CARINA TIX is a Hamburg-based contemporary artist with a professional background in premium womenswear fashion design. Her creative practice is shaped by a deep interest in materiality, craftsmanship, texture, and composition, combining a refined aesthetic with an intuitive, process-driven approach.

Moving to Hamburg in 2026 marked a new chapter in her artistic journey. The city’s reflections on water, weathered materials, changing skies, and shifting northern light became an ongoing source of inspiration, shaping her main series Surface Studies and its current subseries Hamburg Reflections.

Her work explores the subtle relationship between atmosphere, materiality, and memory through abstract paintings that transform fleeting impressions into layered, tactile surfaces. Rather than depicting specific places, she creates evocative works that invite slow observation and leave space for personal interpretation.

With Surface Studies, and particularly its current subseries Hamburg Reflections, CARINA TIX is developing a distinct contemporary body of work centred on timeless aesthetics, sensory experience, and material exploration. Her background in fashion design informs a highly considered approach to colour, proportion, surface structure, and visual balance, while the painting process itself remains intuitive and open.