Mariska Karto - The Sword

Her photographs are printed on exclusive Hahnemühle paper with high-quality Epson colors. The photograph includes a white border. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short Profile Mariska is a fine art photographer working internationally. Her creative process is carefully constructed and highly multidisciplinary. She builds elaborate sets with great attention to detail and integrates her other artistic passions: charcoal drawing, working with gold, textiles, and advanced image editing. Every piece she creates brings all of these elements together into one cohesive expression. In a short period of time she has won several renowned international awards the PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris, first place gold, in the full category of professional visual arts, Gold award Trierenberg Supercircuit - category emotions and nominated as ambassador of Tolerance. She has participated in various photo exhibitions in New York, the Netherlands, China, Poland, France, Italy and has had several museum and gallery exhibitions both nationally and internationally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International commissions and exhibitions Mariska has participated in: • Commission Perfume brand Venezia. • Her work is held in collections in various renowned hotels and private collections. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibitions • 26th–28th May 2026, Paris: Exhibition Love / Love is One of the Most Powerful and Enduring Images in Visual Culture / Art Icon • 13th–15th May 2026, Billboard Exhibition, New York Times Square – Art Innovation Gallery • 18th March–18th May 2026, Dortmund, Germany: Dreams Art Exhibition – Brackel Library • February–April 2026: Spring Salon Exhibition, Pulchri, The Hague PHOTOFESTIVALS -FOTOARTFESTIVAL POLEN, SOLO-EXHIBITION, 11TH OCTOBER TILL 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. 15-20 JULY 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 2 SEPTEMBER – 15 NOVEMBER 2016 FOTOFEVER PARIS PARIS PRESENTATION – REPRESENTED BY CHARLET PHOTOGRAPHIES. FOTOFEVER PARIS CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE. 13 NOVEMBER 2015 – 15 NOVEMBER 2015 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOFESTIVAL LEIDEN TWO WORKS TO “FACE THE DUTCH”AT INTERNATIONAL PHOTOFESTIVAL LEIDEN 10 OKTOBER 2015 – 31 OKTOBER 2015 PHOTOVILLE DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHY – NEW YORK PHOTOVILLE NEW YORK