memory returns, 2002

memory leaves 2000


Marianne Penberthy lives in Geraldton, Western Australia. She works with fibre construction, textile art and installation.

Her art practice reflects a desire to know the landscape, to explore her sense of placement and belonging in the natural environment.

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abandoned hive, 2002

strange conversations 2002

Marianne works across media, with textile, installation, fibre construction and ceramics. She has worked with site specific installation and constructed objects with natural materials.


See recent installations:

Returning at Caloundra RG (2003)
HomeGround (2000)
 Strange conversations with a tree (2002)

herring bone, 2002

discover your ancestry, 2000
 Her work has explored concepts of stitching the land as a metaphor for healing, using the written word and continuous lines of stitching within the textile medium, where the repetitive nature of stitching and writing is a means of connecting with spirit of place.



  
earthwrap (detail) 2000

floating with pumice 2000
Her primary concern is the search for a deeper spiritual sense of belonging to the Australian landscape.

Marianne has exhibited extensively within Western Australia and interstate, most recently at Fremantle Arts Centre and Caloundra Regional Gallery.


Images © Marianne Penberthy 2003