Mariola Laschet’s working method resembles an exchange of blows between the paint and her painterly gesture. The venue is canvases or found objects. Just as every painting begins with a splash of paint, Mariola Laschet creates objects from whatever is lying around, whatever she comes across, or whatever is within reach. All the remnants of everyday life are linked, painted, deformed, and placed in a new context. This opens up countless spaces for play and thought for Mariola Laschet. A cosmos full of possibilities. She cannot foresee what will happen. Mariola Laschet’s paintings, like her objects, are not conceived and defined in advance. As she works on them, they change at the same rate as her thoughts. Overall, her own worlds emerge, realities with their own formal realities. What remains is a narrative microcosm that expands through titles such as “Tuumugtu,” “Gatuum,” or “Pülupp.” What can be seen remains a matter of imaginary potential.
Vita
Born April 1977 in Groß-Strehlitz (Upper Silesia/Poland), Mariola Laschet lives and works in Germany as a visual artist specializing in painting and objects.
1987 Resettled in Germany/North Rhine-Westphalia.
1998 to 2000 worked at the Schauspielhaus Bochum in the stage design department under the renowned stage designer Markus Mayer and Albert Barsacq.
2001 to 2005 involved in several animation productions as a draughtswoman and illustrator.
Visual artist since 2005. Teaches painting and drawing at the Mal- und Zeichenschule Raphael.
2017-2019 Teaching assignment for painting and drawing at the IS International School Ruhr.
Member of the bbk – Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler since 2015.
Member of the VBK – Vestischer Künstlerbund e.V. since 2025.
Exhibitions / Selection
2025
- FREISCHLAG Bildhauerwerkstatt, Projekt „Studio Weekend“, Essen-Kettwig
- Kunstraum “ Der schöne Hermann“ , 27.Essener Kunstspur
- DER ORT, gallery Dortmund
- Kunstraum-EN e.V., Ennepetal
- “ VOÍLA VOILIERE“, Project space, Offspace, Bochum-Wattenscheid
- LWL-Museum Henrichshütte, Hattingen
- die brachiale-Laboratory for Dialogue, Project „Murmeln im digitalen Nebel“, Lübeck
2024
- AKA, Studio for Cultural Affairs, Borken-Weseke, Germany
- Alte Handelsschule Leipzig, ARS AVANTI e.V.
- Percussion meets canvas / Project with Simon Camatta supported by the Alfried von Bohler und Halbach Foundation.
- Room 55, vernissage of the resulting works, project „Percussion meets canvas“
- C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Photo/Media Art Fair, Essen
2023
- Room 811, Exhibition Space, Bochum
- The cleaning art lab. project room. Gallery, Essen
- jETZT art space/ gallery, Essen
- KIOSK24, offspace, Herford
2022
- RAUM 55, art space/offspace, Essen
- Kunsthalle Scherlebeck, machine hall, Herten
- Zeche Zollern LWL Industrial Museum, BBK, Dortmund
- Kunsthaus Essen, exhibition series „HOME“ part 4/5 Interactions
- Gallery for contemporary art CLOWNS & PFERDE, Essen
2021
- Prize of the Vestischer Künstlerbund e.V. , Kutscherhaus Recklinghausen
- C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, INNOVATIVE ART FAIR, Talents, Essen
- Kunst Aktuell, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Municipal Gallery
2020
- Kunsthaus Oberhausen, „NARROW SPACE“
- Forum Art and Architecture, Essen
- CITY OF GOLD, exhibition format KEIN EINLASS 02. art space, Essen
2019
- Dortmund Municipal Gallery Torhaus am Rombergpark
- Ewald Colliery, Herten Extraschicht
2018
- KUNSTHAUS TROISDORF, Troisdorf
- Kunstverein kunstwerden e.V, Essen
- art in the tower, Lippstadt
2017
- Art 99 Gallery, Worpswede
- JesusChris Gallery/Art Space, Essen
2014
- C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen
- Off-space, DamenundHerren Düsseldorf
- Kunstraum hafenkult e.V., Duisburg
2013
- Museum Ostwall, Dortmund
- Contemporary & Fine Urban Arts Berlin, „CONTURBANARIES“
2012
- ART.FAIR/BLOOOM Award
- Kunstraum Unten , Bochum
- Kunstverein Ottobrunn, Upper Bavaria “ Artiges 2012″
2011
- Museum Kunstpalast, large art exhibition NRW Düsseldorf
- Baden Art Forum, Ebringen
- 33rd International Art Exhibition Hollfeld/ Bayreuth
2009
- Kunstforum Löwenhof, Frankfurt am Main
- Nomination for the Löwenhof Prize for Young Visual Artists
2008
- NOAH Gallery, Bonn
2007
- Walter Art Museum, Bonn
- Nomination for the LEONARDO art prize, Bonn