Michael Lamarche grew up in and around Cape Ann and currently lives and works in Gloucester Massachusetts. He has earned his BFA at Goddard College in Socially Engaged Arts, a degree track which supports artists in the creation of work that engages with their local community. Since graduating, Michael has grounded himself in an interest in work which dismantles the classist barriers that the world of art can tend to hold up. One such way of manifesting this interest is in Lamarche’s creation, Scribble. A local art cooperative which presents quarterly shows at MAGMA in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Scribble practices cooperative methods of art creation, presentation and revenue management. Unique to the Gloucester area, Scribble is a multi-modal art cooperative celebrating performance art, installation art, video art, theater and visual art and their intersecting genres all in one show. Learn more at scribbletheartshow.com
As a mixed media artist, Lamarche is often switching between mediums to meet the need of the project. With respect to his video work, Lamarche seeks to use himself as the subject of experimentation. He examines an activity deeply and measures his mental wellbeing before and after his exploration. As seen in his senior study titled Resistance and Art: Preventative Strategies for Anxiety in a Capitalist Society, the general thread Lamarche has been following is in response to a question of whether or not daily activities (often overlooked ones) might act as a remedy to his anxiety disorders. In a sense, these works and accompanying essays act as a mental-wellbeing blueprint, laid unfolded for all to read in the midst of our modern climate.
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Education
2021 Massachusetts College of Art and Design - 24 undergraduate credits as a Studio For Interrelated Media major (SIM)
2023 Goddard College - BFA in Socially Engaged Arts
Professional Experience
2023 Creator of Scribble the Art Show: scribbletheartshow.com
2023 Substitute art teacher at Rockport High School
Awards
2019 - Studio Foundation Award at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2021 - Best Abstract Art Piece, Grassroots, Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport, MA
Exhibitions
40 Under 40, May 14 - June 30, 2021, Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Gloucester, MA.
Grassroots, August - September 2021, Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport, MA
DRIVEN 2 ABSTRAXION - January 17 2022, Matthew Swift Gallery, Gloucester, MA.
A World Awry, April 14 - May 22, 2022, Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Gloucester, MA.
Resister, Disrupter, Visionary, July 12 - August 31, 2022, Midway Gallery, Boston, MA.
Cardboard Box, November 12, 2022, Scribble the Art Show, Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts, Gloucester, MA.
Truth Telling, March 11 2023, Scribble the Art Show, Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts, Gloucester, MA.
Metamorphosis, July 22 2023, Scribble the Art Show, Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts, Gloucester, MA.
Shadow, December 2 2023, Scribble the Art Show, Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts, Gloucester, MA.