Elevate: Maret Kunze-Roche | Mine is Alive and In
- Maret Kunze-Roche, Self Portrait, 2019. Acrylic and mixed media.
About the Exhibition
Durham, On View Through July 2025
Mine Is Alive and In, is an exhibit of paintings as unique acts of creative freedoms – led by intuition, color, and care.
Working with both conventional and unconventional materials, Maret Kunze-Roche creates visual languages rooted in sensation and the body. By embracing the mystery of feeling, the result embodies the tiniest of space: the moment between the marker and the mark. Her work invites the viewer to feel rather than interpret, to witness rather than explain. Mine Is Alive and In celebrates presence, attention, and the trust that emerges when we choose to allow meaning to unfold. This exhibition is on view in the 21c Durham Vault Gallery, now through July 2025.
Maret Kunze-Roche was born in Chicago, IL in the 1950s, raised in St. Louis, MO and Corona Del Mar, CA, and lives in Durham, NC. She studied life drawing, calligraphy and Chinese Brush painting before studying with artist Jesse Reno, of Portland, Oregon.
A Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Colorpuncturist, her life’s journey draws from healing traditions and daily routines.
Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel. Elevate provides hotel guests and visitors with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art space.