Maria Munar

Overview

 

Canadian/Colombian visual artist Maria Munar’s evocative works juxtapose the fluidity of the eternal with the stillness found in calming fragments vibrantly preserved and framed as allegorical abstracts. With orchestrated, elegant chaos, the artist preserves the fleeting in an immortal visual paradise, encapsulating that which can never last but which also forever endures.

Munar’s decadent sculptural collages curiously explore impossible arrangements, transposing seemingly unrelated foliage and form as intertwined and layered flora.  Cascading within and spilling over in a whimsical, choreographed dance, the artist’s elegant bouquets gracefully collide in an explosion of soothing colour, like divine puzzle pieces destined to bloom in suspended time.

 

In Munar’s garden, nothing is impossible, and every moment and movement is an exotic emergence of blended memory, diversity and longevity that reminds viewers that when it comes to the exquisiteness of nature, magic is something one can actually reach out and touch.

Works
  • Maria Munar, LilyWander
    LilyWander$CAD 4,800.00
  • Maria Munar, Incandescent Forms
    Incandescent Forms$CAD 4,200.00
  • Maria Munar, Preserved Bouquet #5
    Preserved Bouquet #5$CAD 3,900.00
  • Maria Munar, Preserved Bouquet #2
    Preserved Bouquet #2$CAD 3,900.00
  • Maria Munar, LeafCrawler
    LeafCrawler$CAD 3,700.00
  • Maria Munar, Incandescent Pores
    Incandescent Pores$CAD 3,700.00
  • Maria Munar, Delphinium Protector
    Delphinium Protector$CAD 3,600.00
  • Maria Munar, A Bouquet from Costa Rica
    A Bouquet from Costa Rica$CAD 3,600.00
  • Maria Munar, A Bouquet from Revelstoke
    A Bouquet from Revelstoke$CAD 3,600.00
  • Maria Munar, Thrive Musk Mallow
    Thrive Musk Mallow$CAD 3,600.00
  • Maria Munar, LilyWander Crawler
    LilyWander Crawler$CAD 3,400.00
  • Maria Munar, Embodied Curves
    Embodied Curves$CAD 3,300.00
  • Maria Munar, Embodied Waves
    Embodied Waves$CAD 3,300.00
  • Maria Munar, Unruly Fragments #1
    Unruly Fragments #1
    Sold
  • Maria Munar, Unruly Fragments #2
    Unruly Fragments #2
    Sold
  • Maria Munar, Unruly Fragments #4
    Unruly Fragments #4
    Sold
  • Maria Munar, Incandescent Gaze
    Incandescent Gaze$CAD 3,200.00
  • Maria Munar, LeafWalker
    LeafWalker$CAD 3,100.00
  • Maria Munar, LeafCurves
    LeafCurves$CAD 2,900.00
  • Maria Munar, Floranima Flow
    Floranima Flow$CAD 2,800.00
  • Maria Munar, Floranima Dance
    Floranima Dance$CAD 2,800.00
  • Maria Munar, LeafGlider
    LeafGlider$CAD 2,700.00
  • Maria Munar, Everbloom
    Everbloom$CAD 2,400.00
  • Maria Munar, Floranima
    Floranima$CAD 2,400.00
  • Maria Munar, Floranima Bouqet
    Floranima Bouqet$CAD 2,400.00
Biography

Maria Munar is a Colombian-Canadian visual artist based in Calgary, Alberta. Working in photography, collage, animation and sculpture. She creates hybrid worlds that explore the intersections of diaspora, femininity, and ecology. Her work has been exhibited at EMMEDIA, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and Arts Commons, with works in both public and private collections. She has received grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Calgary Arts Development, and currently works as Motion Director at Critical Mass.