Fulfilled wishes don’t fall from the sky. They are achieved through a path made up of steps. Some are small, such as a single texted message or email. Some are bigger, like when I encourage myself to network and connect with new people. Sometimes a nice collaboration starts, and sometimes it doesn’t. And I don’t let myself be discouraged. And then there are big steps, like when I have a canvas of 120 x 160 cm in front of me, it’s empty and white, and I make the first move, then the second, the next, and then I can’t stop.…

The theme of nests has taken root in me, it comes back to me regularly and I regularly devote myself to nests.I have already used various techniques for my nests. I have created a nest with dry pastels, oil paints, also in acrylic. Now I have let myself be drawn in even deeper and I have started to look at the nests that I carry within me. All the nests that I have inherited. The nest into which I was born, the ones that I am creating anew and the one that I carry within me for myself. I applied…

You can find the AHREND SLOVAKIA showroom on the way to Železná studnička in Bratislava, just before the Red Bridge. How many times have I gone on my power walk to the forest park and walked past AHREND, so many times have I thought how great it would be to have a workplace in such an amazing place! Forest, stream, and fresh air just a few steps away and very pleasant, eye-pleasing architecture and user-friendly scale…However, opportunities sometimes come in a slightly different form than we dream of them. That was the case with the installation of my abstract art…

After my October exhibition at Kaštiel Modra, I was approached by Martin Plaštiak from Wild Kitchen in Modra with an offer to exhibit my works in February 2025 at his restaurant. This great opportunity became a reality on 3 February, when we installed my blue girls and two nests in the restaurant. The original stone walls provided an interesting contrast to the subtle poetics of my paintings and nicely complemented the stories that my paintings tell.Thank you!

I’ve already had this idea in my mind for some time… When else should I manage such an event, if not on January 25, 2025, the day after my “big” birthday?Finding a suitable space for Fifty: Fifty occasion was not easy. However, when you truly wish for something, even the universe joins its energy to help. I have witnessed many times that my warm-hearted/sincere/joyful ideas always find some supporters in my circle of acquaintances and then… Then things start happening!I could not have dreamed of a more beautiful space for my pop-up than the AHREND SLOVAKIA showroom. On Friday evening,…

Mara Ohman is exhibiting in Berlin! “Why Berlin?” my friend asks me. Well, you have to start somewhere! The second and long May weekend in Berlin was marked by:– Full Hungaria (that’s the train that operates between Budapest and Hamburg), there and back– Beautiful weather and a wonderful and friendly city– Instead of currywurst, we chose Viet Bowl, and that was a good choice!– Great event organisation by Zuzka Megová, the director of the Slovak Institute in Berlin– The experienced eye of my curator and dear friend Ľudo Petránsky (as always)– The skilful hands of my dear Miloško, who managed…