About
Marian Hester (1971- ) is an artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. After an 18-year career in law and banking, Marian changed direction in 2014 to focus on her art practice, completing her fine art honours degree through the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 2018.
Marian’s current project deals in various ways with her personal experience of loss and trauma, expressed through landscape references and the increasing concerns being articulated worldwide about the ecological crisis. Her site-specific installation, entitled “The Weight of the Dead” (2017-2018), uses pieces of dry tree roots and trunks, lit so that the shadows are integral to the work, together with a meditative sound installation, to communicate some of these concerns. She also works in bronze sculpture, metal corrosion works, painting and printmaking.
Instagram: @marianhester