SC_178_"BIG WAVE II" Print

Martina Hartusch is based in Graz,Austria. Born and raised in Kapfenberg, she moves to Graz where she begins her studies in medicine and medical laboratory work. She graduates with a degree of Sciences in Health Studies for lab work. In 1995 she moves to Vienna,where she has great opportunity to visit museums and exhibitions of national and international artists. Fascinated by surrealisme she first begins drawing with pencils and coal. Workshops in painting with acrylic colors follow. By watching videos about artists giving an insight in their artistic work, she gets inspired for her own creative work. In 2007 she decides to rent a studio. Visiting an exhibition of Gerhard Richter she gets flashed by his abstract paintings,which influence her for a long working-period. In the past years her works become more haptic by utilizing sands,putty masses,papers and other materials, focusing structure and surfaces .