1 March - 1 May 2026
Voices of Women
Marjo Korrel
Marjo Korrel and Voices of Women
Within Voices of Women, the work of Marjo Korrel unfolds as a quiet yet powerful meditation on connection. Her paintings invite the viewer to look beyond the visible surface, into layered worlds where material, memory and meaning intertwine.
Marjo’s practice is rooted in an early, intuitive awareness of interconnectedness—between nature and humanity, the microscopic and the cosmic, the inner world and the external landscape. Through the use of diverse materials such as oil paint, acrylics, beeswax and textured mediums, her works build up slowly, mirroring natural processes of growth, erosion and transformation.
What emerges are images that feel both expansive and intimate. Forms echo one another across scales: leaf structures resemble lungs, branching patterns recall neural pathways, and celestial movements find resonance in organic matter. These visual correspondences suggest a world in which nothing exists in isolation—where distance dissolves into proximity.
In Voices of Women, Marjo’s work offers a contemplative counterpoint: a voice that does not shout, but resonates. It reminds us that connection is not something to be constructed, but something to be remembered—present beneath the surface, waiting to be seen.
About Marjo Korrel
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As a young girl, I would sit at night behind thick velvet curtains, perched on the windowsill, gazing outside. I watched the stars, the centuries-old oak trees, the shadows and the vast space surrounding them. While looking, I knew—with a quiet certainty—that everything was connected, and that I, too, was part of that connection. This early experience, and the longing it awakened, continues to form the undercurrent of my work as an artist.
The layered nature of my paintings emerges through an intuitive process of searching, sketching and painting. By combining materials such as oil paint, acrylics, PowerTex, structural pastes and beeswax, the surface gradually reveals depth, texture and meaning. The works selected for Voices of Women reflect both my awareness of, and my desire for, connection—between all elements that exist in the world, within ourselves, and throughout our lives.
What appears distant is often intimately close. In galaxies, coral-like forms are born; patterns whisper and repeat themselves, never identical yet unmistakably related. A leaf mirrors the tree, the moss, the forest, and even our lungs: fractal structures appear in veins, branches, roots, waves and in the architecture of the human brain.
Beyond the surface—beneath the water, above the clouds, and within ourselves—everything remains unique, yet nothing is ever truly separate. As above, so below; as within, so without. The small reflects the vast, and in that reflection, connection becomes visible.
