Marina Sailer

Biography

1970 * in Witebsk (Belarus)

1980 State School of Art for Children and Youth, Witebsk

1985 Technical College, Witebsk

1995 Moscow State Academy for Architecture

2000 State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Klasse Prof. Pia Fries

2001 Art Academy Düsseldorf, Prof. A. R. Penck, Prof. Tal R., Prof. Gerhard Merz

2004 Master Student of Prof. A. R. Penck

2005 Art Academy Düsseldorf, Klasse Tal R

2007 Graduation with Academy Certificate, Prof. Tal R.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2011 "Worldseye", Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf

2011 "ComeBack", Vitebsk Regional Art Museum, Belarus

2011 "ComeBack", Fine Art Society, Coburg

2011 Galerie Richter & Masset, Munich

2011 Slick Art Fair, Artcurator, Paris

2010 "Back from..." Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf

2009 "The room behind", Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf

2009 Chapter 1 Gallery, Kitzbühl

2008 Berliner Kunstsalon Art Fair, Christian Marx Galerie, Berlin

2008 Galerie Richter & Masset, Munich

2008 Ars Avendi Galerie, (CMG), Krefeld

2007 Ars Avendi Galerie (CMG), Krefeld

2006 Museum, Kunstraum Neuss

2006 Galerie T40, Düsseldorf

2005 Galerie 9/46, Duisburg

2005 Kunsthaus Mettmann

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2011 Art Fair 21, Christian Marx Galerie, Cologne

2011 C.A.R. Art Fair, FZ Kunst, Essen

2010 C.A.R. Art Fair, Christian Marx Galerie, Essen

2010 Berliner Kunstsalon Art Fair, Christian Marx Galerie, Berlin

2009 Scope Basel Art Show, Christian Marx Galerie, Basel

2009 "Contemporary Barock", Joerg Heitsch Galerie, Munich

2009 "The Butterfly Effect", Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf

2008 Berliner Liste 08, Ars Avendi Galerie (CMG)

2008 Arteversum, Düsseldorf

2007 Liste Köln 07, Ars Avendi Galerie (CMG)

2007 Berliner Liste 07, Ars Avendi Galerie (CMG)

2007 Grafikausstellung "Alte trifft Neue Schule", Ars Avendi Galerie (CMG), Krefeld

2007 Eine Woche junge Kunst, Cologne

2006 Art and the city, Kunsthalle Koblenz

2006 Ars Avendi Galerie, Krefeld (CMG)

2006 Internationale Grafikbiennale Weiße Nächte, Sankt Petersburg

2006 Art Karlsruhe, Galerie T40

2006 ManGallery, Lindau

2006 Gruppenausstellung Ballhaus, Düsseldorf

2006 Eine Woche junge Kunst, Cologne

2006 Deutsche Bank, Viersen

2005 Kunsthalle Mintrop 20, Düsseldorf

2005 "Klasse Penk stellt aus", RA F. Jacobi, Düsseldorf

2005 Galerie Acht P, Bonn

2005 Art Fair, Cologne

2005 Ars Avendi Galerie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf vs. HGB Leipzig, Krefeld

2004 Galerie Boot, Messe Düsseldorf

2004 Int. Grafikbiennale Weiße Nächte 2004, Sankt Petersburg

2004 "Natur" Maxim, Cologne

2004 "Drei aus der Klasse Penck"

2003 Lovells, Düsseldorf

2003 KÖ-Galerie Düsseldorf

2002 "Airport Art 2002", Frankfurt

2002 Galerie Boot, Messe Düsseldorf

2002 Museum Voswinckelshof, Dinslaken

Scholarships

2010 Resident Scholarship Ein Hod, Israel

2007 Rotary - Foundation Art Scholarship

2003 Hedwig und Robert Samuel - Foundation Art Scholarship

2003 Schneider - Foundation Art Scholarship

I was immediately drawn to Marina Sailer’s paintings, sensed an obvious affinity to them which is difficult to describe. It is anyway pointless to try and explain art: one either feels struck by it or not. During my art history studies many of my fellow stu- dents or professors seemed to me like people stand- ing in front of the wall of a enchanted park, intent in sizing up its bricks without casting a single glance over the wall into the park beyond.

There is indeed useful information around for deepen- ing the appreciation of art: who was the artist, who commissioned the artwork, how long did it take to complete the work, which tradition does it follow, which mythological characters are portrayed. All of this, however, in my opinion only helps us su- perficially. When viewing a painting pure knowledge cannot replace true inter-est (literally: to be therein) or real delight. This applies particularly to Sailer’s paintings which give me pleasure because I, like she, am a dream-struck, talented child.

And because I can recognize the moments in time that she captures, those moments or epiphanies in which the borders of our perception become transparent, where recollec- tions and the present intertwine, find cracks in the assumed reality and allow us to catch glimpses of an ever-present other world. There is the recognition of the birds and butterflies in carpet patterns and rich fabrics that seem to be ascending staircases, then there is also the sudden predatory scent of a wild animal that confronts us at the next bend in the track, quite possibly waiting to devour us. The transitions from delight to astonishment and fright flow freely into another. Sailer’s colourfully frozen moments in time are anything other than not dangerous. Her ability to show us such moments must make her irresistable for notorious dreamers.

Frank T. Zumbach