Marcel Rozek (b. 1992) is an abstract artist interested in color relationships and the role of transparency in stain painting.
Originally from Akron, Ohio, and now located in Los Angeles, California, Rozek uses a staining technique pioneered by the early abstractionists and Washington Color School artists to create his richly layered compositions. He aligns himself with these influential artists, most notably Morris Louis, while pushing beyond the successes of his predecessors and creating a new brand in the tree of color field painting. He begins with liquefied paint that he has mixed and diluted before pouring it directly onto raw unprimed canvas allowing the paint to generate organic shapes and movement. This method creates puddles of color that overlap and extend into one another while soaking into the canvas. As the colors converge, overlap, and blend they absorb at different rates creating unique color families and blurry, spectral forms. Rozek considers his work a reflection of himself with each piece carrying a unique message that changes for every viewer. How Rozek’s message translates is a rumination in the viewers own perspective.
“I try to translate depth and intuition to the viewer in the hopes we can have a conversation and a connection,” he says.
In 2017, Rozek earned his bachelor’s degree in studio art with a minor in drawing and painting from the Myers School of Art in Akron, Ohio. Since completing his undergraduate studies, Rozek has exhibited work with collectors from Istanbul, London and Rome among others.
Exhibitions:
2024
Flow State, ARDEN + WHITE Gallery, New Canaan, CT (solo)
Go With The Flow, Glass Rice Contemporary, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Intersect Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA, with Glass Rice Contemporary (fair)
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL, with ARDEN + WHITE Gallery (fair)
2023
Between Floor and Ceiling, ARDEN + WHITE Gallery, New Canaan, CT (solo)
2022
STAIN, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
In Essence, Glass Rice Contemporary, San Francisco, CA (duo with Haoyun Erin Zhao)
Merging Streams, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (group)
Lobster Club, Los Angeles, CA (group)
Lobster Club Miami, Miami, FL (group)
2021
Prima Nova, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Continuum, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (group)