| Maria Isabel Stadel alias Ekin Born 1961 in Hamburg | ||
| Education: | 1980 - 1981 | - Sorbonne, Paris |
| 1982 - 1987 | - Design School, Hamburg | |
| 1988 - 1997 | - Layout Artist/Art Director in Advertising and Publishing companies, Hamburg | |
| 1997 - 1998 | - Master Painter Training with Meera Hashimoto, Japan | |
| Since 1998 | - Working and Living as Fine Artist | |
| Exhibitions: | 1998 | - Raum und Kunst, Hamburg |
| 1999 | - Villa del Arte, Barcelona | |
| 2000 | - El Pintor Galleria, Ibiza - Bambuddha Grove Gallery, Ibiza | |
| 2001 | - Optik Johannsen, Hamburg | |
| 2002 | - Artevinum, Hamburg | |
| 2003 | - Thiemanns Scheune, Bendestorf | |
| 2004 | - Zwischenräume, Hittfeld | |
| 2005 | - Open House, Copenhagen | |
| 2006 | - Bernhard Strathmann, Hamburg | |
| 2007 | - Painting Performance, Tunel Art Istanbul - Rivers of Colour, Multi Media Painting Performance, Hittfeld, Germany | |
| My Medium: Acrylic, Indian Ink, Watercolour on handmade Paper I am conducting painting workshops in Germany, Spain, India, Greece and Turkey My approach to the arts is the attempt of an uncompromising, vital expression | ||
| Themes of my paintings: | Tropical Nature Dancing Figures Abstract Landscapes | |