About the artist
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
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
2016 Annual FAAP Art Opens Doors on November 21, Vogue online Magazine
MEMBERSHIP (MITGLIEDSCHAFT)
BBK - Bundesverband Bildender Künstler Saarland e.V.