Marie-Therese Heublein
b. 1997 in Germany
@marie.t.h
2021 – 2022
MA Painting, Distinction
University of the Arts London,
Camberwell, United Kingdom
2016 – 2021
BA Communication Design, 1.3
University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
2012 - 2021
Studies at the atelier of
Mihail Tchernaev
Munich, Germany
Marie-Therese Heublein is a London-based artist and designer. She works within and intersects the processes of oil painting, 3D animation and augmented reality.
Born in 1997 in Erlangen, Germany, Marie-Therese obtained her BA in Communication Design at Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München in 2021 while also being introduced to a multitude of art forms at the atelier of costume and stage designer Mihail Tchernaev from 2012 – 2021. She then moved to London to earn her MA in Fine Art Painting with Distinction at the University of the Arts London, Camberwell in 2022. During her studies she was awarded with the Research Prize by the College to highlight her intensive and informed writing on the themes that shape her artistic practice.
In her paintings she uses the canvas as a plane for experimentation and world building. Her multi-layered process combines physical sketches with digital image processing software, 3D renderings and the use of collage to create spaces in which the body oscillates between its physical presence and its new mutability, which is made possible by our constant connection to the expanded possibilities of the digital space.
Her work uses the recurring element of the fractured body that develops into a new shape and becomes part of an unexplored landscape. Graphic shapes indicate a vague sense of perspective and the use of white space opens up the plane to the viewer. In selected works the artist expands the viewing experience by adding a virtual environment to the painting which the viewer can access through an Augmented Reality extension.
Marie-Therese has participated in several group exhibitions across London, including a group show at the Copeland Gallery and a contribution to the Research Festival at Peckham Levels in 2022. She recently exhibited a triptique at the Mall Galleries in the group exhibition „Through the Looking Glass“, where she was awarded with the Audience Choice Award.
About
2021 – 2022
MA Painting, Distinction
University of the Arts London,Camberwell, United Kingdom
2016 – 2021
BA Communication Design, 1.3
University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
2012 - 2021
Studies at the atelier of
Mihail Tchernaev
Munich,Germany
Marie-Therese Heublein is a London-based artist and designer. She works within and intersects the processes of oil painting, 3D animation and augmented reality. Born in 1997 in Erlangen, Germany, Marie-Therese obtained her BA in Communication Design at Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München in 2021 while also being introduced to a multitude of art forms at the atelier of costume and stage designer Mihail Tchernaev from 2012 – 2021. She then moved to London to earn her MA in Fine Art Painting with Distinction at the University of the Arts London, Camberwell in 2022. During her studies she was awarded with the Research Prize by the College to highlight her intensive and informed writing on the themes that shape her artistic practice. In her paintings she uses the canvas as a plane for experimentation and world building. Her multi-layered process combines physical sketches with digital image processing software, 3D renderings and the use of collage to create spaces in which the body oscillates between its physical presence and its new mutability, which is made possible by our constant connection to the expanded possibilities of the digital space. Her work uses the recurring element of the fractured body that develops into a new shape and becomes part of an unexplored landscape. Graphic shapes indicate a vague sense of perspective and the use of white space opens up the plane to the viewer. In selected works the artist expands the viewing experience by adding a virtual environment to the painting which the viewer can access through an Augmented Reality extension. Marie-Therese has participated in several group exhibitions across London, including a group show at the Copeland Gallery and a contribution to the Research Festival at Peckham Levels in 2022. She recently exhibited a triptique at the Mall Galleries in the group exhibition „Through the Looking Glass“, where she was awarded with the Audience Choice Award.
Artist Biography
Marie-Therese Heublein
b.1997, Germany
@marie.t.h
2022
MA Painting, Distinction
University of the Arts London,
Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
2021
BA Communication Design, 1.3
University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
2012 - 2021
Studies at the atelier
of Mihail Tchernaev
Munich,Germany
Artist Statement
the body in flux
"In my practice I explore how our constant connection to digital technology affects our understanding of the contemporary human body and where we are defining its new limits.
Central to my work is an intricate interplay of body and shape. By morphing our digital and physical modes of existing the body becomes limitless and material of experimentation. In this dual state there are no natural boundaries and no natural dynamics, only the constant awareness of an in-between.
My paintings offer a look inside and beneath the surface as the body becomes a malleable mass. It is being reduced to a pure surface material, while its content is being set aside. I explore the simultaneity of shape and space, individuality and reduction, incompleteness and openness, while placing the body against a vast non-space. All compositional elements come from or lead back to the recorded body as they take on its colours or act as traces of its physical movement.
Influenced by the spiralling portrayal of pathos in the Baroque and the encounter of immersive and transformative virtual environments, I play with different levels of complexity and reduction to reflect on the different levels of being present in this multifaceted time. The viewer is being confronted with a fragmented but soft surface of a new and strangely misplaced bodily experience.
In my creative process I link digital and analogue techniques, digital 3D modelling that can be applied in AR and traditional oil painting on canvas. The fractured body, the flattened space, the gradient and the softness of shapes are recurring elements in my work that indicate dissolution and growth. A dissolving and rebuilding of our own identities takes place as we are becoming multiple and redefine our relationship towards the organic nature."
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Transform: Marie-Therese Heublein, Swanfall Gallery, 1 A Old Bond Street, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Perceive, LumiNoir Art, Espacio Gallery, London
2023
Through the Looking Glass, The Mall Galleries, London
4 IN 1, Cornerstone Studios, London
A colourful soup, The Social, London
2022
Research Festival 1.0, Peckham Levels, London
Church/Factory, Copeland Gallery, London
Unveil, Swanfall Art, Shoreditch High Street, London
Summer Exhibition 2022, Spiral Galleries, London
Jahresausstellung, HM, Munich
Brick Walls and Glass Ceilings, Wilson Road, London
This Art Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London
Dialogues, Camberwell Space, London
Artist Statement
the body in flux
In my practice I explore how our constant connection to digital technology affects our understanding of the contemporary human body and where we are defining its new limits.
Central to my work is an intricate interplay of body and shape. By morphing our digital and physical modes of existing the body becomes limitless and material of experimentation. In this dual state there are no natural boundaries and no natural dynamics, only the constant awareness of an in-between.
My paintings offer a look inside and beneath the surface as the body becomes a malleable mass. It is being reduced to a pure surface material, while its content is being set aside. I explore the simultaneity of shape and space, individuality and reduction, incompleteness and openness, while placing the body against a vast non-space. All compositional elements come from or lead back to the recorded body as they take on its colours or act as traces of its physical movement.
Influenced by the spiralling portrayal of pathos in the Baroque and the encounter of immersive and transformative virtual environments, I play with different levels of complexity and reduction to reflect on the different levels of being present in this multifaceted time. The viewer is being confronted with a fragmented but soft surface of a new and strangely misplaced bodily experience.
In my creative process I link digital and analogue techniques, digital 3D modelling that can be applied in AR and traditional oil painting on canvas. The fractured body, the flattened space, the gradient and the softness of shapes are recurring elements in my work that indicate dissolution and growth. A dissolving and rebuilding of our own identities takes place as we are becoming multiple and redefine our relationship towards the organic nature.
In my practice I explore how our constant connection to digital technology affects our understanding of the contemporary human body and where we are defining its new limits.
Central to my work is an intricate interplay of body and shape. By morphing our digital and physical modes of existing the body becomes limitless and material of experimentation. In this dual state there are no natural boundaries and no natural dynamics, only the constant awareness of an in-between.
My paintings offer a look inside and beneath the surface as the body becomes a malleable mass. It is being reduced to a pure surface material, while its content is being set aside. I explore the simultaneity of shape and space, individuality and reduction, incompleteness and openness, while placing the body against a vast non-space. All compositional elements come from or lead back to the recorded body as they take on its colours or act as traces of its physical movement.
Influenced by the spiralling portrayal of pathos in the Baroque and the encounter of hyperrealistic and transformative virtual environments, I play with different levels of complexity and reduction to reflect on the different levels of being present in this multifaceted time. The viewer is being confronted with a fragmented but soft surface of a new and strangely misplaced bodily experience.
In my creative process I link digital and analogue techniques, digital 3D modelling that can be applied in AR and traditional oil painting on canvas. The fractured body, the flattened space, the gradient and the softness of shapes are recurring elements in my work that indicate dissolution and growth. A dissolving and rebuilding of our own identities takes place as we are becoming multiple and redefine our relationship towards the organic nature.
Artist Statement
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Transform: Marie-Therese Heublein, Swanfall Gallery, 1 A Old Bond Street, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Beijing Dang Dai 2024, Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing, China
Schaufensterprojekt, Stadterneuerung Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
In the emancipation of self, DContemporary, London
Perceive, LumiNoir Art, Espacio Gallery, London
2023
Through the Looking Glass, The Mall Galleries, London
4 IN 1, Cornerstone Studios, London
A colourful soup, The Social, London
2022
Research Festival 1.0, Peckham Levels, London
Church/Factory, Copeland Gallery, London
Unveil, Swanfall Art, Shoreditch High Street, London
Summer Exhibition 2022, Spiral Galleries, London
Jahresausstellung, HM, Munich
Brick Walls and Glass Ceilings, Wilson Road, London
This Art Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London
Dialogues, Camberwell Space, London
2023
Through the Looking Glass (Audience Choice Award), Mall Galleries, London
4 IN 1, Cornerstone Studios, London
A colourful soup, The Social, London
2022
Research Festival 1.0, Peckham Levels, London
Church/Factory, Copeland Gallery, London
Unveil, Swanfall Art, Shoreditch High Street, London
Summer Exhibition 2022, Spiral Galleries, London
Jahresausstellung, HM, Munich
Brick Walls and Glass Ceilings, Wilson Road, London
This Art Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London
Dialogues, Camberwell Space, London
Recent Group Exhibitions
Marie-Therese Heublein (*1997, Germany) works within and intersects the processes of oil painting, 3D animation and augmented reality. In her works she uses the recurring element of the crystalline body, which develops into a new form and becomes part of an unknown landscape. The body in a state of in-betweenness is a central element of her work. In her paintings she uses the canvas as a surface for experiments and the construction of a visual formal language. Her multi-layered process combines physical sketches with digital imaging, 3D renderings and the use of collage to create spaces in which the body oscillates between its physical presence and its new mutability brought about by our constant connection to the expanded possibilities of digital space is created. Her works describe a transformation of experienced reality and the engagement with social realities in combination with an aesthetic awareness. They move in limbo between the sensations of total isolation and a cross-border togetherness through digital technology, which become perceptible at the same time. In selected works, the artist expands the viewing experience by adding a virtual environment to the painting, which the viewer can access via an augmented reality extension. In 2021 she received her Bachelor of Arts in communication design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. Parallel to school and studies, she was introduced to a variety of art forms in the studio of the artist and costume and set designer Mihail Tchernaev and decided to pursue this passion further in London. Right after completing her bachelor’s degree, she moved to London and in 2022 received her Master of Fine Arts, with a focus on painting, with Distinction from the University of the Arts London, Camberwell. During her studies she was awarded the university’s “research award” to highlight her intensive and in-depth writing on the topics that shape her artistic practice. Marie-Therese has participated in several group exhibitions across London, including a group exhibition at the Copeland Gallery and a contribution to the Research Festival at Peckham Levels in 2022. Last year she was featured in the group exhibition ‘Through the Looking Glass’ at the Mall Galleries received the Audience Choice Award. In early 2024 she had her first solo exhibition “Transform” together with Swanfall Gallery in central London. Now in May 2024 she will be represented by Swanfall Gallery at the Beijing Dang Dai, the Contemporary Art Fair in Beijing and will also take part in a group exhibition in London Mayfair. She is currently based in Nuremberg, Germany.