Karina
Laru-Naú

Karina Laru-Naú (née Szafran)

was born in Wroclaw/Poland.

Growing up in the suburbs of a big city, she

learned to integrate the assorted cultural influences of her

ancestors within the small family sphere and then moved

on to gradually become an open-minded citizen of the

world.

At the age of 18, after graduating high school, she

left Poland to begin Slavic studies in Salzburg.

She has lived in Austria (Salzburg/Vienna/Carinthia) since

1981, where beside variously earning a living, including as

interpreter for Russian, Polish and German, she has been

immersed in diverse art trainings in Austria, Germany and

Italy. Numerous travels, not only throughout Europe, but

also in North and South America, as well as Asia, form a

grand inspiration for her art.

Her studies at the „Freie Akademie der Kunst und

Philosophie“ in Klagenfurt/Carinthia have enriched her

artistic path and confirmed the validity of her choice to be

a freelance artist.

Caught in time and space, mortality and memory – the

human being is her focus. The human being, in all the

myriad thoughts and deeds, within the stillness and the

loudness of this world.