Flanders (Belgium) based Marika Bäumler, figurative painter and ceramic sculptor,
uses painting and ceramic sculptures (terracotta and raku) with a soul in a poetic
irrealistic style, expressing a feeling of inner silence and transformation.
Bäumler Marika (b. 1945) Flemish (Dutch speaking part of Belgium) painter and ceramic
sculptor. Studied painting (1960- 1965) at the Royal Academies of Fine Arts in Antwerp and
Dendermonde. From 1976 till 1998 private and group exhibitions in Belgium. (Paintings in
foreign (a.o. USA) private collections, Gold medal for painting at the International Salon
of European Art Merit, Laureate Swift price, Public price at the Museum for Religious Art
in Ostend).
From 1999 on she turned to clay to express her inborn talent for the transcendental aspect
of life. Her work has the same poëtic power as the paintings. The figurative
sculptures have a soul that reflects the internal transformation through silence. Started
personal exhibitions of her sculptures since 2002.
