Artist Statement
Marianne Vlaschits creates paintings and installations that explore the myriad connections between the human body and the so-called natural world. She is currently interested in landscape, plants, disfluent speech, and how to translate these themes into painting. With a particular fascination for the grotesque and the enigmatic, she aims to break down perceived borders and explore what can be gained by leaving them behind.
Her process begins with the accumulation of knowledge through research and continues with a playful approach that draws on the power of the subconscious while experimenting with material and painterly techniques. Fascinated by humanity’s ancient impulse to paint and by the primal creative moment when art comes into being, she investigates how paint can expand an image of thought across space and time, and what stories can be told through visual language.
Vita
Marianne Vlaschits received her masters from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and has since exhibited her work internationally. Recent exhibitions include „Acceptable Paintings“, Pech, Vienna; „Unknown Familiars“, Leopold Museum, Vienna; „Mountains and Mist“, Mountains Gallery, Berlin; "Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; "On the New", Belvedere 21, Vienna; "Danger Season" at la BEAST, Los Angeles; "On Beauty", Galerie Crone, Vienna, „Orbs and Awe“ at L’Inconnue, New York, “Wells of Wisdoms“, MeetFactory, Prague 2022, „Auroras“, Galerie Sophia Vonier, Salzburg 2021, „Contrology“, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel 2021, „Gates“, Eve Leibe Gallery, London 2021, „A Body That Lasts“, Galerie 5020 Salzburg; “A Construction Site of Extraordinary Feelings”, The Breeder Gallery, Athens 2020; „The Magnetic Spell“, Suzie Shride, Vienna 2020, “Stone Telling”, Kunstraum NÖ, 2019 Vienna. Vlaschits has received numerous awards and grants for her work, including the advancement award by the City of Vienna in 2022,the state scholarship by the Federal Government in Austria in 2024 and a residency at the ISCP in New York City in 2025.
Marianne Vlaschits creates paintings and installations that explore the myriad connections between the human body and the so-called natural world. She is currently interested in landscape, plants, disfluent speech, and how to translate these themes into painting. With a particular fascination for the grotesque and the enigmatic, she aims to break down perceived borders and explore what can be gained by leaving them behind.
Her process begins with the accumulation of knowledge through research and continues with a playful approach that draws on the power of the subconscious while experimenting with material and painterly techniques. Fascinated by humanity’s ancient impulse to paint and by the primal creative moment when art comes into being, she investigates how paint can expand an image of thought across space and time, and what stories can be told through visual language.
Vita
Marianne Vlaschits received her masters from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and has since exhibited her work internationally. Recent exhibitions include „Acceptable Paintings“, Pech, Vienna; „Unknown Familiars“, Leopold Museum, Vienna; „Mountains and Mist“, Mountains Gallery, Berlin; "Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; "On the New", Belvedere 21, Vienna; "Danger Season" at la BEAST, Los Angeles; "On Beauty", Galerie Crone, Vienna, „Orbs and Awe“ at L’Inconnue, New York, “Wells of Wisdoms“, MeetFactory, Prague 2022, „Auroras“, Galerie Sophia Vonier, Salzburg 2021, „Contrology“, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel 2021, „Gates“, Eve Leibe Gallery, London 2021, „A Body That Lasts“, Galerie 5020 Salzburg; “A Construction Site of Extraordinary Feelings”, The Breeder Gallery, Athens 2020; „The Magnetic Spell“, Suzie Shride, Vienna 2020, “Stone Telling”, Kunstraum NÖ, 2019 Vienna. Vlaschits has received numerous awards and grants for her work, including the advancement award by the City of Vienna in 2022,the state scholarship by the Federal Government in Austria in 2024 and a residency at the ISCP in New York City in 2025.