Biography

Gartner grew up in Calgary in a family of Hungarian immigrants. In the mid-1980s she studied painting and photography at the local university. Her artistic expression was influenced by the perception of minimalism and conceptual art.

On the other hand, Gartner has from the very start paid attention to figurative art, which favours classical portrait art and draws from the European art of the past centuries, with its symbols and multifaceted semantic categories. Her paintings capture the interrelation between the public space, staging, and illusion.

Gartner established herself as a renowned contemporary portrait painting artist. The works of the Canadian have started appearing at exhibitions in Europe only a few years ago, the highlight of which was a large exhibition in The Belvedere, in Vienna, organised in 2011. Before that, the artist’s works were exhibited almost exclusively in Canada and the United States.

Works

Exhibitions

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Documents

Publications

B.F.A. in painting & photography, University of Calgary (CDN)

Solo-Exhibitions (selected)

2015

“Paintings”, MIRO Gallery, Prague

2013

“Still Lifes”, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

2011

“An Eye for an Eye-INTERVENTION”, Belvedere, Vienna

2010

Marianna Gartner, Natural Selection, Galerie Haas AG, Zurich (CH)

2009

Marianna Gartner, movers and shakers, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, New York (USA)

2007

Marianna Gartner, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin (GER)

2006

Works on Paper, 20.21 Galerie, Essen (GER)

2004

Play Dead, 20.21 Galerie, Essen (GER)

2003

The Bad Season, Karton Gallery, Budapest (H)

2002

Night Lights, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto (CDN)

2001

Portraits desobligeants, Canadian Culturel Center, Paris (F)

Stepping out, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto (CDN)

1999

Balancing Acts, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto (CDN)

1996

The Glad Season, Universtiy of Winnipeg (CDN)

Bugs, Babies & Bones, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver (CDN)

1994

Myths & Images, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver (CDN)

1992

Strange Obsessions, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver (CDN)

1991

The Joy of Living, Barton Leier Gallery, Victoria (CDN)

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2018

PAINTING still ALIVE… On the way to modernity, Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń/Poland

,Das Lied der Dinge. Stilleben im Wandel der Kunst’, Museum für Aktuelle Kunst – Sammlung Hurrle Durbach

2015

“Du sollst dir (k)ein Bild machen”, Berliner Dom, Berlin

2014

“Jared Sable Collection”, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

2013

“Traum und Realität”, Aliseo Art Projekt, Gengenbach (GER)

“Landschaft nach 2000”, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück (GER)

2012

“Metamorphosis-The Transformation of Being”, All Visual Arts,London (UK)

2011

Von Engeln & Bengeln, 400 Jahre Kinder im Porträt, Kunsthalle Krems (A)

2010

“Dream and Reality”, Gallery Miro, Prague (CZ)

“Lebenslust und Totentanz”, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (A)

2009

GALA. 5 Sammler zeigen ihre Favoriten – Beaucamp, Haas, von Heydt, Müller, Rosenkranz, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig (GER)

Fixsterne – 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier. Von Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloß Gottorf (GER)

Open, Zoya Museum, Modra (SK)

2007

Baby Body, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt (GER)

“Strange Brew” Max Lang Gallery, New York, New York, USA

“The Teardrop explodes” Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Austria

“jetzt” Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany

2006

Auf Papier, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (GER)

2005

Ratatouille, 20.21 Galerie, Essen (GER)

Les Grands Spectacles, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg (A)

After Nature, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels (B)

2004

Dessins-Le Ring Foundation, Theatre des Angers (F)

1999

New Visions…, Forum Gallery, New York, NY (USA)

New Artists, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto (CDN)

1997

The Figurative Impulse, Forum Gallery, New York, NY (USA)

The Camera Obscured, Edmonton Gallery, Edmonton (CDN)

1995

“Realism Revisited” Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada

1994

The Human Factor, Whyte Museum, Banff (CDN)

1993

Young Contemporaries ’93, London Regional Art Gallery, London (UK)

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (CDN)

Illingworth-Kerr Gallery, Calgary (CDN)

Rodman Hall, St. Catherine (CDN)

Canadian Artists, Galerie Pallas, Prague (CZ)

1992

Return to Exceptional Pass, Whyte Museum, Banff (CDN)

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