Karen Maarek's sculptures depict sensations and their mental and physical repercussions. Her creations raise questions about fusion and detachment, illusion and the vibration of feelings through time. Karen Maarek, a French artist-sculptor, spent her childhood between Spain and Morocco, cradled by the scents of nature and the Mediterranean. Leaving her native land left a sensory imprint that would inspire and guide her artistic approach. It was here that her desire to create was revealed.Her encounter with sculpture was born of contact with clay, which unconsciously links her to her childhood. She loves working with its consistency and malleability, in the manner of meditation “ritual gestures”. This passionate, alchemical and spiritual bond with matter gives her a driving and creative energy.

In 2007, she enrolled at the Atelier d'Arts Rose Sélavy in Paris to perfect her modelling technique and open up a whole new world of possibilities. She is fascinated by the creative process and its transformative power: "Creation is perpetual movement, and movement is life. How can we transcend our experiences and emotions by decoding the hidden meaning of things? Sculpting the emotions that inhabit us to better transform them. In this way, the act of sculpting is almost more important than the work itself, becoming a potential force for awakening. Behind the aesthetics and sensuality of shapes and silhouettes lie the rigidity and scars of life's wounds.

This idea of opening a door to the invisible led Karen Maarek to study neuroscience in parallel, in order to better understand the process by which our emotions are formed, and to our fears in order to better transcend them: “When you give a form to a fear, it disintegrates”. Through her sculptures, Karen Maarek draws the sensations she experiences and their mental and physical repercussions. Her creations raise questions about fusion and detachment, illusion and the vibration of feelings over time. Her sculptures are characterized by an allure that rises or undulates. Behind the aesthetic, sensual shapes and silhouettes lie the rigidity and scars of life's wounds.