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 - BA (hons) 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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Feel the space, Artscape Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 Shape of colour, Hazegallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 General Consulate of the Russian Federation – Shanghai, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 upcoming, ARTY SHOW Zürich, Switzerland
2024 upcoming, Global Paper 6, City Museum Deggendorf, Germany
2024 Peter Gross Bau, St. Ingbert, Germany
2024 Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Hegemann Galerie, Munich)
2024 Imagination, Hegemann Galerie, Munich, Germany
2023 A Taste Of Synaesthesia, Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London, UK
2023 Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Hegemann Galerie, Munich)
2023 New Perspectives, Hegemann Galerie, Munich, Germany
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany (Hazegallery, Berlin)
2022 Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (Hazegallery, Berlin)
2022 Discovery Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (Hazegallery, Berlin)
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium (Hazegallery, Berlin)
2021 Artsy Mood, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2021 Oblivion, virtual exhibition, The Holy Art, London, UK
2018 Love Hatred Separation, Artree Space Shanghai, China
2016 Participant of the 48th annual Art Exhibition, Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014 Exhibitions of the summer practice and composition, Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, Russia
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
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