of the medium. In 1984, she received a major travel grant from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, and travelled to London where she gained experience casting at the Royal College of Art and the Red Bronze Studio. She then moved to Italy, where she studied at the Scuola della Mediglia (Rome Mint). Fountain now lives and works in Paris.
Melding the inspiration of the rich diversity of European art, history and culture with her New Zealand roots and the cultures of the Pacific, Fountain uses the female form, plant life and the animal kingdom, often in states of metamorphosis, to explore themes of fertility, womanhood, conflict, change and growth.
The metamorphic quality in Fountain's sculptural practice is a thread that runs through much of her oeuvre. Her Chrysalids, female figures with legs and arms fused in pod-like shape, are paused at the moment of transformation. In the Pandora's Box series of medals, the thighs, stomach and breasts undulate like hills, forming a human landscape. By not portraying the head, the perspective in these works is of looking down at one's own body, creating a sensual experience that is both intimate and intense.
Fountain is a member of the New Zealand Medallion Group and has designed and made medals for the 1988 XIV Commonwealth Games, the 2003 America's Cup and for the Friends of Birmingham Museums in 2007.
Fountain has exhibited at the British Museum, The National Gallery of Scotland, the Museo Archeologico of Milan, York Museum Auckland Museum and the French Mint. Her work has been displayed at the New Zealand Embassy in Paris and in London and is held in the British Museum and Smithsonian Museum collections. She exhibits regularly in Europe, and has kept a continuous presence in the New Zealand art world, exhibiting in New Zealand every few years.
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MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
Our Nature 14 March - 3 April 2023ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2023 biennial exhibition has thirty artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures.Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
A Place to Stand 30 March - 18 April 2021This 2021 biennial exhibition has thirty-one artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures. A diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of...Read more -
John Blackburn + Marian Fountain
Parallel Reflections 11 - 23 February 2020Returning from London for his 11 th exhibition at ARTIS Gallery, it is both apposite and convenient to suggest that John Blackburn’s career has spanned parallel paths both in New...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
About Face 19 March - 14 April 2019ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2019 biennial exhibition has thirty-four artists presenting medals...Read more