
Martina Niederhauser
Born: 1977
Hometown: Sarnen
Based in: Sarnen
Born: 1977
Hometown: Sarnen
Based in: Sarnen
Martina's work are acrylic and oil mixed media paintings on a highly textured patterned background using unique patterns, old bookpages and sheet music, a medium she prefers due to the aged character of old paper from all over the world. Her major themes are life, emotions, feelings, relationships, moments and events that impact her inspiration. Her paintings are collected throughout the World, and can be found in many public, corporate and private collections. Martina Niederhauser was born in Switzerland and spent totally 6 years abroad, she lived as self-taught full time artist 3 years in Shanghai and 3 years in Chicago. She worked in the product marketing for consumer goods and product marketing for the medical industry before she left her job to become full time artist. Martina is married, has one teenage daughter and lives and works since a couple of years back in Switzerland, settled down in Sarnen, a city in the beautiful Swiss Alps. She is showcasing her work at Okker Art Gallery Amsterdam (NL), Eclectic Gallery in London (UK), Kunstwarenhaus in Zürich (CH) and Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles (USA).
Okker Art Gallery and Eclectic Gallery showcasing her work at Affordable Artfairs. All galleries participate on International Artfairs.
Her studio is her labratory of ideas and experiments!
What inspires you?
Her major themes are life, emotions, feelings, moments and events that impact her inspiration.
Describe your creative process.
Niederhauser paints on a highly textured patterned backgrounds composed of unique patterns, vintage book pages and sheet music. The collages which make up her backgrounds enhance the aged character of old paper from all over the world. Depth is first created in her backgrounds, then brought forward by varied layers of painting techniques as Niederhauser incorporates oil, and gouache and more into her primarily acrylic portraits.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
timeless, unique pattern background, sheet music
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Marco Grassi Grama (Italy) & Mark Bradford (USA)
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
wide brush and high pigmented acrylic marker (black)
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Work work and work harder, you will get better with every piece you completed
Where do you go for inspiration?
I find inspiration in busy cities and in the mountains
Exhibitions
Affordable Artfair London Battersea
United Kingdom, 2020
Affordable Artfair London Hampstead
United Kingdom, 2019
First Artfair Amsterdam
Netherlands, 2019
Fine Art and Antique Fair Baarn
Netherlands, 2019
Affordable Artfair Amsterdam
Netherlands, 2019
Art Innsbruck
Austria, 2019
Talented Artfair London
United Kingdom, 2018
Fine Art and Antique Fair Baarn
Netherlands, 2018