Exhibition by Marielis Seyler "Momentum Nature" at the Eisenberger Factory in Gmünd

Exhibition: MARIELIS SEYLER · "MOMENTUM NATURE"

Exhibition duration: April 25 to June 14, 2026
Opening hours: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from 11 AM to 5 PM
Location: Eisenberger Fabrik, Litschauerstr. 23, 3950 Gmünd

Opening: Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 3 PM

Since the late 1980s, "Nature" and "Woman" have been defining themes in the artistic works of Marielis Seyler. Photography serves as the visual foundation and her primary medium. In various ways, she expands the photographs through interventions and a variety of materials. She often exposes them to natural weather conditions for weeks, working on them with natural materials, chalk, shellac, coffee, watercolor paints, or rust. Wounded animals often take center stage in her works, giving them an animistic dimension reminiscent of Joseph Beuys. A particular emphasis is placed on her "Open Air" and "Trampelbilder." The aim is to convey the beauty of nature, as well as its fragility and vulnerability, in a tangible way.

Marielis Seyler, born in 1942 in Wels. She completed her studies at the Lycée in Neustadt an der Weinstraße and then studied photography at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna from 1958 to 1961. Between 1962 and 1968, she worked as a freelance photographer in Munich, Tokyo, and Barcelona. From 1968 to 1969, she was a guest student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. After stays in Paris, she managed several galleries in Germany and Austria from 1972 to 1981. In 1985, she resumed her own artistic activities (conceptual photography on the theme of humanity and nature; since then, numerous thematic series have emerged in the sense of "extended photography").
Various publications, including those by Hirmer Verlag and Bibliothek der Provinz.
Since 1989, she has been living and working as a freelance artist in Vienna and Neulengbach.