Marinette Cueco

Marinette Cueco (27 September 1934 – 18 October 2023) was a French plastic artist.^[1] She was also known for her creations using plants and minerals.

Marinette Cueco
Born	(1934-09-27)27 September 1934 Argentat, France
Died	18 October 2023(2023-10-18) (aged 89) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Plastic artist

Biography

Marinette Cueco was born on 27 September 1934.^[2] She was a visual artist with great sensitivity to the world of plants.^[3] She also worked with herbs, creating openwork fabrics with random, yet simple and geometric shapes.^[4] She also used combined textures and colors to create mineral and plant formations.^[5][6]

Cueco was the wife of painter Henri Cueco, with whom she had two children: Pablo [fr] and David.^[7] Marinette Cueco died on 18 October 2023 at the age of 89.^[8] Cueco died on 18 October 2023, at the age of 89.^[9]

Distinctions

• Officer of the Ordres des Arts et des Lettres (2022)^[10]

Exhibitions

• Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (1986)^[11]
• Musée départemental d'Art contemporain de Rochechouart [fr] (1987)^[12]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac [fr] (1988)^[13]
• Barbican Centre (1989)^[14]
• Les imaginaires du Mont Saint-Michel (1992)^[12]
• Grandes serres du Jardin des plantes [fr] (1999)^[12]
• Collégiale Saint-André de Chartres [fr] (1999)^[12]
• Château du Grand Jardin (2004)^[15]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (2005)^[16]
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau (2006)^[17]
• Musée de Soissons [fr] (2007)^[18]
• Espace d'art contemporain (2011)^[19][20]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2014/2015)^[21]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2017)^[22]
• Fondation Villa Datris [fr] (2019)^[23][24]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2019)^[25]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Châteauvert (2020)
• Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire [fr] (2020)
• Jardins de Salagon (2021)^[26]
• LAAC Museum of Contemporary Art [fr] (2021)^[27]
• Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch [fr] (2022)^[28]
• Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain (2023)^[29]
• Palais Idéal [fr] (2023)^[30]
• Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse (2023)^[31]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2023)^[32]

Publications

• Herbailles, petits herbiers de circonstance, in 11 volumes:
  • Les Sempervirens (2003)
  • Gwemon, warec, alga (2005)
  • Toxiques et héroïques (2006)
  • La Tourbière du Longeyroux (2006)
  • Voyageurs immobiles (2006)
  • Les Herbes de la Saint Jean (2007)
  • Le Jardin du docteur Gachet (2008)
  • Plantes à couleurs (2011)
  • Pétales de consolation (2019)
  • Bris et Débris (2021)
  • Rhizomes et voltiges (2022)
• Marinette Cueco. Herbes (2022)
• Ne se perd ni ne meurt (2023)
• À fleurs de peau (2023)