Collection: Maren Boedeker

Maren Boedeker is an artist and educator currently based in Toronto. She earned an
MA in Fine Arts and Art Education from the Academy of Fine Arts Münster, Germany.
She received the Liguria, Italy artist-in residence-award from AFA Münster. Maren
Boedeker was also awarded first place in the exhibition “Art for Europe”, curated bythe European Community in Brussels, Belgium. Following her transition from Germany to Canada, she was selected for a residency in the AKIN Studio Program at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (2019, 2021) and the Collision Gallery at Commerce Court Toronto (2020).

Various exhibitions have shown her work in both Canada and Europe. These include
Cultural Centre Hasselt; Belgium, European Community Brussels, Belgium; Museum
Abtei Liesborn, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; Collision Gallery,
Toronto; Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto. Her work is held in private, public, and
corporate collections.

Revealing an authentic multi-layered conversation, Maren Boedeker’s paintings
simultaneously convey the process of their genesis. The source of inspiration is life
itself: nature, landscapes, atmospheres, colours, sounds, textures, rhythms, and the
experience of the painting process. The paintings show a fascinating realm of in-
betweenness, which seem to be always in motion, changing, ageing, transforming,
renewing like processes of life and time.

She creates a complex abstract visual language using a broad spectrum of tools,
media, and experimental techniques. Her paintings have a temporal structure. Layers
build up over days, sometimes weeks and months, creating a unique depth.