The Wunderwall Enlarged - Marian Wijnvoord

Marian Wijnvoord is a painter whose work lies close to a certain definition of painting itself: the illusion of space created on a flat surface. Contradictions guide us through her paintings: the forms of the surface versus the forms of the depth, figuration versus abstraction, the physicality of paint versus the ephemerality of the image. It is in the moments when both worlds hold that the magic of her painting operates.

Wijnvoord has exhibited internationally for over 30 years. Her recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki and the National Center for Contemporary Arts, St. Petersburg.

Recent artist’s residencies in Russia, the US and Norway have pulled her image-making to the North, most recently in a one-month stay above the Arctic Circle.