German artist Margarete Schrüfer, born 1969 in Bayreuth, lives and works in Nuremberg. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg as a master student under Prof. Ottmar Hörl (1997-2003) and at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (2002). Her artistic work explores the relationship between nature and our fast-paced world. The Message Behind the Still Life of Flowers Margarete Schrüfer's flower still lifes are seemingly familiar, and have already had their place in traditional painting. The artist fills these motifs with new content and thus tears the viewer out of his comfort. She doesn't just study nature directly, but also how it is perceived in a medial, fast-paced world. Margarete Schrüfer challenges the speed of our sensory impressions as well as that of our actions. The Folding Technique Origami While studying in Japan in 2005, Margarete Schrüfer explored the origami paper folding technique. In this technique, any object can be represented by folding. She contrasts this lengthy, time-consuming process with the topic of fast-moving life. Schrüfer employs several individual steps to photograph origami figures during their creation and digitally overlays them in transparent layers to achieve the intensity of her pictures. Prizes and Exhibitions received numerous scholarships (Bavarian State Ministry 2011, Kunstverein Galeriehaus Nord 2009) and won the 1st prize of the Nürnberger Innenstadtkirchen (2010). Her works have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in private and public institutions, among others in Nuremberg, Cologne, Berlin and Cordoba.