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)

Round texture detail by Mariah Dekkenga

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

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

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)

Blue and Black texture detail by Mariah Dekkenga

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

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

Stacked circular shape abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

Rectangular blue and red abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga

Mariah Dekkenga, 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)

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

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

Round orange and green abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga

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

Round green and yellow abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga

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

Round blue and orange abstract painting by Mariah Dekkenga

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