Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Autodidact Austrian/Dutch Contemporary Artist Combining Passion for Wildlife with Spirituality and...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(2 Followers)
Autodidact Austrian/Dutch Contemporary Artist Combining Passion for Wildlife with Spirituality and Mystery.
In 1971, I entered this world as part of an Austrian family residing in Salzburg (Austria). Already during my early youth, while moving within Austria, I discovered my artistic talent and desire to develop it.
At the age of 23 my curiosity and thirst for adventure lead me to Australia. The culture, landscapes, colors and wildlife were breathtaking and the images of this different life ‘down-under’ left deep impressions which I still memorize.
After this trip I could simply not resist any longer and followed my deepest desire, to express myself through painting. Having no formal art education, I simply started by following my intuition how to use, mix and layer paint to give it the effects I had visualized for my work.
At this point of time, I was fascinated and inspired by the works of Salvador Dali, when my first own art pieces were created. My preference of painting wild animals is the result of a 6 months journey to Cape Town/South Africa in winter 1996/97. During this time, I exhibited at “Gallery International” (Cape Town/S.A.) and “Groot Constantia Gallery” displaying my work from the previous year.
Craving for new inspiration I moved to cosmopolitan Amsterdam in 2000. The influence from artists around the globe, cultural a...
2024 Dec | Show @RedDot, Art Basel Week Miami, Miami, FL/USA
2024 Nov | Digital Show @Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin/Germany
2024 Nov | Digital Show @Thomson Gallery, Zug/Switzerland
2024 Oct/Nov | Artifact Projects - Contuinity - Group Exhibition among others with Pablo Picasso, Lower East, New York City/USA
2024 Oct | ART Basel, ArtExpo Paris 2024, digital Show @Galerie Agnes Nord Paris / France
2021 May | Digital Show@ Valid World Hall Galerie, Barcelona/Spain
2019 Dec | Digital Show @ArtBasel Miami Art Week, Miami/USA
2019 Aug | ArtExpo Zürich/Switzerland
2019 March | SeeMee Exhibition, The affordable Art Fair, New York City/USA
2018 July | ArtAddiction online exhibition, London/UK
2014 Oct | Carrousel du Louvre, Paris/France
2014 Sep | See.Me Exhibition Space, Long Island, (digital Show) NY/USA
2014 July | SeeMee @ Times Square, Broadway/Billboards, NYC/USA
2014 June | Panorama, RAWArtists, The Cutting Room, New York City/USA
2014 April | Artaddiction, online exhibition, London/UK
2014 March | See.Me Exhibition Space, Long Island, (digital Show) NY/USA
2013 Dec | Scope, Projection-Show, Miami Beach/USA
2013 July | Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, New York City/USA
2013 Jul-Sep | Story of the Creative Rising, (...
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