Marcelle Mansour
Biography
Marcelle Mansour biography
Marcelle Mansour is a multi award-winning Australian multidisciplinary visual artist, bilingual writer of prose and poetry, journalist contributor and Peace Ambassador. Originally of Palestinian Christian Heritage, based in Sydney. She received two Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) and Studio Arts (MSA) from the University of Sydney and previously a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Language & Literature from Egypt. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in Biennales and major international exhibitions in Sydney, New York, Paris (Louvre), Venice, London, Florence, Amsterdam and Barcelona.
Her work spans from representational art to abstract, digital and light art in a variety of mediums and styles that balance classical insight with contemporary realistic formulation. In her artistry, Marcelle explores the world of knowledge and wisdom of human conscience, psychology and perception. She reflects on challenges affecting our global community with the purpose of finding hope for peace toward reconfiguration of humanity and reshaping reality.
Marcelle’s Threshold Solo Art Exhibition and seminar of Art, Light & World Peace at Universal Peace Federation as a part of the UN International Year of Light, (IYL) has earned her the Peace Ambassador in 2015. Her both exhibitions of Shifting Waves and Treasure Forever of prominent Australians gained her popularity in portraiture for promoting peace and harmony of cultural diversity, several of her portraits were published in her book of Shifting Waves.
Marcelle Mansour received numerous international art prizes including an Honorary Presidential Award, the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours, various Honorable Mentions for Artistic Excellence, Voices of Tomorrow Art Award, ArtTour International Top 60 Masters Award, ATIM’s Collector’s Choice Award, International Art Prize Paris 2022 and International Barcelona Prize 2022 and The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists London Prize 2022.Marcelle’s artworks have been featured in English and Ethnic media of print and digital, including television, radio, audio, books, magazines and internet.
Marcelle Mansour, Artist Statement
Inspired by my experiences and memories as a Universal Western-Eastern Women, and the connection to my roots that informs my identity as an Australian-Palestinian Christian Artist. My work is a mirror reflecting my soul and everything related to myself, channeling the pulse of society as a universal essence relating to the whole of humankind. I reflect on human conscience, psychology and perception to see the inward significance of my art with the purpose to find hope for peace toward advancing humanity and reshaping reality.
My artworks express human emotions of longing for peace as an essential part of humanity. It raises my voice to communicate with the world to be heard and better understood. it reflects on reconfiguration of experiences and memories rooted in human personal culture and identity.
Through my work I represent the story of the Palestinian woman who has been experiencing prolonged war with no peace. Some of my artworks are textualised with symbols and digits related to the subject to evoke a new perception in telling the history of Palestinian cause. The unique embroidered cross-stitch is a symbol of the Palestinian cultural heritage. The women’s facial expression emphasises the virtuous feelings of profound humility and spirituality. She has the gift of heroic patience that cultivates hope for peace in the hearts of viewers, hoping to end war and to transfer humanity into a better world.
Country Australia
Website http://marcellemansour.com.au/
