Marley Treloar, a Canadian artist living and working in London and a recent graduate of the University of Gloucestershire, has been named as the winner of The Graduate Art Prize 2016, co-sponsored by art consultants ARTIQ, together with the London office of global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. Marley was awarded the £1,000 prize, along with the offer to sign up as an artist with ARTIQ at a prestigious event held this week at Herbert Smith Freehills’ offices, in the heart of the City of London.
Marley said of her win, ‘I'm absolutely overjoyed at having won The Graduate Art Prize 2016. The experience will be invaluable to me. I'm hoping to work more ambitiously with the help of the prize money and only have positive thoughts as I continue my art career and my art education.’
The winning artwork, selected by public vote from a shortlist of works by 25 artists, is entitled ‘Gardens’ and looks at the ideas and themes of family bonds through an abstract gaze. Marley explained: ‘My work reflects on nostalgia, history and family values and aims to explore how abstract art is made today and how the foundations of abstract practice informs how contemporary abstract artists work today.’
