Mariah Dekkenga
Mariah Dekkenga is a painter who uses a very focused process. First, she designs her compositions on the computer. Then she applies a thick layer on canvas or burlap and constructs the composition on the surface. The edges of colors are then carefully blended to hide the traces of her hand. According to the artist, she hopes the viewer can detach themselves from thinking about how the painting was made and instead spend time really looking at the work. Dekkenga has an ability to fuse geometric abstraction and abstract expressionism in her multicolored paintings. Looking at these in person, one can’t help but want to run their hand down the surface.
Dekkenga has held solo exhibitions at Eli Ping/Frances Perkins in New York, Spare Room Projects in Brooklyn, SITUATIONS in New York, and selected group exhibitions include The Hole in New York, Denny Gallery in New York, Clifton Benevento in New York, Suzanne Geiss in New York, and The Fire Station in Doha Qatar. She has had residencies at the Babayan Culture House in Cappadocia, Turkey, Takt Kunstraum Tapir in Berlin, and Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Spain. Her work is in the collections of QMA Qatar Museums in …
Mariah Dekkenga is a painter who uses a very focused process. First, she designs her compositions on the computer. Then she applies a thick layer on canvas or burlap and constructs the composition on the surface. The edges of colors are then carefully blended to hide the traces of her hand. According to the artist, she hopes the viewer can detach themselves from thinking about how the painting was made and instead spend time really looking at the work. Dekkenga has an ability to fuse geometric abstraction and abstract expressionism in her multicolored paintings. Looking at these in person, one can’t help but want to run their hand down the surface.
Dekkenga has held solo exhibitions at Eli Ping/Frances Perkins in New York, Spare Room Projects in Brooklyn, SITUATIONS in New York, and selected group exhibitions include The Hole in New York, Denny Gallery in New York, Clifton Benevento in New York, Suzanne Geiss in New York, and The Fire Station in Doha Qatar. She has had residencies at the Babayan Culture House in Cappadocia, Turkey, Takt Kunstraum Tapir in Berlin, and Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Spain. Her work is in the collections of QMA Qatar Museums in Doha Qatar, Aïshti Foundation Collection in Beirut, Lebanon, and the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY.
