Marc Blake (b. 1974, Auckland), is a painter and photographer whose works explore the effect of time and technology on the construction of memory and experience.

Blake’s work explores ways in which technology memorialises, constructs, and distorts experience, mirroring the ways memory shifts and erodes over time. His recent works use the limitations of digital imaging to unsettle traditional hierarchies of subject and object. Through focus, reflection, and surface interference, subtle dislocations emerge between the seen and the remembered, as technology becomes a proxy for memory and distance, both temporal and emotional, shaping how we perceive moments and ourselves.

Blake has been a recipient of and multiple finalist in several national awards, including winning the Supreme Award at the 2023 Craigs Aspiring Art Prize. Living in Japan from 2002-2006, Marc completed a studio residency and exhibition at BankART NYK Yokohama, as well as exhibiting at Arts Council Koganecho and the Kyoto Cultural Museum. His work has also been shown at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and The Dowse Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include “On Canvas”, Aotearoa Art Fair (2023), ‘Like Pleasures of the World”, Alexandra Museum (2023) and “Alta”, Te Atamira, (2025). Marc’s work is held in numerous collections in New Zealand and abroad, including the Craigs Investment Partners collection and 16 works held in the Arts House Trust collection.

A strong advocate for art as a unifying force that transforms and unites communities and fosters cultural discourse, Marc is well known for his curatorial projects and independently creating groundbreaking opportunities and uniting visual artists and audiences.