"First Bloom" Artwork

Mario Kicker is a European artist. Born in Austria, raised in Germany, and having studied, among other places, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, he now lives and works in France. Since 2014, he has dedicated himself entirely to his artistic practice and has exhibited his work throughout Europe.

His work emerges at the intersection of structure, form, and color. Combining a wide range of media, materials, and techniques, he navigates between order and chance, control and openness. Rather than following a predetermined idea, Kicker approaches the artistic process as a form of exploration, where new possibilities often reveal themselves only through the act of making.

Curiosity plays a central role in his practice. Kicker is drawn to the unexpected and to those moments when a work begins to develop a life of its own. His works invite viewers to look longer, discover details, and uncover new connections over time. Not everything reveals itself at first glance—and for Kicker, that is precisely where the fascination lies.

The diversity of his materials and modes of expression reflects an attitude shaped by openness and experimentation. As founder of the art collective “DIE mARkT” and a member of “La Maison des Artistes,” Mario Kicker has exhibited his work at venues including the Blackheath Gallery in London and the Orangerie in Munich.