I am a contemporary artist from Denmark, now living in Titirangi, Auckland, with my Kiwi husband and our two teenagers. 

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As an intuitive artist, I am drawn to gestural mark-making, mixed media, and the unexpected beauty that emerges when I take risks. Painting feels like solving a puzzle—there’s a struggle in the middle, layers upon layers building a history, and a deep satisfaction when everything finally comes together.

Lately, my work has been shaped by fragments of memories from my childhood and teenage years, often carrying a personal story within each piece.

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I am represented by Railway Street Gallery + Studio, Artists at Work Gallery, and GalleriOs in Denmark.

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With every painting sold, I donate to  https://treesthatcount.co.nz/profiles/mariaowens ensuring a native tree is planted in the buyer’s region.

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CV 
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• Dec 2024 Brown Art School level 4 end of year exhibition 

• Nov 2024 Open Studios Waitakere

• August 2024 Baradene Art Exhibition 

• August 2024 250 Gallery “Studio to wall 2” Group Exhibition

• July 2024 Auckland Art Show 

• July 2024 Railway Street Gallery + Studios “Follow the Line” Solo Show

• April 2024 Award 2nd Prize Waitakere Arts member’s exhibition 

• Feb 2024 The Vessel, Railway Street Gallery + Studio 

• Jan 2024 Railway Street Gallery “Dog Days” Group Exhibition

• Dec 2023 The Upstairs Gallery Summer Show Group Exhibition 

• Nov 2023 Open Studios Waitakere

• Oct 2023 Kings College Art Exhibition 

• Sept 2023 Merit Ceramic Award Waitakere Art Exhibition 

• Sept 2023 2 page Article in North and South Magasin 

• Sept 2023 250 Gallery “Studio to wall 1” Group Exhibition

• Aug - Now 2023 Wayfind Creative programme and mentoring 

• August 2023 Baradene Arts Exhibition 

• June 2023 “A Piece of Me” Solo exhibition Railway street Gallery + Studio 

• Feb 2023 Railway Street Gallery + Studios “To sit beside you” Group Exhibition

• Oct 2022 Kings College Exhibition

• Nov 2022 Open Studios Waitakere 

• August 2022 Titirangi Painters, group exhibition 

• June 2022 Kumeu Arts, Solo Exhibition 

• May 2022 Auckland Art Show, The Cloud 

• August 2021 3 paintings on TV The Block 

• Dec 2020 Upstairs Gallery, Sumner Show, group exhibition 

• Dec 2020 Depot Artspace group exhibition 

• Nov 2020 Open Studios Waitakere