Marina Blanca German, b. 1953
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Biography
© Ela Angerer PhotographyMARINA BLANCA SEILERN
1953Born in Hamburg, Germany1973 – 1977Studied in Paris at Esam Design – Ècole supèrieur des Arts modernes and at Ècole du Louvre. Throughout the whole time in Paris, I trained as a sculptor under Maxime Fillon.1987 – 1990Learned the techniques of working with bronze under Josef Zensmair in Salzburg, Austria1997 – 2007Founder and Head of the Artist’s symposiums at Rettenegg, Austria and in Sóller/Mallorca, SpainART FAIRS
2024
Participation at ART VIENNA. A Group show Heritage Artists, on invitation by the Austrian lifestyle magazine Schlossseiten. September 19 – 22, 2024, Vienna.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Portraits, Alte Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna, Austria2012
Gefäße – Jars, Forum am Schillerplatz, Vienna, Austria
2009
Sessel-Objekte, Studio Lori Rosenberg, Vienna2007
Sessel-Objekte, KA. Heidenreichstein, Lower Austria2003
Sessel-Objekte, Fingerhut-Akademie, Crottorf, GermanySessel-Objekte, Oelber am weißen Wege, Germany
Sessel-Objekte, Schloss Wendlinghausen, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Exquisite Objects I, curated by Katharina Husslein, Salon Le Sans Souci, December 15th, 2019, Vienna, Austria
Christina Lergon, Marina Blanca, Tamara Bondi – Ausstellung der neuen Arbeiten, curated by Wilhelm and Lorraine Spee, Schloss Heltorf, May 11th, 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
The Rabbit I Never Got, curated by Ala Glasner, Nathalie Hoyos & Gabrielle Berlin, The Austrian Association Women Artists (VBKÖ), November 28, 2018 – January 9th, 2019, Vienna, Austria
2014
fragen! globale veränderungsprozesse und ihr niederschlag. Elf versuche einer annäherung, curated by Cajetan Gril. Schloss Aichberg, Eichberg, Austria
2013
Ahnen, curated by Ferdinand Orsini-Rosenberg in collaboration with Museum of Modern Art Kärnten, Schloss Grafenstein, AustriaPIKASUMAN, Stilwerk, Vienna, Austria
2002
Within/Without Appearances, International Appartment, ViennaSkulptur 02, Fürstenfeld, Styria
1998
Dimensionen, Galerie Kalb, Vienna1995
Stein-Skulpturen, Atelier Alexander Köchert, Vienna1990
Künstlerverein – Artist’s society, Kuchl, SalzburgCOMMISSIONED WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC SPACE
2024
Presentation of a portrait in bronze of renown pianist Rudolf Buchbinder (*1946), who is the artistic director of the Grafenegg Festival in Lower Austria. The presentation took place after the closing matinée of the former Reitschule at Grafenegg, which will be modernized and reopened in summer 2026. September 22, 2024.
2010
For Salzburg’s famous Haus für Mozart, where the Salzburg music festival takes place, I was asked to make a portrait, in bronze, of the main patron Donald B. Kahn (1925-2013).
1993
Outdoor sculpture made of iron sheets, functioning as a signpost for the wildlife park Mautern, in Styria. It is located at the exit of Austrian motorway A9, coming from the direction of Vienna.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCES
2012
February – April
Invitation to Glasfabrik Oberstölzl, Styria2000 – 2002
Invitation to Aluminium Fabrik Neuman, Marktl im Traisental, Austria
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Installation Shots
A project that started in 2020.12of 12Overview
© Marina Blanca Skulpturen
Marina Blanca is a visual artist experimenting with material, color and space to explore the notion of interaction. Her sculptures transform spaces into dynamic playgrounds. Throughout her artistic career, Blanca focuses on the relationship between the figurative players and the abstract elements of a game. By depicting the facial features of individuals with portrait busts cast in bronze, she emphasizes on the mood and position of her players. Later, she blew armchairs out of proportion or installed armies of white ceramic vases, that embody architectural elements and act as pawns in a game.
By opposing the functionality and dysfunctionality of human adequacy, she raises questions relating to the individual, to his or her vulnerability and or their finiteness. For Blanca, her sculptures are personalities, which also talk. They are bodies that can be treated flexibly in their placement – lying on the floor, positioned on tables, hanging from the ceiling.
Video Interview
Sesselobjekte, 2003Produced by Julinka DoenhoffVideo
Some thoughts about my work series "Sesselobjekte" that I mostly worked on from 1999-2003. The video was published on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition at Schloss Crotorff in 2003, Germany.
