Vita

Born 1944 in St. Lorenzen (Steiermark, Austria)
1971 introduced from Prof. Lehmann to work in ceramic
Since 1976 independend artist - with own studio in Salzburg
Numerous exhibitions (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, etc)
Working abroad in Italy and France: 1989, 1998 and 2000
Grands from the City of Salzburg (Salzburger Kunstverein) 1980 and from the county Salzburg (Landesregierung Salzburg) 1990
Public commissions (art on buildings) and works in publish collections since 1989
Studies in geomancy with Nigel Pennick, Marco Pogatschnig and others

Since 1992 I am focusing at the labyrinth in many different forms such as workshops with children and seniores, acryl-paintings, designs of labyrinth-logos, many temporary and permanent labyrinth-buildings (made of stone, wood, bricks, paper, ceramic, textil, snow, sand, flowers, nets, willow, light ...)

1994 my first public labyrinth: commission by the city of Salzburg (mount-labyrinth in a children playground)
1997 commission by the town of Obdach: stone-labyrinth in front of the school
1999 production of Ceramic-Labyrinth-balls for the labyrinth-exhibition by Ilse M. Seifried in St. Pölten (Shedhalle), commissioned by the state of Lower Austria
2001 land art (with spiral forms and labyrinth-installations) in the park of the castle of Hellbrunn, commissioned by the city of Salzburg
2002 public labyrinth: commissioned by the culture centre Höribachhof, Mondsee (Upper Austria)
2003 installation of the archic-labyrinth in the exhibition " den Raum beziehen " in Strobel/Wolfgangsee (Upper Austria)
2004: installation of the seven path labyrinth made of willow in the exhibition " stille Besucher " in Ibm/See (Upper Austria)
2004: light-labyrinth-installation (stage setting) for the concert " Odysseus " in the Landestheater Salzburg
2004: Ceramic-labyrinth-sculptures for the exhibition Labyrinthe in castle Honhardt (Frankenhardt, Germany)
2005 Künstlerhaus Graz (Styria), exhibition "Labyrinth"
2005 installation of a seven path labyrinth in the monastery garden Seitenstetten (Lower Austria)
2005 exhibition " Natur im Raum" grass-labyrinth in Art BV Salzburg