Artist Statement

Marianne Vlaschits creates paintings and installations that explore the myriad connections between the human body and the so-called natural world. With a special interest in the grotesque and the enigmatic, she aims to break down those perceived borders and exploring what can be gained if we leave them behind. Her process is rooted in the accumulation of knowledge through research, a playful approach by harvesting the power of the subconscious and experimenting with material and painterly techniques. For Vlaschits making art is a continuous negotiation between mind, body and material and painting is a sensual, physical experience, that activates the subconscious information which is stored within the flesh. Fascinated by humanity’s ancient impulse to paint and the primal creative moment when art comes into being, she explores how paint can expand an image of thought across space and time. As a person who stutters, Vlaschits is particularly interested in painting as a form of language and its potential to represent disabled speech. If painting is storytelling without words, what kinds of stories can a painting tell?

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 and the state scholarship by the Federal Government in Austria in 2024.