Synthesizing traditional painting techniques with computer-based compositional methods, Dekkenga’s work explores the  intersection of technology and painting as a craft. Questions about how images function as physical objects that convey virtual information are central to her practice, as is how information in such contexts is mediated, communicated and defined.

Mariah Dekkenga (1978 Marathon, WI) is an artist and educator living and working in Vermont USA and Doha Qatar. Dekkenga has held solo exhibitions at Situations, New York; Eli Ping Frances Perkins, New York; and Spare Room Projects in Brooklyn. Selected Group exhibitions include Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; The Hole, New York; Golestani Gallery, Dusseldorf; Clifton Benevento, New York; Kraftwerk, Berlin; and Suzanne Geiss, New York. Dekkenga has participated in residencies at Kamen in Bosnia Herzegovina; Halka Sanat in Istanbul, Takt Kunstraum in Berlin, and Doha Fire Station in Qatar. She is collected by QMA Qatar Museums, Aïshti Foundation in Beruit, the US Embassy in Nogales Mexico and JP Morgan Chase. 

Recent Exhibitions:

Circular shaped stacked abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2021, Oil on linen, 47 x 36 inches (120 x 92 cm)

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Mariah Dekkenga, (detail), 2021, Oil on linen, 47 x 36 inches (120 x 92 cm)

Mariah Dekkenga, 2022, Behind Doors installation view, Situations Gallery

Horizontal stacked circular shape abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2021, Oil on linen, 25 x 36 inches (64 x 92 cm)

Pattern abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2021, Oil on linen, 47 x 36 inches (120 x 92 cm)

Mariah Dekkenga, 2022, Poster for Kamen Artist Residency (stills from 3 screensavers).

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2022, Stills from a screensaver based on Bosnian Textiles, Run time 44 minutes (loop). View screensaver here.

Shaped yellow abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2021, Oil on linen, 34 x 40 inches (86 x 102 cm)

Shaped abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2021, Oil on linen, 34 x 40 inches (86 x 102 cm)

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2 player game without opponents (multiple iterations), ongoing, dimensions variable. 

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2015, Stills from 3 screensavers, Run time 24, 28,18 minutes (loop). View screensaver here.

Second vertical post analog abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2017, Oil on linen, 51 x 37 inches (129 x 94 cm)

Texture detail by Mariah Dekkenga

Mariah Dekkenga, (detail) 2017, Oil on linen, 51 x 37 inches (129 x 94 cm)

Vertical post analog abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

Mariah Dekkenga, 2017, Oil on linen, 51 x 37 inches (129 x 94 cm)

Hand woven textile, Mariah Dekkenga

Mariah Dekkenga, Textile (hand woven by the artist), wool and cotton, 2018, 32 x 38 inches (81 x 97 cm)

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Mariah Dekkenga, Figure 8 (installation view) 2015, Oil on linen, 32 x 63 inches (81 x 161 cm)

Rectangular blue and orange abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga

Mariah Dekkenga, 2015, Oil on linen, 32 x 63 inches (81 x 161 cm)

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Mariah Dekkenga, Set of divination cards based on non-objective color relationships, 2015, gouache on paper, Edition of 4 + 1 AP

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Mariah Dekkenga, Set of divination cards based on non-objective color relationships, 2015, gouache on paper, Edition of 4 + 1 AP

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2013, 6 paintings, 28 inches x variable widths. Oil on linen.

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2013, Stills from a screensaver, Run time 13 minutes (loop). View screensaver here.

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Mariah Dekkenga, 2013, Set of 7 rearrangeable modular paintings, Height 26 inches, width variable. Oil on canvas. 

 

Circular shaped stacked abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Round texture detail by Mariah Dekkenga
Horizontal stacked circular shape abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Pattern abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Shaped yellow abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Shaped abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Second vertical post analog abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Texture detail by Mariah Dekkenga
Vertical post analog abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.
Textile by Mariah Dekkenga
Mariah Dekkenga, installation view
Rectangular blue and orange abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga
Mariah Dekkenga, cards
Mariah Dekkenga