Marcela Böhm

In her work, Marcela Böhm combines a precise eye for detail with a distinctive artistic signature. With a keen sensitivity to atmosphere and interpersonal moments, she captures everyday scenes that appear simultaneously familiar and surprising. Her works are characterized by individuality, keen observation, and a profound closeness to the lived moment. In doing so, Marcela Böhm often directs her attention toward seemingly unspectacular situations, imbuing them with special significance through her use of composition and light. Her images tell quiet stories, inviting the viewer to perceive everyday life with greater mindfulness. Situated between documentary precision and poetic interpretation, her visual language conveys intimacy, movement, and emotion in equal measure. In this way, she succeeds in transforming the ordinary into something timeless and deeply personal.

CV & Exhibitions >

Works

Gallery Exhibitions

• Marcela Böhm – Hard Way (2024)
• Marcela Böhm – Magical Reality (2020)
• Marcela Böhm: What Never Changes (2019)
• Marcela Böhm: All The Happy Families (2017)
• Marcela Böhm: City And People. (2015)
• Marcela Böhm: Open Water (2012)
• Marcela Böhm: Was man kann (2010)
• The Celebration (2009)
• Marcela Böhm: High Society (2007)
• Sweet Life (2006)

Articles

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  On view: Marcela Böhm – Hard Way.31. August 2024
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  Marcela Böhm – “Control is Illusion!”30. August 2024
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  Marcela Böhm – Hard Way.23. July 2024
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  Marcela Böhm. New Paintings.27. October 2020
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  Marcela Böhm. Magical Reality.27. September 2020
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  Marcela Böhm – Prolonged Until 11 May16. March 2019
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  Marcela Böhm. What Never Changes.6. March 2019
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  Exhibition Views Marcela Böhm21. September 2017
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  Graphic Edition by Marcela Böhm13. September 2017
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  Marcela Böhm. All The Happy Families.4. September 2017

CV
Born 1972 in Buenos Aires
1993 Moved to Germany
1994-98 Alanus Hochschule Alfter
1998 Diploma in Painting
2002 Akademie Pentiment, Hamburg
2002/3 Scholarship at Künstlerhaus Hooksiel, Wangerland

Exhibitions (Auswahl)

2019 “What Never Changes”, Galerie Obrist, Essen
2017 “All The Happy Families”, Galerie Obrist, Essen
2015 “City And People”, Galerie Obrist, Essen
2014 “wer wir sind”, mit Hiltrud Gauf und Mona Hakimi Schüler, Hafenkult, Duisburg
Malerei in der Alten Schule, mit Lars Reiffers, Nümbrecht
context Art Miami
2013 Swimmingpool Paintings, Klonaris Fine Art, Palma de Mallorca
context Art Miami, One Artist Show
2012 “Open Water”, Galerie Obrist, Essen
“Keine Angst”, Heitsch Galerie, München
“Vergangenheitsbewältigung”, Hafenkult, Duisburg
2011 “was man kann”, Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Wesel
cor galerie, Zürich
2010 GAM Obrist Gingold Galerie, Essen
2007 GAM Obrist Gingold Galerie, Essen
ART Moscow (GAM), TIAF Toronto (GAM)
2006 GAM Galerie Obrist am Museum
ART Moscow (GAM), TIAF Toronto (GAM)
2005 Kunstverein Kirchzarten, Galerie Schaffrath Viersen
2004 Galerie Zavaletalab/ Buenos Ayres
Galerie Alexei Russak/ Frankfurt am Main
2003 Künstlerhaus Hooksiel/ Wangerland
2002 General Consulate of the Republic Argentina/ Frankfurt am Main