Untitled – Self Portrait

by Martina von Meyenburg

Materials

Mixed media; 48.0 x 220.0 cm

Dating

2010

About the artwork

Though sculpture and installation lie at the core of my practice I continue to expand my visual world through different media such as works on paper, photography, ceramic or “word-play” in form of work titles or word constructions. The histories of found objects and materials form the basis of my sculptural investigations. As a collector and curator of “traces”, the visceral and associative evidence of the previous lives of things, I am interested in how particular material combinations and modes of display can alter our relationship to the “data” presented. This includes experimenting with opposing characteristics, setting them in direct confrontation and playing with materials’ symbolisms. My interest throughout is to push on the surreal as well as femininefeminist aspects of my work and to play with and between the subconsciousintuitive and the conscious-rationale side of “things”.

About the artist

Upon graduating from London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (BA with distinction) Martina von Meyenburg started off her career as a practicing artist in her hometown Zurich, Switzerland. In 2018 she moved back to the UK and set up her studio in a factory in North-West-London for another five years. She is now back in Zurich where she both lives and works as an artist. She has had solo as well as group exhibitions internationally. Her work can be found in private as well as institutional collections. Previous to her art degree, she graduated with a BA&MA from the University of St. Gallen and worked as a Product Manager at the Swiss food company Hero AG, before making her career change into the art world.