About, Contact Margrit

I was born in Berlin, Germany, and there I learned to embrace various art forms.

While in Berlin, I studied at the “Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste und Graphik-Design” and also worked for numerous years as an advertising artist.

I moved from Germany to Coconut Grove, Florida and my new life inspired me to explore other forms of expression and brought a greater dimension to my work. At my work I got in contact with African artifacts and the African culture. I became fascinated by the beauty , strength and vitality of the people and the artifacts they created. The African’s art is truly captivating with their symbolic force and formal beauty.

The Surma in South Western Ethiopia, the cradle of humanity, decorate their bodies with chalk paint and other pigments in a variety of designs to beautify themselves. Their marvelous body painting is perfected by the Surma as a ritual art form. Then there is the incredible variety of African jewelry and adornment. My African portraits embrace the poetry of nuance and gesture and show the extraordinary diversity of cultures.

They continue to inspire me…..

My abstract paintings are influenced by the Stone Carvings from the “Shona” tribe (Zimbabwe), combined with the magic of the orient.

I hope you love my paintings the same way I do and will follow me on my future passages….

Lucky Magazine is featuring my necklace in the october 2011 issue

Kunststueck Berlin, Germany 2012

Red Bar Gallery, Miami 2010

Dharma Studio, Coconut Grove, 2010

Andrews Art Museum, 2008

Art Fusion, Design-District, Miami, ,2007

Sheba, Design-District, Miami, 2007 Regions Bank, Coral Gables, 2006

Miarte, Coral Gables, 2006

D’Vino, Coral Gables, 2006

RIK RAK, Brickell Ave., Miami, 2006

New Star Gallery, Hollywood, Fl , 2005

i-designs, Coral Gables, FL, 2005

Hilarys Framing gallery, Miami, 2004, 2005

North Regional BCC Library, Coconut Creek, Fl 2003

Secret Cottage, Miami, 2002

It’s a take, Miami, 2001

Suntrust Bank, Miami, 2001

Kennedy Studio, Miami, 1996

Out of Africa, Miami, Fl , 1997 – 2003
Artist in Residence Gallery, Coconut Grove, (2002
One Ear Society Gallery, Coconut Grove, 1998
The Wallflower Gallery, Miami, Fl , 1998
Yearly Art Show in the ICC, Berlin, Germany

My Studio, how I live and work…

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