/// CAREER AND ARTISTIC APPROACH
I discovered my passion for art at an early age. My father gave me my first cameras, and I began experimenting right away – drawn especially to artistic reduction, a concept I encountered in art class through Cubism. Visual creation quickly became an integral part of my life.
After training in the printing industry, I worked as a graphic designer and layout artist for publishing houses. Later, I spent seven years as a project manager and trainer for media design in a design agency – all the while continuously developing my independent artistic practice. Today, I work as a visual artist, freelance photographer, and graphic designer. Further training, such as courses at the European Academy of Art in Trier, continues to shape my path, along with exhibitions – from my hometown to Mumok Vienna.
At the heart of my work lie questions of perception and insight, particularly within the tension between social and ecological developments. I am drawn to ruptures, contradictions, and the discomfort that often hides behind polished surfaces. My approach is cross-media – combining photography with large-scale installations.
My work explores the act of making visible what tends to disappear from our awareness after its use. Found objects, material remnants, and everyday leftovers are recontextualized – placed into new aesthetic and discursive frameworks.
It is not about recycling in the conventional sense, but about a quiet, material critique – a form of visual reflection on consumption, impermanence, and social repression. Without a didactic claim, I aim to open perceptual spaces in which viewers are invited to question their own stance toward these remnants.
One of my central concerns is to actively involve the audience. I want to go beyond observation and enable participation: through hands-on engagement, creation, and experience, a more immediate connection to the themes emerges – fostering deeper reflection on both social and personal responsibility. Especially in participatory formats, it becomes clear that art can be more than an image: it can be process, dialogue, and encounter.
With my work, I aim to create moments of disruption, spark reflection, and open up space – for critical questions, for individual perception, and for the larger whole that connects us all.
