Marie
Seelen

Artist Statement:

Tension belts are synthetic woven webbings used to restrain objects, to ensure that safe transport is guaranteed. The belts can secure loads under enormous pressure.The human being is made of fragile organic interwoven material which can communicate with each other.

Curiosity, movement, discovery, flexibility, adjustment – freedom.

Change.

Transformation.

Triggering all senses is my focus in order to immerse and interact.

Reflection pushes me forward.

Interwoven structures, loose ends and organic shapes are the opposite attributes of tensions belts which drive my transformative installations. The adaptation to new conditions and spaces requires change. So, each work develops and opens new perspectives, possibilities and meaning. It thrives.

Biography:

Marie Seelen is a student for media arts and room installation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Currently she is living in Belgium studying installation at the Royal Academy of Arts (KASK & Conservatorium), Gent.

Exhibitions: 

2023                   MoNo, Extract Art, HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin, Germany

2023           Le Début, White Wall Collecters Club, Salzburg, Austria

2023           Thin Walls, AStA Exhibition Space, Düsseldorf, Germany

2022 Fused Faces, Baturina Galery, Leipzig, Germany

2020-2023               Six Study related exhibitions at HBG Leipzig, Germany

Artist in Residency:

2022 Fused Faces, Zukunftsdorf 2022 (The Future Village 2022) during Dokumenta 15, 

Kassel, Germany

Education:

2023 September - now Erasmus Scholarship at KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts, Gent,

2020-2023 Media arts and room installation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig, Joachim Blank

2019-2020 Internship at Sarah IIlenberger, Berlin