About Mariska Karto
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Awards
2025
IPA, PX3, Triestenberg and more
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
2016 – NOMINATED AS AMBASSADOR OF TOLERANCE / PALEIS VAN DE VERDRAAGZAAMHEID – 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 PIL
2016 – INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS / HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE SERIE 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
BRONZEN AWARD – EXCESSION
2012- INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Upcoming events
Event: My exhibitions
Dates: 1 Jan 2022 - 3 Jan 2026
-3TH DECEMBER 2025 – JANUARY 2026, EXHIBITION BEING A WOMAN, PULCHRI GALERIE, THE HAGUE – NETHERLANDS
-3TH OCTOBER TILL 28TH DECEMBER 2025 – PHOTOFESTIVAL ITALY SICILIË
MED FOTOFESTIVAL 2025 HET FOTOARCHIEF VAN DE MEDITERRANEUM COLLECTIE XVI INTERNATIONALE EDITIE, VAN 3 OKTOBER TOT 28 DECEMBER 2025 CATANIA, CALTAGIRONE, SYRACUSE, VIZZINI EN ANDERE PLAATSEN IN OOST-SICILIË
-FROM 17 MAY TILL 15TH JUNE 2025: VOORJAARSSALON THE HAGUE / PULCHRI GALERIE
-EXPOSITIE KLEINE MATEN – PULCHRI GALERIE FEBRUARI 2025
-PULCHRI: VIDEO ART – SCREENTIME #9 / MY VIDEO ANIMATION EUROPE – AUGUST 3 / NOVEMBER 3 2024
-PULCHRI STUDIO/ APRIL 2024- SALON
-MICKS ART GALLERY EMMEN, THE NETHERLANDS – OKTOBER 2023/ JANUARI 2024
-EXHIBITION NEW MEMBERS – PULCHRI STUDIO / JULI 2023
-VOORJAARSSALON EN JACOB HARTOGPRIJS: PULCHRI STUDIO/ APRIL 2023
-KLEINE FORMAAT TENTOONSTELLING – PULCHRI STUDIO DEN HAAG / FEBRUARI – MEI 2023
Biography
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.
After many years, I returned to my birth country. I traveled deep into the Amazon Rainforest, reconnecting with my native land, its raw beauty, and the overwhelming force of nature. That journey awakened a new path in my work — one that explores the relationship between self and the connection between landscape. But most of all, the love for nature.
My work moves between contrasts: energy and stillness, strength and sensitivity. Color, form, and atmosphere are the threads that tie everything together. Life has taught me that I need both — the intensity and the calm — to create balance in my art and within myself.
