__NOTOC__ Marilene Julie Oliver (born 1977) is a British

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Marilene Oliver gained a BA in ''Fine Art

Printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

and Photomedia'' at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and an MA and MPhil in ''Fine Art Printmaking'' at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

, both in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. Her research at the RCA involved scanning the human body. She has produced unusual sculptures based on live human bodies using the scanning technologies of

computed tomography A computed tomography scan (CT scan; formerly called computed axial tomography scan or CAT scan) is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. The personnel that perform CT scans are called radiographers ...

(CT),

magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio wave ...

(MRI) and

positron emission tomography Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in Metabolism, metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including bl ...

(PET), normally used for medical reasons.Oliver, Marilene
Resurrecting the Digitised Body: The use of the 'scanned in' body for making artworks
,
EVA London 2007
', pages 15.1–15.10. EVA Conferences International, 2007. Marilene Oliver has exhibited her work in

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

(

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

(Germany) and a
Beaux Arts London
in Cork Street,

(England), in 2003, 2006 and 2007.Marilène Oliver — Beaux Arts
. Marilene Oliver's work can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum Print Room. It is also in the Wellcome Trust collection. From 2016 Marilene Oliver has been employed as assistant professor in Printmaking at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Artworks

I Know You Inside Out
(2001)
Family Portrait
(2003)
Text Me
(2003)
Sleeping Beauty
(2004)
Radiant
(2005)
Exhausted Figure
(2006)
Dervishes
(2007)
Heart Axis
(2007)
Dreamcatcher
(2009)
Orixa
(2010)
Split Petcetrix
(2010)
Dugout
(2014)

References

External links

Marilene Oliver website

SciCult: art and science
biographical information

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Marilene 1977 births Living people English printmakers English sculptors Alumni of the Royal College of Art

Artworks

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