Artist: Leonard Schwarz
Displayed work: Tuscany Exit, 2022, oil on canvas, 95 x 85 cm
Leonard Schwarz (*1997) lives and works in Vienna. He grew up in Leipzig and initially completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He has studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna since 2021. A strong colorfulness characterizes his works and oscillates between figuration and abstraction. Concrete forms are recognizable, combine with their surroundings, and dissolve into abstract areas of color.
Leonard Schwarz – www.instagram.com/leonard.schwarz
Artist: Nie Shiwei 聂世伟
Displayed work: Close Relationship, 2022 Acrylic on canvas, 99,5 x 119,5 cm
Nie Shiwei, born in 1983 in Shandong, graduated from the Mural Painting Department of China Academy of Art in 2008, and now lives and works in Beijing. Nie Shiwei works in the medium of painting, but also in ceramics and sculpture. His works are often inspired by art history or everyday images to find new viewing logics, and he constantly tries to re-establish the description of the body, space, emotions and moods in a more intuitive way and with a deeper sense of self, to form new forms and narratives.
Nie Shiwei – www.instagram.com/nieshiwei/
Blue Mountain Contemporary Art BMCA – www.bmca-art.com
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Artist: Anna Kuen
Displayed work: „[‚hɪnndɐm bəɐg bʀənnt͡s]“ #5, 2020, acrylic, oil, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 150 x 180 cm
The German artist Anna Kuen studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Daniel Richter. In her abstract paintings, large-format series with contrasting color compositions and angular and organic structures meet, often inspired by the landscape of her native Bavaria. Anna Kuen lives and works in Berlin. In addition to her work as an artist, she travels the world as a model and DJ.
Anna Kuen – www.annakuen.de
Artist: Greta Pllana
Displayed work: Cardo, 2022, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 140 x 90 cm
Greta Pllana (*1992, Durrës, Albania) studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Her pictures arise from the intimacy between the present and the past. They can be read as peelings whose roots reach into the artist’s memories. In Seeboden on Lake Millstatt, the artist presents a work from the ‘Fiori Spinosi’ (Thorn Flowers). In this series, Greta Pllana places the thorns at the center of her work.
Greta Pllana – www.instagram.com/greta.pllana
Artist: David Mase
Displayed work: Accomplices, 2023, oil on canvas, 180 x 160 cm
David Mase (*1986, Klagenfurt) devotes himself to painting, graphics, sculpture and site-specific installations. In his works, he explores the boundaries between abstraction and representationalism and processes contemporary themes in sometimes absurd compositions. accomplices is part of a series that deals with the dynamics of groups. Pastose areas of colour and abstract body parts merge into a scenery. The boundaries between people and landscape, identity and togetherness become blurred.
David Mase – www.davidmase.com
Artist: Kristína Mésároš
Displayed work: Speed V, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Kristina Mésároš (*1981, Šaľa) is a Slovakian artist who lives and works in the municipality of Scharndorf in Austria. In her work, she depicts the perception of the world around her in a narrative way. She is often described as a protagonist of magical realism or neo-romanticism. In Seeboden am Millstätter See she presents a work from the series „frozen“. This series thematizes the moment of full concentration, in which time seems to stand still, in which the unexpected awaits.
Interview (November 2023) with Kristina Mésároš
Kristina Mésároš – www.kristinamesaros.com
Artist: Marlene Heidinger
Displayed work: Hinterher II., 2023, oil on canvas, 90 x 125 cm
Marlene Heidinger (*1996, Vienna) lives and works in Vienna. She studied painting and animation film at the University of Applied Arts and the ÉCV in Paris. In her work, she deals with relationships, sociodynamics, and the question of privacy in modern media. In Seeboden am Millstätter See, she is presenting a work from the series „POLONAISE – dancing on the abyss.“ In this series, the artist explores a fundamental characteristic of festivals – their transience.
Interview (September 2022) with Marlene Heidinger
Marlene Heidinger – www.marlene-heidinger.com
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