Curent Concerns
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Mänttä | Finland 12.23-02.24
In winter 2024 I was invited to the Serlachius Foundation for a residency and three workshops. It was the third time I had worked in Finland and this time I was able to prepare some artworks to be exhibited in Austria later that year. Besides the workshops on mask making, I was able to work…
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Kabuki on Ice | Mänttä FI
12.2023 -02.2024 | Being invited to Finland for some workshops I also found time to execute some new designs of Japanese paper fashion. The Serlachius Foundation hosted me with a spacious workspace and next to the residency we found some opportunities to do different photo shootings in the cold Finnish winter.
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Glöckler EU | Salzkammergut AT
10.01.23 Austria | Thanks to my family and friends, I was able to complete and present my two new works at the Traunsee in this beautiful winter landscape. The location is in view of the Villa Pantschoulidzeff, where the exhibition “How Scurrealism comes into the world” will open in May. As part of the EU…
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Sketches | Onishi JP 23
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Sketches Glöckler | Nakanojo JP 23
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Sketches | Onishi JP 23
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Kanna Art Festival | Gunma JP
16.9 – 24.9.23 Japan | 500 visitors on the first weekend in our small art village of Onishi. 10th anniversary of Kanna Art Festival (website also done by AF) was also a commemoration of artist Horikoshi Chiaki. The work shown was a piece called うかれ燕 – Ukare Tsubame, which relays to an old song about a swiftlet,…
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Tsukuba Art Center | Ibaraki JP
19.10 – 23.10.23 Japan | New artworks shown at the Tsukuba Biennale 23. At the Art Center in Ibaraki prefecture Japanese Butoh dancers performed with the different headgears as part of the series “Shelter of the Mind”.
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Nakanojo • Performance | Gunma JP
10.10 – 12.10.23 Japan | After finishing the Biennale we could do some first performances at Haruna Lake, the rice fields surrounding Gotonda, in Shima the Onsen Village and at the Oyato Shrine near the exhibition space. The “Glöckler” project was a mere success with a couple of follow up exhibitions planned for 2024.
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Nakonojo Biennale 23 | Gunma JP
10.9 – 9.10.23 Japan | Opening of the Nakanojo Biennale in September 23. With over 800.000 visitors in one month it was by far the best shows since the Biennale was founded in 2007. The pre-opening in Mai was already successful as the work of Anita Gratzer was selected for the poster of the Biennale and…
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Arty Show | Biel/Bienne CH
4.10. – 29.10.23 Switzerland | The Arty Show 2023 celebrated its fifth anniversary in Biel. More than 40 artists were showcased in the city’s public spaces, with 33 shop windows transformed into temporary exhibition spaces.Special guest: the SWATCH ART PEACE HOTEL SHANGHAI presented 6 artists who were in residence in Shanghai.
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Nakanojo Biennale • Press | Gunma JP
16.5.23 Japan | SetUp of “Glöckler” project at Gotonda exhibition space for Nakanojo Biennale 2023. After 2 month developing the project at Furusato studio. Japanese press and participating artists visited the final results. Press announcement NHK 09.09.2023