Mariska Karto
Delft, Netherlands
About Mariska Karto
Mariska Karto is a photo artist/ digital artist. She is based in the Netherlands and from origine, Surinam (South-America), Indonesia (Asia) and Dutch (Europe).
I create mystique, heavenly, dark and dreamy creations mixed with my own contemporary influences in my life.
Without history there is no present, without present there is no future, no dreams, no memories not something to “go” for.
The hyperphotocollages I create are stories of our travels in life and sometimes when they are brought together, they become one journey.
I love using photography as medium in this kind of complex works. Because awesome details like rusty spots, wall discoloration, leafcolors and their spots, whimsical weed growth are everywhere in my architecture/landscape works. In my fresco’s you see human sweat, small details in accesoires, moles, folds in clothing/fabrics and hairgrowth are everywhere in the work.
I use these kind of photographic details to built worlds.
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Education:
AWARDS
2016 – PX3 First place Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Gold Award, in complete category Professionals Fine Art with my Contemporary Fresco’s. Px3 Special Exhibition in Paris on July 12-15
2016 – Nominated as Ambassador of Tolerance / Paleis van de Verdraagzaamheid – Netherlands
2016 – PX3 Silver Award Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Black Pearl of the project Baroque Diversity
2016 – PX3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Honorable Mention – The Happy Pil
2016 – International Photography Awards / Honorable Mention for the serie Baroque Diversity
2014 – Gold Award (Emotions) for work “Intense” in the Trierenberg Super Circuit
2013 – PX3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris
Fine art
Silver Award – Fresco The Fallen
Bronzen Award – Excession
2012- International Photography Awards
Exhibitions:
-From 10 November 2018 – 10 January 2019, Anita Neve Galerie, Almere (the Netherlands)
-From 2 November 2018 my City-Landscape Den Haag/Delft at New Stadskantoor in Delft (the Netherlands)
-From 9-11 November 2018 in Paris, Imagenation Paris (France)
-From 19-25 September 2018, The largest festival of photography, in the Imperial City of Pingyao (China)
– Affordable Art Fair Battersea- Public House of Art (Autumn Edition: 2018) (UK)
-Hampstead London – Artfair UK 2018 (UK)
-Art Breda: Artfair The Netherlands 2018 (The Netherlands)
– KUNSTHUYS Best/ The Netherlands: December 2017-January 2018
(The Netherlands)
Public House of Art, Amsterdam March 2017
AAF Battersea, London, March 2017
Scope Art show - New York, March 2017
AAF Brussel, February 2017
Rotterdam Contemporary and Affordable Art Fair Milan, both between Feb 8th-12th 2017
Arte Fiera @ Bologna in Italy -27/30-01-2017
Abend Gallery, Denver USA, 2017
Face the Dutch / Artwest – Amsterdam
Contemporary Photography of the Netherlands
2 September – 15 November 2016
Gallery Beeldend Gesproken/ Face the Dutch – Amsterdam
Exhibition 2 – 5 september 2016
Paris – Px3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris, Special Exhibition in Paris July 12-15, 2016
My Contemporary Fresco’s are Fine art winners of complete category Fine Art 2016 – therefore they will be present on a Special Exhibition
Gallery Perry Kish – Heerlen
Exhibition Heerlen/ The Netherlands – Twee werken te zien vanaf 19 december 2015 tm januari 2016
19 december 2015 – 31 januari 2016
Fotofever Paris
Paris presentation – Represented by Charlet Photographies. Fotofever Paris Carrousel Du Louvre.
13 november 2015 – 15 november 2015
International Photofestival Leiden
Two works to “Face the Dutch”at International Photofestival Leiden
10 oktober 2015 – 31 oktober 2015
Smash Gallery – San Francisco
Fresco’s and Muzes
12 september 2015 – 10 oktober 2015
Photoville Dutch Photography – New York
Photoville New York
11 september 2015 – 20 september 2015
AFK Gallery – Lisbon
Group Exhibition
22 mei 2015 – 11 juli 2015
Leontia Gallery – London
Pop-up show
19 september 2014 – 7 oktober 2014
Dutch Photography – New York
Alive! – Exhibition
18 september 2014 – 28 september 2014
Grachten Gallery Utrecht
7 september 2014 – 21 oktober 2014
Fotofever Paris
15 november 2013 – 17 november 2013
