ROOTS

MORENA WAS TRADITIONALLY RAISED IN A SINTI SETTLEMENT NEAR THE CITY ROERMOND IN THE NETHERLANDS.

Morena’s artistic skills started when she was only a young Sinti-girl who was raised in a Sinti- settlement near Roermond in The Netherlands.  For centuries gipsy’s like the Sinti’s are well known for their intuitive skills, close relations with mother-nature, their passionate music, fires, and romantic nomadic lifestyle. But unfortunately Sinti's and Roma were persecuted and banned for centuries because of their exotic Indian looks and traditional nomadic lifestyle. During the second Worldwar half a‘milion Sinti and Roma were deported and brutally killed. And this left another huge scar on the entire community. Morena does not profile herself as a Sinti artist, but many people find her past interesting in relation to her works.  Spirituality, connection and intuition are a secret key in the Sinti and Roma community.

Morena's dream is to create artworks by using the intuitive skills and spiritual insides that ensue from her roots.

​

In 2017 she created two beautiful movies about her roots where she invited her family into her artistic world by a series of performances. It was a difficult task for her to create these movies, because she recently broke up with her family and she had to overwin ancestral patterns of shame, fear and even guild. But eventualy these movies were creating a lovely en authentic bridge between her artistic practice and her roots. 'It was the most healing artwork I've ever made.'

​

It is all the more special that the Polish Roma artist Malgorzata Mirga-Tas was inspired by these films. From Morena's video images she created a series of new portraits for her first Dutch solo exhibition in the Netherlands at the Bonnefantenmusuem Maastricht. For her first solo, Malgorzata collaborated with Morena to also tell the story of the Sinti people in the Netherlands. Morena was commissioned by the museum to create a new installation about her Sinti roots, in which her two films are also shown.

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

When the pureness of creative energy flows like a passionate river through my veins, I feel like the most blessed being in our infinite universe.

When I create I’ll enter in a sacred space of oneness, knowing that everything I’ve ever experienced will be forever enriching in an upward spiral of bliss.  

Knowing, that all the things that bloom from this spiral will

forever spread light at our consciousness.

My artwork is a pure reflection of my deepest perception of mother earth and the multiverses surrounding her soul.Most elements are whispering a mythical story of the invisible spheres we cannot perceive in our daily lives.I encourage my audience to unlock their hidden sensory powers and to hear what these mythical elements are whispering.

From a strong meditative connection with source I create colorful art-installations, paintings, video’s, and sculptures that look otherworldly.

When this happens I feel like the universe is painting a tale of wisdom and I’ll be the brush dancing on a canvas. By processing vulnerable materials, scent, movement and sound, I’ ll guide people towards the source of intuitive discovery.

My dream is to truly embrace the beauty of vulnerability,  

to make room for reconnection, healing and miracles.

Morena Bamberger

​

​