Mara Ruehl

Mara Ruehl

Nuernberg, Bayern, Germany

About Mara Ruehl

My art is basically influenced by "New York School Artists" like Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Hans Hofmann. Based on subject of rectangular fields, Color and light I have developed my very own artistic style. My artwork appears at first glance like an individual continuation of the concrete and constructivism art tradition. On closer scrutiny, however, it can be seen that in the utilization of by all means comparable methods I am pursuing quite different intentions. My use of abstract-geometrical picture components serves the construction of firm structures only to a very limited degree. My central theme is much more the basic variability of all structures that mankind can ever develop. I consider the demand of the orthodox representatives of concrete art that pictures should be free of all references to nature, which of course also includes the indirect illustration of human emotions, highly questionable at the very least. I pursue different paths here; my pictures are full of pulsating, flowing vitality. With her, the clearly defined elements of abstract geometry appear to be set in motion from the inside out; contours become hazy, edges become rounded. The surface of the picture is inspirited with painterly and sculptural means, lines vibrate, areas of colour gain corporeality and an enamel-like shimmering sheen. A soft surface modulation is achieved through the patient placing of diverse wafer-thin layers of paint on top of each other. The enlivenment of the rigid, static picture plate striven for by myself has led to the development of paintings with the addition of sculptural elements and the construction of coloured reliefs. The arrangement of identical bodies following a comprehensible system forms geometrical patterns; the use of wood platelets or plastic cubes more or less similar in design and stuck on in rows causes an additional rhythmicity of the painted area. The picture which has been extended to a colour-space-relief also enables an attractive utilization of the natural alternation of light and shadow.

Education:

Graphic Designer
Freelance Artist

Events:

Press:
http://mararuehl.de/cms/ruehl_aspects_eng.pdf
http://kunstnuernberg.de/mara-ruehl-interview/
http://kunstnuernberg.de/kalender/mara-ruehl-stadtverfuehrungen-2016/
http://start.mehrwertzone.net/blog/mara-ruehl-im-interview
http://www.marktspiegel.de/nuernberg/freizeit-sport/einladung-zum-atelierbesuch-der-nuernberger-kuenstlerin-mara-ruehl-d7985.html
http://meineveranstaltungen.nuernberg.de/export.php5?typ=nbgdetail_re&miniweb=stadtportal&vID=37704&vDatum=2015-10-02+19%3A00

collections:
Internationally private collections in Germany, Switzerland, USA

Exhibitions:

2019 Exhibition "L(ight)S(hadow)D(imension)", MR Gallery, Nuremberg
2019 Exhibition "Zwei auf einer Linie", MR Gallery, Nuremberg
2019 Participation "tatortatelier:19", Offene Ateliertage des BBK, BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2018 Gallery Artsleuth, Hongkong
2018 Exhibition "Die Würfel sind gefallen...", MR Gallery Nuremberg
2017     Participation "Eva's Töchter“ (G*), Museum Schwabach
2017     Participation 11th „Gostenhofer Atelier- und Werkstatttage“ (G*)
2017     Participation in " Stadt(ver)führungen ", Nürnberg ( E*)
2017     Participation in "FormArt" exhibition, Karlsruhe (G)
2017     Nominated for Artprize "FormArt Klaus- Oschmann-Preis", Karlsruhe
2017     Participation in "ArtOlympia International art exhibition", Toshima Ward Office Building, Tokio (G)
2017     Nominated for "ArtOlympia International art award 2017", Tokio
2017 Participation "tatortatelier:17", Offene Ateliertage des BBK, BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2016 Group exhibition, Kunstverein Coburg
2016 Participation consumART , Exhibition Centre Nuremberg
2016 Solo exhibition "Power of colors", MR Gallery Nürnberg
2016 Nominated for NN Art Prize
2016 Group exhibition, Defet gallery house, Nuremberg
2015 Group exhibition " Winter Salon " KVE , Kunstpalais Erlangen
2015 Participation consumART , Exhibition Centre Nuremberg
2015 Participation 10th „Gostenhofer Atelier- und Werkstatttage“
2015 Solo exhibition "Kein Hirsch in Sicht", MR Gallery Nürnberg
2015 Group exhibition "65. Bayreuther Kunstausstellung"
2015 Nominated for the art prize of Weilburg an der Lahn, Museum of Weilburg
2015 Participation "tatortatelier:15", Offene Ateliertage des BBK, BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2015 Group exhibition "1.Große Erlanger Kunstausstellung", Erlangen
2015 Group exhibition "Truderinger Kunsttage", Munich
2014 Solo exhibition "Time Out", Galerie Paul, Nuremberg
2014 Group exhibition „Jahresausstellung des Bundes Fränkischer Künstler“, Kulmbach
2014 Nominated for the 3rd art prize of Bund Fränkischer Künstler
2014 Group exhibition "Welcome II", Gedok Franken
2014 Group exhibition "tatortatelier:14", BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2014 Group exhibition in "Warm & Kalt", MR Gallery
2013 Group exhibition "Farbe & Form", Gallery Kannegiesser, Fürth
2013 Participation 9th „Gostenhofer Atelier- und Werkstatttage“
2013 Group exhibition "tatortatelier:13", BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2013 Nominated for „Heise Art prize“ in Dessau, Gallery "Alte Feuerwache", Dessau
2013 Group exhibition "Wesensformen", MR Gallery, Nürnberg
2012 Group exhibition "tatortatelier:12", BBK-Gallery Nuremberg
2012 Nominated for „Heise Art prize“ in Dessau, Gallery "Alte Feuerwache", Dessau
2012 Series "Chroma", Werk I, Publication in Heise- Art prize calendar 2013
2012 Solo exhibition "Color of Silence", MR Gallery, Nürnberg
2011 Solo exhibition "Retrospektive einer Dekade" 2010 Solo exhibition "Universus", Erlangen/Herzogenaurach
2007 Solo exhibition, Grüne Halle, Fürth
2003 Solo exhibition, Kulturforum Karstadt, Nuremberg
1995-1999 Buenos Aires
1993 Solo exhibition, “Keramik Kraft”
1990 Solo exhibition, “Gallery am Hauptmarkt” in Nuremberg