In my installations, oilpaintings and animations, I deal with the (mis)relationship and interdependence between people of our society and nature as well as nonhuman living beings. Growing up on a farm in the countryside, I developed a close connection to non-human environment. As an artist who works partly with activists and is committed to sustainable development, I question the profit oriented view towards nature of the westernized world I am living in.
My works visualize often invisible connetions of daily habits and environmental exploitation as well as pollution. In my largescale paintings, a multitude of objects, waste and animal body masses form accumulations which resemble abstract landscapes. These initially colorful structures turn out to be relicts of mass production only upon closer inspection.
My artistic practice is shifting from single paintings and animations towards multipart installations that combine different media to more adequatly address complex contexts. Currently, I am researching on future utopias and alternative ways of living such as degrowth and postgrowth, which I consider crucial for a worthwhile life in the future.
1992
born in Munich
since 2022
lives and works as a freelance artist, graphic designer
art mediator and curator in Munich
since 2023
Further training in digital 2D animation (After Effects)
and 3D graphics and animation (Blender)
2018 - 2023
University of Art and Design Linz / Applied Art and Cultural Studies
2023 Diploma Art and Change - Strategies of socio-political transformation in contemporary art
2016 - 2022
University of Art and Design Linz / Fine Arts, focus on painting and graphics
2022 Diploma körper_fabrik
2021
Arts of Change - Change of Arts
Program of forum n e. V. on art and sustainability
2021
University of Innsbruck / UniNEtZ
Collaboration on the layout of the options report for the 2030 Agenda
2019
Erasmus stay in Turku, Finland
TUAS Art University, Turku / Film and Media, focus on animation
2018
Excursion to Tirana, Albania
Exchange project with students from the Painting and Monumental Arts class
Exhibitions at the ZETA Gallery Tirana & Kulturtankstelle Linz
2017
International Summer School of Art Pilsen
Workshop in contemporary dance
2013 - 2016
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / Art Education & Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts
2013 - 2016
Allanimatia-Studio Munich / Courses in animated film, painting and illustration
2013
Takeoff Munich / Artistic project work in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Lyon
2013
Gofresh-GmbH Munich / Internship in graphics, illustration and game design
2011 - 2012
International Munich Art Lab (IMAL) / full-time artistic project work
Exhibitions and Screenings (selection)
2024
Time Machine 2.0, multimedia exhibition, Pepper Theater, Munich /
Part of the “Less is more” program of the mvhs Munich
2024
Arrividerci, exhibition participation at Gabriele Space, Munich
2023 - 2024
Arts of Change touring exhibition in Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Graz
2023
Transitions, exhibition participation, Orangerie in English Garden, Munich
2023
to do, sososo Gallery, Munich
2023
leerstoff, group exhibition living rooms e. V., Eisenberger Fabrik, Gmünd, AT
2023
94, solo exhibition, Kunstrefugium, Munich
2023
Time machine, multimedia exhibition, Pepper Theater, Munich
2023
split\tilt, solo exhibition, Glockenbachwerkstatt, Munich
2023
Resonances, exhibition participation, Iron House in Nymphenburg Park, Munich
2023
Arts of Change alumni exhibition, Schlosstheater, Vienna
2023
Environment in Ecological Discourse: Sun, 9th International Painting Biennale, Museum Schloss Bergedorf, Hamburg
2022
körper_fabrik, nominee exhibition at CAPE 10 Haus, Vienna
2022
körper_fabrik, diploma exhibition, Postcity, Linz
2022
STOFF_WECHSEL, Arts of Change annual exhibition, Space for Sustainability,
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2021
STOFF_WECHSEL, interactive installation space, Auer-Welsbach-Park, Vienna
2021
Flood, Urfahranermarkt, Linz
2021
Stones speak, lithography exhibition, WHA Gallery, University of Art and Design Linz
2021
Travel your Mind, Hinterland Gallery, Vienna
2021
Sunday Rain, Crossing Europe Film Festival, Moviemento Cinema, Linz
2020
Fragments, solo exhibition, DH5 Kulturverein, Linz
2020
Animated film Sunday Rain
Shop window exhibition at the Splace Gallery, Linz
Open-air cinema at the Salonschiff Florentine, Linz
2018
Young Salon of the Linz Art Salon, Landesgalerie, Linz
2018
The Sky made of Panels, Kulturtankstelle, Linz and ZETA Gallery, Tirana
2017
Paraphrase Documenta, exhibition of the painting and graphics class at the University of Art, Linz
2016
Sound of time, Mohrvilla, Munich
2016
>XO, graduating exhibition Art Education Bachelor of Arts, Kösk Gallery, Munich
2015
Art 4 Freedom, Freiraum Gallery, Munich
2015
Echo of Freedom, Munich School of Philosophy, Munich
2014
Painted by life, open-air exhibition at Garchinger See, Garching near Munich
2013
Roads, Long Night of the Museums, Munich Refugee Council, Munich
2013
Le bruit du coeur, Flimmern und Rauschen Film Festival, Munich
2013
Le bruit du coeur, Halle 6, Munich and Goethe institut, Lyon
2011 / 2012
Winter and summer exhibition, International Munich Art Lab (IMAL), Munich
Projects and Commissions (selection)
2024
UTOPIA
Concept, co-organization and co-curation of an exhibition with accompanying program
at the Kulturhaus Neuperlach, Munich
2024
Zukunftsbilder
Illustrations for Scientists for Future project and website
2023
Time machine
Conception and realization of a video installation for multimedia exhibition
of the Kulturbunt e.V. in the Pepper Theater, Munich
2023 / 2014
LeveL Up
Design and layout of the drinks menu for a gaming bar start-up, Braunschweig
2023
Vivid Infuse, progressive rock band, Linz
Design and implementation of band banners for live shows
2023
Nerodom
Commissioned painting, Munich
2021
Eating plants, cooking plants
Vegetarian cookbook with screen prints by students at the University of Art and Design Linz
2020
Green mission
Design and illustrations for board game
2020
Cognostics AG, Munich
Illustrations for demo of a postal delivery app
since 2019
Muttanukke
Cooperation in a book project, illustrations and texts
2017
The world on my plate
Short film for a competition organized by the Swedish Embassy and Südwind e.V.
2012 / 2014 /2015
Participation in the conception and realization of videos and props for the live stage show
and DVD of the Freising-based progressive rock band RPWL
Grants and Prizes
2024
UTOPIA exhibition with accompanying program, funded by the Munich Department of Culture and STADTKULTUR
2022
Nomination for CAPE 10 art award, Vienna
2017
The world on my plate
Short film competition organized by the Swedish Embassy in cooperation with Südwind e. V. and WWF Austria /
Award and invitation to Earth Hour in Stockholm
Workshops
2024
Die Stimmen der Stummen
Artistic workshop on human-animal relationships, Kulturbunt Neuperlach and Tierparkschule München
2024
Analog Animation, eduart k workshop program, Gabriele Space, Munich
since 2022
Coaching and workshops on art / education for sustainable development (ESD)
- as part of the Arts of Change project by forum n e. V. Austria
- coachings on sustainability at universities, netzwerk n e. V. Germany
- #ClimateChallenges at universities, netzwerk n and Germanwatch e. V.
2018
Museum tour and art education workshops with school classes at Museum Angerlehner, Wels, Austria
2018
Painting workshop by students from the University of Art and Design Linz for Delacon employees at the Design Center, Linz
2015
Sketching and graffiti workshop for young refugees in cooperation with the Munich Center of Community Arts (MUCCA)
2014
Cooperation between the Faculty of Art Education at LMU Munich and young refugees /
Audiovisual workshop and live performance at Munich City Hall
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