Balance
| Height | 120 cm |
|---|---|
| Width | 150 cm |
| Length/Depth | 4 cm |
In Balance untersucht Maria Leisner das fragile Verhältnis zwischen Kraft und Vertrauen, Instinkt und Bewusstsein. Eine Frau in schwebender Rückbeuge und ein Leopard begegnen sich in einem Moment voll gespannter Harmonie – zwei Körper, die sich in ihrer Energie spiegeln.
Die Szene vereint Wildheit und Ruhe, Gefahr und Geborgenheit.
Das Tier verkörpert Urkraft und Instinkt, während die menschliche Figur in einer Haltung der Hingabe und Selbstbeherrschung schwebt.
Die Begegnung zwischen Frau und Leopard ist kein Kampf und keine Zähmung, sondern ein Moment gespannter Gleichwertigkeit.
Beide Körper sind im selben Rhythmus, verbunden durch Bewegung, Aufmerksamkeit und gegenseitige Präsenz.
HINWEIS: Das Werk wird momentan in der SKM Galerie in Leipzig ausgestellt und kann erst Mitte Februar verschickt werden.
Falls ein früherer Versand gewünscht ist, bitte direkt an das SKM Team wenden.
Maria Leisner
Graduate of the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart.
Specialist class in painting under Peter Chevalier (Bachelor’s degree 2019), Anna Ingerfurth and Jörg Mandernach (Master’s degree 2021)
Maria Leisner (born 1995, Ludwigsburg) explores the complexity of movement, female identity and physicality through a distinctive visual language. Her works, situated at the intersection of body politics and painterly material research, offer both intimate insights and universal statements. Leisner lives and works in Stuttgart and is a graduate of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Her works appeal to collectors in equal measure through their emotional depth and technical virtuosity.
A recurring motif in Maria Leisner’s work is her striking depictions of bodies in motion – in particular, figures who seem to plunge weightlessly into the water. These scenes capture the moment of letting go with extraordinary intensity – that fleeting break between control and surrender. Through her expressive yet precisely controlled brushwork, Leisner succeeds in transforming those seconds between sky and water into a visual choreography of courage, lightness and inner freedom. For Leisner, the leap is far more than a sporting motif: it becomes a metaphor for new beginnings, a zest for life and confidence in one’s own agency. This image of transition – powerful, vulnerable and full of potential – runs like a common thread through her entire artistic oeuvre.
Leisner’s body of work also revolves around the redefinition of female physicality in contemporary art. Inspired by her experiences in a midwifery practice whilst at university, she has developed a visual language that conceives of birth, vulnerability and strength as interconnected poles of human existence. Her figures in the “Pure Series” – often anonymised female torsos – become vessels for a universal narrative of autonomy and self-empowerment.
Leisner’s painterly approach combines Old Master-like precision with modern gesturalism. The three-dimensional modelling of the bodies through contrasts of light and shadow lends the figures a sculptural presence, whilst the deliberately raw canvases document the creative process. This dialectic of control and chance, of perfection and imperfection, becomes the central stylistic device of her artistic statement.
Maria Leisner’s painting captures those intense moments when people leap into the unknown – like taking the plunge. Her figures embody a new beginning, courage and trust in one’s own strength. Movement becomes a symbol of inner freedom and letting go.
BIOGRAPHY OF MARIA LEISNER
2014/15:
Foundation course, Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart
2015/16:
Foundation course at the State Academy of Fine Arts
in Stuttgart under Andreas Opiolka and Cindy Cordt
2016–2019:
Specialist class in painting with Peter Chevalier
2019:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, specialising in painting
2019–2021:
Painting class with Anna Ingerfurth and
Jörg Mandernach
2021: Master of Education specialising in painting
entitled “Sub Partu”
2023: Completion of teacher training, teaching qualification in Fine Art / Physical Education
at a grammar school
2024: Teacher at a grammar school, teaching Fine Art
and Physical Education in Stuttgart
Exhibitions:
2015: ABK Stuttgart exhibition tour, prize for the first-year class exhibition under Andreas Opiolka and Cindy Cortd
2016: ABK Stuttgart exhibition tour
2017: Urban Sketching, Galerie Lotte, Stuttgart
2017: ABK Stuttgart exhibition tour
2018: Innenhoftherapie, FORUM 3, Stuttgart
2018: ABK Stuttgart exhibition tour
2019: Exhibition by the Chevalier class, ABK Stuttgart
2019: ‘Grund verschoben’, Künstlerbund, Stuttgart
2020: Hi Life Gallery, Stuttgart
2020: Outdoor Tour, Theatre of the Old Town, Stuttgart
2020: Digital Tour, ABK Stuttgart
2021: Exhibition of Master’s degree projects, ABK Stuttgart
2021: Artist of the Month, November, Student Art Market
2021: Tour of ABK Stuttgart
2022: Women in the Arts, White Noise, Stuttgart
2024: Women in the Arts, Studio Amore, Hotel am Schlossgarten, Stuttgart
2024: Kick-off, SKM Gallery, Leipzig
2024: 3rd Community Exhibition, SKM Gallery, 1 November 2024 – 31 January 2025, Leipzig
2024: Pop-UP Dillmann, Strzelski Gallery, Stuttgart
2025: Fragments of Now, E30 Gallery, 28 June 2025 – 17 August 2025, Frankfurt
2025: 7th Community Exhibition, SKM Gallery, 31 October 2025 – 31 January 2026, Leipzig
2025: Pop-UP Dillmann, Strzelski Gallery, 14–16 November 2025, Stuttgart
2025: Exhibition #12, MIXEDMEDIA, Ludwigsburg District Office, 4 December 2025 – 26 February 2025, Ludwigsburg
