
18.5-29.9.24 Austria | The exhibition “Villa Karbach – Wie der Skurrealismus zur Welt kommt” is part of the European Capital of Culture in Salzkammergut, Austria. Together with works of the artist Walter Pilar (†2018), the part 2 of the Glöckler project was shown at the Villa Pantschoulidzeff (built by Theophil Hansen 1854). Two caps were…

I am once again invited to stay at the residency in Brig at the ancient Stockalperschloss in the wonderful Valais valley in the south of Switzerland. My project >Marque de sorcière< here focus on the local history of witch hunts, which date back to the 15th century and were one of the first in Europe.…

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…

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.

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…




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,…

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”.

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.

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…