MARNE SNYDER

For the last 20 years I have been working in multi media collage, using Figures, Fabrics, Paper, and found objects. I let the materials lead me and assemble disparate elements, working in color, pattern, scale and story. I like to create pieces in which fantasy, humor and playfulness reign.

“Collage artist, Marne Snyder, has been able to capture the freedom and playfulness of childhood imagination in her work. Her 3-dimensional collages tap into this long buried ability to untether ourselves from our conscious self and let our subconscious take over. The interesting objects she has collected over the years wait in her studio for their meaning and personality to be revealed. The making of her art requires intuitive decision making, moving her objects around onto fabrics, textures and colors until reaching their proper place and story. The unconventional domesticity and illustrative quality invite you into her dream world of free association.”

Marne attended an arts high school in Weston, Mass and continued her arts education at Washington University in St. Louis. She transferred to the school of Visual Arts in NYC where she earned her BFA in illustration. She continues her work in her studio at Shady Lea Mill in North Kingstown.