Marc Rambeau Biography

Born in France in 1945, Marc Rambeau studied art at the “Villa Thiole” French School for Visual Arts as well as the National School for Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1961 to 1963.
In 1964, he joined the “Robert Boell Atelier” in Toulon where he continued his studies.
From 1968 onwards Rambeau’s work took him to the South Pacific where he lived in New Caledonia and Tahiti, until 1985 when he took up residence in Australia.

In 1989 he became an Australian citizen. As a travelling artist in 1995 and 1996, he resided in Beijing for six months. This stay in China marked a new era for Rambeau’s art for he discovered the rice-paper medium which he has since used extensively for his paintings. The influence of Rambeau’s time in China is seen in the deceptive simplicity of his bold calligraphic drawings and his use of ink on rice paper. East meets west in his colour compositions, collages and image repetitions. He used these techniques in the themes he developed in Tahiti in 1997 portraying Polynesian dancing and the vibrancy of the Tiurai festival.

In 2000 in his ”Around the Buoys” project which captured the colour and movement of the Americas Cup regatta . In Australia too his work on the landscape of the Outback is known for its bold simplicity and strong colours. Rambeau’s Australian studio is located in Ainslie, in the heart of Canberra.

Marc Rambeau is known for his landscapes that radiate vibrant colour with paint applied in a thick impasto. The artist has traveled widely, absorbing different modes of vision in the South Pacific and Asia, and is clearly inspired by the space and the light of the Australian landscape. He exhibits in Australia at Galeria Aniela in Kangaroo Valley, NSW and Beaver Galleries, Canberra. Rambeau presented his strong, colorful landscapes as well as new figurative work. Marc says of these two bodies of work: “The first is pure colour in patches, landscapes with no lines, leaving you to feel the structure of the painting under the strong colours. The second, more intimate, is my observation of the beauty of being a child in Australia, the environment and its interaction with day to day life, and the way young children embrace its precious moments. As change is a constant, the artist's work too must evolve.

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS:
2006: TAHITI, Gallerie Winkler; AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery; NOUMEA, Galerie le Chevalet d’Art; CANBERRA, Beaver Galleries;
2005: NOUMEA, Galerie le Chevalet d’Art; SYDNEY, Alliance Francaise de Sydney; PERTH, Challen & Rafferty Gallery;
2004: CANBERRA, Beaver Galleries; AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery;
2003: NOUMEA Galerie le Chevalet d’Art;
2002: BRISBANE, Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts; SINGAPORE, Artfolio Gallery; AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery; MELBOURNE, Goya Galleries; SYDNEY, Charles Hewitt Gallery;
2001: SYDNEY, Quadrivium; CANBERRA, Beaver Galleries; PERTH, Accent Fine Art Galleries; NOUMEA, Galerie le Chevalet d’Art;
2000: AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery; SYDNEY, Mary Place Gallery; AUCKLAND, National Maritime Museum; SINGAPORE, Galerie Societe Generale;
1999: TAHITI, Galerie Reva Reva; AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery;
1998: WELLINGTON, French Embassy in New Zealand; TAHITI, Galerie Reva Reva; SYDNEY, Mary Place Gallery; AUCKLAND, The Lane Gallery; SINGAPORE, Galerie Societe Generale;
1997: SYDNEY, Quadrivium; NOUMEA, Galerie Australe; SINGAPORE,Galerie Societe Generale;
1996: NOUMEA, Galerie Australe; PARIS, L’Hotel, Rue Des Beaux Arts;
1995: DRAGUIGNAN, Draguignan Museum; NOUMEA, Galerie Australe; SYDNEY, Mary Place Gallery; HONG KONG, Kwai Fung Hin Gallery;
1994: SYDNEY, Bridge Street Gallery; PARIS, Australian Embassy; MELBOURNE, Libby Edwards Gallery.

RECENT GROUP SHOW PARTICIPATION
2006 BROKEN HILL, Outback Art Prize; SYDNEY, Barry Stern Gallery.
2005 AUCKLAND, Oceania.
2004 CANBERRA, Canberra Art Prize.