I want my art to set off
an avalanche of
thereby
freedom
"giving others permission
to shine."
(M. Williamson)
I am an artist based in Austria. My award-winning expressive and figurative works are primarily in oils, although recent works include rust, patinas, metal leaf and resin.
I love beauty, which can be found everywhere, even simply in how light and colors change through the seasons. I find inspiration in the everyday, seemingly banal moments, moments that feel unobserved, in vintage-chic film scenes and travels. It is the tightrope between pop culture and nostalgia, timeless craftsmanship and modern technology, realism and hope that inspires and challenges my creative eye.
My work has received international recognition and can be found in corporate and private collections worldwide including the Hyatt Hotel Group and the Wiener Linien, and I have shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe including Venice, London, Paris, Munich and Vienna.
SKILLS
Painting / Visual Art Mixed Media
Art Workshops
Serious Fun: Corporate Creativity
Photography
Photoshop / Editing
Graphic Design / Visual Assets
Brand Identity
My career as an artist has led me to graphic design. What began as a need to market my own brand branched out and today I am proud to work with innovative corporations and entrepreneurs in developing brand identity and visual assets.
Contact me today to make your brand stand out from the crowd with dynamic, unique designs tailored to you and your business.
I strongly believe
alive.
and that to create
is to be
that everyone is creative
I have made it a mission to rekindle the creative spark in people and businesses, offering workshops both in the making of artwork as well as corporate creativity. Through exercises, theory, and projects, people remember that tasks and life can be fun. We creative-apostles call this serious fun: finding your flow and having fun while getting real work done. You have to have serious fun—every day and in every task—in order to get the best results and live an inspired life.
Oh, what we can learn from Mary Poppins!
AWARDS
2022 Finalist, It's Art Call, The Cult House London
2018/9 Artist of the Year Finalist, Circle Foundation of the Arts
2015 Artinfo Artist of the Year, Jury selection by Daler-Rowney UK, 2015
2014 2. Place, “Scapes” Art-Competition.net
2015 Winning Artist ARTPROTAGONIST, Arteficiolinea
2014/5 ARTslant Multiple Showcase Winner
2014 Special Recognition, Upstream People Gallery
2011 Special Recognition, Light Space & Time Gallery
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
EDUCATION
University of Salzburg, Psychology 2002-2005
Summer Academy Salzburg, Large Format Analog Photography with Lynne Cohen 2002
Boston University, School of Management, Merit Scholarship Recipient 1995-1997
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions / Installations
2022 Wolferl & Nannerl sind unARTig, Mozarthaus St Gilgen AT
2022 Himmelsfunken - Keine irdische Macht (Messages from Heaven - No Earthly Power), Ambiente am Riesnerhof, Mondsee AT
2022 FEMMOBILITY - What do dreams know of boundaries? Dynamic Woman past, present and future. Presented by the Wiener Linien, Remise Transportation Museum, Vienna AT
2020 POSTPONED (Covid-19) Installation “Tramwaytag 2020”,
Wiener Linien, Vienna
2019 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Dom Gallery, Wiener Neustadt AT
2019 Wine & Design Riesnerhof, Mondsee AT
2018 Polo Cup, St. Moritz CH
2018 Polo Cup, Ascona CH
2017 Myth, Mythology & Fairytale, ArtMonopol Gallery,
Schloss Walpersdorf AT
2017 Philipp Senn Architecture, St. Moritz CH
2016/17 5* Thermenhotel Ronacher, Bad Kleinkirchheim AT
2016 Heile Welt--A Perfectly Imperfect World, Vital Hotel Villa Seilern,
Bad Ischl AT
2015 Scalaria Eventhotel, St. Wolfgang on Wolfgangsee AT
2014 +blitzblau Architekten, Hallein by Salzburg AT
Group Exhibitions
2023 Ensemble 02, ArtCan group show, Paris FR
2022 Take A Chance on Me - Vienna Calling III, ArtCan group show, Vienna AT
2018 Modern Woman Modern Culture, ArtMonopol, Salzburg AT
2018 Vienna Calling I, ArtCan, Gallery ArtPool, Vienna AT
2016 What Is the Point?, ArtCan, Strand Gallery, London UK
2015 ArtProtagonist, Arteficiolinea, Villa Contarini, Padova IT
2015 Hope Culture, Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart DE
2015 Prebiennale, ArT Studio Gallery, Venedig IT
2015 “Grand Salon”, Bad Säckingen DE
2014 ArtCrasher, Gallery, Venice CA USA
I am from the waves, from the forest, open skies and mountain peaks; I am from the sidewalks, subways and coffee shops. Midwest, West Coast, East Coast, Europe. I was raised between Portland, Oregon and Kansas City and studied in Boston and Salzburg. Born in the Colorado mountains, I have made the mountains of Austria my home. “A person who does not act and think creatively ceases to be an image of God” (unknown)—I create because I am from the Creator.
I am from the waves,