Marina Sailer is a Belarusian painter who lives and Germany makes rich and detailed paintings of mystery worlds, fairy tale creatures, and elements of nature. She emphasizes the contrast of poetic and inspiring, with some unusual elements of a darker theme. However, this contradiction has been delivered with taste. There are no strong contradictions, her paintings even complement each other with their light and dark imagery.
Sailer was born in 1970 in Vitebsk, in Belarus. Since she was very young she showed great talent for drawing, and it was no surprise when she attended art school when she was only seven years old. After completing primary education, she enrolled in technical college and studied fashion design. Her desire was to pursue a career in clothing design. Life had another plan for her, as she moved to Moscow, Russia with her mother and enrolled at two universities simultaneously, School of Art and Architecture.
After she moved back to Germany, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 2000. A year later she continued studies a the Dusseldorf Art Academy. Sailer found her authentic voice in painting sceneries from the imaginary worlds. An underwater world filled with mystical creatures places in a baroque villa or a full bloom garden growing indoors are all possible in a magical world of Marina Sailer. She uses tender brushstrokes and natural color palette to stress out the plausibility of those worlds.
The audience is faced with enchanting sceneries that resemble an imaginary journey into the realm of fantasy. The artist uses personal memories, symbols that have the subjective meaning and combines them with fantastical displays of enigmatic objects. A special accent is put on lighting, and the paintings often look like they are glowing. Flickering light helps the viewer to transition into the wonderful realm of crystal chandeliers, spring flowers, mermaids, fish, and butterflies. The enigmatic creatures and fantastical sceneries give the freedom to travel to the world of ideas and imagination.
The artist is represented by Galerie Hegemann.
Featured image: Marina Sailer – Portrait of the artist, photo credits GetitGallery.de
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Year | Exhibition Title | Gallery/Museum | Solo/Group |
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2015 | Behind the Mirror | Art Galerie 7, Koln | Solo |
2014 | Erleuchtung | Galerie in Venet-Haus, Neu-Ulm | Solo |
2014 | Tell me the Story | Galerie Osnova, Zentrum der Zeitgenossische Kunst Winzavod Moskau | Solo |
2014 | Kontraste | Kunstverein Frechen, Koln-Frechen | Group |
2014 | Weibsbilder | Galerie Klose, Essen | Group |
2014 | Season Auftakt | Steinberger Galerien, Weikersheim | Group |
2014 | Fine Art Summer | Gruppenausstellung, Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Group |
2013 | Nah liegende Ferne Einzelausstellung Bergische Kunstgenossenschaft | Wuppertal | Solo |
2013 | On an everlasting journey | Kunstverein, Aurich | Solo |
2013 | Im Licht Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst | Galerie Palais, Walderdorff Trier | Solo |
2013 | Licht im Schatten - mit Igor Oleinikov | Art Galerie 7, Koln | Duo |
2013 | Das Lichthaus | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2013 | Art Karlsruhe | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Group |
2013 | Starke Frauen | Sybille Mang Galerie, Lindau | Group |
2013 | 10 - Jahre Art - We will entertain you | Galerie 7, Koln | Group |
2013 | Back from Israel, Stipendianten der Stadt Dusseldorf in Israel Ein-Hood | Atelier am Eck, Dusseldorf | Group |
2013 | Group Exhibition | Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg | Group |
2013 | Group Exhibition | Steinberger Galerien, Weikersheim | Group |
2013 | Jubilaum Ausstellung | Fordergeselschaft zeitgenossische Kunst, Essen | Group |
2012 | Dream and Reality | Sybille Mang Galerie, Lindau Am Bodensee | Solo |
2012 | Zwischen dem Traum und Wirklichkeit | Artgalerie 7, Koln | Solo |
2012 | Marina Sailer | Das Fenster zur Welt Kunstverein, Soest | Solo |
2012 | Tauben im Grass FZ-Kunst | Essen | Solo |
2012 | Swab Barcelona | Art Fair Barcelona, Barcelona | Group |
2012 | Freigang-Kunst im Knast | Dusseldorf | Group |
2012 | Drei Jahre CMG | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Group |
2012 | Summer End 2012 | Fz-Kunst, Essen | Group |
2012 | Nomaden | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Group |
2012 | Auf der ewigen Reise | E- ON, Dusseldorf | Group |
2011 | Comeback, Einzelausstellung im Landes Kunstmuseum der Stadt Vitebsk | Solo | |
2011 | Marina Sailer | Kunstverein, Coburg | Solo |
2011 | Weltauge | CM-Gallerie, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2011 | Slick, Art Fair | Paris | Group |
2011 | C.A.R. | Art Fair, Essen | Group |
2011 | Art Fair | Koln | Group |
2011 | Group Exhibition im Kunstmuseum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus | Soest | Group |
2010 | Back from | CM – Galerie, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2010 | Sitz Fordergemeinschaft Junger Kunst | Bad Honnef | Group |
2010 | C.A.R. | Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen | Group |
2010 | Group Exhibition | Von Fraunberg Art Gallery, Dusseldorf | Group |
2009 | Marina Sailer | Galerie Chapter 1, Kitzbuhl | Solo |
2009 | Marina Sailer | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2009 | Group Exhibition | Ausstellung Gelerie Kunstturm, Ratingen | Group |
2009 | Zeitgenossischer Barock | Joerg Heitsch Galerie, Munchen | Group |
2009 | Scope Basel Art Fair | Basel | Group |
2009 | Butterfly Effect | Christian Marx Galerie, Dusseldorf | Group |
2008 | Marina Sailer | Galerie Richter & Masset, Munchen | Solo |
2008 | Group Exhibition | Galerie Arteversum, Dusseldorf (Katalog) | Group |
2008 | Fantasmunich | Galerie Richter & Masset, Munchen | Group |
2008 | Group Exhibition | ManGallery, Lindau | Group |
2008 | Berliner Liste Art Fair | Berlin | Group |
2007 | Marina Sailer | Galerie Ars Avendi, Krefeld | Solo |
2007 | Group Exhibition | ManGallery, Lindau | Group |
2007 | Group Exhibition | Kunsthale, Koblenz | Group |
2007 | Group Exhibition | Berliner Liste, Berlin | Group |
2006 | Marina Sailer | Galerie T40, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2006 | Marina Sailer | Museum, Kunstraum Neuss | Solo |
2006 | Marina Sailer | Galerie Ars Avendi, Krefeld | Solo |
2006 | Galerie Ars Avendi | Krefeld | Group |
2006 | Internationale Grafikbiennale Weisse Nachte 2006 | Sankt–Petersburg (Katalog) | Group |
2006 | Group Exhibition | ManGallery, Lindau | Group |
2006 | Art and the city | Kunsthalle Koblenz | Group |
2006 | Eine Woche junge Kunst | Koln | Group |
2005 | Marina Sailer | Kunsthaus Mettmann | Solo |
2005 | Marina Sailer | Galerie 9 - 46, Duisburg | Solo |
2005 | Farben der Zauberinnen | Kunsthalle Mintrop 20, Dusseldorf | Group |
2005 | Group Exhibition | Kulturbahnhof Eller, Dusseldorf | Group |
2005 | All about Dusseldorf | weitBOX, Munchen (Katalog) | Group |
2005 | Traum | Hoffnung, Wirklichkeit, Galerie Acht P., Bonn | Group |
2005 | Eine Woche junge Kunst | Koln (Katalog) | Group |
2005 | Art Fair | Koln | Group |
2004 | Marina Sailer | Kunstforum Kulturkreis, Radevormwald | Solo |
2004 | Marina Sailer | Forum Wasserturm der Stadt, Meerbusch | Solo |
2004 | Internationale Grafikbiennale Weisse Nachte 2004 | Sankt–Petersburg (Katalog) | Group |
2003 | Marina Sailer | Galerie im Kinderspielhaus, Dusseldorf | Solo |
2002 | Group Exhibition | AirportAir 2002, Frankfurt | Group |
2002 | Group Exhibition | Museum Voswinckelshof, Dinslaken | Group |