Maria Koch (1988, former GDR), a self-taught artist living in Berlin with a degree in International Management (BA) and roots in archaeology and art history, paints, creates installations, performances and videos that are strongly influenced by her East German upbringing and her interdisciplinary studies.

Her technique is intuitive and process-oriented. She combines natural pigments and organic textures with minimalist silhouettes, fluidly shifting between raw expressiveness and poetic subtlety. By translating personal and collective experiences of change into poetic imagery, her works speak quietly yet with profound resonance – of alienation and renewal, fragility and strength, and the silent spaces in between where transformation begins.