Profile: Marc Pascal

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About Marc Pascal : In his working processes, Pascal constantly experiments with techniques and materials, seeking not only an envisioned aesthetic effect, but also determining the practicality and durability of the objects. They are, after all, primarily intended for use. The first insight into the process and the evolution of the objects can be seen in the conceptual sketches. They have boldness and freedom, and are obviously used as ways of thinking. The drawing becomes exact when moved to the computer, used as a precision design and drawing tool. Delight is the key word in describing anything to do with Pascal’s practice. There is the delight he experiences in his own creativity and the realisation of his ideas. This is not unmixed with the usual frustrations of creation and manufacture, but such concerns fade when he starts to speak of his work. His speaking is never merely in words, but overflows into sound effect and gesture and an irresistible urge to touch the objects. It is from this delight and openness that his ability to experiment with form, materials, and techniques springs. And it is in this delight, infusing his work and communicating to the viewer, that the distillation of all the aspects of his originality lies. For Marc Pascal’s useful, practical domestic objects perform that most difficult of artistic statements: they depict and engender happiness in a way that is complex and profound.
STATEMENT OF ART:
I feel very blessed to be able to express myself in three dimensions. I take inspiration from natures complex interactions between living things and their environments. My art is a homage to the interconnectedness inherent in nature. I take joy in closely examining and re-imaging natural forms. I truly immerse myself in studying the chosen form as the product development takes place. I do many drawings, this is where I can be quite playful and whimsical as the design develops.
I use a fusion of both traditional and modern techniques to create forms that I find sensually pleasing and as an expression of my awe of nature. The process from inspiration to finished product can be very long and experimental, but I always know when I have completed the journey, as I feel deeply, personally satisfied by the form I have created. This is when I know that my product is ready to share.

ORGANIZATION:
marc pascal pty

EDUCATION:
Fine Art BA- painting & printmaking Victorian College of the Arts 1981
Product Design BA_ Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1991

EXPERIENCE:
Schiavello product designer 1991
M2 Products designer maker in my business 1994
Marc Pascal Pty Ltd designer maker in my business 2008

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
1994 solo Marc Pascal Designer Objects Gallery 101 Melbourne Australia
1998 Objects for Dynamic Living Craft Victoria Melbourne Australia

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Rainbow Serpent Festival décor Beufort
2014 Grand Designs trade show Melbourne
2013 public lighting Correa lights Centenary of Canberra
2010 Rainbow serpent Festival Melbourne
2009 Lights in Winter Tulip, Turkish Melbourne
Form and Function Melbourne
Cloud 19 melb design festival Melbourne
Bangkok design festival Thailand
Designex Melbourne
Rainbow Serpent festival Deco Beufort
2008 Rainbow Serpent festival Deco Beufort
Milan Furniture show Hotel Know Italy
Lights in winter cherry blossom, Japanese Melbourne
2007 Decoration + Design. Petite room Melbourne
Home Beautifull Powerhouse Sydney
Lights in winter federation square
2006 Dream seed installation in Atrium Federation Square
Hotel Show Dubai UAE
TSAR rugs commision melbourne
Freestyle Melbourne Sydney
2005 ANYTIME SOON Milan Italy
2004 Seoul Design Festival Souel Korea
Designex Sydney
Singapore Furniture Fair Singapore
2003 Designex Melbourne
Tokyo designers block Tokyo
2002 Hybrid designers block Tokyo
Glow Object gallerts Sydney
Chrysalis Elastic Span Melbourne
2001 Designex Melbourne
Chrysalis "Light" Span Melbourne
2000 Designing minds Adelaide
Sydney
Melbournese coin strike Melbourne
1999 SOFA USA
Chrysalis Span Melbourne
San Francisco International Gift Fair USA
City of Hobart Art Prize Hobart
Handmark Gallery Hobart
Munich International Handcraft Fair Germany
Melbournese Coin strike Melbourne
1997 Craft from S.O.F.A. Quidrivium Sydney
Melbournese Coin strike Melbourne
1996 Experimenta. Melbourne
SOFA USA
Aurora Messages; Art from Australia all over Asia
Cardboard Show Details Melbourne
National New Product Parade. Melbourne
Arts + Industry. Melbourne
1995 Art from R.M.I.T.
Australian High Commision Singapore
Selected Works Arts Victoria Melbourne
Details Group shows No 4 + 8. Melbourne
Fringe Furniture Show. Melbourne
Steam Fringe Salon. Melbourne
Arts + Industry. Melbourne
1994 Crucible. Craft Victoria Melbourne
Bitmap. Next Wave Melbourne
Sensorium One. Sensoria Melbourne
Fringe. Blow - Up
Computer Generated Art Melbourne
Home is where the art is.
Festival centre Adelaide
Arts + Industry. Melbourne

EVENTS:
I curated a show at RMIT in Melbourne 1995 called "Materiality"
Invited "makers" from a variety of mediums to express "materiality"
a vast display of ingenious ways..

AWARDS:
2009 Designex x 3 Melbourne
2005 Australia council Grant Presentation
1997 Australia Council Grant. New Work.
1997 Arts Victoria Grant. New concepts.
1995 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Drawing Prize.
1992 Melbourne Fringe Furniture First Prize.
1991 Australia Council Grant. Development.

PRESS APPEARANCES:
Art 4d
Bangkok Thailand
#56 Dec99 / Jan 00
Anu Kumar
P.28 - 32

Monument 24
a little bit of Dynamism for the home
Heidi Dokulil
p.26 - 27

Monument yearbook 98
Vaase
p.24

Axis Japan
Jan 99 vol 77
p.079

BOOKS:
Messages Art from Australia
Aurora
asialink/RMIT/Art gallery of Queensland

1996RIPE New Design in Australia
Steven Cornwell
Craftman House 2000
P.156 - 161

Stephen Crafti, Request. Response. Reaction. The Designers of Australia and New Zealand. Images Publishing. 2002, Melbourne p.139 - 143

Anu Kumar, Humanism & Materialism, Marc Pascal. Art 4D, Dec99/Jan 2000, p.28 – 32 Bangkok

Jane Andrew, Noel Frankham, Margot Osborne, Alexandra Bowen, Gray Hawk,
Designing Minds. Object- Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, 2000

Noris Ioannou, Masters of Their Craft, Craftsman House 1997 Sydney p.148

Steven Rainbird/ Susi Muddiman, Selected Australian Works, Queensland University of Technology Art Collection. Illustrated p.81 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 1995

Dominic Lowe, Crucible materials of invention. Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 1994

Roger Palmer, Art and the computer generation. 1994 Next Wave: Art & Technology Catalogue, Next Wave Festival Inc., Melbourne, 1994

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Rhino, t splines, Photoshop, Illustrator
I am always expanding my knowledge and learning

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
I take art classes for Arts Acces Victoria, an outreach program for disadvantaged people since 2015 and on going
Sessional teaching drawing to product design students at RMIT University

COLLECTIONS:
Lisbon Design Museum Portugal
Queensland Institute of Technolgy Australia
National Gellery of Victoria Australia

HOBBIES:
enjoying my family, camping, music and art festivals, tree planting, informal music jams by the local creek with friends

WEB SITE:
www.marcpascal.com

PORTFOLIO URL:
Pinterest: marc pascal pty

REGISTRATION DATE:
2016-06-24 02:20:08

COUNTRY/REGION:
Australia

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Marc Pascal


Orchid Light

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2016
Marc Pascal for Marc Pascal Pty
Leefy See Dragon Pendant Light

Golden A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2016
Marc Pascal for Marc Pascal Pty



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