CV & Exhibitions
Maria Sainz Rueda (b. 1976 in Heidelberg) is a spanish german painter based in Leipzig
education
- 2009 Meisterschülerin Neo Rauch, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
- 2005-2009 Painting Class Neo Rauch, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
- 2003-2004 Erasmus, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
- 2000-2003 Painting Classes Doris Ziegler & Arno Rink, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
teaching
- since 2019 Lecturer at Institut für Kunstpädagogik, University of Leipzig
- 2007-2009 Lecturer at Abendakademie, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
SOLO & duo EXHIBITIONS
- 2024 Sway, Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar
- 2022 Always on my mind, Landgericht Leipzig
- Nothing Is Now, invited by Alfred Weidinger, OK Kulturquartier, Linz, Austria
- 2019 No 17, Galerie ff15, Leipzig
- True Love, with Christine Ebersbach, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
- 2018 D Minor Mint, with Ivana de Vivanco, Galerie Potemka, Leipzig
- 2017 Scholia, with Petra Grozaj, curated by Leila Topic, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia
- RE:, Artspace KTR, Leipzig
- 2016 Piper in the Woods, with Kathrin Thiele, diebox, Leipzig
- 2015 Transition in progress, with Petra Grozaj, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig
- 2014 Scarlet Lake, City Hall Walldorf
- Farbrauschen, Artemio, Leipzig
- 2011 Abschweifung N°1, curated by Peter Hochel, Kunstverein Plauen
- 2010 Raum zum Sehen, Artspace BASF Schwarzheide
group EXHIBITIONS (selected)
- 2024 Light filters through the gaps in the leaves, curated by Stacey Yuting, Artemin Gallery Taipei, Taiwan (until May 25th, 2024)
- Spiel Räume, Group Show, Museum for Print Art, Leipzig (tba)
- Skraj, Group Show curated by Stefan Paruch, Poland (tba)
- 2023 Above your head, Galerie Von&Von Nürnberg
- 2022 Streams of Consciousness, curated by Charlotte Eyton, Phillips x Particle, The Sagamore Hotel Art Basel Miami, USA
- Zu mir und zu Dir, with Franz Jyrch & Elias Wessel, Former Synagoge Walldorf
- Meisterschüler*innen of Neo Rauch, Galerie Eigen+Art Leipzig
- Bilderkosmos Leipzig. 1905–2022, curated by Marcus C.Hurttig, Museum of Fine Art Leipzig
- Time to print, Museum of Print Art Leipzig
- Little piece of, Galerie Intershop Leipzig
- 2020 Collection in view: Contemporary Art from Leipzig, Museum of Fine Art Leipzig
- Inside, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
- Lions and Virgins, Custody University Leipzig
- Hortus Secretus, Multiple Venues
- 2019 Voix, Museum of Fine Art Leipzig
- Circlus, Thaler Originalgrafik Leipzig
- 2018 Parallel Vienna, Austria
- Female painters from Leipzig, FAK Zwickau
- Painting XXL, Galerie Leuenroth & Kunsthalle 1A Frankfurt
- 2017 Farbauftrag, curated by Jaqueline Krickl, Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin
- Painting XX, curated by Enno Wallis, Kunsthalle Sparkasse Lüneburg
- 2016 Dokodemodoor, Spinnerei Werkschauhalle, Leipzig
- 2015 Transition in progress, Duo with Petra Grozaj, Westpol A.I.R. Space Leipzig
- Betriebsausflug Leipzig – Hamburg Gängeviertel, Hamburg
- 2011 Große Kunstausstellung, Villa Kobe Halle/Saale
- 21. Leipziger Jahresausstellung »Zucht und Ordnung« Westwerk, Leipzig
- 2010 Von vorn, Meisterklasse Neo Rauch, Riegel Landesgartenschaugelände Aschersleben
RESIDENCIES, PROJECTS, GRANTS
- 2021 Artist in Residence – Time to print, Museum for Printart, Leipzig
- 2020 Artist in Residence – Salzamt Linz, Austria
- 2017 Annual Gift »Schwebe«, Förderer des Museums der bildenden Künste e.V., Leipzig
- Catalogue Grant, Kulturamt Stadt Leipzig
- 2015–2017 Project Grant, Transition in Progress & Scholia funded by Goethe-Institut Kroatien and ifa-Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
- 2013 Lithographie Symposium at Stein_Werk, Werkstatt für Lithographie Thomas Franke, Leipzig
- 2012 Artist in Residence – Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg e. V., Bad Münster am Stein Ebernburg
Public collections
- Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia
- Museum of Fine Art Leipzig, Germany
- Art Collection Sparkasse Leipzig, Germany
- Museum of Print Art Leipzig, Germany
- Art Collection City of Walldorf, Germany
publications
- 2021 Werkschau! 1st Edition, curated by Jonas Kopinski, a catalogue group show
- 2019 Voix Malerinnennetzwerk Berlin-Leipzig, exhibition catalogue with texts by Mona Horncastle, Jeannette Stoschek & IJsbrand van Veelen
- 2018 Scholia, exhibition catalogue with a text by Leila Topic, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia
- 2011 Abschweifung N°1, exhibition catalogue with a text by Peter Hochel, Kunstverein Plauen
- Raum zum Sehen, exhibition catalogue with a text by Maik Schlüter
- 2010 Von Vorn, Meisterklasse Neo Rauch. Exhibition catalogue with texts by Neo Rauch & Carsten Tabel