Born in New Caledonia in 1992, Marie Blampain discovered a growing interest in photography during her "Certificate of Design and Visual Arts" in Auckland, New Zealand, followed by a Bachelor's degree (major in photography) that she completed in November 2015.
Photography became for her a real source of personal fulfillment. It is indeed during the realization of her creations that Marie feels most in tune with herself.
Her practice combines an interest in portraiture and conceptualism constructing narrative scenarios and controlled compositions. But it is in the edition of her works that she manages to veil the boundaries between reality and imagination.
Marie received the "Prix du Public" (Le Tremplin de la Création) in 2014, two honorable mentions (IPA) in 2020 and two nominations (Fine Art Photography Awards) in 2021. She participated in several exhibitions between 2012 and 2021 in New Caledonia, New Zealand, France, and Mexico and was published in "Shutter Magazine", "El Correo", "Endémic" and "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes".
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Awards and Honorable Mentions.
Grand Prix Picto de Photographie de Mode
Finalist with the series Synthétique Naturel and Nouveau Chapitre / April 2022 / Paris, France.
BIFA Budapest Photo Awards
Bronze winner with Personal Corner / November 2022 / Budapest.
Honorable Mention with Walking Through Sulfurous Fumes / November 2022 / Budapest.
Honorable Mention with Nouveau Chapitre / November 2022 / Budapest.
Honorable Mention with Queen of the Unwanted / November 2022 / Budapest.
Fine Arts Photography Awards
Nominee with Eternity / April 2021 / International.
Nominee with Overlay / April 2021 / International.
IPA
Honorable Mention with The Queen of the Unwanted / August 2020 / International.
Honorable Mention with Eternity / August 2020 / International.
Le Tremplin de la Création
Public Prize with Mother Earth / August 2014 / Nouméa, New Caledonia.
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Finalist, Grand Prix Picto de la Photographie de Mode
Synthétique Naturel
Series of 8 images
Paris / April 2022
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Finalist, Grand Prix Picto de la Photographie de Mode
Nouveau Chapitre
Series of 8 images
Paris / April 2022
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Bronze Winner, BIFA Budapest Photo Awards
Personal Corner
Single entry
BIFA / November 2022
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Honorable Mention, BIFA Budapest Photo Awards
Walking Through Sulfurous Fumes
Single entry
BIFA / November 2022
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Honorable Mention, BIFA Budapest Photo Awards
Queen of the unwanted
Single entry
BIFA / November 2022
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Honorable Mention, BIFA Budapest Photo Awards
Nouveau Chapitre
Series of 8 images
BIFA / November 2022
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Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards
Eternity
Single entry
International / April 2021
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Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards
Overlay
Series of 5 images
International / April 2021
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Honorable Mention, IPA
The Queen of the Unwanted
Single entry
International / August 2020
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Honorable Mention, IPA
Eternity
Single entry
International / August 2020
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Public Prize, Le Tremplin de la Création
Mother Earth
Series of 5 images
New Caledonia / August 2014
Exhibitions and Publications.
Soy Mujer
Group exhibition, Mother of the Unwanted exhibited / March-May 2022 / Galería Rocío Castelo, Monterrey, Mexico.
Shutter Magazine
Publication in the October issue / October 2021 / USA.
Act Natural
Group exhibition, Overlay exhibited / May-June 2021 / McLeave Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Shutter Magazine
Publication in the December issue / December 2020 / USA.
Sortez du Cadre
Group exhibition, Mother Earth exhibited / December 2016 / Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Manifest
Projection on a building of my series Overlay / December 2015 / Takutai Square, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gradfest Unitec
Bachelor’s degree final year exhibition, Overlay exhibited / November 2015 / Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand.
Here / Now
Group exhibition, Mother Earth exhibited / October 2015 / The Barrel Store, Auckland, New Zealand.
Le Tremplin de la Création
Group exhibition, Mother Earth exhibited / August 2014 / Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Future projection
Group exhibition, 5 photographs exhibited / June 2013 / White Studios, Auckland, New Zealand.
My little world
Solo exhibition, photography and paintings / December 2012 / Font Romeu, France.
Press.
Les Nouvelle-Calédoniennes, New Caledonia April 2022.
El Correo, Spain June 2020.
Endemix, New Caledonia March 2016 .
Les Nouvelle-Calédoniennes, New Caledonia August 2014.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France December 2012.