The Copper Leg Art Residency in Estonia was such a lovely experience with all this warm and nice people in this cold winter. The residency was located in an old school building which was transformed into a cultural hub for the area. I used to get the firewood early in the morning to heat my…

The residency in Solothurn was one of a kind. Situated in the castle midtown I was facing the Aare and still was most of the time for myself alone. Starting in Dezember my family came to visit me for some weeks and soon enough I found some very interesting people I got friends with. For…

The residency at Gachang Art Studio in Daegu in the middle of Korea was a most exciting experience. I stayed there in the summer at a former school which was designated as cultural hub for Korean and international artists. The residency was funded by the government so I received a monthly pocket money. Adam, an…

What started out in the attic of my house turned in a full size studio located in an old house which was kind of frozen in time. The interior had not changed for a couple of decades, which made it very unique but also not to practical. After being out of the country for most…

The residence at the Swatch Peace Art Hotel was exciting beyond anything I could have imagined. I knew Shanghai before, when I was about five years ago for a street photography project. The residence experience started with a limousine at the airport and a most luxurious apartment and separate large studio in the historic building…

The studio was located at the compound of the Austrian embassy. Therefore I could not invite any visitors. On the other hand I was allowed to use the pool of the ambassadors mansion. Turned out to be a good deal by the daily rise of local temperatures.

It was not my first visit to Japan, but my first residency in Asia so far. Onishi turned out to be in a rural area about one hour north from Tokyo. Soon I fell in love with the neighbourhood and the people living there. I stayed for three month in the summer, which turned out…

Egon Schiele Art Center | Despite being in Czech Republic is less than a one hour drive from my hometown. For a long time this was my first residency after years of maternal leave. Being in Paris, Krakau and New York a decade ago, it was this little picturesque town when I started all over…