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
and participate in public painting performances.

My approach to the arts is the attempt of an uncompromising, vital expression
that comes from my very being. My challenge is to keep a balance between spontaneous action and conscious painting.

Themes of my paintings: Tropical Nature
Dancing Figures
Abstract Landscapes