BERLIN.- Marta Djourina returns to Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph this spring with Blushing, her second solo exhibition at the gallery, opening April 29 and running through May 30, 2026. The presentation introduces three new bodies of work that continue the artist’s ongoing investigation into light as both subject and material.

Known for pushing the boundaries of photography, Djourina works without a camera, creating images directly in the darkroom through carefully controlled interactions between light and photosensitive paper. Using handheld tools such as laser pointers and diodes, she “draws” with light in choreographed gestures refined over years of experimentation.

For Djourina, light is more than a technical necessity—it is the foundation of perception itself. “Without light, we could see nothing,” the artist explains, describing it as an essential starting point for her practice.

Rather than treating the darkroom as a traditional photographic workspace, Djourina transforms it into a site of experimentation. There, she stages repeatable movements that balance precision with unpredictability, exploring how much control can be exercised within a process shaped by chemical and physical reactions.

A central focus of Blushing is the artist’s newest series, in which the human hand takes on a dual role as motif and instrument. Before exposure, Djourina folds, stretches, and manipulates sheets of analog photographic paper by hand. As light passes through or around her gestures, the hand becomes a filter—altering intensity, color, and form.

The title of the exhibition reflects this intimate exchange between touch and surface. Djourina compares the paper’s reaction to that of skin, suggesting that the materials “blush” as they absorb traces of time, contact, and energy.

Several recent works expand this idea into illuminated lightboxes, where the source of light re-enters the finished image. These pieces move beyond the flatness of conventional photography, emerging instead as luminous sculptural objects that occupy space with a striking physical presence.

Djourina’s interdisciplinary interests also inform the exhibition. Her collaborations with scientific institutions, particularly in the field of optogenetics—where light is used to stimulate nerve cells—have deepened her understanding of light as an active force capable of transformation.

The result is an exhibition that feels both sensual and analytical, inviting viewers to reconsider photography not as a tool for recording reality, but as a medium through which light itself can take shape.

Blushing opens with a reception on Wednesday, April 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. Special Gallery Weekend hours include Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.