Martin Koester Biography

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Martin Koester (Köster) was born in Hanover, Germany in 1988 and graduated  from Leibniz University of Hanover in 2013.  Soon after, Koester began exhibiting throughout Germany. In 2018, the city painter Koester received his first invitation to international exhibitions. Just two years later, the contrast between dark buildings and bright lights reached the international art world. Koester exhibits regularly in Hong Kong, New York, London, Moscow, Paris, Hamburg and many other cities worldwide. Martin Koester is fascinated by the beauty when a city transforms at nightfall. Car headlights that dance as lights in the streets, bright restaurant doors that light up the sidewalks – each of these lights has its own story and he loves to translate these stories into art. “I’ve always been fascinated by light in paintings. When rays of light break out of dark corners and bring the cities to life, I feel beauty … Cities have always fascinated me on my travels. People who live together in a confined space but remain lonely. I try to capture this seclusion in my paintings. Many lights, people and movement, but still everyone can be alone.”