CURRENT
02 / 2025 - 05 / 2025
Sammeln. Bewahren. Teilen, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Warth
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
02 / 2023
A Beautiful Blue Substance Flows Into Me, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
12 / 2021 - 01 / 2022
Anton Bortis präsentiert Mirjam Blanka Inauen, Anton Bortis, Zurich
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
11 / 2024 - 02 / 2025
Surprise, Surprise!, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich
09 / 2024 - 11 / 2024
form follows fiction, Kunstraum Bern Bümpliz, Bern
06 / 2024
Liminal Moments 2, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
06 / 2023 – 07 / 2023
Perfect Imprecision, VC7 Openspace, Zurich
06 / 2023 – 07 / 2023
The Habit of Being, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
04 / 2023 - 05 / 2023
Colorhythms, Nomadic Art Space, Olten
12 / 2022 - 04 / 2023
Junge Malerei in Süddeutschland und der deutschsprachigen Schweiz,Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen und Kunstmuseum Singen
11 / 2022 - 12 / 2022
Monochrome, Coleman, London
04 / 2022
April, April! - The Abundance of Possibilities, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
11 / 2021
Sites of Resistance, an NFT exhibition curated by Yumna Al-Arashi for VSCO, Online
08 / 2021
Interim, Zitrone Manegg, Zurich
08 / 2020
Stillscape, Studio K3, Zurich
06 / 2020
Paperwork, Zitrone Manegg, Zurich
COLLECTIONS
Credit Suisse Collection
Zürcher Kantonalbank
Kunstsammlung des Kantons Thurgau
Privatsammlungen
SCHOLARSHIPS
2022
Research Scholarship from the Canton of Thurgau
2021
Whats Next Studio ZHdK and City Of Zurich
2019
Scholarship of the AVINA Foundation for the cooperation with a Moroccan carpet cooperative in connection with my bachelor diploma at the Zurich University of the Arts
STUDIES
2019 – 2021
Master Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts
2014 – 2019
Bachelor Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts
2017 – 2018
Exchange with Prof. Monica Bonvicini, Berlin University of the Arts
ARTIST STATEMENT
At the beginning of my work lies a fascination with the materiality of color. I engage with the physical properties and historical significance of pigments, exploring their effects in light and shadow as well as the complex interplay of colors with one another.
In form and composition, I strive for the greatest possible simplicity. I play with symmetry and asymmetry, with form and ground, and with rhythmic repetitions. The arrangement of the color fields — partly painted, partly cut, and layered — reflects a physical sensation: a feeling of clarity, centeredness, and presence that is in flux, falls out of balance, and must be rebalanced.
To the sharply defined color fields, I contrast a vibrant, dynamic, and soft surface. Through subtle differences in texture — rough, glossy or matte, wavy or smooth, and with varying brushstrokes — I aim to evoke associations with textiles and a sense of being enveloped.
In my painting, I turn entirely to the physical world to create an atmosphere that transcends the material. My artistic practice is strongly influenced by musicality and the idea of a holistic experience. My work seeks to offer a bodily experience of art and to create a space that extends beyond the frame, anchoring us in the here and now and making us aware of our contemporaneity.
BIO
Mirjam Blanka Inauen is an artist and musician living and working in Zurich. She studied Sociology, Anthropology and Gender Studies in Colombia, Switzerland and Mexico before turning entirely to art and music. As a musician, she has written numerous songs, released several albums and toured Europe with her band. Her visual work is characterized by rhythmic patterns, bright colors and textile surfaces that create a sense of presence, closeness and intimacy. By combining craft and artistic processes, she challenges still existing boundaries between art, craft and design. For her textile works, she collaborates with a Moroccan cooperative whose work she discovered while traveling.
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