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About the artist

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  Marina Wittemann, born in Moscow, now resides and creates in Germany. She is a multidisciplinary artist whose artworks have been showcased in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, South America, and Asia. In 2022, she was shortlisted for the VAO UK & International Emerging Artist Awards.

  Wittemann's art delves into the viewer's emotions through the sensory qualities of materials and colour. The Artist employs recycled or building materials, transforming them into multi-sensational compositions that challenge perceptions of value and beauty.

  Through repurposing debris, she confronts consumerism and materialism, encouraging reflection on sustainability and resourcefulness. Marina's transformation of newspapers and other media challenges the hegemony of mainstream narratives, inviting viewers to examine the information they receive critically. Her exploration of personal trauma through art challenges societal norms surrounding the expression of emotions and vulnerability. By inviting viewers to engage physically with her artwork and consider multiple perspectives ("the 9/6 perspective"), Marina challenges hierarchical power structures that dictate a singular viewpoint.

EDUCATION

 

2018 - 2024     BA Fine Art, The Open University, The Open College of the Arts, UK

2016 - 2017     Cultural Art experience in Shanghai – study calligraphy and Chinese ink painting

2015 - 2016     Exchange Program in Brazil, Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP

2013 - 2015     Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov at the Russian Academy of Arts

2001 - 2005     Moscow City Pedagogical University, Jurisprudence (civil relationship), Lawyer

NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS

 

2022    Shortlisted Artist of the VAO UK & International Emerging Artist Awards 2022, Sculpture category

EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS

(S) Solo Show    (G) Group Exhibition     (AF) Art Fair

 

2025     upcoming, ARTY SHOW Zürich, Switzerland (G)

 

2024     Resonance, with Valo Valentino, EXOGallery, Stuttgart, Germany (S)

             Affordable Art Market, Hamburg, Germany (AF)

             Global Paper 6, City Museum Deggendorf, Germany (G)

             Peter Gross Bau, St. Ingbert, Germany (G)

             Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Hegemann Galerie, Munich) (AF)

             Imagination, Hegemann Galerie, Munich, Germany (G)

 

2023     A Taste Of Synaesthesia, Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London, UK (G)

             Feel the Space, Artscape Gallery, Luxembourg (S)

             Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Hegemann Galerie, Munich) (AF)

             New Perspectives, with Jürgen Fux, Hegemann Galerie, Munich, Germany (S)

 

2022     Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany (HazeGallery, Berlin) (AF)

             Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (HazeGallery, Berlin) (AF)

             Discovery Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (HazeGallery, Berlin) ) (AF)

             Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium (HazeGallery, Berlin) ) (AF)

             Shape of colour, HazeGallery, Berlin, Germany (S)

 

2021     Oblivion, virtual exhibition, The Holy Art, London, UK (G)

             Artsy Mood, Boomer Gallery, UK (G)

 

2018     Love Hatred Separation Artree Space. Shanghai, China (G)

 

2017     Light and colour, General Consulate of the Russian Federation, Shanghai, China (S)

 

2016     48th annual Art Exhibition Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP Sao Paulo, Brazil (G)

 

2014     Exhibitions of the summer practice and composition, Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, Russia (G)

 

MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS

2024    St. Ingberter Zeitung, Saarbrücker Zeitung, 31 August/1 September 2024, Farbspiele laden zum Perspektivwechsel ein (Colour games invite you to change your perspective), Seite C3

2024    TOP Magazin, Saarland, Sommer 2024, Spannende Kunst-schau bei Peter Gross BAU (Exciting art show at Peter Gross BAU), p. 36-37

2024    Paper Global 6, City Museum and Crafts Museum of the Deggendorf City, International Paper Art Triennale 2024 Catalogue, Anja Fröhlich, Greta Butuci, p. 11, 18, 78

 

2024    Saarbrücker Zeitung, 16 April 2024, Erste Ausstellung im „Peter Gross Atrium“, Brigitte Quack, St. Ingberter Zeitung, p. C1

2024    OPUS. Das Kulturmagazin der Großregion, March/April 2024, Kunst und Business, Stefanie Zutter, p. 41

2022    PURPLEHAZE Magazine, Woman Issue 007, 2022, p. 233-235

2021    Synaesthesia: Cross-Sensory Aspects Of Cognitive Activity In Science And Art, Editor-in-Chief: A.V.Sidoroff-Dorso, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, p. 52, 54

2021   Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art,  10 Questions with Marina Wittemann, INTERVIEWS PLATFORM, SCULPTURE, online

2020   Timo Wang, 5 Minutes with Marina Wittemann, Singulart Magazine, online

2018    ZhiShengHuo, 光的“表现”使者 (Light "performance" messenger),The Economist 1843, issue 37, 2018, p. 26-29

2018   Giuseppe Daddeo, Memories, A Shanghai Poetry Zine, 5th edition, 2018, p. 9

2017    Murilo Aquino “Conexão internacional” (Internacional connection), FAAP Magazine No 293, March + April2017, p. 27

2017    Bruna Bopp “Da tristeza para a Arte” (From sadness to art), FAAP Magazine No 293, March + April 2017, p. 50-51, 66-67

2016    Annual FAAP Art Opens Doors on November 21, Vogue online Magazine 

MEMBERSHIP (MITGLIEDSCHAFT)

 

BBK - Bundesverband Bildender Künstler Saarland e.V.

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