CV:
2014
Stay in Mexiko
2015
Stay in Thailand
2016
BA in communication from Hochschule für Gestaltung Mannheim
Since 2018
active member of Kunstverein Raum für Kunst Halle e.V.
Since 2019
active member of Kunstverein Pfälzische Sezession
2021
Diploma in painting, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
2022
six months stay in Cluj-Napoca Romania on the Erasmus+ program
2023
Master class of Tilo Baumgärtel, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

Teaching activity
2015
Teaching assignment in printmaking at Hochschule für Gestaltung Mannheim
2019
Head of the wood-cut course at the 2nd youth art symposium of the Pfälzische Sezession e.V. in Bad Dürkheim
2021
Teaching assignment in repro-photography in the painting class of Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule
Artist Statement: Drum Bun (artist statement for master class exhibition)
During the artistic production, I reflect on personal issues, as well as on issues that are almost inevitable – those that affect all of us.
With some topics I am consciously occupied, while others impose themselves on me from the outside, maybe even from the subconscious. Something pours out on the canvas, like streams of consciousness, which congeal to create an image. Fragments intertwine, sometimes in form of surfaces, sometimes spatially. Never following any existing logic! An act of balance between abstraction and representation. Visible vs. mental. Tradition and innovation - hand in hand? Realities of life exist side by side. Products made from algae can replace plastic and deep-sea fish produce their own light.
For some time I have been delving into marine biology, the protection of the oceans and the deep sea as the habitat of many largely unexplored animals. For this reason, I am currently taking a fishing course to obtain a fishing license and to learn more about aquatic life, hydrology and our ecosystem. By using art to address viewers on an emotional level and by creating abstract interpretations of the diversity and beauty of maritime life, I hope to make a small contribution to preserving our environment with my work, but also to point out that some parts of the ocean are already dead, that there are colorful corals that turn into colorless skeletons. As raw and vulnerable as our ecosystem, the surfaces of my canvases are unprimed and vulnerable, too.
Then other things become interesting again; Neurodiversity - different ways of how the human brain functions. Neuroplasticity - The brain’s ability to change structures and functions so that it can respond to new external influences. Even at an old age the brain can still adapt. I knead unfiltered emotions into the material. Is this what practical research looks like? And what does it mean if I paint over my older work? What is reality? Many questions have not been clearly expressed yet, perhaps this will emerge as the process progresses.
Do we want to settle in one place or live like nomads? At least your can wander in your head.
Drum Bun is Romanian and means Bon Voyage.
Exhibitions:
2023
Hans Purrmann Grant, Speyer, Kulturhof Flachsgasse (G)
Master class exhibition Drum Bun, Halle Saale, Galerie Paul Scherzer (E)
2022
Manuel Wagner + Doremi, Neustadt/Weinstrasse, Herrenhof (G)
Sommerfäden, Halle Saale, Galerie Paul Scherzer (G)
2021
Bark at the Wind, Halle Saale, Galerie Paul Scherzer (E)
Silbersalz Festival, Halle Saale (G)
Baby don't hurt me, Leipzig, Galerie Kleindienst / Westside, master class of Tilo Baumgärtel (G)
Diploma exhibition Autopilot, Halle Saale, Volkspark Galerie (E)
2020
Mixed Double, Leipzig, Galerie Kleindienst / Westside, master class of Tilo Baumgärtel (G) and Christoph Ruckhäberle (G)
2019
Painting class of Tilo Baumgärtel, Leipzig, Spinnerei Halle 14 UG (G)
Profile, Halle/Saale, Offspace - Blech (G)
Assembly, Halle/Saale, Altes Gasomter (E)
2018
Neue Wege, Neustadt/Weinstrasse, Herrenhof (G)
2017
MK am Steintor, Halle/Saale, temporärer Ausstellungsraum Lu-Wu 87 (G)
Frontspiegel, Cologne, Kunstverein Buchforst (E)
2016
Frei machen, Mannheim, temporärer Ausstellungsraum Bau Z (E)
2015
Portrait - Duttenhöfer uns Schüler, Mannheimer Kunstverein (G)
2014
Lousy Exhibition, Venice, Café Paradiso (G)

Scholarships/Prizes:
2019
YAS Young Artist Award Magdeburg, for tha art collective Blech
Grant from Künstlerstadt Kalbe
2018
Art Prize of Pfälzische Sezession