UPCOMING COURSES
NL: Evening carving classes at X TU-Delft (next one starts 20 Nov, sign up opens one week before)
NL: 8-10 Nov, Houten Schalen Snijden/Wood carving basics , Beeldhouwwinkel Den Haag
NL: 23 Nov, Van tak tot sculptuur / Small Scale Sculpture, Beeldhouwwinkel Den Haag
NL: 30 Nov, Van tak tot sculptuur / Small Scale Sculpture, Beeldhouwwinkel Zutphen
UK: Summer 2025, Follow the grain woodcarving summer school at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Individual courses, private or for small groups, upon request.
SOLO / Duo EXHIBITIONS
2024 – A word for, Museum Hacker Haus, Bad Erlach, AT
2023 – Mitbewohner, DUO with Markus Redl, Project space Wohnzimmer, Kunstverein Baden, AT
2019 – Places of Comfort, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2017 – On Masks, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, UK
2017 – Heimspiel, Landespflegeheim Baden bei Wien, AT
2015 – Teresa Hunyadi, International Office at Joshibi University of Arts and Design, Sagamihara, JP
Group exhibitions
2024 – Limburg Biënnale, Maastricht, NL
2024 – Grand buffet d'art, Papaver_Poppinn Amsterdam, NL
2024 – Hortus Plants & Art Fair, Botanical Garden Delft, NL
2024 – Object Rotterdam, Haka-gebouw, NL
2024 – Kersvers, Galerie Arti-Shock Rijswijk, NL
2023 – Ledententoonstelling, Galerie Arti shock Rijswijk, NL
2023 – Natur!, Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst NÖ, AT
2023 – Curating Peace, Kunstverein Baden, AT
2023 – Study on East and West on show at the Botanical Garden Delft, NL
2022 – Betwixt and Between, Ausstellungsbruecke, St. Poelten, AT
2021 – Parallel Vienna, Vienna, AT
2021 – Current, White Space Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2021 – Schwebend, Kunstverein Baden, AT
2021 – Lentesalon, Prinsenkwartier, Delft, NL
2020 – Changing Tides, SSA, Edinburgh, UK
2020 – You Are Here, International online group exhibition / Curators: Kate Trafeli and James Stewart
2020 – Hulabhaig Uig Open: Re-imagined, UK
2019 – St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
2019 – Caol Ruadh Scottish Sculpture Park, UK
2019 – Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Invited Guest Artist, London, UK
2019 – Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, streetside space, UK
2018 – mengenMengen, Kunstverein Baden, AT
2018 – RBA Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, UK
2018 – RBA Rising Stars, Framers Gallery London, UK
2017 – Grown Together, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, UK
2017 – Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, UK
2017 – Hortus Redux, Caol Ruadh Sculpture Park, UK
2017 – Annual Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, UK
2016 – The Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
2016 – North Ayrshire Open Art exhibition, Eglinton Park, UK
2016 – Annual Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, UK
2015 – 16X, Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, AT
2014 – Homepake, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
2014 – Junge Kunst Parcours, Brotfabrik, Vienna, AT
2013 – Ich sehe deine Worte nicht in Farbe, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
2013 – Pique-nique, Festival à Corps, Poitiers, FR
2012 – UpSideDown & Co, Festival à Corps, Poitiers, FR
2011 – Homepake, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
2011 – Essence, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2010 – Take a Seat Make a Seat, Habari, Vienna Design Week, AT
education
2015 – Exchange semester at the department of Sculpture, Joshibi University of Arts and Design, Japan.
2010 to 2015 – Bachelor and Masters Degree with distinction (Mag.art) from University of Applied Arts Vienna at the department of Art and Education. Dual Majors in Design, Architecture and Environment (Design and Technology) and Art and Communication Practices (Fine Arts). Specialisation in Material Studies (Ceramic and Wood).
2007 to 2009 – Diploma with distinction in Graphic Design, from Die Graphische Leyserstraße, Vienna, Austria.
Teaching
Edinburgh College of Art, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, X – TU Delft, International School Delft, Beeldhouwwinkel Den Haag, KunstenHuisIdea Zeist, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop – Bill Scott Sculpture Centre, Centre for Fine Woodworking – UK, The Forge UK Community maker space. For notifications of upcoming courses please sign up to my newsletter.
Community Projects
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- In Touch Tours, sculpture exhibitions, events, and guided artist tours designed for access by touch and presented for blind, partially sighted and sighted people, since 2018.
- Leading the participatory sculpture project ‘Woodland Choir’. A two-week journey to co-create a sound sculpture with 21 students from Kilmodan Primary School, Argyll Scotland.
- Volunteering in support of Reforestation on Holy Isle on Scotland’s West Coast.
- Initiating an Art Sale at Kunstverein Baden, Austria, with its fund going to The Sewing Cooperative in Rome, Italy.
- Invited curator for ‘Chiselled’, an exhibition in support of the stone carving community in Edinburgh, UK at the RGI Kelly Gallery Glasgow.
awards /funding /grants
2023 – Derde plaats op de Ledententoonstelling, Arti shock Rijswijk, NL2022 – Fonds Kwadraat and Mondriaan-Fonds, funding for website updates, NL
2022 – Werktuig PPO, subsidies for specialist training in wood turning, NL
2019 – Project Fund with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for In Touch Tours, UK
2018 – Marianne von Werther Memorial Award, London RBA, UK
2018 – Nathan David Award for Sculpture, London RBA, UK
2017 – Emerging Artists Bursary Scheme 2017/18, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland, UK
2017 – Milly & Benno Shotz Award for a young Sculptor, Glasgow RGI, UK
2017 – Beltane Studios Foundry Award, Paisley, UK
2016 – Visual Artist Award, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland, UK
2016 – McKay Award, Paisley, UK
2015 – Continuous support from Colin Lindsay-MacDougall and Sarah Suttie, UK
2015 – Emanuel und Sofie Fohn-Stipendienstiftung, Vienna, AT
2015 – Michael Zoller-Stiftung, Niederösterreich, AT
2015 – Siegfried Ludwig-Fonds, Niederösterreich, AT
2013 – Förderstipendium, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
invited talks
2022 – Speaker of the Symposium ‘Realities of Geometries’, The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC), Aug, NL
2022 – Edinburgh Tool Library, July, UK
2022 – Team building/training event at Buurman Utrecht, March, NL
2021 – Home and Heart event by Edinburgh International Festival, November, UK
2021 – Material Deformations of Penrose Tiling in cooperation with Dave Murray-Rust at the Mathematics and Arts Symposium during the annual meeting of the German Mathematical Society and the Austrian Mathematical Society, Oct, DE
residencies / scholarships / research trips
2023 – Stay with wood turner John Hodgson, October
2020 – Residency at Sturt, NSW Australia, April until July – cancelled due to COVID-19
2018 – Rome Scholarship of Royal Society of British Artists, Italy, July RBA Rome Blog
2017 – Residency at Caol Ruadh Scottish Sculpture Park, March, UK
2017 – Research Trip in The Gambia on maskings, masks and local timber, January and February
2015 – Research Trip in Japan, on Eastern and Western form language in traditional wood carvings, July and August