Johannes Farys

Johannes Farys, born in 1981 in Homburg (Saar)/Germany, lives and works in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee/Austria.

He grew up in a strongly artistic environment. His mother studied art history, his father works as an architect. His grandfather Ferdinand Selgrad, renowned as painter and glass painter, was a founding student of the State School of Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken and studied at the École des Arts Appliqués à l’Industrie in Paris. Furthermore Selgrad equipped both sacral and secular buildings with art works that are now partially under preservation orders. These influences aroused Johannes Farys’ interest in art, especially painting and architecture, since childhood.

With his mother and siblings, Farys moved to Klagenfurt am Wörthersee/Austria in 1990. Among other things this profession intensified his interest in the visual arts and led him to become more occupied with painting, digital art, printing, photography and new media. He designs some of his works on the computer and realises them in acryl paints, oil paints, markers and spray paints on canvas, paper and metal.

His works are about achieving balance, homogeneity and timelessness. The focus is set on precise and exact work. This is shown by the carefully pla...

He completed an apprenticeship as a repro photographer from 2000 to 2003. Since 2003 he works as a graphic designer for various advertising agencies. Since the beginning of 2019 he focused on painting. Johannes Farys was accepted as a full member of the Kunstverein Kärnten/Carinthian Art Association in 2020.

2020
Schöne Künste – TART – Villach, Austria
ORF-Museumszeit – Europahaus Klagenfurt – Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

2019
Show it! – ARTBOX.GALLERY – Zürich, Switzerland