Karin Czermak

I am Karin Czermak, an academic professional artist. My passion is painting. My preferred mediums are acrylic and pastels on both canvas and paper.
I often head out for some quick plein-air sketching. I love to collect shapes and colours from nature and take them back to my studio, where they serve as inspiration for my canvas paintings. During the work process, I translate landscapes, mountain shapes or forest lines into abstract forms and schemes. The landscape remains visible in the painting but is not immediately apparent. This tension between figuration and abstraction interests me. I explore and redefine it for myself anew in every painting. Inspired by natural areas and landscapes, I aim to create atmospheric, expressive, and poetic paintings.
I come from Austria where I had the chance to study at the University of Applied Arts with experienced and very engaged professors. I am also holding a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Chinese Studies and had the chance to live and work in various countries around the world. Thus, my art is inspired by all these experiences I had the privilege to gain during my travel and work abroad.
I currently live in Austria, where my love for nature is not only inspiration but al...

2013 Magistra artium (Mag.art) Fine Art, Klasse Kandl, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2009 Art Education, University of Lapland, Department for Art and Design, Rovaniemi, Finland
2005-2008 Associate Expert at UNESCO Beijing in China, Mongolei und Korea
2002-2005 Fine Art, Klasse Herzig, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2004 Bakkalaureat in Sinologie (Bakk.phil.) Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften, Sinologie, Universität Wien, Österreich
2002 Magistra der Philosophie (Mag.phil.) Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie und Politikwissenschaften, Universität Wien, Österreich 1999 Chinese Language Studies; Fudan University Shanghai, China

2024 Shades of Blue / pop-up Galerie / Bad Fischau
2024 Soloshow WEITSICHT / Atlelier Galerie Roland Puschitz, Vienna
2024 Auszeit / Galerie am Park, Wien, Austria
2023 Kunst zum Pflücken / Vienna
2023 Wildwuchs / Stadtgalerie Purkersdorf - Purkersdorf, Austria
2023 In Sachen Farbe / die bunten gallery - Wien, Austria
2023 ART MUC - Kunstmesse / München, MTC Locations - München, Deutschland
2022 Herbstsalon / Galerie am Lieglweg - Neulengbach, Österreich
2022 Wie die Wolken wandern / Ausstellungsbrücke St. Pölten - St. Pölten, Österreich
2022 In connection II / Domatio Art Space - Athen, Griechenland
2022 Wo wir uns wiederfinden | Stadtgalerie Steyr, Schloß Lamberg | Steyr, Austria
2022 TRACING COLOURS | Ausstellungsbrücke St. Pölten, Landhausplatz 1, 3109 St. Pölten, Austria
2021Waldgeflüster. Zwei Künstlerinnen im Dialog mit der Natur / Galerie am Park - Wien, Austria
2021 Moving Bodies / Resonance Gallery - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2021 Zwischen Gestus und Abbild / Art 3 - Wien, Austria
2021 UPCOMING - Weihnachtsausstellung / Galerie am Park - Wien, Austria
2021 Farbklang. Karin Czermak & Monika Herschberger / Galerie Eisenware
2020 VIRTUAL ABSTRACTION | curated by Karin Czermak and Daniela Prokopetz, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Farbwelte...