Maria Hrabinska

Visual artist, born in Bratislava, living and creating in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Friedberg (Austria) at present, after a decade spent in Brussels (Belgium) and Thessaloniki (Greece) working for institutions of European Union there.
Travelling around the globe on business and privately, she finds inspiration in the hectic, busy life of large cities, but also in the romantic corners of the authentic environment of small towns and villages "behind God's back", which provide enough space not only for undisturbed communication with the surrounding world, but also with herself. Parisian reminiscences alternate in her work with the beauty of the Myjava mountains or sunny Provençal villages.
In part of her work, she allows herself to be carried away by complete freedom without any obvious connection with reality. The layers are piled one on top of the other and in the process of creation it is usually not clear which one will eventually gain dominance. In part of artworks, it is possible to observe a relatively clear inclination towards tachism and lyric abstraction.

“Maria is indeed an interesting artist who talks about her life through her paintings. It is as if she anchored her handwriting in the abstract expression, which can surp...

Linguistic studies at Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava
several courses in Arts, recent four years in Jozef Kurinec’s Studio at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Solo exhibitions
Castle of Bratislava, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2024
Primate's Palace, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2023
Záhorie Cultural Center, Senica, (Slovakia) , 2022
Gallery F7, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2021
Other exhibitions
Portioli, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2023
Premio Citta, Porto Sant Elpidio, (Italy) 2023
City Hall, Prachatice, (Czech Republic), 2023
My cafe, Dolny Kubín, (Slovakia), 2022
Primate's Palace, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2022
Topoľčany City Gallery, Topoľčany, (Slovakia), 2021
Regional Cultural Center, Komárno, (Slovakia), 2021
Zichy Palace, Bratislava, (Slovakia), 2020
Cedefop, Thessaloniki, (Greece), (photo), 2011
European Commission, Madou, Brussels, (Belgium), (photo), 2008