Maria Miesenberger was born in 1965 and, after a long sojurn in New York, she now lives and works in Stockholm. Since her debut in 1993 she has had several solo exhibitions at museums and galleries, including: Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden; Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden; Passagen Linköping, Sweden; Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping, Sweden; Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg; Robert Mann Gallery, New York; Galerie Anhava, Helsinki and Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.

Maria herself has described her work with “Hide and seek” like this: “The works are part of an ongoing design of my siblings children’s growth. Series is this time about teenage transition. Titled” hide & seek “, hide and seek game, alluding to the ambivalence that accompanies it. My nephew, who served as a model for the sculptures, looks at tonårsvis like a caricature or cartoon character, with its pinhead, available body and big feet and hands. “M. Miesenberger.