Nasha

Marissa Bagley (b. 1988, Sydney)

Marissa Bagley is a multidisciplinary artist who approaches ‘old-fashioned’ media from a contemporary painting perspective. She resists the faux-naif aesthetic of pure-deskilling, instead inventing her own technical processes in media such as kiln-fused glass and embroidery. The result is an ever-growing visual language from which recurring motifs and symbols emerge. These symbols are at their most potent in her embroideries, which are tackled without forethought to encourage subconscious imagery to emerge. In her glasswork, they reappear as simplified forms that allow her to experiment with the medium itself. Glass frit is cast in hand-sculpted clay moulds, then subjected to multiple firings. In both art forms the outcome is unknown, and although vastly different, each process is slow yet intuitive. Themes of gender, domesticity and dominance are evident in her choice of materiality, scale and colour.

Education

National Art School, Sydney - BFA (painting major)

2009 – 2011

Publications

Mils Book 2009 – 2016

2016

The Footy Show exhibition catalogue, published by Lilac City Studio

2016