John Marriott – CCCA Canadian Art Database

John Marriott

John Marriott is a multidisciplinary artist whose artworks have been featured in exhibitions and festivals nationally and internationally in venues such as The Impakt Festival (Utrecht), The Rotterdam International Festival of Film and Video (Rotterdam), Transmediale (Berlin), The ZKM (Karlsruhe), Bergen Kunsthall (Norway), Cultural Centre Huesden-Zolder (Belgium), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (New Zealand), The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto), The 7a*lld International Festival of Performance Art (Toronto), The Toronto Sculpture Garden (Toronto), Dazibao (Montreal), Optica (Montreal), The National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives (Ottawa), and The Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa). His works are included in private and public collections including those of BMO, Art Museum at University of Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and The National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives. His critical writing and reviews have been published in books, textbooks, catalogues and magazines including Canadian Art, C Magazine, Mix Magazine and Prefix Photo. Marriott’s artistic practice critically examines and responds to contemporary experience with projects in exhibition spaces as well as interventions in public and private sites, situations and publications. He works in a variety of media and draws upon a range of disciplines and research methods. His projects intervene in what he refers to as ‘the appearance of meaning’ as it is designed and disseminated throughout mass culture. By working with familiar objects, images or experiences that he alters strategically, Marriott delves into how these aspects of our world shape our awareness and unconscious perceptions. Often playful and layered in meaning, Marriott’s works are humorous and disarming. John Marriott is represented in Canada by MKG127.

Creator Id: 405
Social Media Link: Social Media Link
Web Site Link: Web Site Link
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: fibre, installation, painting, photography, sculpture, text-based
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Work by John Marriott

Where was I?

Work ID: 85300

Description: Installation view, The Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery

Measurements: 152.4 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1995

Materials: Installation with mounted inkjet print

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Bed of Pickets

Work ID: 85301

Description: Installation view, The Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery

Measurements: 182.88 x 182.88 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 1996

Materials: Painted Pine

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Art that says Hello ( See the Sights)

Work ID: 85302

Description: Performance view, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: various performance themes, in uniform

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Date Made: 1997

Materials: Public performance interventions

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Smile Door

Work ID: 85303

Description: Installation view, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto

Measurements: 0.88392 mw x 6.364224 cmh

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Date Made: 1997

Materials: Altered architecture

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

where the cat’s at

Work ID: 85304

Description: Shot in the Henry Moore wing, Art Gallery of Ontario

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 1999

Materials: silent video, photographs

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Nature of States

Work ID: 85306

Description: Installation view, Optica Gallery, Montreal

Measurements: 101.6 x 53.34 cm

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Date Made: 2008

Materials: Custom flag design printed on nylon

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Critical Care

Work ID: 85305

Description: Installation view, YYZ Gallery, Toronto

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 2008

Materials: Porcelain urinal, steel sword, wire mesh

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Synthesis

Work ID: 85307

Description: Installation view, The Dunlop, Regina Art Gallery

Measurements: Each 40.64 x 27.94 cm

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Date Made: 2008

Materials: 3 framed photographs

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Security Camera Obscura

Work ID: 85308

Description: Performance view, The Art Gallery of Ontario

Measurements: 101.6 x 182.88 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 2010

Materials: Public intervention with portable camera obscura

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

The Sum of Some

Work ID: 85309

Description: Installation view, Optica, Montreal

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 2011

Materials: Installation with prior artworks in dialogue

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Light show

Work ID: 85310

Measurements: 35.56 x 10.16 cm

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Date Made: 2013

Materials: Dormant neon tubing

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Through New Eyes

Work ID: 85312

Description: Installation view, Art Museum at U of T, Toronto

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 2014

Materials: Pigeon spikes on gallery plinths

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Hidden in Plain Sight

Work ID: 85311

Description: Installation view, The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

Measurements: 33.02 x 40.64 cm

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Date Made: 2014

Materials: Photographic collage

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Sympathy for the Institution (view 2)

Work ID: 85316

Description: Installation view, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 2015

Materials: Installation with prior artworks in dialogue

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Sympathy for the Institution (view 1)

Work ID: 85315

Description: Installation view, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

Measurements: various

Collection:

Date Made: 2015

Materials: Installation with prior artworks in dialogue

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Spoiler

Work ID: 85313

Description: Installation view, MKG127, Toronto

Measurements: various

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Date Made: 2015

Materials: Altered architecture installation

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Selfie (Male and Female)

Work ID: 85314

Description: Installation view, MKG127, Toronto

Measurements: 30.48 x 25.4 cm

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Date Made: 2015

Materials: cast bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Play of Light

Work ID: 85299

Description: Installation view, MKG127, Toronto.

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Date Made: 2018

Materials: 8 photographs

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA