Photo: Margareta Mayer
Biography
Born in Austria, 1987.
Studied at the University of Art and Design Linz and at Mills College in Oakland, California.
Graduate Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts in 2022/23.
Lives and works in San Francisco.
Art Practice
I go somewhere—a black-sanded beach, a snow-covered mountaintop, an unknown city, a friend’s house.
I place a stack of paper on the ground and pour ink onto the top sheet. Then, I stay. I watch, I listen, I adapt. As I begin to sense the place, the ink does too. The wind moves it, gravity pulls it, chemical and electrostatic forces shape it. Sometimes, I intervene—just a small gesture, a slight repositioning of the stack. The ink seeps through the layers, flowing, settling, stopping. I wait.
Sometimes, I leave. The ink and paper remain, exposed to time and the environment, absorbing the moment over hours or days. If I leave, I hide the stack.
When I return, I peel through each sheet, searching for the image. A fragment catches my eye. I magnify it—macro photography reveals intricate structures, hidden worlds. Then, through dye sublimation, I transfer the image onto aluminum, preserving it. Now, it can hang on a wall, suspend from a ceiling, or lean in a space, waiting to be seen.
At its core, my practice is an act of deep admiration—for Earth, for the cosmos, for the entangled systems that shape existence. Color, form, materiality—ever-changing, endlessly complex, guided by fundamental principles of beauty.