"Inner Warmth" by Ewa Martens, Acrylic on Canvas

Ewa Martens 

I was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland. Already as a little girl I discovered my interest in painting and drawing. Later I studied at the Warsaw High School of Fine Arts, where I graduated at the top of my class. A few years later “Gallery Vena” became my curatorial and artistic home, where I also showed my own abstract works for the first time in 1987. More exhibitions followed in Germany, where I have lived for many years and continue my creative work as a freelance artist.

Through my presence on social media, especially on Instagram, many new opportunities have opened up for me to show my artworks around the world.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting is my life

It has been my motto for many years. It defines my artistic existence, reflects my feelings, reconciles my ideas and thoughts and, in the end, it makes me complete. My goal is to listen to my inner voice and reflect it in my paintings.

I rarely plan painting in advance. During the creative process I focus on spontaneity and intuition. There is an intensive, sensual communication between the painting and me, which is essential for the prepared works.

At the beginning of my abstract painting there is always a playful contact and experimenting with different materials in the foreground. That’s how I make use of all available opportunities: Structure pastes and gels, China inks, marble powder, crayon, sand, various grains, fabrics, papers – everything is allowed, and everything is used.

The expressive paint applications create contrast, release dynamic and mobility. Feelings like love, pleasure, passion combined with grief and fury are an inalienable elements of my abstract picture composition. They can be found in colour and shaping. I find the quest for a harmonic result very important.

I draw my energy and strength from painting, drawing and creating. I can easily explain happiness that I feel: Painting is my life!

I try to reinvent myself and I’m looking for new forms of expressions and various perspectives that could inspire me. The basis of my painting consist in curiosity and strength to discover life with an open attitude.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

15.10. - 23.10.2023 Participation at XIV Biennale Florence, Italy.

07.11.22 - 12.11.22 Groupshow BIZmeetsART by Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.

EXHIBITIONS 2017 -2022

24.10. - 29.10.22 Participation at Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy by Rossocinabro Gallery 13.06. - 19.6.2022 Participation at Volta Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland by

Makowski Gallery.

7.06. - 13.06.2022 – Groupshow by Galerie De Bauté Du Matin Calme at Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo, 8-36 UENO-PARK TAITO-KU, Tokyo, Japan. 30.05. - 17.06.2022 – Groupshow by Makowski Gallery in Zhuhai City, China
April - June 2022 Group Exhibition „Silent Dialogues“ at the Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

April 2022 Perticipation at the International Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden October 2021 Participation at the International Art Fair in Stockholm Sweden. November 2021 Participation at the DISCOVERY Art Fait, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

9 – 25.05. 2021 Participation at the group exhibition in MARU ART CENTER, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
April – August 2020, solo exhibition „Colors For Life“, at the Orthopedic Clinic STENUM, Ganderkesee, Germany.

04. - 06.2020: Participation at the group exhibition „Like This And Like That“ at the Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy.

02.2020: Participation at the Exhibition “Exposition Paris, Cologne”, Gallery Kunstraub99, Cologne, Germany
2019: Paricipation as semi-finalist at the International Miami Artweeks,
December 2019, Miami, Florida

2019: Participation in International Art Fair in Brussels, Belgium
2019: Exhibition “Regards cruisés Paris Séoul Pékin”, Calm Belt Gallery,
103 60 Art District, Beijing, China
2019: Participation at the SWISSARTEXPO from 15 to 19 august 2019 in the SBB Event Hall in Zurich, Switzerland
2019: Group Exhibition “Invisible-Visible” in Rospigliosi Palace, Zagarolo, Rome, Italy 2019: Exhibition “Silent Perceptions” at Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2018: Exhibition “21 Gramm. Öffne Deine Seele” at KreativRaum Gallery, Vienna
2018: Exhibition at JonaQuestArt Gallery, London, UK
2018: Exhibition “Levels & Dimensions” at the Physicians Association, Bremen, Germany 2018: Exhibition “View Into The Blue”, in the Clinic Café of the Municipal Hospital Oldenburg, Germany
2017: Exhibition “Zeitfenster” in the District Hospital Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany 2017: Exhibition in the Clinic Center Westerstede, Germany