Featured artists

Featured artists
"Our artists" are artists from the jury, "multitalents," and others who have received free and unlimited profiles according to the gallery's assessment. After some time, some of the winners and finalists of our competitions may also be added. In "All artists," everyone is included, together with the aforementioned jury members, multitalents, and so on.

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Brigitte Lichtenhofer-Wagner

Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Austria
Born in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria

Her education began with the Viennese painter and graphic artist Florentina Pakosta, studying human physiognomy.

After that, she continued her self-taught training with a focus on graphics
Shifting the focus to painting using acrylic and oil media, training at art academies and studio courses with established artists.
At the same time, studying art history and art theory at the University of Vienna and the adult education center

Exhibitions in Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck Art fair, Munich, Florence and Plovdiv

Publications in art magazines such as Spotlight, Art Awarded International and Kunststücke Works of Contemporary Artists as well as illustrations
in a publication of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

AWARDS:
1st prize at the ART Award of the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Austria, 2019
3rd place at the ART Award of the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Austria, 2017

"My sources of inspiration are emotional images from various sources such as books, newspapers, and social media.
From these, stories with subtle messages are created, which are then conveyed to the viewer in this way but leave room for interpretation.
The visual representations go beyond the everyday perception; familiar thought patterns are broken, new perspectives are opened up.
Therefore, my images are also to be understood in the tension between objectivity and abstraction.

Regarding the hydrant and motorcycle images:
These works show various representations both in their overall form (hydrants) and as details (hydrants and motorcycles), it allows an idea of the complete object
and its functionality. Especially the detailed views show the objects with all their signs of use, which time, humans, and weather have left behind."

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Christine Rechnitzer

Award winning contemporary artist, born in 1968 in Vienna, who lives and works in Burgenland.
Member of the Professional Association of the Visual Artists of Austria.
She conducts and organizes CreARTivity painting workshops, in which participants can connect and re-connect with their innate creativity. Christine is a certified Art Therapist, she also re-designs lampshades.

In her works she uses besides the classic materials, coffee, salt, nail polish, bark of the whine and cream of tartar among others.

In her early twenties, after she graduated from Fashion School, she was a guest student at the master class of Friedensreich Hundertwasser at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
Although she decided to pursue a career in marketing and management, creativity has accompanied Christine throughout her life, in one way or another and painting has been a constant factor in her life.
After more than 20 successful years in the pharmaceutical industry and international retail management, she followed her heart and became what she is: a visual artist.

“Art must be alive and perceived vividly, only then does it fulfill its purpose. If it is not just consumed superficially by the viewer but is perceived in its entirety when the viewer looks beneath the surface, valuable communication can arise between artist and viewer and a dialogue can begin. A dialogue that often doesn’t need words.” she says and

“It is always fascinating to have a blank canvas in front of me and to dedicate myself to creating a work with all my creative being.
Joyfully immersing myself in a state without time and space - that is pure pleasure and fulfillment at the same time.”

41 Group and 3 Solo Exhibitions since 2022, in Vienna, Graz, Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Gols, Sankt Pölten, Wallendorf, Museum Krems Dominican Church, Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, Fuerteventura, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Miami, Los Angeles, New York.

2024 Woman´s Essence Award Barcelona
Participant in the 60th Biennale di Venezia Musa Pavilion

Profil picture ©Marcel Plavec

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Desy Kamen

Award winning fine artistt, master architect and interior designer.
Member of the Professional Association of the Visual Artists of Austria.

www.desykamen.com

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Practice since 1992 as fine artist, architect, designer, university assistent, private teacher in drawing and painting.

Desy Kamen has recieved systematical education in fine arts at National School for Fine Arts Ilia Petrov, Sofia and was a visiting student af the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.

She has also obtain her Master in architecture degree at the Univercity of Architecture, Civil Engeneering and Geodesy in Sofia and was a visiting student af the University for Applied Arts, Vienna.

Exhibitions in Munich, Vienna, Sofia, Varna. Publications in art magazines and in internet. Art Awards since childhood.

"Мy goal is first and foremost to explore my own limits and possibilities. ARCHITECTURE and DESIGN help me to explore the causal relationships and construction of the material environment we live in, and the FINE ARTS enable me to expand my understanding beyond these material limits ...
Тhe understanding the superficial and sensory environment is gradually complemented by the development of the intuitive and purely creative beginnings. It is a never-ending process that "keeps me on the surface" and at the same time immerses me in a different, parallel reality, filled with symbols and unexpected, sometimes difficult to understand revelations.“
I am not one of the artists who produce paintings... I work a lot on the prima vista, but at the same time I give myself enough time to be able to create the best I am capable of... When I understand Myself, then I can understand the Universe and the Spirit of the Universe.

...The experiment continues ..."

Vienna, 2021

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Daniel Amberg

The Swiss painter, singer and actor Daniel Amberg, who recently moved to Vienna, trained at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen and subsequently apprenticed as a decoration designer. Over his 40-year career, he has received several awards and has worked artistically for notable personalities, such as Michael Jackson, twice.

His elaborate artworks are already spread across the globe and are gaining an increasing number of enthusiastic followers. The precise choice of his colors and his meticulous brushwork have earned him the reputation of a perfectionist. These are works that are unsurpassed in density and captivate with their depth.

Upon closer inspection, there is much more to discover than the images reveal at first glance. So, those who look longer may uncover a story.

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Elena Baurecht

«Flashbulb memories»
My artistic research is based on the phenomenon of "flashbulb memories". These are vivid emotional memories from childhood associated with new knowledge and exploration of the universe.
Space fascinates everyone, especially children: they play astronauts, build models of rockets and lunar vehicles, visit museums and go to performances just to get closer to this great mystery.

I also want to contribute to the space odyssey. My small contribution to the possible unity with the cosmos. After all, participation in the great discovery of humanity is important for everyone.
My personal project is related to impressions and memories. Humanity has always strived to reveal the secrets of the universe; the starry sky has always attracted attention and lured with its darkness.
My works touch on the theme of "games", games as a way of exploring the world.

In the project I use various media – acrylic and oil painting, screen printing. I fill large local spots with vivid metaphorical scenes.
The works depict one fleeting moment or another: a girl dreaming of becoming an astronaut, a boy dressed as his favorite hero conquering space.
These physical embodiments of flights of imagination form a child's vivid world as space, object and illusion.

Elena Baurecht was born in Russia in 1983 and has been living in Austria for over 17 years.

The artist has been engaged in painting since childhood.

She learned realistic painting by attending the summer school at the St. Petersburg Ilya Repin Academy of Arts and taking several courses with Edith Lesnig (Obervellach).

She has also learned various painting and creative techniques through various national and international courses.

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Galia Mink

Fine artist, Vienna, Austria

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Kiril Bozhkov

Head of Department Painting, Prof.Dr. at The National Academy of Art Sofia
PhD in Art History
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists from 1997 year

Kiril Bozhkov born in 1964 in Novi Han near Sofia. He became his MA and specialization in mural painting in the National Art Academy,Sofia and
in 1994 began teaching at the Department of Painting.
From 1981, until now, participation in over 250 group and 50 individual exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Egypt, the United States, Poland, Serbia and Macedonia.

Works by Kiril Bozhkov are owned by the National Art Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus and
many galleries and private collections in Austria, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Cyprus, Norway, Russia, USA, Czech Republic, Slovenia, France, Netherlands,
Switzerland, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Hungary, Italy, etc.

Awards:
2023 – 3rd place in the "PORTRAIT" category at the 1 st World Watercolor Contest "WATERCOLOR FOR ALL" IWS Atelier Gallery Santiago, Chile
2023 – 1st Place at the first international watercolor festival, Spain, Cordoba
2023 – Eskoda Award – 1st Japan Watercolor Triennale, Nadeshiko
2022 – Award of NEVSKAYA PALITRA of III International Watercolor & Spirit Triennial - Varna
2022 – Mention Award – 7th International ”Love, Tolerance and Peace Through” Watercolor Festival & Golden Brish Contest, Izmir
2021 – Gold Art Award – 1 st International Watercolor Biennale Hamyang, Korea
2019 – 1st Place - 2nd International Biennial of Watercolor KIPUS – BOLIVIA – LIGHTS OF THE WORLD
2019 – Top 6 Best portrait - Tirana International Watercolor Biennale 2019, thirds edition
2018 - International Category Winner - First Watercolor Biennale, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
2018 - Best Portrait Award at the 1st International Watercolor Festival "Tropical Watercolors" Costa Rica
2018 – In Top 100 – ranking for participation in the Universal Watercolor Exposition Online Contest, in Zhuji, China (the first World Watercolor Olympiad in the world)
2017 - In Top 20 - International Watercolor Contest “Thoughts made of Water”, Chihuahua , Mexico
2017 - 1st Place Best Portrait - 2nd TIRANA INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOR BIENNALE 2017
2016 - In Top 30 artists in 2016 Taiwan World Watercolor Competition
2016 - The award of IWS Bulgaria for contribution to the development of world watercolor art - International Triennial of watercolor Warna, 2016
2016 - 3rd Award of Biennial International Fabriano Watercolor 2016
2016 - Award for best watercolor I International Art Festival 2016 - Bangladesh
2014 - Knight of the brush in 2013 (category knight of illusions) - Orchid Art Center
2012 - Award of the International Competition for watercolor, Karposh Municipality, Macedonia
1991 - 1st prize for painting at the National Academy about residence and work in Washington
1991 - Special prize for painting, the "Nude"
1990 - Award for composition of National Academy of Art, Sofia
1989 -1st prize in drawingof National Academy of Art, Sofia

Publications in national and international journals such as:
2016 – Art Of Watercolor Magazine, 24 th number, Septembar - November 2016

K. Bozhkov is author of the book "Virtuosity and painting"(2015).

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Le Rusch

Member of the Cultural Network of Lower Austria
Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Austria

First creative attempts, especially with drawings, during my youth. Due to family and professional reasons, I then shifted my artistic ambitions to photography.

Since 2006, thanks to my daughters, I have returned to painting. I work in various techniques, preferring watercolor and acrylic painting, but I am open to any technique.
My artistic awareness is shaped by the beauty and uniqueness and the naturalistic depiction of nature and humans.

Lessons with various international artists, master classes from 2018 to 2021 at the Kunstfabrik Wien, solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Sales to Germany, UK, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy, USA.

The world is full of colors; you just have to see them!

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Petra Marino

Photograph, designer, master architect
Through her photographs, Petra Marino presents visual micro-stories of the urban environment. Her works reflect the presence of people through the traces they leave behind when they inhabit a place.The layering of these traces forms a palimpsest - an abstract document that forms the "soul of the place".
Petra Marino's photographs have been awarded in competitions in Japan, the UK, Austria and elsewhere.
Her work has been published in issues of "LIGHT - a journal of photography & poetry", New York, and "Obscura", Sofia.

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Robert Lösch

Dipl.-Ing. – Austrian architect, photographer, and fine artist.
2017 – 2018    Master School for Communication and Design: Graphische HBLA, Vienna (Austria)
2015 – 2017    College for Photography and Audiovisual Media: Graphische HBLA, Vienna (Austria)
2004 – 2015    Architecture studies (Dipl.-Ing./MSc): TU Graz (Austria) and Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Robert Lösch studied architecture at TU Graz and Politecnico di Milano. While working in several renowned architectural offices in Graz, he already participated in art exhibitions, including at the Kunsthaus Graz, the "Friendly Alien."

After completing his studies, he pursued further education in photography, graphic design, and painting. During this time, while partly working as a freelance photographer, he had additional exhibitions at venues such as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, designforum, and the Albertina. In painting, Robert Lösch was particularly influenced and supported by his mentors Wilhelm Drach and Karl Kriebel.
Today, his artistic spectrum spans various media, from painting to photography, videography, and digital forms of representation, culminating in the final spatial experience. Ultimately, the goal is the search, analogous to the experience of the journey in mountaineering – the search for absolute intermediality. An art form that unites all types of artistic creation into a kind of "meta-art."
"Everything is correlated, an interaction that elevates the whole far beyond the sum of its individual elements. Photography, communication design, and architecture form the educational foundation for this intertwining of all elements."

The artist-photograph has participated in several exhibitions in Austria, the United Kingdom, and the USA.

In 2021, Robert Lösch participated in the “Liquid ~ Sky” exhibition at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), where he received the Director’s Choice Award for "Distant," a digital photograph.

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Yulia Becker

Freelance artist and architect
Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Austria.
CEO and curator of KreativRaum Gallery, Vienna.
www.kreativraum.gallery

2000 – 2006   Architecture study at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia
2002 – 2006   Architecture study at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany

Since 2008   Lives and works in Vienna
Since 2016   Works as a freelance artist
Since 2017   Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Austria
Since 2018   CEO and curator of KreativRaum Galerie, Vienna

„Modern Women Images“
"The large-scale, flat works in bold colors predominantly feature women. The artist focuses on staging, using the stereotypical iconography of fashion magazines to depict a society of the third or fourth generation of women who have grown up with role models from new media. This can also be seen as a continuation of tradition. A certain nostalgia is evident. She constructs the images, creating the worlds she needs, either out of longing or as a critical improvement of the existing ones, whether ideologically or formally. Technically impressive, sharp, clean. In the images, a search is conducted between 'I' and 'We,' between the individual and society."
- Tamara Karjuk, art historian and curator of the exhibition "STICK TOGETHER," 2021

Yulia Becker has participated in several exhibitions and Art fairs in Austria, Switzerland, China and South Korea.

2019 International Prize CARAVAGGIO - Great Master of Art, Milan, Italy

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