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about maria maarbjerg

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Maria Maarbjerg (b. 1986) is a visual artist based in Dublin. Working primarily with photography and text. Her practice revolves around questions of national identity and societal changes. She is a former student from Fatamorgana – The Danish School of Photography. Renowned for its unique focus on individual language in photography, the school continues to inform her practice and style. Her photos are leaning towards documentary photography, and are characterised by a strong attention to composition and form.

Maarbjerg holds a Bachelor (hons.) in Fine Art from Dublin School of Creative Arts at Technological University Dublin. Her graduation piece in 2020 was recognised with an RDS Visual Art Award, and she has since won multiple awards and residencies, notable A4 Sounds Studio’s We Only Want the Earth Studio Residency and Fire Station Residential Studio Award.

She has been exhibiting in both Denmark and Ireland, In 2022, her solo exhibition titled "ode to changes" was exhibited in the RHA in Dublin

Presently, Maarbjerg is a studio artist in The Complex, Dublin.