Mariya Pirer

I am an abstract artist living and working in Austria. My work explores lived experience, memory, and what remains unspoken. I create spaces in which figures sometimes appear — places shaped by weight, absence, and quiet inner tension.
Working with mixed media on canvas, I build surfaces through accumulation, erasure, and gesture. Each painting holds traces of time, mistakes, and transformation.
Rather than telling stories, my work creates open fields for reflection — spaces where emotion has already passed, leaving behind residue. I’m interested in what stays: silence, conflict, searching, and the fragile balance between what is chosen and what is missed.