Loren Marks (b.1991 Aotearoa, New Zealand)
I am an artist based in Naarm Melbourne

Represented by Sanderson Contemporary in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

My practice draws upon classical artefacts and their surrounding archives as a subjective catalyst. Grounded in historical research, led by the intuitive alchemy of paint, I am searching for secrets that were never lost.

‘Figures coagulate as fragments of sculpture or restless spirits, momentarily visible through a fracture in the veil. An ethereal hand reaches up from moss-green depths, while the features of a face become apparent in the absent space Marks carves from her paint. Under the power of Marks’ spell, paint is alchemical, oscillating between liquid and solid, transparent, and opaque, invoking figure and form.’ — Maya Love