Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
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Biography
Marcelle Bowman has been creating in one form or another as long as she can remember. An actor, an illustrator, a painter and even aspirations to be a rockstar in her younger years. She graduated from the Creative Media Institute of New Mexico State University with a Bachelor’s degree in film and acting and has an Associate’s degree in graphic design. After a 9-year acting career in Los Angeles, she returned to Albuquerque, New Mexico to pursue her artistic callings in visual arts. Marcelle is a mixed media and illustration artist and is currently showing her mixed media work at the Lapis Room Gallery in Old Town, Albuquerque. She also recently finished illustrating her 2nd children’s book called THE BOOK OF BAD SMELLS that was released in April 2023.
Artist Statement
My current work can best be described as Desert Rock Tableaus. I have always been a collector and obsessor of rocks and bits of nature. I have also battled crippling anxiety throughout most of my adult life. When the pandemic descended upon the world, I found that I was completely lost and consumed by my anxiety. My partner and I would escape out into the desert to try and have some piece of mind and I would find so many amazing stones during these adventures. I would organize my finds on my brick floor to cope with all the chaos that was out of my control. I would photograph them, deconstruct them, and start all over again. It was cathartic and grounding and a way to let go of my anxieties. I began to share them, people started responding to them, and I felt the need to make them permanent. I wanted to provide some calm within the storm.
All rocks are foraged by me from the New Mexico desert with my dogs and my partner by my side. Each rock is chosen with purpose and is laid out with intention and love on every piece I build. The wood I use is from old New Mexico structures and barns and is sourced by a responsible reclaimer. As each piece begins to take shape, they become a roadmap to guide me through the chaos of the process until the piece is complete and I start to feel grounded again. This body of work embodies hope and the ability to learn facing change with strength and courage.
