Biography
B. 1976 Harare, Zimbabwe.
Education, 1996-1999, Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors Degree, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Marc Standing is a Zimbabwean/ British artist who was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He obtained his BAFA honors degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa with distinctions in painting.
He now resides in London, after spending a decade in Australia and Hong Kong.
Standing has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions internationally and collaborates with Art Labor in Shanghai, Montague Contemporary in New York, and Pollen Collective in London. He has also been a finalist in many art prizes over the years, including the Sovereign Asian Art Prize and is part of The Groucho Club collection in London.
He has been artist in residence at Amilla Fushi in the Maldives, and has taken part in residencies in the Philippines, Shanghai, and Mexico.
Standing’s paintings, sublime in originality, are informed by anthropology, biology and the complexities of existence, both physical and metaphysical.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
'Land's End', Montague Contemporary, New York
2021
'The Whispering Tongues', Grove Square Galleries, London
2020
'The Colour of Abstraction: New Ways of Seeing', Grove Square Galleries, London
2019
'Going To The Mountain', Worldly Wicked & Wise Gallery, London
'The Oracles', One River School, Portland, Oregan
START Fair, Art Labor, London
'Lamina', Raro London
2018
Sprigg Gallery, London
2017
Art Labor, Shanghai
2016
The Oracles, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
The Eternal Return, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.
2015
‘The Shadow Men’, King Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2014
‘The Mystics’, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.
2013
‘The Phosphorescence’, King Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
‘Lost Wonders’, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
‘The Duchess of Avon’, Trink Tank Tank, Melbourne, Australia.
2011
‘Waking Me Forever’, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Group Exhibitions
2023
'African Abstraction', Montague Contemporary, New York
154 Fair, Montague Contemporary, New York
2022
'African Abstraction', Montague Contemporary, New York
2021
'Reclaiming Magic', Royal Academy of Arts, London, curated by Yinka Shonibare
'Arcadia', Grove Square Galleries, London
'Circle' [Pollen Collective, 44 Russel St, London
2020
'The Colour of Abstraction : New Ways of Seeing', Grove Square Galleries, London
2019
'Nou Wave', London
'We Must Cultivate Our Garden', The Sixteen Trust, London
2018
'Play', Re Centre, London
2017
‘FLUX’, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2016
‘Teleportation’, Art Labor, Shanghai.
‘Fireflowers’, Art Labor, Shanghai.
2015
‘Art Index Fair’, Art Fitch Alliance, Mumbai, India.
‘New York Now! 015’, Factory Arts Project, New York.
‘Glennfidich Art Bar’, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia.
2014
‘Platform for Emerging Artists’, Leyden Gallery, London, UK.
‘Dreaming in Colour’, Art Labor, Shanghai, China.
‘Justice Center Human Rights Art Prize,’ Sundaram Gallery, Hong Kong.
‘Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize’, Finalist, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia.
‘Art Athina’, Anna Pappas Gallery, Athens, Greece.
‘Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize’, Finalist, NAS, Sydney, Australia.
2013
‘Art Athina’, Anna Pappas Gallery, Athens, Greece.
‘Wonder Works’, The Space, Art HK 2013, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.
‘Sovereign Asian Art Prize Exhibition’, Finalist, Rotunda Exchange Square, Hong Kong. Espace Louis Vuitton, Singapore.
‘Project 13, Jamais Vu’, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
‘Looking Forward’, King Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
‘Clayton UTZ Art Award’, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia.
Residencies
2019 - 2017
Artist in residence, Amilla Fushi, Maldives.
2017
Elmo’s House, The Philippines
Art Labor residency, Shanghai, China
2015
Artist in residence, One&Only, Maldives
Puebla, Mexico
Collections
The Groucho Club London
Cathay Pacific Lounge Hong Kong
Artbank, Australia
Numerous private collections internationally
