Norman Maýn

Norman Maýn was born and grew up in Berlin. He studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin, where he already attracted attention with his graduation project Ghosts, a complex installation about the unreal existence of mistreated and abused spanish hunting dogs. He actually works in Germany (Berlin/Lusatia) and Spain (mainly Andalusia) and connects nearly every medium such as photography, painting, video, text, fragments, objects and transfers them into memorable installations that form comprehensive work cycles. It also happens that works cite each other, are expanded upon, or acquire a new context through reconsideration. He moves between the real and the surreal, personal and collective themes, abstract and precise, narrative such as mystery and removes the boundaries of established artistic areas. His works ritually address an archaic primal pain, discrepancies and areas of tension in human existence and rage on earth in context of saturated and at the same time empty societies. The clear lack of comprehensive descriptions of the postmodern world is translated in Maýn’s visual language particularly through reduction and omission, but also a grasp of fragile and seemingly quickly diffusing moments. Non-colors and raw materials determine the overall visual appearance. The tortured creature and human caused sorrow became central themes.

 

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Last Work Cycles
2024-2025: Fieldnotes: Works on Paper, Photographies, Paintings, Objects, Texts, Video, Sound, Installation shown at Galerie Met, Berlin
2021-2024: Ghosts: Multichannel Video, Paintings, Photographies, Objects, Texts, Preview as Transmedia Installation shown at Graduation Exhibiton, UdK Berlin

Education
2025: Research stay, Spain, Andalusia, Sierra Grazalema
2024: Founding of Studio Mayn | B36 for Artistic Research
2024: University of the Arts Berlin, Moving Image/Installation
2022: Spain, Andalusia, Research stay Almería & Alpujarras
2022: Further training in animal welfare and nature conservation
2021: Spain, Canarian Islands Research stay at different Shelters
2019: Spain, Andalusia research stay, Doñana, Los Alcornocales
2018: London Research stay for different projects
2017–2019: Humboldt University of Berlin, law studies for research and interest
2016–2018: Advisor for Artistic Research and Transmedia Design
2014–2017: University of the Arts Berlin, Visual Communication

 

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