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The influences for Marrey’s color schemes run as far back and a field as Pompeii wall paintings. Indeed, sometimes understated, sometimes confrontational, his color schemes are what set his work apart. Marrey says that when he changes his subject or style, he changes the color. The foremost pleasure in painting comes from color for him. It is not an intellectual but a sensual pleasure, like a rush.

In contrast, Marrey’s subject matter seems starkly analytical. From the often-desolate cityscapes to the always personal anthropological images, they can evoke Edward Hopper-like soberness. His train stations and streets stand nearly deserted. Only a few brave souls dare venture into these usually public spaces. Even the Eiffel Tower looks somehow inaccessible.

Marrey’s cafe scenes, often emphasize the lone individual. ‘I perhaps think of loneliness, but not in a sad sense, more philosophically.’ Customarily incorporating family members as models, Marrey instills an intimate sensation. He wants people to look at his paintings and feel what he feels about these people.”

1963 Born, Vendôme, France.

1982-88 Beaux Arts de Rouen, France.

Selected Exhibitions

• 2010 San Francisco Art Fair, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
• 2009 Art Miami, FL. Caldwell Snyder Gallery.
  
• Perspectives, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
• 2007 Musées de Sens, Burgundy, France.
• 2006 Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• 2004 Europe Art, International Art Fair, Geneva.
• Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• SFIAE, San Francisco, California, CA.
• Recent Paintings, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY & San Francisco, CA.
• 2003 Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany, Caldwell Snyder Gallery.
• Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.
• Aller-Retour, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• ART PARIS, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• 2002 Interphone, Special Exhibition of paintings With Sound Design, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• 2001 Recent Paintings, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY.
• Opening 3, Gallery Ollier, Friboung, Switzerland.
• 2000 MONO-STEREO, Works on Paper, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• Trajan Gallery, Carmel, CA.
• 1999 Sans limites, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY.
• Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY.
• 1998 Works on Paper, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY.
• Hanlim Museum, Seoul, Korea.
• One-man exhibition at FIAC, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Paris, France.
• 1997 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY.
• La Lente Presence, Galerie Art et Patrimoine, Paris, France.
• 1996 Work chosen for the Collection of Contemporary Art, Ile de France.
• Group Exhibition, Berlin, Germany.
• 1995 The March Salon, Galerie Art et Patrimoine, Paris, France.
• Proche et Lointain, Galerie Art et patrimoine, Paris, France.
• L’Institut Francais de Florence, Italy, Created porcelain sculpture for the series Tables d’Art,
• commissioned for the meeting of the National Museums of France and the Society of the
• Friends of the Museum Georges Pompidou.
• 1994 Eclipse, Galerie Le Monde de l’Art, Paris, France.
• Les Ecorchures, Galerie Aréa, Paris, France.
• 1993 The Montrouge Salon, France.
• Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1992 FIAC, Galerie Faurschou, Paris, France.
• Les Ravissements, Galerie Pierre Kamouh, Paris, France.
• Group Show Decouvertes Salon, Galerie Pierre Kamouh, Paris, France.
• The Montrouge Salon, France.