About Mariska Karto
Biography
Mariska was born in Suriname – South America. Originally Surinamese, Indonesian, African and a little bit Dutch. She grew up in the Netherlands.
Growing up in beautiful Vermeer city, living in Rembrandt country the Netherlands, got in touch with Venice for an assignment for a perfume-brand and was deeply touched by Venice baroque art, architecture and history. All these influences in her life, inspired her.
Mariska began incorporating these inspirations into her own work, with influences from her life and existence.
Mariska spends a lot of time carefully constructing her sets, which also involves her other talents. She sketches with charcoal, works with gold, textiles, and is an excellent photo manipulator. All of her talents come together in every piece of work she creates.
Mariska photographs women, including bold women in glamorous, mysterious, and beautiful settings, with soft skin tones and a touch of fantasy in a sensual atmosphere, combined with the sensitivity of the old masters. The women she photographs seem unaware of their surroundings but remain irresistibly dominant.
As she continued to develop her art, Mariska became increasingly interested in her existence. She traveled after long, long time to her birth-country and went deeper into the Amazon Rainforest. Here she became attracted and impressed by the Rainforest and her native land. A new flower challenge began.
Mariska makes work with a lot of energy, dynamics and influences from her contemporary life as well as work in which she can find sensitivity and peace.
Color, shape, atmosphere and more are connecting elements in her work.
Her life has shown that she needs both: the energy and peace in her work for balance within herself.
