About The Artist

Marion Zimmermann born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1961. After school and study in the hometown, living in Hamburg. Since 1988 working as an architect and painter. 1995-1996 study at the Art-school of the german artist Karin Witte. Since 1996 influenced of several journeys to New York City 2001 Foundmember of the artist community “Künstlerhaus Eimsbüttel e.V.” Since 2002 Member of “National Association of Artists” Germany. Since June 2003 Owner of the Marziart Gallery and Artschool, meeting point for international artists. Statement My whole live I´m living in cities and I like the positive, active energy of a metropolis which I want to show in my paintings. My style of painting developed through several phrases. Starting with pencil-drawings it changed from using aquarelle to oil and acrylic. The realistic reproduction turned to concrete and abstract figure. My favorite intention is to show the atmosphere of modern streetlife in bright, lively colours like modern expressionism. In the citiscapes I try to capture the speed and hectic in a dynamic style of painting - everything in movement. I want to underline the unromantic citylife of today with concrete strokes and clear colourtones without a soft colourtransition. As a new style I use a combination of digital print with painting. And I defamiliarize I made photos of various city scenes and paint over them, after they were printed on canvas. This creates a contrast and tension between print and color, which I feel is contemporary representation in terms of today's media. Groupshows (selection): 1996 "Gallery Stuhlmann" in Wedel, Germany 1997 "Gallery Kleibs", Hamburg, Gemany "Gallery Koch-Westenhoff, Lübeck, Germany "Montague Art 54", Soho, New York, USA 1998 "Gallery Blankenese", Hamburg, Germany Art-Fair, "Deichtorhallen Hamburg", Germany 2000 Artists of Eimsbüttel, Hamburg , Germany Gallery "G.O.M.A.", Hamburg, Germany 2001 Art-Festival , "Atelier", Alexandria, Egypt Airporthotel, Hamburg, Germany “Gallery Atrium“, Hamburg, Germany Gallery „New Art“, Hamburg, Germany 2003”Art-Domain.ComGallery , Port Andratx,Mallorca, Spain “Gallery Levantehaus“, Hamburg, Germany 2004 “Postergalerie”, Hamburg, Germany “Kunstwerk-Werkkunst“, Reinbek b. Hamburg, Germany 2005 Lessedra- World Art Print Annual Beijing International Art Camp, Peking, China DIN A4, Schloss Burgau , Düren, Germany 2006 Centro Cultural Provincial Teatro Ideal de Venado Tuerto M I A D Venado Tuerto, Argentinia 2007 Sparkasse Karlsruhe Award, Exhibition of the Finalists "City", Germany „Kunst Altonale“, Hamburg, Germany 2008 DIN A4 Project Stedelijk Museum Roermond, Netherlands Museo Internationale Dinamico di Arte Contemporanea, Italy 2009 DIN A4 Kulturmodell, Passau, Germany 2010 Nutella Competition – Exhibition of the Finalists at Museum für angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt/ Main, Germany 2012 „Affordable Art Fair“ Hamburg, Germany 2013 "The Story of the Creative" See|Exhibition Space Long Island City, New York, USA 2014 Sparkasse Karlsruhe Award, Exhibition of the Finalists "New Media", Germany Singleshows (Selection): 1998 "Consulate General of Germany", New York, USA Medical Centre, Berlin, Germany 2000 "Gallery at Saselhouse", Hamburg, Germany 2001 "Galerie KIT", Hamburg, Germany 2002 “Altona Theater", Hamburg, Germany “Art Society Schleswig”, Schleswig, Germany 2004 Asche Chiesi GmbH, Hamburg, Germany 2007 ESI Hamburg , Germany 2008 Treugarant, Hamburg, Germany Airporthotel, Hamburg, Germany 2009 Gallery Pillango, Berlin, Germany Rathauspassage, Hamburg , Germany 2010 Art Society Glinde im Gutshaus, Germany 2011 Gunst Im Gange, Finanzbehörde Hamburg , Germany Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg , Germany 2012 Kolosseum zu Lübeck, Germany