Work samples

  • AQ
    AQ
  • Triad
    Triad
  • Not Enough
    Not Enough
  • Basement
    Basement

About Annika

Howard County

Annika Marthinuss is an artist from Ellicott City. She is currently attending MICA to obtain her MFA in studio art. She is mostly a painter, though she also enjoys working with textiles, printmaking, and 3D elements like plaster.

Artist Statement: I am an anxious and autistic artist who works primarily with acrylic and oil paint, along with textiles and some collage elements. As someone who struggles with verbal language, I consider the canvas absorbing me and taking… more

Interoception

  • AQ
    AQ
  • Triad
    Triad
  • Shadows
    Shadows
  • Give Me a Hand
    Give Me a Hand
  • Pink Qulit
    Pink Qulit
  • Nervous System
    Nervous System
  • Hug
    Hug
  • Family Room, Switzerland, Water
    Family Room, Switzerland, Water

Plaster

  • Flower Mask
    Flower Mask
  • Cool
    Cool
  • Illustrated Self
    Illustrated Self
  • Cry Eye
    Cry Eye
  • Sink
    Sink
  • Pink
    Pink

Interiors/Exteriors

  • Basement
    Basement
  • Closet
    Closet
  • Quarantine
    Quarantine
  • Corner
    Corner
  • Driveway
    Driveway
  • Magical Doorway
    Magical Doorway
  • Basketball Descending a Staircase
    Basketball Descending a Staircase
  • Pathway
    Pathway
  • Ominous Swings
    Ominous Swings
  • parking lot
    parking lot

Figures in Weird Spaces

  • Remembering
    Remembering
  • Not Enough
    Not Enough
  • Artist
    Artist
  • Confusion Soup
    Confusion Soup
  • Untitled (cope)
    Untitled (cope)
  • Memory
    Memory
  • Path
    Path
  • Spinning
    Spinning

Dreams and Surreal

  • Grabbing
    Grabbing
  • Healing
    Healing