Artist Statement
I explore the space between light and silence.
I am drawn to moments that do not stay. Evening light on water, fog over a quiet field, the fading outline of trees, the last glow before night. My paintings begin in those fragile intervals when the visible world softens and something more inward begins to surface.
I think of landscape as a state of mind. In my work, places become vessels for memory, solitude, and the muted ache of impermanence. I am interested in the emotional life of light, in the way a reflection, a horizon, or a darkening sky can carry both stillness and loss.
Working mainly in oil, I try to preserve something that cannot truly be preserved: the atmosphere of a passing moment, the sweetness of transience, the feeling that beauty is most piercing when it is already beginning to disappear.
Biography
Marketa Cenker is a Prague-born contemporary painter and collage artist currently based between Germany and the Czech Republic. After completing her university studies, Cenker spent four years in Great Britain before relocating to Germany in 2020. Working across painting and collage, her works are held in private collections throughout Europe and North America.
Gallery Representation
Avanguardian Gallery, London – until 2023
Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg – until 2024
Solo and Dual Exhibitions
- Echo der Stille, Nikolaikirche, Potsdam, August 2025 (solo)
- Moods in Oil, Lite-HAUS Galerie Berlin, 16.1-18.4. 2026 (dual)
Group Exhibitions
- Summer Soltice, Gallery Intussen, Amsterdam, June 2026
- Too Hot to be Outside, LiteHAUS Gallerie, Berlin Neukölln, July 2026
- Made in Berlin Art Award Exhibition 2026, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2026, (Collage)
- Selected artist for Moments group exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic, 2026
- Nature of Spontaneity, Graumalerei Gallery, Berlin, May 2025
- Unified Essence, Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg, April–July 2024
- Autumn Group Show, LiTE-HAUS Galerie, Berlin Neukölln, September 2023
- Berlin Art Wow, LiTE-HAUS Galerie, Berlin Neukölln, September 2023
- BizMeetsArt Fair, Grace Denker Gallery, Hamburg, September 2023
- Traumwelt, LiTE-HAUS Galerie, Berlin Neukölln, 2022
- Paragon, The Holy Art Gallery, London, 2023
- The Triumph of Portrait, HAZEGALLERY, Berlin, 2021
- Art Salon, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, 2013
Recognition & Awards
- Shortlisted artist for the exhibition, Made in Berlin Art Award 2026, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Collage)
- Shortlisted Artist (first selection round), Mini Maxi Print, Galleri Heike Arndt Berlin (Graphics)
- Selected as Berlin Artist of the Week, BBA Berlin Art Competition, Berlin, Germany, 2026 (Oil painted landscapes)
- Selected as Berlin Artist of the Week, BBA Berlin Art Competition, Berlin, Germany, 2026 (Collage)
- Shortlisted, Fresh Legs Competition, Gallery Heike Arndt, Berlin 2026 (Graphics)
- Special Event, Tag der offenen Ateliers (Day of Open Studios Brandenburg), May 2025, May 2026
- Shortlisted, Fresh Legs Competition, Gallery Heike Arndt, Berlin 2022 (Graphics)
- Honorable Mention, Nature’s Wonders International Art Competition, Ten Moir Gallery
- Featured in Saatchi Art’s curated collection New This Week 04-18-2022
- Selected, Online Exhibition, Almenara Collection (Landscape Art category) 2022
Publications
- Exhibition Catalogue, Power of Portrait, HAZEGALLERY, 2020
- Artist Interview, HAZEGALLERY Blog, 2020
- Postcards, Viktoria Buchladen, Potsdam
- Postcards, Galerie Waldbach, Potsdam
Education
- Early Art Training, Elementary School of Arts, Prague
- Painting Classes, Andrea Forsteova-Stribrna (established professional), Prague, 2012–2014
- Self-Directed Study, Contemporary art theory and artistic practice
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