Noëmi Manser ICTUS

Manser is a multimedia and conceptual artist currently based in Basel, Switzerland. Her art takes on many different forms, including figurative, symbolic, and surrealistic paintings. Manser is well-known for her Connecting Brains series, in which she creates large-scale murals around the world painted with both hands simultaneously. Connecting Brains evokes questions of identity, time and place, as well as connection and impact. Having lived with epilepsy her entire life, Manser uses painting with both hands as a way to connect and heal her own brain. At Hearts on a Mission, she will continue several of her ongoing projects, such Painting Made of Wishes. She will also work on connecting and enabling people. As she puts it, “If you enable someone, if you believe in someone, and give them trust when they have done nothing to earn your trust, it can have incredible outcomes.” Manser has dedicated her entire life to making art. For her, “Art is a survival mechanism, a sanctuary, and a remedy.” As she puts it, “It’s my home.”

Made of Wishes

Hand-signed archival-pigment print (18 by 24 inches), 
limited edition of 30 with three artist’s proofs. 

Made of Wishes

Hand-signed archival-pigment print (18 by 24 inches), 
limited edition of 30 with three artist’s proofs. 

Made of Wishes

Hand-signed archival-pigment print (18 by 24 inches), 
limited edition of 30 with three artist’s proofs. 

Made of Wishes

Hand-signed archival-pigment print (18 by 24 inches), 
limited edition of 30 with three artist’s proofs. 

Noëmi

Her Artwork is like a visual diary. The strain between spiritual and matter, also ideals and perversion, Noëmi`s works present these tensions and throughout paints a vision of confusion, eroticism, and duskily colorful and hopeful. Holding the principle of polarity, she`s shows an uninhibited, provocative and direct character that document her personal process.

The common elements in her works are single parts of the body, faces and symbols that she places in her paintings in a sometimes symmetric and often dramatic way.

Picturing her own inner conflicts, processes and transformations, she translates what can not be described in words, but with the universal language of art.

She continuously is working on a street art series called “Connecting-Brains, connecting-hearts” where she travels to various locations facilitating a bond between urban locations and the magic of visual art. With the technique of using both hands at the same time while drawing, the left brain (the rational) and the right brain (the emotional) merge and make a connection. The bond brings inner balance and harmony and this concept can directly reflect into our own lives. The act of connecting sides, brings balance and inner peace. And with these attributes, we are prompted to make better decisions and have a stronger understanding of ourselves and others with great depth. The faces are genderless and are drawn to look very similar. The only difference is their facial expressions and patterns. The connecting brain depictions, reflect humanity- as we all share experiences akin to one another, but with unique character. Connecting brains, connecting humanity.

Hearts on a Mission is located in Hamburg, Germany.

It serves as a venue for events, exhibitions, and workshops.

LOCATION

HOAM STUDIO Dorotheenstrasse 93 22301 Hamburg