Lives in Frankfurt, Germany
How do you describe your own art practice?
For a while, I hesitated to consider myself a “painter” since I felt the paintings I produced weren’t indulging in all the things I romantically projected onto the act of painting. I rather felt they indulged in the conservative urge to paint something symbolic of a kindred questionable worldview.
I am now aware that it doesn’t change the fact that I have indeed produced a painting. It was however through that train of thought, that my practice has shifted from a focus on image production to a focus on image presenting installations and sculptural gestures.

Broucey-Lou, 2022
Oil on stretched cotton, wooden beams / 302 x 282 x 195 cm Photo: Vlada Shcholkina
Which question or theme is central in your work?
Currently, a lot of my works circle around situations that are unaware of their hostile nature, usually based on an act of glorification: a presentation and passing on of something that doggedly holds on to f.ex. a symbol, a situation, a thought, or a self-understanding.

Hush Hush, 2021
Oil and coloured pencil on canvas, wood / 248 x 208 x 20 cm Photo:Celia Zehetgruber
What was your first experience with art?
I am not quite sure what my first experience with art was, since me and my siblings grew up in a creative household. The first time I remember experiencing a greater awareness around aesthetic experiences however was at 10 years old, when I was struggling to draw my own legs from my perspective. My older sister taught me the difference between actively looking at the object I was drawing, as compared to drawing what I assumed they looked like. As a preteen this was a revelation: I felt I had just acquired the skill of actively perceiving my surroundings.

Recruiting, 2021
Coloured pencil on paper, wood / 19 x 28 x 9 cm Photo:Celia Zehetgruber
What is your greatest source of inspiration?
Most things romantic, monuments and thoughts of pedestals.

Set, 2021
Video set incl. artist framed coloured pencil drawing, tissue box and a couch Photo:Celia Zehetgruber
What do you need in order to create your work?
I want to stay in conversation and exchange ideas while I’m working.
I appreciate the humor in art and don’t want to tell inside jokes only I myself am in on.

Set, 2021
Video set incl. artist framed coloured pencil drawing, tissue box and a couch Photo:Celia Zehetgruber
What work or artist has most recently surprised you?
I was intrigued by a talk Jordan Wolfson held and am now looking forward to seeing his exhibition in Bregenz.