Miriam Hartmann

A painter in Provence and in Burgundy, her subject are landscapes between figurative and abstract. Although contemporary, her research follows the tradition of the “Maîtres Provençaux”, Cezanne, Chabaud, de Staël, Matisse, Picasso.

Colorist, she is listening to the harmony of nature, evocating beauty beyond representation – as an architect, she organizes the space by lines of forces and order, inspired by German Expressionists. You will find plein-air aquarelles and drawings from famous sites like Sainte-Victoire or Ménerbes, as well as works on paper or canvas. Preparing the colors herself, using natural colors, pigments, ochres, gives her work a unique tactile character.

"The mainstay of my work is in genesis, where the visible and invisible create the world. I don't try to reproduce or represent the retinal image. If my work begins in front of nature, in front of the subject, it's to listen. From this starting point I begin to work with color. From space and lines, abstractions are born.”

“Now, when people look at my paintings in exhibitions or my gallery, I can sometimes see their spontaneous reaction. They feel like me when I was painting, discovering their silent power inside. This is my satisfaction and what I want to a...

Miriam Hartmann was born in Germany, in 1963. Professional painter and art teacher, living and working in France since 2014.

CV: carpenter and graduate engineer interior design
Theological pastoral training. Teaching art at high school and in adult education: art theory, history, and practice. Interdisciplinary projects and performances.


More than forty solo exhibitions and group exhibitions since 1995 in France, Germany, Switzerland, and South Korea.
Poetry and Artprize Winner (Prix Poesie21), supported by the Saint-John Perse Foundation, Aix-en-Provence; For “Outre Soi - Beyond yourself”, Images and texts on art.

Exhibitions and Participations (p) (Selection) :
2024 Permanent exhibition at Galerie À Aix-en-Provence, since 2017. Salon d'Automne, Paris (p). Galerie Étienne de Causans, Paris (p). Les Salins de Hyères, Saint-John Perse (p).
2023 Tokyo, by the Salon d'Automne (P). Galerie Jean Arène, Cotignac. Archives Méjanes - Michel Vovelle, Aix-en-Provence "Une nature favorable", works on the poetry of Saint-John Perse, duo exhibition with Sandrine Expilly.
2022 Hyères, LM-Studio, exhibition and residency, work on the Saint-John Perse project.
Salon d'automne, Paris (p). South Korea: represented by Gallery Rolland, Seoul.
2021 Solo exhibition and residency at Gallery Rolland, Seoul, South Korea.
KIAF, Korean International Art Fair (p). Igong-Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea (p).
2020 Ménerbes, La Maison Dora Maar, "CoArt" (p).
KIAF Korean International Art Fair (online only, due to health crisis).
South Korea: Seoul, Gallery Rolland (p), Daejeion, Igong-Gallery.
Germany: Wiesbaden, represented by Galerie Santa Clara since 2014.
2019 Seoul, South Korea: Gallery Rolland (p).
Seoul Art Show (p). Ménerbes, Workshop and exhibition at the Maison de la Truffe et du Vin du Luberon, since 2016.
2018 Roussillon - OKHRA - Conservatoire des Ocres et de la ...