Anne Marble
Way Out
Media: cast paper
Size: 7" x 5" x 1”
$400
Artist Statement:
Paper art is unique in its natural balance between strength and fragility. it is at once tender and light, strong and yet forgiving. Especially in its raw and undecorated state it expresses emotional depth and connection to a world beyond myself, both seen and unseen. When shaping paper it takes on its own process and expression, using my hands as tools to tell its own story. It is an exercise in allowing myself to surrender my preconceived notions about process and results, trusting the medium take command and to be my guide.
Dystopian events, past and present, ask me to give it voice in this medium. Mass immigration and detention of thousands of people is one of those events. It is haunting and real, calling to me to engage with it. Engagement requires me to not look away from a world that is difficult. I am able to connect with events I have little exposure to directly by using my hands and body to yield.
Biography
Anne is a native of the Midwest, having moved to the Philadelphia area after college. She has a bachelor’s degree is in biology, and she has a master’s degree in environmental planning.
Anne has been consumed by making art her entire life, having taken many classes and workshops in nearly all media. She is dedicated full time to artmaking since 2008, when she retired from the business she founded and ran.
Anne began to publicly show work in Philadelphia in 2005. She was represented by Rosenfeld Gallery until its closure, and now is with Cerulean Arts. She maintains an active studio practice in the Norristown Arts Building outside Philadelphia.
She also founded the Caramanico Foundation in 2009 to support three rural schools in rural Cambodia, another enduring lifetime dedication. She was recently and artist in residence at the William Penn Charter School, teaching printmaking to students K-12. She also teaches printmaking in Cambodia to students at her schools.
Presently she resides in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania with her Irish terrier, Mollie.
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