Artist statement
Born on July 3rd, 1981 in Graz, graduated from the Vienna Advertising Academy (Advertising) in 2007, before studying theater, film and media studies at the University of Vienna from 2009-2012. He was a co-founder of Resident Magazine, where he was jointly responsible for production, advertising and contributions as well as for the organization of events until 2010. 2013 - 2015 work as a social worker and addiction counselor in Vienna. Founding of Beton Brulee - an association for the promotion of radical art denial.
Since 2019 resumption of artistic work.
I am interested in the social fringe groups of society, the social hot spots. The people who are not integrated and mostly do not participate and have no influence on socio-political processes and changes. It is the periphery, the offside, that appeals to me, the edge that one does not notice. The places other people don't go to.
Making the forgotten, the repressed visible.
Another focus is the architecture of decay; abandoned buildings of industrial heritage. Reclaiming nature, changing landscapes.
Analog photography is my tool. The field of experimentation, the special aesthetics, the unpredictable nature of
