Marit Otto

I can experience art on many levels and in many different ways. Then I look for aesthetics and eloquence but also for a particular angle. I make contemporary engaged art. It has a certain urgency. It is reflecting us, people and the zeitgeist. Images speak louder than words and basically appeal very directly to our feelings. My images are something of a mix between activism and philosophy, they want to engage in dialogue.”

I am born in Hoorn (NH) (1970) and have been working as a visual artist since 1994. My studio is located at the Rieteweg 10 in Zwolle. I am a multidisciplinary artist. My autonomous work includes painting, collage, installation, digital art, photo manipulation, video art and 3d. I also work on commission and on a project basis.

Typical for my autonomous work is the key role for man in its shape and behaviour. It is often a reflection of current social themes, but also mundane and personal issues are important sources of inspiration. Through small interventions, repetitions, inversions, or breaking surfaces with architectural forms, a new image is created in a somewhat familiar image. Although my work can be seen as aesthetic, it often conceals certain uneasiness, abrasive aesthetics. This duality or ambiguity ...

HKU/Kunstenlab -certified artist coach for entrepreneurs and corporations-2012
BIK- Proffessional Artist in Class- 2004
Various courses @ Kunstenaars & Co Amsterdam 2000>2005
EPO- (HBO) Electronic publish operator - 1994
MBO- Fashion and Graphic design - 1990

2023 ON UIT GESPROKEN- Academiehuis - Zwolle
2023 AVANTGARDIAN - Micksart gallery - Emmen
2023- COMBINED- Micksart gallery - Emmen
2023- Prints & Multiples, Galerie de Ploegh, Amersfoort
2022- Rituals (Rituelen), group, Rietveld paviljoen, Amersfoort
2022- Sweat shopping- group exhibition Ploegh gallery, Amersfoort
2022- Art Flow- group exhibition Zwolle
2022 Mondriaan 150- loan M Stands 4 - one year
2021 Remains Of Today-solo exhibition- artillery Waarkunst, t' Waar, Groningen
2021 PROTO- Art route- group exhibition Zwolle
2021AR(T) tour 038 - Augmented Reality tour-
2021 Keerzijde van de vrijheid - group exhibition- Galerie de Ploegh, Amersfoort
2020 Zielenroerselen van de kunstenaar -Group- Rietveldpaviljoen Amersfoort
2019 Nasty Woman- group exhibition- De Balie Amsterdam
2019 25x25x25- groep expo- Mondriaanhuis Amersfoort
2019 Nieuwe Leden expo- Galerie de Ploegh Amersfoort
2019 Pop Up Museum Zwolle
2019 Kunstschouw Renesse, Zeeland
2017 Solo exhibition 'Excess For all' @ Galerie Verzantvoort, Apeldoorn, Nl
2017 Asian Teaser Tour - Hong Kong
2017 sculpture Blou Blauw @ Stadkamer Zwolle
2017 Art collaboration with Harley Davelaar (sculptor) @ Jamshak event @Langhuis, Zwolle
2017 Solo exhibiti...