Maria Munar
Canadian/Columbian 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.
Maria Fernanda Munar is a Canadian/Colombian visual artist based out of Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts with a major in Media Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts 2017. She has exhibited at Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Gibson Fine Arts, Arts Commons, and Marion Nicoll Gallery in Alberta. She has been the recipient of a Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and has attended residencies Arts Commons and AU arts. She is currently working as a Senior Studio Artist at Critical Mass.