Mariska Karto - True or false - XXL

About this framed artwork – size XXL
True or False has been demonstrated in the Netherlands.
This piece is beautifully printed on a sturdy dibond backing and comes in an elegant black floating frame.
The photo size is 100 x 100 cm.
About the artwork:
In her Botanical Works, Mariska Karto pays homage to the enchanting botanical world, a dreamlike universe with two faces. In her Rotten & Surreal collection, she reveals the beauty hidden in decay: where life and decomposition merge into something unexpectedly poetic.
Karto's work balances between the ethereal and the uncomfortable, between blooming and rotting. Each image exudes a disorienting elegance, in which nature is not only celebrated but also dissected.
The artwork is ready to be hung.

Allegory of time
This artwork was recently in exhibition in Paris at Art Icon and was also awarded in the International Photography Awards 2025, with the title "Honorable mention".

In this contemporary photo collage, I photographed my models in my studio and personally photographed all accessories and props, assembling everything into one single image. This work revolves around the concept of time and invites us to reflect on how we spend the time we have.
In my photo collage, I raise questions about who we are, what we do, and the nature of life. I challenge the viewer to think about their actions, what they are doing and whether what they do truly matters.
I hope to encourage people to reflect and to consider a different perspective because time keeps ticking.

About Mariska
Mariska is an actively exhibiting artist, both nationally and internationally, with her work featured in physical and online galleries. Her art moves between imagination, emotion, and conceptual thought, often infused with elements of surrealism. Since the beginning of her career, her work has captured the imagination of a wide audience and continues to resonate deeply.
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Short profile
I was born in Suriname, South America, and carry a rich cultural heritage within me: Surinamese, Indonesian, African, and a touch of Dutch. I grew up in the Netherlands, surrounded by the legacy of the old Dutch masters — in a land where Vermeer and Rembrandt are never far from sight.
An assignment for a perfume brand once took me to Venice. There, I was deeply moved by the baroque art, architecture, and layered history of the city. That experience stirred something profound in me and became a lasting source of inspiration that still shapes my artistic vision today.

My creative process is carefully crafted and deeply multidisciplinary. I build my sets with great attention to detail, incorporating my other artistic passions: charcoal drawing, working with gold, textiles, and advanced photo manipulation. Every piece I create brings all these elements together into one cohesive expression.
I photograph human figures, men and women but mainly women — powerful, glamorous, mysterious figures who exist in dreamlike, emotive worlds. They often appear unaware of their surroundings, yet they radiate a quiet, irresistible dominance.
My work is sensual and poetic, blending fantasy with the emotional sensitivity of the old masters, while remaining rooted in the present.

The artwork is printed on 300 grams high-quality Hahnemühle art paper, framed and ready to hang.

Exhibitions
*2025–2026 -Dec 2025 – Jan 2026 – Being a Woman, Pulchri Galerie, The Hague (NL)
*13–16 Nov 2025 – Paris Exhibition Sex and Politics, with hyperphotocollage Allegory of Time
*3 Oct – 28 Dec 2025 – MedFotoFestival 2025 Stories of Women, various cities in Eastern Sicily (IT)
*Sept/Oct 2025 – Jury Member, Capture Awards (AUS)
*May 17 – June 15, 2025 – Spring Salon, Pulchri Gallery, The Hague (NL)
*Feb 2025 – Exhibition Small Sizes, Pulchri Galerie (NL)
*2024-3 Aug – 3 Nov 2024 – SCREENTIME #9 Video Art – Pulchri Galerie (video: Europe)
-Pulchri Studio/ April 2024- salon
-Micks Art Gallery Emmen, The Netherlands - October 2023/January 2024
-Exhibition New Members - Pulchri Studio / July 2023
-Spring Salon and Jacob Hartog Prize: Pulchri Studio/ April 2023
Small format exhibition - Pulchri Studio The Hague / February - May 2023
-2022, admitted to Pulchri, https://www.pulchri.nl/nl/
-From September - December 2022, Museum de Fundatie, Climate Expo 2022, Zwolle (The Netherlands - Fresco Climatechange Europe)
-From 25 August - 25 September Solo exhibition 2021: Galerie Persoon and Oogenlust, the Netherlands
-From 30 November - January 2020 Solo exhibition: Anita Neve Photo Gallery, the Netherlands
-From 25 May - 1 September 2019, Museum de Fundatie, Summer Expo 2019, Zwolle (The Netherlands - Citylandscape Europe)
-From November 10, 2018 - January 10, 2019, Anita Neve Galerie, Almere (the Netherlands)
-From 2 November 2018 my City-Landscape Den Haag/Delft at New Stadskantoor in Delft (the Netherlands)
-From 9-11 November 2018 in Paris, Imagenation Paris (France)
- Affordable Art Fair Battersea- Public House of Art (Autumn Edition: 2018) (UK)
-Hampstead London - Artfair UK 2018 (UK)
-Art Breda: Artfair The Netherlands 2018 (The Netherlands)
- KUNSTHUYS Best/ The Netherlands: December 2017-January 2018
(The Netherlands)
- Affordable Art Fair Battersea (Autumn Edition: October 2017) (UK)
- Art Pampelonne Saint Tropez: July 2017
- KunstRAI Amsterdam: June 2017
- Affordable Art Fair Hampstead (London): May 2017
- Art Breda: May 2017
-Context New York City: May 2017
-Abend Gallery, USA - Denver:  March/April 2017
-Public House of Art, New York City AAF: March 29 - April 2, 2017
-Public House of Art, Amsterdam March 2017
-AAF Battersea, London, March 2017
-Scope Art show - New York, March 2017
-AAF Brussels, February 2017
-Rotterdam Contemporary and Affordable Art Fair Milan, both between Feb 8th-12th 2017
-Arte Fiera @ Bologna in Italy -27/30-01-2017
-Abend Gallery, Denver USA, 2017
Gallery Beeldend Gespoken/ Face the Dutch - Amsterdam
Exhibition 2 - September 5, 2016
Paris - Px3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris, Special Exhibition in Paris July 12-15, 2016
My Contemporary Fresco's are Fine art winners of complete category Fine Art 2016 - therefore they will be present on a Special Exhibition
Gallery Perry Kish - Heerlen
Exhibition Heerlen/ The Netherlands - Two works on display from December 19, 2015, to January 2016
December 19, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Smash Gallery - San Francisco
Frescoes and Muses
September 12, 2015 - October 10, 2015
AFK Gallery - Lisbon
Group Exhibition
May 22, 2015 - July 11, 2015
Leontia Gallery - London
Pop-up show
September 19, 2014 - October 7, 2014
Canal Gallery Utrecht
Duo Exhibition with Jake Baddeley
September 7, 2014 - October 21, 2014

Festivals
- 2025 November Art Icon / Paris - Sex and Politics
-FotoArtfestival Poland, solo exhibition, 11th October until the 27th October 2019 in BIelsko-BIała. Poland
- Festival de Parfum in Grasse /Exposition "A fleur de peau" Grasse au pays des merveilles, 26th- 28th July 2019. France
-Group exhibition in Arles, as part of the Voies Off Festival, at Galerie des Arenes, in the very heart of Arles under the care of imagination Paris. July 15-20, 2019 France
-From 19-25 September 2018, The largest festival of photography, in the Imperial City of Pingyao (China)
-Face the Dutch / Artwest - Amsterdam
Contemporary Photography of the Netherlands
September 2 - November 15, 2016
Photofever Paris
Paris presentation - Represented by Charlet Photographies. Photofever Paris Carrousel Du Louvre.
November 13, 2015 - November 15, 2015
International Photo Festival Leiden
Two works to "Face the Dutch" at International Photofestival Leiden
October 10, 2015 - October 31, 2015
Photoville Dutch Photography - New York
Photoville New York
September 11, 2015 - September 20, 2015
Dutch Photography - New York
Alive! - Exhibition
September 18, 2014 - September 28, 2014
Photofever Paris
November 15, 2013 - November 17, 2013

Awards
2025 – AWARDED THE TITLE “HONORABLE MENTION” IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2025 – WORK: ALLEGORY OF TIME
2025 – AWARDED THE TITLE “OFFICIAL SELECTION” IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2025
2016 - PX3 First place Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Gold Award, in complete category Professionals Fine Art with my Contemporary Fresco's. Px3 Special Exhibition in Paris on July 12-15
2016 - Nominated as Ambassador of Tolerance / Palace of Tolerance - Netherlands
2016 - PX3 Silver Award Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Black Pearl of the project Baroque Diversity
2016 - PX3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris/ Honorable Mention - The Happy Pill
2016 - International Photography Awards / Honorable Mention for the series Baroque Diversity
2014 - Gold Award (Emotions) for work "Intense" in the Trierenberg Super Circuit
2013 - PX3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris /Fine art
Silver Award - Fresco The Fallen
Bronze Award - Excession
2012 - International Photography Awards
Four honorable mentions
Honorable mention Secrets
Honorable mention Magic
Honorable mention Tender
Honorable mention Sweet dreams or not
2012- PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris / Two Honorable Mentions - photo Muzes and photo Soft
2012- Finalist: The third competition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, female photographers (Worldwidephotography Gala Awards)
2011 - International Loupe Awards:
Received Silver Award 2011 - Category Abstract/Illustrative
Received six Bronze Awards 2011 - Category Abstract/Illustrative
Received two Bronze Awards 2011 - Category People & Portrait