Gabrielle Yi-Wen Mar

Artist Statement

My practice is an exploration of nature, music, and Eastern spiritual wisdom. Also drawing upon my lifelong training in piano, I approach the canvas as a space of rhythmic sanctuary where fleeting movements of the brush crystallize into visual sublime. My work is an invitation to experience a luminous transcendence and rise gently above the mundane.

The methodology is a delicate dance of intuition and refined gesture. Drawing from the fluid elegance of Eastern calligraphy, through a sequence of organic swiping, dripping, and layering, I guide colors to intertwine. This is a meditative process of where kinetic energy of a brushstroke is like the light touch of a key on the canvas to be composed into a dynamic harmony.

My art is a conduit for a soaring positivity. Pushing back against a cultural backdrop overwhelmed by noise, I hope for my paintings to offer a source of momentary clarity and quietude. I seek a dialogue that is both intimate and expansive, encouraging the viewer to transcend ordinary perception through a lens of grace and light. Each work is a personal act of gratitude celebrating the boundless vitality of our world.

Biography

Gabrielle Mar

Known for creating mesmerizing abstract expressionist paintings inspired by nature, music, and Eastern spirituality, Gabrielle Mar is a multilingual Taiwanese-American artist with Vietnamese and French cultural backgrounds. Currently based in TriBeCa, New York, she holds an M.A. degree in East Asian Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara, focusing on Japanese modern art history. She also studied in the Visual Arts Ph.D. program at the University of California at San Diego. Trained in traditional Chinese calligraphy from a young age by her grandfather who was a politician, philanthrophist, author and collector, Gabrielle is also a dedicated pianist since youth.

A member of the National Arts Club and the National Association of Women Artists, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK), Gabrielle has been invited to showcase her artworks both domestically and internationally, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum with awards, the Focus Art Fair at the Carrousel du Louvre, the National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Art Club, Parisian Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois in New York and Hollis Taggart and Hollis Taggart Downtown galleries in New York. In Taiwan, she has collaborated with Be Fine Art Gallery and shown works at Art Taipei and Taipei 101 gallery, (national landmark building of Taiwan). Her works are held in private collections in Asia, America and Europe, mostly notably at the Taipei Representative Office in Paris.

Besides her art, Gabrielle is active in charitable efforts advocating education, health and wellness in the US and Taiwan.

Gabrielle Yi-Wen Mar