STUDIO VISITS

Studio Visits are personalized mentorship, portfolio reviews or more structured consulting focused on your creative projects and ideas. Resourcing international and lived experiences as a professional artist, the offered resources and actionable ideas support individual and project development.

 

Phone, Video, Walks, In Person: mariammanart@icloud.com

• • • Complimentary 15 minute Consultation
    • 60 – 90 minute sessions 100 – 250us/eu, 1.000 – 2.500nok
    • 20% off multi-sessions 

 

Mentoring Selections:

• • • Structural Dynamics (one-on-one/small groups)
    • Art reviews: photo, painting, sculpture, drawing, design, writing, installation, video (one-on-one)
    • Movement Coaching (one-on-one/small groups)
    • Photowalks (cultivating your vision and understanding perspectives through photography) 
    • Writing and Editing Statements, Presenting and Marketing Your Work (one-on-one/small groups)

 

Additional à la carte services:

• • • Project Editing & Sequence: 500us/eu, 5000nok
    • Portfolio Review, Project Response, Artist Statement, Biography: 300us/eu, 30.000nok
    • Website Consultation or Website Design Packages: 1500 – 8000 us/eu,  15.000-80.000nok

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Feedback from Colleagues

Carlos Mendoza Guillén, Creative Director

I have had the privilege of working alongside Mari Amman, a truly remarkable artist, whose work transcends boundaries and redefines creativity. Mari’s ability to seamlessly merge art, design, and research is nothing short of inspiring. Mari approaches every project with a unique perspective, blending her deep intellectual curiosity with an innate sensibility. Her designs are not only visually striking but also thoughtfully crafted, often grounded in extensive research that adds layers of depth and meaning to her work. What sets Mari apart is her global mindset and collaborative spirit. She thrives in diverse, interdisciplinary environments, bringing people together to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Her dedication to innovation, coupled with her relentless pursuit of excellence, makes her an invaluable asset to any team or project. Mari Amman is the person you want on your team. I wholeheartedly recommend her and am confident that she will continue to make a significant impact in her field.

 


Alvaro Gutiérrez , Co-founder & Producer


Mari Amman is a visual artist with a unique talent for transforming the ordinary into visual poetry. Her work combines deep aesthetic sensitivity with a narrative that invites reflection and wonder. Each piece by Ami not only captures beauty, but reimagines it, offering viewers a fresh perspective on the world. I had the opportunity to create a video portrait of her exhibition showcased in Arte Expuesto in Monterrey, which highlighted her ability to connect deeply with audiences through her art. She is a creator who continuously inspires with her ability to find the extraordinary in the everyday.


 

Dr. Barbara Kleeb

Mari Amman is a polymath. Her deep interest in science is paired with a deep sense of beauty. Her art goes from photography to painting to knitting to writing. All she does opens others perception, depth and awe. Her art expresses the sacred and is deeply touching. Her being is etherical paired with bold humour and practical skills. She would not act impulsively, she sees other humans and appreciates human relationships. She’s a constant learner. Mari is and exudes beauty in all she does.


 

Tracy Goodheart, Founder & CEO The PR Accelerator

We have worked together in different ways for over a decade. We first met in 2009 when Mari wrote a popular blog for ChicagoNow, the blog platform I co-founded at the Chicago Tribune. Mari is a talented writer with a rare ability to tackle the intellectual and esoteric with accessibility, a healthy skepticism and humor. She’s also multifaceted — a true polyglot as I later commissioned her to make customized wool and alpaca scarves for myself, my mother and mother-in-law. Her artistry with fibers is extraordinary and we love each of her pieces, which are so intricately and expertly made. She also expertly navigated shipping each scarf overseas to the states as she had been in Europe then, and she took such care to include her other original artwork and handwritten notes, creating such a lovely experience for each of us to open her packages. Wearing my scarf from Mari is like wrapping myself in a warm, comforting and exquisite hug. I that they will last for decades with proper care. Mari is also a skilled designer and photographer, who expertly helped me pull together a website for a client of mine when I was on a tight deadline. Working across the world, she stayed in constant contact as we raced to the deadline and made the site the client was very satisfied with and continues to use to this day. When I launched a newsletter for my business, I wanted to use original photography. Mari generously shared her photos for my newsletter. Her photos capture landscapes and nature in a way that can only be described as ethereal, soulful and mesmerizing. As a writer, she has only grown in skill and range. I am a paying subscriber to her Substack and with each issue, Mari blows me away with her ability to tackle critical issues with an academic’s flair and a satirist’s knack for the comical. She pushes the edge of our times, inviting me to question the status quo and consider new way of thinking. Mari also has outstanding people skills as I most recently witnessed when I hired her last minute to help me produce a webinar for my business after another person fell through. Mari jumped in, insisting on reading through my deck ahead of time so that she understood the material. She then ran the tech side of the meeting and engaged with all 25 participants as I presented—even asking questions to engage them in the chat. It was because of Mari’s presence and professionalism that I felt empowered to lean into the material, rather than worrying about the tech side or a participant’s needs. It’s because of Mari that the webinar was my best one yet. I intend to work with her on future events if she’s available. Whether you’re looking for a marketing strategist, content creator, community builder, designer, photographer or multifaceted artist, Mari Amman has my highest recommendation. 


 

Chris Sisson, Chair Department of Art & Art History

I first met Mari as a student in my typography class a little over 4 years ago, and got to know her better in the Advertising Campaign courses that I also teach. She immediately proved herself to be a serious and ambitious student, who could produce original and effective work via an in-depth and well plotted critical thinking process. Her work for me throughout her education always demonstrated the highest levels of craftsmanship, and her presentation of that work both visually and verbally displays real professionalism in every sense of the word. Rare is the student whose conceptualization abilities are equal to their execution, and even more rare is a student whose writing is as strong as their aptitude to produce effective visuals…Mari was such a student. Her approach and ability to offer strong feedback as a member of a creative team coupled with her energy made her valuable to each class she was a part of, and I feel this characteristic would translate well to any position she might undertake. I have to say that hiring Mari in a creative capacity or otherwise would be a tremendous opportunity not only for her, but for the any business to have access to her fresh approach, inventiveness, and dedication.

 

 

Feedback on Mentorship and Portfolio Reviews

Mentorship with Mari changed my life. I started going to her when I was in graduate school for fine art in Los Angeles. I was struggling with my studies and art practice, and my whole mind, body, and spirit seemed to be in a rut. I had recently gained a lot of weight during undergrad, and was nor feeling great about myself, which showed in my work. Mari introduced me to a new way of thinking, to live my whole life like art.  She taught me yoga, which I still practice religiously to this day. Mari came to my apartment and examined the contents of my pantry and refrigerator, advising me on what will facilitate reaching my health goals.  She took me shopping and taught me the benefits of unprocessed foods, and then instructed me on how to cook and prepare nutritious, healthy meals, while taking into consideration things like my taste profile. Meditation and mindfulness were keys to unlocking my creative potential, and Mari made me videos to guide me. We discussed art at great lengths, in particular photography. Most of all, her empathetic approach of creating all things with love, but with a critical eye, led me to success. And the success was astounding. Through the merging of a healthy mind, body, and spirit, my artwork blossomed into greatness.  I graduated from art school and received the top award from the faculty.  In the year following school, my weight dropped from 275 pounds to 235. Most important of all, Mari Amman helped me find and love myself.  Through my continued yoga, meditation, healthy eating, and living life like art, I find happiness and inspiration in all I do. Bryan, Houston, TX, USA

 

 

I will always remember Mari’s willingness to help me in my time of need.  It takes a very special person to lead in this important work. I admire her energy and organizational abilities. Please accept my sincerest thanks. Emily, Muskoka, Canada

 

 

Thank you very much for taking your time to write very valuable review for my photographs. First of all, please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in replying your review which was due to some accidents that happened to me in the last month. I really appreciate with your thoughtful comments and advice on my work. Although I submitted many photographs (maybe too many… I’m sorry!!), you gave me helpful advice in many of them.. that is what I have not expected… I am really grateful for your kindness by doing this. Every comments and information you gave definitely help me to improve both of my skills, presenting my best photographs for each occasion and getting jobs as a photographer. As you pointed out in the comment, I still find some difficulties in choosing ‘the most powerful photos’ for each competition. It may be because my lack of experience for presenting my works to the public and also lack of observations on how the things work in the area of competitions. I really need to study and do more researches over that theme to get better presentation skill. I am very grateful to you for mentioning my strong points in my photography. It encourages me a lot and push me forward to try another competition. Thank you again for taking your time and giving me valuable advice. Hope to see you in another competition. Best regards, Mika

 

 

 

Thank you very much for your valuable comments. I opened your review, just hoping that my photographs are considered meaningful, and now I am so relieved that you are interested in my photographs. I was thrilled and excited while taking these photographs, but I was not sure that these can be accepted by people because of the unique approach of these photographs. Your review gave me enough courage for me to keep working on this series. Thanks so so much. I also could feel your generous support in the review. I am not in contact with the universities(I have not studied photography in the university yet), but if there is any opportunity to expose my photographs to people and there is the places that are interested in my photographs, I am willing to try and challenge myself. I sincerely hope to stay in touch with you. Again, I really appreciate the time and effort for the reviewing of my series. Your review was the valuable gifts to me in the ongoing learning process of photography. Sincerely, Hee Jung Kim

 

 

I really thank you for the time you spent reviewing my work! Your advices and recommendations are very useful! THANK YOU!!! (anonymous)

 

 

I have received a very encouraging review for my work sent for the portrait awards. It was really nice to see that my work is so thoroughly understood. Thank you in advance, Ploutarcos Haylofts, Greece

 

 

Thank you very much for taking the time to not only provide detailed feedback to my questions, but also in offering extended/related advice. Also, wow, thank you very much for the list of sites. I have come across 2 or 3, but I feel it would have taken at year plus to have found the remainig sites. Again, thank you!  Josh

 

 

I would like to say a big Thank You. Truly insightful. I felt really inspired after reading. The parallel between goals in advertising (my present job – what do you want your audience to do) and goals in photography – what do you want you audience to see… this is so helpful. I’ll try and craft my point of view, as it appears to be the key of everything! Thanks again, Florian de Lomme

 

 

I’m very happy with the review about my series of photos. Thank you very much for your guidance and suggestions. They will certainly enrich my research and photographic achievement of the project. Thank you very much! Marcio

 

 

Many thanks for the thoughtful, well-considered review. I have a lot of doubts about this project (whether it is viable/ relevant/ worth pursuing) so it is important and encouraging to hear from someone who spent time looking at the work. It’s interesting to see how you re-ordered the photographs (I had a different idea in mind which — it appears — contrary to what I had imagined, proved illegible/difficult to grasp for someone who does not live in Japan). This is a valuable experience for me. I also very much appreciate your point regarding formats — especially if we look at this particular set of ten photographs (they were selected from a much larger set of verticals and horizontals). For now, once again — many thanks for all your thoughts and comments; they have been very helpful, and yes, of course, I do want to stay in touch. Kind regards, Magda

 

 

Many thanks for your thorough and thoughtful critique dear artist. It gives me courage to continue. I’m currently working as an office employee which allows me to shoot what I want, but in my very limited time. I want to have one year to get prepared for doing it professionally, but let’s see what I’ll find this year.

 

 

In-depth review! Thank-you for an incredibly thorough critique that will provide helpful information going forward. Professional insights and advice such as provided in this review are invaluable tools in preparing for future submission calls and proposals. As an emerging artists one can only be grateful for such input.

 

 

Extremely helpful feedback provides me with both optimism of hope and confirmation that my many years of both time and hard work is essential. Your re-editing the sequence and explanation made perfect sense; definite a ha moment! Encouraging to see you “get it” and acknowledgement that my contemplative “nature” work has a place in the art world. Thanks so much for your thoughts on agents, galleries, etc., plus all the resources provided. Love your advice of “art is the practice of attrition; keep at it, you’ll find your way”. Other than talent, I believe resiliency is a key factor as well.

 

 

I would just like to thank you very much for taking the time to write such a detailed and helpful review. It’s really helped to clarify things and point out the different paths I should try pursuing… The suggestions at the end are also really useful and I look forward to exploring. Thanks once again! Suzanne

 

 

Thanks for the words of encouragement, I had a moment of my life with health problems and I lost a few years, but now I’m healthy again and recovered with a thousand engine. And I will make the various contacts and proposals you have recommended to me, thank you very much, the work of an artist is difficult and long, but it is what I love and I need to live. Thanks again heartily.

 

 

Hello and thanks so much. This project I agree has some work to be done. Your points of view are very much appreciated and in the past few weeks I’ve had time to review the statement alongside the works and also agree that there is a bit of a disconnect between the words, ideas around the work and the work itself. To me this review has helped me answer my own questions that I’ve been asking myself in regard to how this project works as a whole. I realized going in that blending the singular objects or characters with the different formats and very different looking images, full of characters is risky and a bit of a stretch.  I want you to know that I take the observations seriously and can learn from it. Keep up the good work. Cheers! Happy New Year. All best. Steven

 

 

Your feedback on my work is very encouraging! Thank you for taking time to consider my work and support my efforts to grow in this part of my research. I appreciate how you considered the information I provided while giving me tools to push the work forward, both in its esthetic development and exposure. I am exceedingly grateful and I am also happy for the other artists who are fortunate to have you review their work as well. Best wishes, G

 

 

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