Enzo Marra

Brighton-based Enzo Marra is of Italian parentage and holds a BA in fine art from Reading University and an MA from Brighton University. His painterly work is characterized by elements of history, mythology, surrealism and metamorphosis. He has been selected for exhibition in the Threadneedle Prize and GFEST in 2010 and has had numerous exhibitions in the UK and in Italy. He was also part of Travelling Light at the 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009. He lives and works in Brighton and is represented by WW Gallery.
Press 4/10/2010 Interview with Enzo Marra who exhibits his work in GFEST next month 15/09/2010 - Threadneedle prize WW artists in Amelia's Magazine by Valerie Pezeron Enzo Marra in The Independent, ahead of Threadneedle Prize exhibition opening on Thurs 2nd September and solo show at WW on 1st October Hackney Gazette - Meet the parents February 2009 Das Heimliche und das Unheimliche Hackney Citizen, Spring 09 CV Training 1999-2001 MA Fine Art, University of Brighton 1995-1999 BA Fine Art, University of Reading Upcoming April-May 2011 - Demigods - solo show at WW gallery, London Solo Exhibitions 2009 July 1st - August 31st Greenwich picturehouse solo show 2009 May 4th-17th artist residence gallery solo show 2009 April 15th-28th Hackney Empire 'Burning' solo show November 08 - January 09 solo show at The Fish Factory Worthing 2008 24th-30th August solo show Eaton Terrace Gallery Belgravia, London Group Exhibitions 19-23 Jan 2011, London Art Fair, Art Projects with WW Gallery Dec 2010 'Austerity Xmas BOGOF', WW Gallery, London 2010 8th-21st November GFEST Visual Arts Exhibition at the Atrium, Hampstead Town hall, London 2010 2nd-18th September Threadneedle Prize exhibition, Mall galleries, London 2009 “Is There Anybody There?”, WW Gallery, London (sept-nov) 2009 “Summer Exhibitionists”, WW Gallery, London (july) 2009 May - June “Travelling Light”, WW Gallery/Pharos gallery, London and 53rd Venice Biennale (collateral event). 2009 March - April “PG: Parental Guidance”, WW Gallery, London 2009 March - April 'against the wall' group show at underdogartco, London 2009 January - February 'Conflict Resolution' group show at Gallery at Willesden Green, London 2008 June 'Euphemism' group show at The Others, London 2008 May - August selected for the Worthing Museum Centenary Open Exhibition 2008 March 'Dress Code' group show at Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce Italy 2008 February - March 'Friends and Fables' exhibition at Artspace galleries, Mayfair London 2008 January 'American Sandwich' group show Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce Italy 2007 June - July 'Body of Work' group show in Lewes, Sussex Bibliography/Publications 2010 Threadneedle Prize Catalogue 2009 October artworks included in read some words issue 2 www.readsomewords.com 2009 WW Gallery Summer Exhibitionists Programme July 4th-26th 2009 Catalogue for the collateral exhibtion Travelling Light at the 53rd Venice Biennale 15th May-10th June. 2009 congregation catalogue 4th-25th May 2008 marmite prize catalogue 25th-30th November 2008 primopiano livinGallery catalogue for dress code 12th April-7th May 2008 primopiano living gallery catalogue for american sandwich 19th Jan-14th February 2007 issue 4 latest art love & peace issue Literary magazines and poetry publications 2009 October included in www.uglycousin.com 2009 Autumn solo chapbook "Prisoner of Observation" by the Shadow Archer Press 2009 Summer included in issue 9 of the delinquent www.thedelinquent.co.uk 2009 Spring included in the Underground Spring 2009 issue http://www.undermagz.co.uk/contents3.htm 2009 March included in Concret Meat Sheet 11 http://www.concretemeatpress.co.uk/concrete_meat_sheet_11.htm 2008 December included in Rattlesnake Review #20 2008 December included in Birds on the Line issue 7 http://www.birdsontheline.co.uk/#/birdsonthelineissue7/4532226313 2008 August included in chapbook between the lines published and launched by bottega gallery and art bar North Carolina USA 2008 June/July included in volume 2 issue 2 of unquietdesperation.co.uk 2008 June included in the spring edition of The Poetry Revolt 2008 May involved in shorelines publication as part of the Brighton nightwriters group 2008 May featured in issue 7 of www.readthismagazine.co.uk http://www.readthismagazine.co.uk/archive/issue7poetry.htm 2008 published in People and Places by United Press Ltd 2007 November included in www.poetryrevolt.com http://www.poetryrevolt.com/nov.html 2008 (accepted) white chimney magazine 2008 (accepted) issue 1 of The Sweet Dark Underbelly 2008 January included in www.wordriot.org/poetry http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1402 2007 December included in www.blueskiespoetry.ca http://blueskiespoetry.ca/category/poems-by/enzo-marra/