Marina Sailer

Geboren in Witebsk, Weißrussland // lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf

2000–2001 Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Prof. Pia Fries
2001–2007 Düsseldorf Art Academy, Prof. G. Merz, Prof. A.R. Penck, Prof. Tal R. 
2004 Master student under Prof. A.R. Penck 
2005–2006 Tutor Prof. Tal R.
2007 Academy letter under Prof. Tal R.

„In my art, I seek a new connection – between humans and nature, between the inner world and the outer world, between what we have built and what has built us. 
I do not paint separation, but rather the longing for unity. Plants break through walls, light falls into rooms like a memory. For me, nature is not decoration – it is the subject.
My art is political. It does not accuse – it shows what we are losing. It is a tribute to what once existed and yet is disappearing. And it is an attempt to let back in what we have suppressed – beauty, silence, nature, light.“

Marina Sailer's paintings revel in bold yet modulated and nuanced colors, which she uses to create her neo-baroque, fantastical spatial scenes. Against sparkling chandeliers, reflective glass, and lush vine patterns, fish, butterflies, and even elfin creatures float by in morbid palaces as if in dreams. The fairytale-like, mysterious images exert a magnetic pull that viewers gladly surrender to.

Helmut Kesberg, Cologne