Marcia Teusink's studio practice explores time, materials and the fallibility of perfect forms in an imperfect world. She investigates the way natural forces return our more geometrically-minded industrial designs to softer and more organic forms. Found objects pulled out of a river or picked up on the side of the road share space with collages made from found paper and images and paintings exploring wear and tear. Teusink works out of her studio n Stoke Newington, Hackney, and frequently collaborates with other artists to produce site-specific pieces and community-based arts projects. She has shown her work in galleries in Europe and the USA, and she has taught in schools, museums and retreats in California, New York, Switzerland, and Italy. She holds an MFA in Visual Art from the City University of New York, Queens College, and an MA in Museum & Gallery Education at the Institute of Education, London.
2018
Surface Tension, with Andy D'Cruz & Sam Hodge, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
2017
White Noise, White Noise Projects, Crypt Gallery, London
Dover PrintFest, Dover Arts Collective, Dover
All Inked Up, University of Canterbury, Kent
2016
GRIT, curated by Jane Boyer, Arthouse1 Gallery, London
*Marcia Teusink, Voxel Gallery Online
On Color, Pushdot Studios, Portland, OR
Intertidal, Whitstable Biennale Satellite Programme Exhibition, Whitstable Methodist Church, Whitstable
2015
Memory as a Creative Act, Oppland Kunstenter, Lillehammer Norway (organised by Elise Schonhowd)
Zeitgeist Art Project Summer Exhibition, Bond House Gallery, London
2014
Transformations, Saint Barnabas Church and Art Space, Dalston, London
2013
Going Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
The Sketchbook Project Print Exchange 2013, Williamsburg, NY.
2011
On the Contemplative, La Cipressaia, Montagnana, Italy
Birds and Bees, Linksoul Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009
Begin Anywhere, 23HAMquarters, Berkeley, CA
2008
Water 2008, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA
Mapping Reason, Viva Italian Cultural Center, Sebastopol, CA
2007
Domestic Departures Collab Exhibition, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Women’s Group Show, Hotel des Artes, San Francisco, CA
The Edge of Abstraction, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2006
*Dust in Sunlight: Paintings and Photographs of a Particle Universe, California State University at Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Don’t Believe Everything You Think, Viva Italian Cultural Center, Sebastopol, CA
Four More Years, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
Gift, 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
*Particle Clouds, 50 Fremont Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA
Selections 2005, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thirty Something: Celebrating Three Decades of Innovative Work from Kala Art Institute, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Mad River Post, San Francisco, CA
2004
Fresh, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Small Works, SF LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA
Summer Exhibition, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Engage!, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Roads & Pastimes, curated by Amy Bay, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
2003
*Talcum Powder Drawings, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
*Water & Air, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Time & Transcendence, Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, Ben Lomand, CA
Artists’ Complex, Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Small Art Works II, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2001
*Spill, Galerie des Kulturbüros, Zürich, Switzerland
2000
Stroud Open, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, England
1999
From Lower East to Upper West, El Taller Centro Culturale, New York, NY
LINE UP: Sequences and Grids, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
1998
Apt., 268 Elizabeth Street (private residence), New York, NY
IN-SITES IV, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Artists-in-Residence Workspace Exhibition, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Ground Control, 95 Norman Avenue (private residence), Fort Green, NY
Stirring Space, Brooklyn Brewery Art Space, Williamsburg, NY
Home and Garden, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
1997
*Some Physics of Falling, Klapper Art Gallery, Queens, NY
Queens College MFAs, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2013 Get Culture, Re/Kindle Public Arts, Queens Wood, London
2013 That’s Your Lot, Re/Kindle Public Arts, Alexandra Palace, London
2012 Chalk it Out Flashmob in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London
2012 A Right Royal Tea Party at Re/Kindle Public Arts festival at Alexandra Palace (with Chintz Central)
2011 Big Draw Stokey, community drawing event at Abney Park Cemetery & Nature Reserve, part of The National Campaign for Drawing
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2015 Kala Parent Artist Residency Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015 CASS Art Teacher Award
2013 Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA
2010 Just Painting Workshop, La Cipressaia, with Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy
2009 Lesheba Center for Indigenous Knowledge, Lampopo, South Africa
2007 Contemporary Issues in Art, La Cipressaia, with Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy
2007 Domestic Departures Collab Residency, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
2004 Kala Art Institute Artist in Residency, Berkeley, CA
2000 Masía Can Serrat Centre d’Activitat Artistiques, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Lower East Side Printshop, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
1998 Henry Street Settlement Artists-in-Residence Program, New York, NY
1993 Drawing and Puppetry Master Class, with William Kentridge, Montagnana, Italy
EDUCATION
2011 Institute of Education, University of London, MA Museum & Gallery Education
1997 City University of New York, Queens College, MFA Visual Arts, Honours
1993 University of California at Berkeley, BA English Literature, Summa Cum Laude
1992 Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy, Studio Art & Art History
Surface Tension, with Andy D'Cruz & Sam Hodge, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
2017
White Noise, White Noise Projects, Crypt Gallery, London
Dover PrintFest, Dover Arts Collective, Dover
All Inked Up, University of Canterbury, Kent
2016
GRIT, curated by Jane Boyer, Arthouse1 Gallery, London
*Marcia Teusink, Voxel Gallery Online
On Color, Pushdot Studios, Portland, OR
Intertidal, Whitstable Biennale Satellite Programme Exhibition, Whitstable Methodist Church, Whitstable
2015
Memory as a Creative Act, Oppland Kunstenter, Lillehammer Norway (organised by Elise Schonhowd)
Zeitgeist Art Project Summer Exhibition, Bond House Gallery, London
2014
Transformations, Saint Barnabas Church and Art Space, Dalston, London
2013
Going Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
The Sketchbook Project Print Exchange 2013, Williamsburg, NY.
2011
On the Contemplative, La Cipressaia, Montagnana, Italy
Birds and Bees, Linksoul Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009
Begin Anywhere, 23HAMquarters, Berkeley, CA
2008
Water 2008, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA
Mapping Reason, Viva Italian Cultural Center, Sebastopol, CA
2007
Domestic Departures Collab Exhibition, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Women’s Group Show, Hotel des Artes, San Francisco, CA
The Edge of Abstraction, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2006
*Dust in Sunlight: Paintings and Photographs of a Particle Universe, California State University at Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Don’t Believe Everything You Think, Viva Italian Cultural Center, Sebastopol, CA
Four More Years, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
Gift, 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
*Particle Clouds, 50 Fremont Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA
Selections 2005, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thirty Something: Celebrating Three Decades of Innovative Work from Kala Art Institute, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Mad River Post, San Francisco, CA
2004
Fresh, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Small Works, SF LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA
Summer Exhibition, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Engage!, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Roads & Pastimes, curated by Amy Bay, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
2003
*Talcum Powder Drawings, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Astoria, NY
*Water & Air, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Time & Transcendence, Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, Ben Lomand, CA
Artists’ Complex, Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Small Art Works II, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2001
*Spill, Galerie des Kulturbüros, Zürich, Switzerland
2000
Stroud Open, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, England
1999
From Lower East to Upper West, El Taller Centro Culturale, New York, NY
LINE UP: Sequences and Grids, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
1998
Apt., 268 Elizabeth Street (private residence), New York, NY
IN-SITES IV, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Artists-in-Residence Workspace Exhibition, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Ground Control, 95 Norman Avenue (private residence), Fort Green, NY
Stirring Space, Brooklyn Brewery Art Space, Williamsburg, NY
Home and Garden, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
1997
*Some Physics of Falling, Klapper Art Gallery, Queens, NY
Queens College MFAs, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2013 Get Culture, Re/Kindle Public Arts, Queens Wood, London
2013 That’s Your Lot, Re/Kindle Public Arts, Alexandra Palace, London
2012 Chalk it Out Flashmob in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London
2012 A Right Royal Tea Party at Re/Kindle Public Arts festival at Alexandra Palace (with Chintz Central)
2011 Big Draw Stokey, community drawing event at Abney Park Cemetery & Nature Reserve, part of The National Campaign for Drawing
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2015 Kala Parent Artist Residency Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015 CASS Art Teacher Award
2013 Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA
2010 Just Painting Workshop, La Cipressaia, with Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy
2009 Lesheba Center for Indigenous Knowledge, Lampopo, South Africa
2007 Contemporary Issues in Art, La Cipressaia, with Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy
2007 Domestic Departures Collab Residency, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
2004 Kala Art Institute Artist in Residency, Berkeley, CA
2000 Masía Can Serrat Centre d’Activitat Artistiques, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Lower East Side Printshop, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
1998 Henry Street Settlement Artists-in-Residence Program, New York, NY
1993 Drawing and Puppetry Master Class, with William Kentridge, Montagnana, Italy
EDUCATION
2011 Institute of Education, University of London, MA Museum & Gallery Education
1997 City University of New York, Queens College, MFA Visual Arts, Honours
1993 University of California at Berkeley, BA English Literature, Summa Cum Laude
1992 Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy, Studio Art & Art History