Maria Bibiana

My name is Maria Bibiana, I am a figurative artist with creative periods in Europe, USA and Africa. Since childhood I love to draw, and so I took the opportunities to develop my artistic skills. At present I live & work in Switzerland, Zurich. I grew up in Cologne, Germany, where I received my best grades in art at high school. I took further artistic training lessons from Renate Friedländer in Cologne. However, I did not study art but medicine to first work as a medical doctor and continued to draw & sketch. Since the year 2015, I worked part-time and  since 2021 as a full-time artist. I am a member of the PSA, American Pastel Society. I prefer the techniques of pastel art, pencil and digital art, occasionally acryl. My artwork was selected for exhibition in numerous group exhibitions since the year 2018 until present, as well as the solo exhibition of my illustrations of the poems by Anna Greta Wide in Zurich. Furthermore my artwork was selected for artsy online, and at the Tana Art space at the Venice Biennale 2022.

Of note, I do not intend to compete with a camera in the sense of photographic detail, but to capture essential characteristics: These can be ordinary details in nature and environment, animals and people of course. Having served people suffering from deadly diseases, I have a deep respect for human life in all stages of life. Being an artist I have also deep appreciation for nature, we have to take great care in environmental issues for our sake and for the sake of our future generations.  So you can imagine, that my goal is to share fullness of life, which is not  at all about bliss. It involves failing, ageing, suffering & dying. Transience is an essential part of the fullness of life expressing our faith in God. Every being has in it the longing for fulfilment. It’s in each of our hearts.