Marc Vermee’s paintings explore the threshold between perception and projection. Working through layered processes, in his current works he constructs and disrupts underlying grid structures, creating tension between order and dissolution. What appears stable begins to shift – what seems intuitive reveals deliberate intervention. Rooted in engagement with not-knowing, his work resists fixed meaning and invites a slower, more attentive way of seeing. Color and transparency generate depth that is perceptual rather than illusionistic – oscillating between surface and immersion. His paintings do not depict reality – they question how reality is perceived.
MARC VERMEE b. 1965
Autodidact artist with a multidisciplinary background spanning fashion design, performance art and painting. Early work in performance art in european capitals in the 1980s informs a practice rooted in perception, process and presence. Since the late 1980s, continuous development of a painting practice evolving from conceptual and performative approaches toward abstraction. Current work focuses on layered, grid-based compositions exploring perception, structure, and dissolution.
PARALLEL PRACTICES
From 2000 until 2020 facilitated groups and workshops on meditation, meditative art and self-inquiry, focusing on awareness and perception, hence influencing his artistic approach.
STUDIOS
1985 until 2004 - Baleares, Spain
2004 until 2021 - Southern Palatinate, Germany
Since 2021 - Algarve, Portugal
