WHERE ARE YOUR RIGHT AND HAVE YOU ALWAYS LIVED THERE?
I’m in Bern, Switzerland right now, I returned to my hometown after living in Vienna for 16 years with my
husband who is a screenwriter. I studied Art and Art History, and worked there.
WHERE WERE YOUR BORN AND BROUGHT UP?
I was born and raised in Bern.
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR PRESENT CITY OR HOMETOWN?
There’s a big river and lots of green. It’s very safe.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES?
Reading Comics and drawing. Hearing stories while there's a thunderstorm outside. Rain in spring. Nature in
general. My family. Lots of my childhood memories are feelings.
WHY ART?
Drawing moved me from a very young age, I loved pictures and stories, especially the combination of both, like in comics. Later it was the encounter with art and artists that touched me deeply and i knew straight
away that this was my passion. It is a constant in my life to this day, a world of its own that I can dive into
just as deeply as when I was a child. That fascinates me again and again. painting is a form of
communication with people that speaks directly to the heart and emotions.
WHERE DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR TRAINING?
I attended the F+F school for Art and Media Design in Zurich and studied Contextual Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. I also studied Art History and taught at an art school in Vienna.
HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR DISTINCTIVE EXPRESSION?
It was a process, mainly during my student days in which more and more aesthetic, technical-formal,
stylistic and content-related things came together like in a puzzle.
Mainly, I did what I love, practiced and tried out a lot of what works for me. Like in a good narrative, it is very
important for me to have a basic atmosphere in my paintings, which draws the viewer in and lets room for
his own stories.
WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS?
I am doing a lot of research on a theme I’m on, trying out and then working a lot.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERRED MEDIUM?
I love painting in combination with airbrush. I always loved graffiti, so the combination of traditional painting
technique and spraying was an obvious step for me.
WHO OR WHAT HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOU?
I think everyone I’ve met and everything I’ve come across has shaped me in a way.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOUR PERSONAL AESTHETIC?
In terms of style and content my paintings are based on elements of vintage photography, film noir, graphic
novels, super heroes, tattoos and classical genres of art history. I combine the traditional and the
contemporary, the classical and the subcultural. I like to use subjects from turn- of-the century portrait
photography because they are a timeless style of representation.
WHAT BEAUTY ROUTINE DO YOU SWEAR BY?
Wearing sunglasses during the day because I often work late at night.
WHAT DO YOU GET UP TO WHEN YOUR NOT WORKING?
I must admit that most of the time I think about work when I’m not working. But I love being with my
family, in the nature and going to museums.
HOW DO YOU UNWIND?
Being in nature.
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