focused energy of a timeless story spatially wrapped into that single moment. It is about looking at the vastness of our life slowly and deeply, and connecting our heart back into our ecstatic and tragic shared experience. Beauty is here, manifest in this physical reality and space, not a platonic form for which to reach out into the metaphysical abyss. Beauty is real, that is why it matters. The heaven that we seek out there is already present in and before us.
Maria Kreyn is a Russian born figurative artist, painter, wanderer, adventurer, thinker. She exhibits internationally, has been published in a variety of magazines and books, and her work is found in collection throughout the United States and Europe. Most recently, her paintings have been featured as a focal point and narrative vehicle in the ABC tv drama The Catch.
Maria's work delves into the inner-most workings of the human condition—it’s passion and isolation. The images gesture at qualities that are eternal, aiming to momentarily pause what Sontag calls ‘that relentless melt of time.’ Maria's paintings create an illusion of real life without looking photographic. They blend old master techniques into contemporary life and offer the viewer an experience of a deep, contemplative space.
Maria currently lives in New York City. Her studio is in Brooklyn.
HIGHLIGHTED EXHIBITIONS:
Elga Wilmer Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, "60 Americans," group show. Curated by Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders. Summer 2015
Leila Heller Gallery: Southhampton Art Center. 'Close Up: Contemporary Portraiture,' group show. Summer 2014.
Lyons Wier Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, "Voyeur," group show, summer 2014
Leila Heller Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, "Look at Me," goup show, curated by Beth DeWoody and Paul Morris, Summer 2014
Mark Miller Gallery, LES NYC, "Compulsion," group show, May 2013
Highline Loft, Chelsea NYC, "Incarnations," 3-person group show, March 2013
End of Century Gallery, New York City, solo show, "However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light," November 2012
Beijing World Art Museum, ACOPAL, Beijing, China, fall/winter 2012
Freight + Volume: NYC, "Double Dirty Dozen," group show, August 2012Butler Institute of American Art Museum: ACOPAL, group show, Winter 2011
Pan Galleri: Oslo, Norway, "Messengers," Solo show, August 2011
FURTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Stephen Romano Gallery, NYC. “Magica Sexualis,” group show. Fall 2015
Q Art Salon. Santa Ana, CA. “Drawn In II,” group show. Summer 2015
Portraits, Inc. NYC. "Blue Drawings," group show. Summer 2015.
Sirona Fine Arts, Hallandale, Fl. "Artist's Gaze," group show. Feb-March 2015.
Art Palm Beach, SIrona Fina Arts. January 2015
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. "Giants Among Us," group show. September 2014
CO exhibitions, Minneapolis, MN, "Effigy and Exile," group show, summer 2014
Art Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, "Enchanted Afterlife," group show, Fall 2013
Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery, Sag Harbor, "Women Painting Women," group show, September 2013
Dacia Gallery, NYC, Fountain Fair, March 2013
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, "Starter Kit," group show, March 2013
Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA, "Figured Out," group show, February 2013
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, "Crucifixion," group show, December 2012
Broadway Gallery, Miami Basel, Fountain Fair, Verge Fair, December 2012
25CPW Gallery, New York City, group show, "Converge," November 2012
Corey Helford: Los Angeles, "Motion," group show, June 2012
Milavek Hakimi: NYC, "Drawn In," Geoup show, May 2012
Corey Helford Gallery: Los Angeles, "Hookers," group show, April 2012
The Cell: Chelsea, New York City, "Line," group show,
April 2012
National Arts Club: New York City, NY, "ACOPAL" group show, May 2011
Art Cube Gallery: Laguna, CA, "Double Vision," two-person show (with Chris Pugliese), March 2011
Pan Galleri: Olso, Norway, "Erotikk" group show, Spring 2010
Pan Galleri: Olso, Norway, "Springkitsch 10" group show, Spring 2010
Kitsch Biennial, Palazzo Cini: Venice, Italy. group show, Fall 2010
Pan Galleri: Olso, Norway, "Portrettet," Winter 2010
Stockholm Konstmässa (Artfair). Stockholm, Sweden,
February 2010
Vasa Konsthall: Gothenburg, Sweden. “Immortal Works,” Winter 2009
Notodden Exhibition Hall: Notodden, Norway. “Kitsch mer enn Kunst” group show, Fall 2009
Ft Worth Community Arts Center: Ft. Worth, TX “Maria Kreyn: 1,” solo show, March 2009
Kitsch Biennial: Munich, Germany, group show, September 2008
Terrence Rogers Gallery: Los Angeles, California, USA, group show “Face to Face,” January 2008FOR MORE about painter and paint guide
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