about
artist statement
biography
exhibitions
awards
publications
ARTIST STATEMENT
I work with paper, charcoal, ink, and translucent coatings to create drawings, fragile objects, and spatial installations. Through folding, layering, cutting, and shaping, paper becomes a body-like material: a skin, a trace, a structure under tension.
My practice explores transformation, vulnerability, and inner pressure. Forms and processes found in nature — such as skins, shells, growth, decay, and cellular structures — often serve as quiet points of departure, but are reduced into ambiguous states between organism, object, and memory.
Lines, cracks, layers, and accumulations make visible what is usually quiet or hidden: emotional weight, fragile endurance, and the shifting relationship between body, matter, and mind. My works invite a slower form of looking, where vulnerability is not understood as weakness, but as a state of presence.
ABOUT
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Marion C. Hoepflinger lives and works in the countryside near her hometown. Trained as a molecular biologist, she holds a doctorate and spent many years in basic research, studying cellular structures in muscles, higher plants, and algae. This scientific background continues to inform her artistic practice through a sensitivity to morphology, transformation, material processes, and the hidden structures of living systems.
Since 2013, Hoepflinger has pursued her artistic path, shaped by her mentors Mag.a Alfia Weingartner and Christine Kastner, a graphic design program completed in 2019, and her work in cultural education at Museum Fronfeste and KUBIQ – Kultur- und Bildungsquartier Thalgau. Since 2025, she has been a member of art bv Berchtoldvilla – Vereinigung Bildende Kunst Salzburg.
Working mainly with paper, charcoal, ink, and translucent coatings, she creates drawings, fragile objects, and spatial installations that explore transformation, vulnerability, inner pressure, and the ambiguous space between organism, body, and memory. Her works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Austria and abroad. In 2025, she received a recognition award from the State of Salzburg; in 2026, she was awarded the art bv Berchtoldvilla Award for her installation CARRYING IT ALL.
Marion's works are in private as well as public collections, e. g. the collection of the City of Salzburg (Sammlung der Stadt Salzburg).
GALLERY VIOCES
Statement about Marion's work from STUDIO RÖ (Milan, Italy)
»Marion's works captivate, invite to explore their depths, and contemplate the concepts they represent, enriching the viewer's experience and sparking curiosity about the artist's intentions. These are minimalistic works that convey a complex emotion.«
What are the strengths of Marion's portfolio?
»The artist excels in utilizing the stark contrast of black and white, harnessing their power to evoke strong emotions and convey deep messages. This mastery of monochrome allows for a striking visual impact, drawing the viewer's attention and inviting them to delve deeper into the layers of meaning within the artwork. Through careful composition and subtle nuances in shading, the artist skilfully communicates complex narratives and themes, creating a profound and thought-provoking experience for the observer.«
EXHIBITIONS
A LINE A DAY - art bv Berchtoldvilla Award 2026, art bv Berchtoldvilla, Austria; May to June 2026
NEUE MITGLIEDER - NEUE PERSPEKTIVEN, art bv Berchtoldvilla, Austria; 2026
DE PROFUNDIS - AUS DER TIEFE, Literaturhaus Henndorf, Austria; 2025 (solo exhibition)
The FACTORY - free art space, Salzburg, Austria; Juli 2025 (group exhibition)
IT BEGAN WITH NO ADO, Ein m2 KUNST at emsiana Culture Festival, Hohenems, Austria from 8. - 11. May 2025 (solo exhibition)
100 × 100: Kleines Format, ganz groß & 100 × 100 × 100: Miniräume, cooperation with New Zealandat the art bv Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria March - April 2025 (group exhibition)
The FACTORY - free art space, Salzburg, Austria; Juli 2024 (group exhibition)
DeFACTO - Nouveau Réalisme 2024, Stadtgalerie Zwergelgartenpavillion, Salzburg, Austria, June 2024 (group exhibition)
Installation at KUBIQ - Kultur und Bildungsquartier Thalgau, Austria in May 2023
ART IN LAW, Permanent exhibition in the buildings of the Austrian judiciary with Vienna CityGallery, Austria (group exhibition since August 2021), 2022
OJAS, Permanent exhibition in the OJAS Seminar- und Therapiezentrum in Zell am Moos, Austria since October 2022 (solo show)
LAKE OHRID MUSES TRAVEL TO MANHATTAN, New York City, NY, USA; Collaboration with Composer and Pianist Margin Alexander in July 2021
CORONA CASE, LICHT FELD Gallery, Basel, Switzerland in June 2021
ABSTRAKTIONEN, PublicArtists Gallery, Vienna, Austria from June - July 2021
ART IN LAW, Permanent exhibition in the buildings of the Austrian judiciary by CityGallery Vienna, Austria; since August 2021 (group exhibition)
COMING OUT, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy from June - July 2021 (group show)
SWISS ART EXPO: ARTBOX.PROJECT Zuerich 2.0, Switzerland in August 2020 (group exhibition)
CHOOSE YOUR MASK & VON BERGEN UND BLUMEN, Konditorei Ottet, Schoerfling am Attersee, Austria (solo exhibition), 2020
EXHIBITION and ART TALK, Schloss Mondsee, Mondsee, Austria (solo show), 2019
MASK – ROLE – METAMORPHOSIS, Museum Fronfeste, Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria (group exhibition), 2019
NIGHTMARE AT MARK, MARK, Salzburg, Austria (group exhibition), 2019
Permanent Art Exhibition, First Floor, Mattsee, Austria (group exhibition), 2017 - 2019
PAMYON: Wort trifft Bild, MARK, Salzburg (solo exhibition), 2016
AWARDS
art bv Berchtoldvilla Award 2026
(former: Förderpreis des Landes Salzburg)
Recognition Award for artistic achievements of the Land Salzburg, Austria, 2025
LUXEMBOURG ART PRIZE participation (certificate of artistic achievement 2022, 2020); Pinacothèque, Luxembourg
Artist of the future award of Contemporary Art Curator, London, UK, 2021
PUBLICATIONS
Entry into the Artist Directory of Contemporary Art Curator, London, UK in September 2020
MASKE – ROLLE – METAMORPHOSE, Publikationsreihe Fonfeste Nr. 18 of the Museum Fronfeste, Austria
mfk Magazin für Kultur - Illustration, 2017
