Marc Chicoine - Young Artist

Marc Chicoine — Young Artist

Aviator

12x12x1", oil on paper and canvas, $1000

portrait of an Allied bomber pilot

Babel

36x24x1" melted crayons, oil pastel, oil, found objects, $2000

tower of babel rising from dirty dishes

Rainforest Cafe

Rainforest Cafe

44x36x.2", oil on canvas, $2000

surrealist painting of urban jungle

The Eternal Punishment of Prometheus

The Eternal Punishment of Prometheus

48x34x1", acrylic on found wood, $2000

body being eaten by a birdlike monster

Happy Feet

48x36x1" gouache and oil pastel on canvas, $2000

dancer merging with other bodies

Golden Slumber

34x28x1", oil on canvas, $2000

woman asleep amongst war iconography

Nereids

24x36x1.5", oil on canvas, $3000

sea nymphs

Sea Dog

17x12x.1", watercolor on paper, $1500

old sea captain

Stone Cat (Mid Size)

Stone Cat (Mid Size)

1.25x1.5x1.75’, fiberglass and resin, over plaster/plastic base, $2000

cat created from merging organic shapes

The Boy Named Crow

The Boy Named Crow

48x36x1" oil on paper, $2000

bird form merging with a boy and whale

Artist Statement

As a painter and freestyle dancer, my work is driven by an appreciation for corporeal reality and its possibilities for expression. Inspired by embodied cognition and the research of pioneers such as George Lakoff, I believe that sensory perception shapes how we understand and engage with every aspect of our lives. Cognition, emotion, self-awareness, empathy, and the metaphors we live by are all connected to the body. Whether working with a brush or on the dance floor, I create visual narratives that connect universal experiences with deeply personal dreams and observations. My paintings and sculptures explore bodily narrative, physical objects, and their relationships, using these elements as metaphors for the ways we move through life. I hope to encourage viewers to consider how they navigate their own experiences and to look beyond the divisions we create around ourselves, revealing the shared patterns of experience and behavior that connect us.

www.marcfineart.com | Instagram: @marcchicoine

Biography

Marc Chicoine is a visual artist and dancer born in the Bay Area of California. He received a BA in Cognitive Science and Communication from Northwestern University before moving to New York City to pursue freestyle dance and further develop his creative practice. After working in the education technology sector, he returned to school and received his MFA from the Pratt Institute. He recently relocated his studio practice to Raleigh, North Carolina, while continuing to work between Raleigh and New York City. Chicoine’s paintings and sculptures focus on bodily narrative, physical objects, and their relationships, using these elements to explore universal and personal truths. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States in galleries, museums, art centers, and juried exhibitions, including exhibitions at the Pratt Institute, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, D’art Gallery in Denver, Ashton Gallery in San Diego, and Attleboro Arts Museum. Alongside his visual practice, Chicoine is a longtime practitioner of House dance and Capoeira. Movement remains integral to his artistic process, bridging technical skill with creativity, rhythm, gesture, and improvisation.