Kiki Spring

Born in 1985 in former Czechoslovakia, I began my academic journey at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, combining literature and fine arts to shape the conceptual foundation of my work. In 2011, I relocated to the United States before eventually settling in Switzerland, where I now maintain my full-time studio practice. Living between cultures has profoundly shaped my perspective, inspiring an ongoing exploration of identity, memory, and emotional landscapes.

After a decade away from the canvas, I returned to painting with a clear, renewed vision, dedicating my practice to expressive abstract Swiss landscapes and intuitive compositions.

My work reads as a series of playful cartographies and visual diaries, unfolding like aerial maps to hidden treasures. Grounded in a signature warm golden palette inspired by autumnal light, each piece invites the viewer on an imaginary journey across abstract topographies. I build each canvas through an intensive process of intuitive layering, applying up to 20 translucent glazes alongside tactile impasto textures, raw linear markings, and floating geometric symbols. This multi-layered approach leaves the "footprints" of every previous stage visible, creating a dynamic dialogue between...

2011 - 2013 Graphic Design / St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, USA
2008 Erasmus Scholarship - Fine Arts / University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 - 2010 MA in Teaching Visual Arts / Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

2023 Summer Art Expo, Ragusa, Sicily
2013 St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, USA
2011 Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 Unicredit Bank, Vienna, Austria