Maria Martin

Maria Martin is a visual artist who lives and works in Basel and Dornach, Switzerland. She has painted for more than 35 years. Her abstract paintings grow intuitively, without a fixed plan, through layers of acrylic, paper, charcoal and sometimes gold leaf. She covers some passages and lets others shine through, creating layered surfaces with depth. For her, a painting is a window opening onto an inner landscape, where each viewer can find their own resonance.

In Dissolution in Space, she explores calm, letting go and gathering oneself anew. Mystische Landschaften (Mystical Landscapes) lead onto unknown paths with curiosity and joy. Her work moves between landscape and emotional space, bringing character and energy to the spaces it inhabits.

Martin studied at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel and Netzwerkmalerei Münchenstein. Her work has been shown at VOLTA Basel and ST-ART Rennes, as well as in galleries and project spaces in Basel, Masevaux, London and Madrid. She is a member of Visarte and SGBK and is represented by justBEE Gallery in Masevaux.

1987–1989 Schule für Gestaltung (School of Design), Basel
1996–1997 Oil painting with Dieter Linxweiler, Hersberg
1999–2004 Lithography, Florian Dammeyer’s workshop, Druckwerk, Werkraum Warteck PP, Basel
2013–2018 Studied painting at Netzwerkmalerei Münchenstein with Andreas Durrer, Greet Helsen and Udo Grossklaus
2022 Experimental figure and life drawing, Visual Art School Basel, Münchenstein

Selected exhibitions and art fairs:

2026 M54, justBEE Gallery, Basel
2026 BASEL BASED, Galerie NUMAS IGRA, Basel
2026 ST-ART, Rennes (France)
2025 WINTER#1, FLOW Art Space, Basel
2025 Women // Form // Colour, Galerie Katapult, Basel
2025 PINK, SGBK KUNST RAUM, Basel
2025 VOLTA, Basel
2025 Affordable Art Fair, Brussels
2024 ST-ART, Strasbourg
2024 Summer exhibition, Galerie justBEE, Masevaux
2023 Regionale 24, ProjektrauM54, Basel
2022 Galerie Carzaniga, Basel
2019 Le Dame Art Gallery, London; Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid