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"Part of my formal language develops from the careful observation of my surroundings. The forest plays a recurring role in this. What interests me there are less specific motifs and more certain conditions: light meeting different densities, surfaces that age, grow, or break open.

These experiences have accompanied me for many years. In the working process they reappear as tactile and structural references. Not as a depiction, but as a translation into material. In this way a connection arises between outer perception and inner image, which manifests through my hands in the form.

I work very intuitively, how a work develops often only becomes clear during the process. My hands take on a guiding role and I find orientation through the material, through experience and trust. Observations, impressions, and inner images flow through my hands and through the material directly into the work. In this way the act of making becomes a dialogue between the material and myself. I support and guide by setting a direction and at the same time I leave space for the unexpected.”

Juliana Maurer graduated from the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam (NL) in 2019 with a Master's degree in Fine Arts and Design, and earlier earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication Design in Hamburg.