Marlena Gundlach

A black-and-white photograph of a woman with long blonde hair and a black jumper, looking at the camera.

Marlena Grundlach

2021

Marlena Gundlach (born in 1994, Quakenbrück) is an artist and set designer; she lives in Essen and works as an assistant set designer at the Theater Oberhausen. She studied sculpture for art in public spaces under Maik and Dirk Löbbert at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts and became their master’s student in 2018. In her site-specific installation practice, she develops spatial scenarios that navigate between reality and fiction, exploring questions of perception, memory and sense of place.

“My stay on Gotland was a formative experience for me. What has stayed with me in particular is the realisation of just how much tranquillity, time and consciously immersing oneself in a place can transform artistic processes.”

“On Gotland, I was able to pursue my work with a level of intensity I had never experienced before. The complexity of the geological traces and the unique light on the island made a lasting impression on me and continue to influence my artistic practice to this day.”