At the beginning of her artistic career Maria Temnitschka designed and created jewellery and objects made of metal.
Her preferred techniques are oil painting, drawing, experimental photography, object art.
[1] From 1980 to 1984, Maria Temnitschka studied metal design under Carl Auböck at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
She later studied painting under Adolf Frohner and Gerhard Müller at the University of Applied Arts in 2002-2006 and graduated in 2006 with distinction.
[1][4] She is a member of the Künstlerhaus, Association of Austrian Artists,[5] and IG Bildende Kunst.