Svenja Bary

BIO: Svenja Bary was born in the U.S.A., raised in northern Germany and southern Spain, and visited the University in Hamburg before setting off to explore the globe and gather impressions from around the world. These days, she lives between Morocco and Hamburg.



ARTIST STATEMENT: Caught between the duality of nature — the light and its shadows — life is a quest for the fleeting divide, the "chiaroscuro". Inspiration is in free-fall, torn between fear and hope, sparking the sub-consciousness to create a story-line and visual support. This elevates art to the realm of magic for it depends on its beholder, and only through him/her/they is an image verified. 

Art is a many faced process, and my body of work is a reflection on the symbiosis of the two worlds we live between; the "material" and the as yet not “manifested". 


MOTTO: I have no country, no language and no creed, but when I lift my voice the world is my home.

Artés Applicadas, Málaga, Spain; 1987-1988
Literature and History, University of Hamburg; 1988-1991
Islamic Studies, University of Hamburg: 1991-1993

2024: Work-shop opening in CHEFCHAOUEN, Morocco

2017: KulTurm, Ludwigshafen/Mannheim, Germany, HORNED BERBER WOMEN OF MOROCCO. Digital works.

2016: Presentations at Gallery Hahn in Blankenese, Hamburg

2015: Cosmopolitan Paintings; 2014; Altona; Bleickenallee 26a, 22763 Hamburg

2001- 2002: GMK, ZeiseHallen, Hamburg

1999: Relamparó/Lightening/Blitz, Solo show, Benamádena Costa, Málaga, Spain

1994: Binde-Strich, Solo show, In den Räumen des Ausländerbeauftragten der Hanse Stadt Hamburg

Participation at countless joined shows in Spain and Germany during the last thirty years.