Mariska Karto
Mariska Karto is a photographer based in The Netherlands.
The Art of Mariska Karto:
Mariska Karto is born in Suriname, South America, and carry a rich cultural heritage. She has Surinamese, Indonesian, African and Dutch roots. Many cultures, many colors.
That’s why all the colors of people in her work blend into one vibrant visual, that’s how she see the world.
Mariska is a visual artist who places the human figure at the center of her work, exploring its vulnerability and strength.
Inspired by Baroque, fantasy, and cultural iconography, her imagery is both timeless and deeply personal.
She views femininity as a layered spectrum, from quiet harmony to strongly present. In her hyperphotocollages she navigates the fragile space between dreamscape and reality. It is a space where the poetic and the documentary coexist
In her visual language she photographs with her own personal perspective, using sensuality, cultural archetypes, social themes, to merge it into still, narrative worlds.
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Mariska is a global artist and has exhibited internationally several times.
Mariska Karto started her career as photo artist in 2010 and in 2012 officially. In short time she has won various well known international awards (including the PX3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris, First place Gold Award, in complete category Professionals Fine Art) and is also nominated as Ambassador of tolerance in 2016.”
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Clients:
– Several works in the collection of new Waldorf Astoria in Amsterdam
– Several works in the collection of new Hotel Vagabond Singapore (Luxury boutique artistic hotel)
– Several works in high class hotels and luxury houses
-Commissioned by: CORTESE VENEZIA – The historical original perfumes of Venice
“The collection of perfumes developed from the original secret recipes and formulas of Venice, lost for hundreds of years and now rediscovered.”
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Representative
Denver, USA, https://www.abendgallery.com/ – my Citylandscapes and Fresco’s are available in the gallery / Citylandscape’s and fresco’s printed on metal
Den Haag, The Netherlands – member Pulchri Studio, https://www.pulchri.nl/nl/
London, Leontia Gallery, https://leontiagallery.com/artists
Paris – https://www.charlet-photographies.com/index.php/fr/