Fine Art

Marilyn Marsh

A chair covered in shiny, gold-colored thumbtacks viewed from above, with a black metal frame visible underneath.

"Push-pin Chair", 2024, brass pushpins, chair and mirror, 55CM X 55CM X 77CM

I’m a BA (Hons) Fine Art student aspiring to work in the creative industries.

I completed a Foundation Arts course at Newcastle-under-Lyme College before moving to Cambridge to study Fine Art further. My interests are in concept development, art writing and art production.


My work involves the creation of ready-made sculptures through selective alterations to manufactured products. I use these alterations as a method of interrogating narratives, settings or habits intrinsic to the objects purpose.

These alterations and creative acts allow me to express resistance and frustration towards personal experiences attached to the spaces, objects or words I select. Reoccurring themes I investigate include dysfunction, resistance and imposter syndrome. My process focuses on enhancing the material qualities of the objects through repetition or presentation, intervening with surface and form to recontextualise their function.

I aim to elicit self-reflection in the viewer in hopes they consider their own associations to the objects and why I chose to alter them.

A chair covered with pushpins stands on a mirror in a minimalist corner, featuring a square cutout in the backrest.
A chair covered in gold pushpins embedded in the seat and backrest, viewed from above.
Close-up of a chair with a seat covered in rows of shiny gold thumbtacks, reflected in a mirror below.
Art installation with a gold chair on a black frame beneath inflatable toys in a net, with framed letters on walls, in a sunlit gallery.
A chair covered in gold thumbtacks standing on a mirror on the floor.
A gold chair in a gallery with framed letters around the wall, beneath inflatable toys in netting.
Colorful inflatable toys, including pink flamingos, bananas, and beach balls, behind a black net on a white background.
Push-pin Chair, 2024, brass pushpins, chair and mirror, 55CM X 55CM X 77CMPush-pin Chair, 2024, brass pushpins, chair and mirror, 55CM X 55CM X 77CMPush-pin Chair, 2024, brass pushpins, chair and mirror, 55CM X 55CM X 77CM Graduate Showcase installation view of ‘Push-pin Chair’, ‘There’s So Much Pressure’ and ‘BLOWN UP’, 2025 Graduate Showcase installation view of ‘Push-pin Chair’ reflecting ‘BLOWN UP’, 2025 Graduate Showcase installation view of ‘Push-pin Chair’, ‘There’s So Much Pressure’ and ‘BLOWN UP’, 2025 Graduate Showcase installation view of ‘BLOWN UP’, 2025