Marion Fink’s surreal portraits situate young people within disconnected worlds, tapping into the isolation and dissociation characteristic of the digital age.
Fink’s large-scale works are rendered through an augmented monotype printing process—oil paint and pastel are applied by the artist directly onto large glass plates, and then transferred to paper repeatedly, resulting in layered, inimitable images. According to the artist, these portraits “give shape to [her] everyday philosophical considerations regarding the individual construction of reality and identity.”
Fink received degrees from Gerlesborgsskolan School of Fine Art in Stockholm, Sweden in 2012 and from Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg, Germany in 2016. Fink began showing directly after her graduation in 2012, with shows at NAU Gallery and Lilijevachs Kunsthalle in Stockholm, Galerie Bodenseekreis in Meersburg, Germany, Vaasa Kunsthall in Finland that same year. Her work has since been shown internationally, with notable solo and duo exhibitions at Aperto Raum in Berlin (2019), Beers London (2019), Setareh Gallery in Düsseldorf (2020), Evelyn Drewes Gallery in Hamburg (2021), A:D: Curatorial in Berlin (2023), and Rundgænger in Frankfurt (2024). Her work has also been included in group presentations at the KW Institut for Contemporary Art in Berlin (2015), Goldsmiths in London (2015), Villa Schöningen in Potsdam (2019), Berlin Art Week (2019), and the Delaware Contemporary Museum in Wilmington, Delaware (2024). Fink’s work is held in the collection of Futures Action Network.