Brief Biography | Artistic Background

ARTIST BIO

1998–2008 | Studies in Art History, University of Vienna, Austria

Master’s thesis: “Marino Marini and His Horse-and-Rider Depictions of the 1930s and the Swiss Period.”

Supervisor: Prof. Martina Pippal

2003–2009 | Studies in Sculpture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Master Class of Prof. Gerda Fassel

Master’s thesis: “Insect Women” – Transformation and Metamorphosis as Theme and Creative Principle in the Work of Germaine Richier.

Supervisor: Prof. Hammer-Tugendhat

2010–2011 | Certificate in Accompanied Painting / Art Therapy, IHK (Institute for Humanistic Art Therapy), Zurich, Switzerland

2014–2015 | Diploma in Art Therapy, IHK (Institute for Humanistic Art Therapy), Zurich, Switzerland

2015 | Module: Psychopathological Foundations, IHK

Instructor: Dipl. Psych. Rita Hollenstein, Specialist in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Lucerne, Switzerland

2016 | Internship at the Creative Workshop of the Psychiatric Clinic, focus on Glass/Wood, Wil, Switzerland

Since 2017 | Atelier Ramsauer, St. Wolfgang, Salzkammergut, Austria

Maren Ramsauer is an Austrian painter whose artistic practice is deeply shaped by her background in sculpture. In her work, she explores the interplay of color, atmosphere and emotional perception. Her visual language moves between abstraction and subtle suggestions of landscape, creating atmospheric spaces that hover between memory and reality. Light, depth, and emotional resonance form central constants in her artistic practice. Influenced by artists such as Klimt, Schiele, Germaine Richier, Monet, and Van Gogh, she blends emotional intensity with atmospheric softness. Elements of expressive linework, rhythmic composition, and radiant color fields develop in her painting into a distinctive and unmistakable visual vocabulary.

Her work is characterized by thoughtful reflection, a strong awareness of composition, and a finely attuned sensitivity to chromatic harmony. She prefers classical painting techniques and collage elements on canvas, placing high value on craftsmanship and material precision. The artist lives and works in St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut, whose surroundings infuse many of her works with a meditative, contemplative energy.