Categories Figurative, Landscape, Still Life

I love the spontaneity of my medium. Watercolor is at its best when it fits between chance and control. I am most animated when painting fleeting moments, perishable things, or a model holding a pose for a few minutes. Perfection comes with practice and repetition. In my still lifes, figure paintings and outdoor landscape paintings, I go for the freshness of the successful sketch based on direct perception.

www.marianneakinzer.com

I have worked as a visual artist for 30 years. I grew up in Germany, received my basic artistic education there, and completed my education in studio arts by taking art classes in the United States. I studied with accomplished artists and at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin and at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
I am an active member of Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts.
This year I teach “Beginning Watercolor” in Truro, MA: June 14 to 18, 2021 (castlehill.org)
In the past I taught art classes at the Oak Park Art League, IL and won several art prizes at juried shows at the same institution.
I have shown my work in galleries in Germany (where I was born and educated), in Turkey (where I lived from 1996 – 2000), and the United States (where I have lived since 2000).
Group Shows
2020: Newton Watercolor Society, Juried (Prize) 2020: Truro Center for the Arts
2020: Provincetown Art Association
2020: Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Juried 2019: Truro Center for the Arts
2019: Provincetown Art Association and Museum
2019: Snow Library, Orleans
2019: Rhode Island Watercolor Society gallery, Pawtucket, RI 2018: JJake Art Galerie, Boston
2018: Newton Watercolor Society, Watertown, MA
2018: Rhode Island Watercolor Society gallery, Pawtucket, RI 2017: Jjake Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2015: Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
2015: Truro Center for the Arts
2o14: Truro Center for the Arts, juried show, Truro, MA
2014: Newton Watercolor Society, Lexington library, MA 2013: Miami River Art Fair, Miami, FL
2011: Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA
2001-2008: Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

2004: Metal Works Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002: Harrison Street Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2001: Gruen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000: Gallery Apel, Istanbul, Turkey
2000: City Hall, Gaziantep, Turkey
1999: Koc/Allianz Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Tuekey 1998: P Art Work Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1997: Almelek Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1996: Sandoz Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1996: WIB Center, Berlin, Germany
1995: Ecowork Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1985: Haus am Lutzoplatz, Berlin, Germany
Solo Shows:
2018: Local Focus, South End Library 2018: Snow Library, Orleans, MA
2016: Open Studios, South End, Boston 2015: Watson Center, Brown University, RI 2008: Gallery Pink. Oak Park, IL
2006: Metal Works Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004: Ryerson Woods, Sight and Sounds Festival, IL 2003: Metal Works Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001: Village Hall, Oak Park, IL
1999: Artium Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
1999: Asmalimescit Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1997: Asmalimescit Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1994: Spittelkolonaden Club, Berlin, Germany
1993: Matschke Gallery, Potsdam, Germany
1992: Town Hall, Oberwinter, Germany
1988: Die Etage Gallery, Berlin
A few of the major collectors who have purchased my work:
Ullrich Angersbach, CEO, One Dollar Glasses Micheal Rezendes, Spotlight Team, Boston Globe Rick Locke, 2015, Provost Brown University
Jim Stone, 2007, CEO of Plymouth Rock, MA

Donald Hey, 2008, president of the Wetland Initiative, IL
Carl Siebel, 2008, CEO of Aptar group, America and France
David Sokol, 2007, professor of art history, IL
Bill Curtis, 2004, documentary host and producer, IL
James O’Shea, 2004, editor of the Chicago Tribune, IL
Cem Kozlu, 1999, chairman of the board of Turkish Airlines, Turkey Celan Doagn, 1999, mayor of Gaziantep, Turkey
Friedberg Pflueger, 1997, member of the German parliament, Germany