Artist Talk with Marna Clarke
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
6:00 - 7:00 PM PST
Marna Clarke, Bedroom II, 2012, archival digital print, courtesy of the artist.
On Tuesday, May 24 exhibiting artist Marna Clarke provided insight and context to her SF Camerawork online exhibit, Time As We Know It. Comprised of touching self-portraits and photographs of Clarke’s partner Igor, photographed over 10 years in and around their home, Time As We Know It, charts the transformation of the aging body, while also documenting the tender relationship between partners who met and fell in love late in life. We welcome you to learn more about Marna’s photographic practice as she shares work and answers questions from the audience.
Image courtesy of the artist.
ABOUT MARNA CLARKE
Raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Marna Clarke has pursued photography throughout her life with several pauses along the way. She attended college in North Carolina, worked for IBM in Washington D.C, married, had two sons, divorced, and stopped making pictures. In 1996, Clarke moved to Marin County north of San Francisco and five years later met an older man–her now partner Igor– who encouraged her to return to her practice. Since then, Clarke has received much recognition for her work, which has been included in group and one-person exhibitions, including a solo exhibit of Time as We Know It at Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California (2019), and group shows at the Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland (2018-2021), and the DeYoung Museum Open Exhibition (2020). In 2021, she was awarded the grand prize at the 2021 Kaunas (Lithuania) International Photo Festival, and her Time As We Know It series placed her in the top 50 in Photolucida’s 2021 competition.
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