Maria Claudia Wagner

Maria Claudia Wagner has been devoting herself intensively to painting since 2018, with a particular focus on serial work. She draws on traditional oil painting techniques to address contemporary social issues. Maria’s paintings are characterised by a cropped composition, a haptic/tactile application of paint, and a vibrancy of colour achieved through the layering of numerous oil layers. Maria sees herself as part of the tradition of the ‘Slow Painters’ (her works develop slowly and are intended to have a lasting impact) and describes her approach as ‘Artistic Research’ – the results of this aesthetic research are reflected in her paintings. Maria is currently studying at the HGB Leipzig, works as an artistic assistant at the Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig and runs her own studio at the Westwerk in Leipzig.

EDUCATION /

CAREER2018 to 20 Ortweinschule, Graz, Masterclass in Art and Design, specialising in painting under Klaus Schuster, final examination passed with distinction

2018 to 21 Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Bachelor’s degree in German

Studies2019 to 21 Private study and one-to-one training with Rohini Ralby, Peter Bonner, Erin Raedeke, Edvard Sutcliffe

Since 2021 HGB Leipzig, Diploma Programme in Painting/Graphic

Art2023 to 25 HGB Leipzig, Specialist Class with Kerstin Drechsel

Since 2024 HGB Leipzig, Ivana de Vivanco’s specialist class;

Since 2022 Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, assistant to the painter Jochen Plogsties

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EXHIBITIONS /

PROJ

ECTS; 2019 ‘Gestalt_Geschöpf_Gesicht’, Galerie Centrum, Graz, group exhibition

2019 “Paulschlössl”, Café Paulschlössl, Graz, concert and exhibition opening with To Jutra and Elementar

2020 “Gesichtsfelder”, Galerie Centrum, Graz,

group exhibition2022 HGB tour, 1st year

foundation

studies2023 HGB tour, 2nd year of foundation

studies2023 “Vordiplom Extended”, Schiebestraße, Leipzig, group

exhibition2023 “Painting Exhibition”, HGB Leipzig, duo exhibition with Leon von der Lippe

2024 HGB tour of Drechsel’s specialist class “You look so cold, come closer to the

fire”2024 Open Studios Leipzig

2025 HGB tour of de Vivanco’s specialist class “Watch out for the bend!”

2025 “Faust 500”, Mädler Art Forum, exhibition by the Printmaking Workshops of the HGB Leipzig and the DLL on Goethe’s ‘Faust

’2025 “Relativ Offen”, Tapetenwerk Leipzig, exhibition by the de Vivanco class and the Rothe class (AdBK Nuremberg)

2025 “Fine Art”, Berlin Haus Kunst Mitte, selection seminar for fine art organised by the German National Scholarship Foundation

Maria Claudia Wagner

Here you can see the last eight works sold