In addition to my theater work, which has so far taken me to guest performances and festivals in 45 countries around the world, I have been concentrating more and more on the visual arts in recent years.
While my stage creations were mostly inspired by works of the visual arts, I now take the stories off the stage and bring them directly onto and in my pictures. This is how I combine my passion for traveling with the desire not to get lost.
The central approach in my work (both in theater and in the visual arts) is always the technique of collage - the dismantling, assembly, combination of elements from other contexts and their integration into new perspectives, scenes, actions - and images.
My SEA MAPS are based on world maps and nautical cartography from historical times to the present and combined with artifacts of today's global economy: shipping containers filled with everything we need, want and waste.
After working in Barcelona, Neusiedl am See and Malaga, I am currently living and working again in Vienna, Austria.
I have been working on the SEAmaps since 2017 and have been able to present them in the following exhibitions and locations so far:
2019 Participation at ARTMUC Munich with 2 selected SEAmaps and a series of SEAngles
2020 First Solo Exhibition with SEAmaps at Galerie der Stadt Wels / Medienkulturhaus
2020 Solo Exhibition at lichtraum eins, Vienna (postponed - COVID-19)
2020 Solo Exhibition at Festival PannOpticum Neusiedl am See, Austria
2021 Presentation at Red Carpet Art Award showrooms Vienna / BasisKunstMesse Wien
2021 Participation at TransformARTE in Eisenstadt, Austria
2021 Participation at ARTMUC Munich with 2 selected SEAmaps and a series of SEAngles
2021 First Solo Exhibition in Vienna at ArtWorkSpace Wien
2022 Participation at INCorporating art fair Hamburg near the Hafencity
2022 Participation at ARTMUC Munich, Germany
2022 Exhibition Open Studio, for "offen / bildende Kunst burgenland" at Friedrichshof, Austria
2022 Participation at Superm'ART Art Fair in Nuremberg, Germany
2022 Solo Exhibition in Oberschützen at Galerie im Haus der Volkskultur, Austria
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