Rosemarie Marriott obtained a degree from UNISA and later completed a diploma at the Wits School of the Arts (WSOA), where she studied as a 'mature' student. Since 1986 Marriott has held several successful solo exhibitions (including one in Lusaka, Zambia in 1995) and participated in many group shows held at major galleries with other well established artists. Marriott's new solo touring museum exhibition 'relaas.' launched at the annual National Arts Festival Grahamstown on 20 June 2010. The exhibition titled 'relaas..' (Afrikaans for a narrative story) represents a significant development in her ouevre. The sensitivity with which she intuitively manipulates her material to form her objects and childlike forms indicates her sophisticated mastery of concept and medium.

Rosemarie Marriott's solo exhibition titled relaas…… (Afrikaans for a narrative story) represents a significant development in her ouevre. The sensitivity with which she intuitively manipulates her material to form her objects and childlike forms indicates her sophisticated mastery of concept and medium.

In this new body of work she engages with themes from children's stories and nursery rhymes which carry an underlying message. She attempts to capture the way a child might see and interpret that message, which does not always correspond with the story as it appears.

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