about

Marie Wengler is a Danish conceptual photographer and researcher (PhD). 

Marie’s research and artistic practice are deeply intertwined: in both her research and art she explores how society and the individual interacts. How societal norms influence our behaviour and how we, in turn, influence societal norms.

Specifically, Marie is interested in understanding the limits of “normality”. She does so by seeking out and showing what is considered “deviant” in society – be it physical or mental – to, thereby, question how “normality” is constructed and defined. 

This exploration of normality – and associated deviance – is understood via a female gaze. Since the female body and mind, in particular, has been and still is subject to societal normalisation practices in society, Marie approaches her own body in many of her series like a sculptor modelling clay; it is a transformative material that is used to illuminate human experiences and question social norms.

For more details, check her newest interview in See:Zeen