Marianna Rothen

After becoming a model at age 15, Marianna Rothen spent several years traveling, working and documenting her experience though photographs. Rothen now focuses her photography on female characters within the scope of a nostalgic dystopia. Combined with decrepit interiors, wilderness and seductive subjects, Rothen's photographs emanate overtones of mystery and dissatisfaction that become part of a larger narrative. Rothen uses natural or available light and mixes traditional photographic processes with digital media. Since 2007 her work has been exhibited internationally in New York, Paris, Sydney, Cologne and Istanbul. In 2012 Rothenʼs work was featured in The Last Seduction, a two-person show that appeared at the Hendershot Gallery in New York. During the same year, the artist also had solo exhibitions at Gallery Kaune, Posnik, Germany and Spohr, Cologne. In 2014 her first book, Snow and Rose & other tales was released with b.frank books and in 2015 Rothen was part of Pheromone Hotbox, an exhibition showcasing the work of female photographers at Steven Kasher Gallery. Marianna Rothen is currently completing a series of short films, Fever To Her Plague.

Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery