BIG ZIS EP3/3

3/3 iBACK
2 sides silkscreen iris print
2 layers spray stencil
removable felt point on
oxidated black steel & cd

music from Big Zis & Julian Sartorius

29cm x 29cm
edition of 100
signed and numbered by TIKA & Big Zis

100.- chf plus shipping from Switzerland
order tika@gmx.ch

THROUGH THE YEW TREE

DURCH DIE EIBE
acrylic, collage, stapels, magnets on paper
42cm x 59.4cm
12|2016

my piece for the group-show Berlin Papers, curated by The Art Union
at Espacio La Cochera in Santiago de Chile

DARK SHIMMERING PEACOCK

acrilic, graphite, collage on canvas
30 x 40 cm
11|2016

DEER KONE

stretching his body, lifting his antlers
one last glance over his back

workers got fired from the cellulose production
deer was sent to be slaughtered

i don't really understand why, they don't really understand me
i don't really understand why they don't really understand me
ruins howl from the past

30m x 16m
acrylic & spray
Kettenreaktion, Attisholz
10|2016

RIO PEACOCK

ink, graphite, acrylic on paper on wood
São Paulo, Zürich
01-09|2016

TOMASINI PEACOCK

acryilic & spray on wall
09/2016
Lenzburg

WOULF & PARADISE BIRDS

woulf & birds
Damm Zürich
09/2016

DREI KERNE

spray on shutters
Kern Bar, Zürich 
09/2016

ZWEI KERNE

spray on shutters
Kern Bar, Zürich
09/2016

KERN DETAIL

detail
spray on metall
Kern Bar, Zürich
09/2016

FULLMOON PUMA

making of
Studio Zürich
07|2016

VIER TIERE 1 & 2

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

VIER TIER 2 & 3

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

VIER TIERE DETAIL

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

VIER TIERE 3 & 4

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

VIER TIERE 4 & 1

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

VIER TIERE SIGNATURE

boar & bull
from head to tail
from the beginning to the end

chalk, spray, aluminiumtape, lightchain on wood
07/2016
Holzpark Basel

LIVE-IN MACHINE / WORK-ON MACHINE

i like big trucks and i can not lie

RAQUEL

making of RAQUEL
Zürich studio

BRACING PASTA PARROT EASTSIDE

acrylic, spray, alutape on wall
Teiggi Areal Kriens
side 1 & 2

this area was built in 1868 as a noodle factory
since 40 years it has been used as a exhibition off space, artist and musician studios, garden, a super good pizzaria, a carpet shop and last but not least the kindergarden «Papagei» (parrot) which gave the inspiration to paint this huge bird.

as so many other old factory areas it has been left untended all these years and now this one too will soon be torn down.
another part of history erased.
only preserved on photographs
not anymore to be lived in and experienced.
places that smell of old wood.
the parrot will hold tight till he'll get fed the demolition pear.

thankyou Guck mal Günther, Kunst team! ihr sind Schätz!
das Füür, das super Gköch und die guete G'spröch,
dä gshredderet Cash und d'Kafis... und alles susch
thankyou Wohnwerk for the Schärelift & die schöne Klappstüehl
thankyou Bianca Litscher for make me feel home & the visits with Vero Pix und megapizza mit mega Eva-Maria Würth incl. Schildertransport
thankyou Papagei-Mama for the Zopf and Gonfi
RESISTANCE A L'IGNORANCE!

BRACING PASTA PARROT

acrylic, spray, alutape on wall
Teiggi Areal Kriens
side 1 & 2

this area was built in 1868 as a noodle factory
since 40 years it has been used as a exhibition off space, artist and musician studios, garden, a super good pizzaria, a carpet shop and last but not least the kindergarden «Papagei» (parrot) which gave the inspiration to paint this huge bird.

as so many other old factory areas it has been left untended all these years and now this one too will soon be torn down.
another part of history erased.
only preserved on photographs
not anymore to be lived in and experienced.
places that smell of old wood.
the parrot will hold tight till he'll get fed the demolition pear.

thankyou Guck mal Günther, Kunst team! ihr sind Schätz!
das Füür, das super Gköch und die guete G'spröch,
dä gshredderet Cash und d'Kafis... und alles susch
thankyou Wohnwerk for the Schärelift & die schöne Klappstüehl
thankyou Bianca Litscher for make me feel home & the visits with Vero Pix und megapizza mit mega Eva-Maria Würth incl. Schildertransport
thankyou Papagei-Mama for the Zopf and Gonfi
RESISTANCE A L'IGNORANCE!

BRACING PASTA PARROT WESTSIDE

acrylic, spray, alutape on wall
Teiggi Areal Kriens
side 3 & 4

this area was built in 1868 as a noodle factory
since 40 years it has been used as a exhibition off space, artist and musician studios, garden, a super good pizzaria, a carpet shop and last but not least the kindergarden «Papagei» (parrot) which gave the inspiration to paint this huge bird.

as so many other old factory areas it has been left untended all these years and now this one too will soon be torn down.
another part of history erased.
only preserved on photographs
not anymore to be lived in and experienced.
places that smell of old wood.
the parrot will hold tight till he'll get fed the demolition pear.

thankyou Guck mal Günther, Kunst team! ihr sind Schätz!
das Füür, das super Gköch und die guete G'spröch,
dä gshredderet Cash und d'Kafis... und alles susch
thankyou Wohnwerk for the Schärelift & die schöne Klappstüehl
thankyou Bianca Litscher for make me feel home & the visits with Vero Pix und megapizza mit mega Eva-Maria Würth incl. Schildertransport
thankyou Papagei-Mama for the Zopf and Gonfi
RESISTANCE A L'IGNORANCE!

BRACING PASTA PARROT SIGNATURE

acrylic, spray, alutape on wall
Teiggi Areal Kriens
side 1 & 2

this area was built in 1868 as a noodle factory
since 40 years it has been used as a exhibition off space, artist and musician studios, garden, a super good pizzaria, a carpet shop and last but not least the kindergarden «Papagei» (parrot) which gave the inspiration to paint this huge bird.

as so many other old factory areas it has been left untended all these years and now this one too will soon be torn down.
another part of history erased.
only preserved on photographs
not anymore to be lived in and experienced.
places that smell of old wood.
the parrot will hold tight till he'll get fed the demolition pear.

thankyou Guck mal Günther, Kunst team! ihr sind Schätz!
das Füür, das super Gköch und die guete G'spröch,
dä gshredderet Cash und d'Kafis... und alles susch
thankyou Wohnwerk for the Schärelift & die schöne Klappstüehl
thankyou Bianca Litscher for make me feel home & the visits with Vero Pix und megapizza mit mega Eva-Maria Würth incl. Schildertransport
thankyou Papagei-Mama for the Zopf and Gonfi
RESISTANCE A L'IGNORANCE!

MITSU BLUE

MITSU
Izakaya Restaurant
Zürich K4
05|2016
wallpaintings & lanterns
acrylic & spray
on wall & paper

MITSU food: Hiroshi Ochiai
architect: Nicholas Frei with Carsten Steinacker
pictures: Nicholas Frei | MITSU | www-digest
merci: Stephan Brunner & MITSU team

MITSU PINK / GREEN

MITSU
Izakaya Restaurant
Zürich K4
05|2016
wallpaintings & lanterns
acrylic & spray
on wall & paper

MITSU food: Hiroshi Ochiai
architect: Nicholas Frei with Carsten Steinacker
pictures: Nicholas Frei | MITSU | www-digest
merci: Stephan Brunner & MITSU team

PARADISEBIRDS

acrylic on wall & ceiling
entrance of a private house
Amsterdam

ABSTRAKTIKA MURAL 03

arranged objects, spray on wall

ABSTRAKTIKA MURAL 02

arrabged objects, spray on wall

ABSTRAKTIKA MURAL 01

arranged objects, spray on wall

BICHO PREGUIÇA

acrilic, pyrography on wood

TURTLE

acrylic, pyrography on wood
 

MONSANTO

acrilic, spray on canvas
200 x 200cm

BEHIND MONSANTO

portrait for the catalogue
by Christian Senti

EXECRATIKA 07

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 06

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 05

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 04

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 03

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 02

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

EXECRATIKA 01

Maja Hürst
soloshow
EXECRATIKA

04/28 — 05/28/2016
Galerie Rigassi by Soon
Bern

ZÜRICH ATELIER SOUNDCORNER

music corner in my Zürich studio
with a shelf i built recently

ZÜRICH WORKSPACE

glimpse into my Zürich workspace / storage

PHEASANT

dinosaur animal
cubist transparency

acrylic, dispersion, scratch on wall
03/2016
Kafi für Dich, Zürich

BUCKET

spray, aluminiumtape on plastic
03/2016

RIO STUDIO

glimps in my atelier in Rio
02/2016

BICHO-PREGUIÇA | ZEBRA | PAVÃO | MOÇA

11m x 3m
spray, wallpaint, aluminiumsticker
Rio de Janeiro
27/02/2016

PAVÃO

drawing
Rio de Janeiro

PAVÕES

acrilic, spray on wall
Gloria, Rio de Janeiro
01/2016

HILDA

inspired by the name of the street,
meaning the warrior
a portrait over four windows
a arrow in the hand
walking barefeet into winter
only her full body overcoat
and the lights give warmth
to the following wintermonths
it lights up every evening from 16h — 20h
10/30/2015 — 06/2016
Kunstfenster H10
Hildastrasse 10 Zürich

HILDA CLOSER

inspired by the name of the street,
meaning the warrior
a portrait over four windows
a arrow in the hand
walking barefeet into winter
only her full body overcoat
and the lights give warmth
to the following wintermonths
it lights up every evening from 16h — 20h
10/30/2015 — 06/2016
Kunstfenster H10
Hildastrasse 10 Zürich

SEAMONSTERS

sails of a boat
Cecina, Italy

1/12 EGLI

exhibitionview
1/12 Egli
groupshow

05. —14.06.2015

1 LOFT / 12 KÜNSTLER
mit Gen Atem & Miriam Bossard | So:ren Berner | Johannes Gees | Christoph Haerle | Maja Hürst | Rémi Jaccard | Andreas Marti | Mickry 3 | Philipp Schaerer | Oliver Zenklusen | Jiajia Zhang | Zaccheo Zilioli

GRAINE DE FOLIE

guestroom in a french castle

light and dark
day and night
wake and sleep
reality and dream
strange and familiar
and this moment in between

graine de folie
grain of folly

Thankyou Thomas, Monika, Mathilda, Steffi, Tom, Meret, Cindy, Ray, Rolf, Volker, Jason, Ceci, ...

Fou de Fougerette
Etang-sur-Arroux
Burgund France
 

GRAINE DE FOLIE 2

guestroom in a french castle

light and dark
day and night
wake and sleep
reality and dream
strange and familiar
and this moment in between

graine de folie
grain of folly

Thankyou Thomas, Monika, Mathilda, Steffi, Tom, Meret, Cindy, Ray, Rolf, Volker, Jason, Ceci, ...

Fou de Fougerette
Etang-sur-Arroux
Burgund France
 

GRAINE DE FOLIE 3

guestroom in a french castle

light and dark
day and night
wake and sleep
reality and dream
strange and familiar
and this moment in between

graine de folie
grain of folly

Thankyou Thomas, Monika, Mathilda, Steffi, Tom, Meret, Cindy, Ray, Rolf, Volker, Jason, Ceci, ...

Fou de Fougerette
Etang-sur-Arroux
Burgund France
 

BASILISK

Baslilisk
Steinentorstrasse 45
Basel

ELEMTIKA AIRE – FIRE

exhibitionview
aire —  fire

Stägehuus
Zürich
16-19.04.2015

curated by Rémi Jaccard & Katharina Lang

ELEMENTIKA EARTH – WATER

exhibitionview
earth — water

Stägehuus
Zürich
16-19.04.2015

curated by Rémi Jaccard & Katharina Lang

ELEMENTIKA CATALOGUE

exhibition catalogue
limited edition of 50
signed and numbered
5 colour risograph print

ZÜRI TIPP

Tages Anzeiger
16.04.2015

FOODTRUCK

Thileebans peacock foodtruck
best Kottu Roti in Zürich and at festivals around!
march 2015

FOODTRUCK DETAIL

Thileebans peacock foodtruck
best Kottu Roti in Zürich and at festivals around!
march 2015

MORGEN GRAUEN

morning grayness | morning horror | dawn

donkey | dragonfly | frog | goat | peacock | giraffe | cat
– animals the neighbors chose
the animals of Kreis 5 dwelling in dawn 
behind silver sparkling weed
subconsciously waiting for the next horrors to come
ignoring gentrification
lingering the shimmering moment
the next erection crane bray for food

Limmatstrasse 42
Zürich

MORGEN GRAUEN FROSCH

morning grayness | morning horror | dawn

donkey | dragonfly | frog | goat | peacock | giraffe | cat
– animals the neighbors chose
the animals of Kreis 5 dwelling in dawn 
behind silver sparkling weed
subconsciously waiting for the next horrors to come
ignoring gentrification
lingering the shimmering moment
the next erection crane bray for food

Limmatstrasse 42
Zürich

DEER & ICE BEAR

acrylic, pyrography on carved wood
ca. 23 x 31cm
wood & frame found in Rio de Janeiro
Zürich 2015
wedding-present for Emilia & Martin

17 YEARS

Jean-Gilles & Tino
sunset, water lilies covered river, lilac breasted rollers
full moon, bird of paradise blossoms, scarlet ibis

acrylic, woodcut, pyrography on found woodbox diptychon
Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Zürich
12/2014

PEGASUS & FOAL

PEGASUS & FOAL
acrylic, spray and aluminiumtape on wall
Sunshine School
Tvak Art Studios
Ahmedabad, India
12/2014

FISHFINGER / FINGERFOOD

Darawi, Mumbai 2014
St+art festival

high above in the sky
windy air like wavy water
deep down in the ocean
on a rooftop full of garbage
thoughts of plastic in the sea
thoughts of murdered animals through eaten plastic
desire to change peoples habit of throwing garbage mindlessly away
letting it float into wherever
letting it suffocate our habitat
remembering childhood days when we liked fish as sticks
calling them fishfingers
twisted thoughts on what if fish would eat us like we eat them
(audio-read Schätzing's «The Swarm»)
exhausted from Mumbai madness
exhausted from New Friends
happy afterall
yolo

NEW FRIENDS

Mumbai 2014
St+art India festival

animals as humans
many different characters
many different realities and perspectives
sharing this life, now, on this planet, here, today
interacting, with friction, love and care
an encouragement for respect of each others diversity
make the best of what you have, wherever you are
see the beauty present in this moment
put your smartphone aside once in a while
be 100% animal
live now
samo

THANK YOU & LOVE to all who stood down there and watched for hours and hours and the alutape-cutting-crew!
photo credits: Thomas W Meyer

JUNGKUNST

Martin / Andreas / Tom
25.3 x 27.5
acrylic and pyrography on woodcut
09/2014

WÄSCHBÄR MIT DEM GOLDENEN EI /

RACOON WITH THE GOLDEN EGG
digging through trash
shockolate, cacao with adrenalin
polluting uselessness
d.i.y., containering and occupation
is happiness with not needing much
is like holding the golden egg
it's like beeing a racoon sometimes

the original is situated at Grimmstrasse Halle / Germany 
A.Y.C.P. - Freiraumgalerie Halle/Saale

I cannot put the gratitude in words for the experience of this week!
Thank you all for the amazing commitment and time!!!

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 1.1

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 1.2

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCHAUSGABE 2.1

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 2.3

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 2 .4

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 2.5

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 3.1

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 3.2

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 3.3

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

GEPÄCKAUSGABE 3.4

the Gepäckausgabe used to be the former luggage storage space of the trainstation Glarus, situated next to the Kunsthaus Glarus. After beeing Abandoned for some years the curators Katharina Lang and Martina Jakober invited artists, one after the other, to work and live for a week in the space and transform it by reacting on the already present traces of the past as its former storage use and on the interventions of the previous artist.

My interaction was to separate the space in squares, all with materials found in the room. the only things i brought along was buckets of silver-tape, white, black, yellow, red, and blue paint, a jigsaw and a drillingmachine. while cutting out the linoleum square on the floor I found bits of newspapers from the 1950ies which I collaged in the counter window, bits of talks from the past which still can be red from both sides. also the cut away linoleum showed a monotype print from all the feet which have walked over it in the past 65 years, rupping the dirt into the cardboard. On the hanging square in the middle of the room visitores were asked to store their travelling stories on a pies of paper, knotted to a square made of batten.

installationview of my transformation of the Gepäckausgabe Glarus
06 — 27/09/2014
curated by Katharina Lang & Martina Jakober
making of timelaps 

ZEUS & EUROPA

acrylic on canvas
110 x 90 cm
Zürich 2014

GOCKEL / COCK

ink on archival paper
17.8 x 21cm
Zürich 2014

first of august
swiss national day in a chalet
with a view on the Matterhorn
roasted vegetables on a big big big fire
plus a gold-rain-vulcano in the rain
blisters on my feet from hiking
through smelling swiss stone pines woods
and meadows of alp-flowers in all colors
the wakening tuuuiiit tuuuuit of the marmot
drawing the cock-a-doodle-doo
like traditional papercut

for further information regarding to purchase this work
please write an e-mail

UHU QUICKIE

summer, friends, paint & diving from bridges

RAINY PEACOCK

rainy 17°C july evening
good time to wash away colours over canvases
and paint a rainy peacock

acrylic, graphite on canvas
70 x 90 cm (streched)
Zürich 2014

for further information regarding to purchase this work
please write an e-mail

HEY DU I .... YOU! — COCK

acrylic, spray, alutape and lightchain on wall
privat house, Zürich 2014

HEY DU I .... YOU! — CHICK & EGG

acrylic, spray and alutape on wall
private residence, Zürich 07/2014

TAGESANZEIGER 28/06/2014

Bellevue
Tagesanzeiger 28/06/2014


not everything written in a newspaper is true

GOLDFISH — HOUSE

gray ponds
regular fish
daily «did you see what they did»
inner uproar because of a crane
inner uproar because of some paint
along swim some glittery rainbowfishes
share their scales with all the gales
change the chit-chat towards tales

acrylic, spray and alutape on wall
private residence, Winterthur 06/2014

HOT DOG LEGS

HOT DOG LEGS
acrylic, spray, needles and alutape on canvas
150 x 180 cm
Zürich 2013

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

MIT NEUN WASSERN GEWASCHEN

acrylic on paper
nine times 30 x 40 cm, framed
Zürich 2014

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

MEERJUNGFRAU / MERMAID

acrylic, alutape, graphite, needles and alutape on paper
30 x 40 cm, framed
Zürich 2014

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

FLASCHENPOST / MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

spray on glas with message
5 x 25 cm
Hamburg 2011

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

CARACOL DE CAVEIRA

acrylic, ink on wood
52 x 49cm
Berlin 2009

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

AQUATIKA INSTALLATION VIEW

INVENTAR / INVENTORY
acrylic, spray, oilpastell on canvas
150 x 180 cm
Zürich 2013

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

TINTENFISCH / OCTOPUS

acrylic, ink, alutape, needles on canvas
20 x 20 cm
Zürich 2014

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

AQUATIKA INSTALLATION VIEW 2

Maja Hürst
AQUATIKA
30/05/2014 — 28/06/2014
ahoiahoi project room
Basel

Maja Hürst's mini solo exposition / installation AQUATIKA is an examination of water, the artists favourite element. The installation invites the visitor to dry-dive over twenty works on paper, canvas or wood which elaborate water.

PASSAGES / GALLERY

the cultural magazine of Prohelvetia, No. 62, issue 1/2014

CHROTTEPÖSCHE / DANDELION

a person with a crazy headdress
plucking a dandelion
blowing wishes and ideas
living freedom

acrylic, spray and alutape on wall
Picadilly culture center, Brugg 2014

CHROTTEPÖSCHE / DANDELION — DETAIL

a person with a crazy headdress
plucking a dandelion
blowing wishes and ideas
living freedom

acrylic, spray and alutape on wall
Picadilly culture center, Brugg 2014
detail

EUROPA ALLEE — MAKE LOVE NOT LOFTS

the lion as Zürichs heraldic animal and the skeleton wrapped into each other
making lofts instead of love

deadly grip on plants with volatile blossoms
blooming precious places — mostly long gone
dedicated to my friends who won't loosen the grip
on our vision of our Zürich

single fingers can't do much
a fist can

spray, acrylic and alutape on wood
Europa Allee, Zürich 2014

EUROPA ALLEE — MAKE LOVE NOT LOFTS — CLOSE UP

EUROPA ALLE — MAKE LOVE NOT LOFTS — LETTERS

the lion as Zürichs heraldic animal and the skeleton wrapped into each other
making lofts instead of love

deadly grip on plants with volatile blossoms
blooming precious places — mostly long gone
dedicated to my friends who won't loosen the grip
on our vision of our Zürich

single fingers can't do much
a fist can

spray, acrylic and alutape on wood
Europa Allee, Zürich 2014
detail

EKKAMAI KLONG

the river of Ekkamai
freshness in the heat

acrylic, spray and alutape on wall
private residence, Bangkok 2014

BANGKOK POST 23/04/2014

article in the LIFE / ART section of the Bankok Post newspaper

SAWATIKA INSTALLATION — KAH PUPPET

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

SAWATIKA — A «HELLO» TO ASIA

SKULL, spray, scratch and relief alutape collage on and behind plexiglass clipboard, 11.5 x 15.2cm, Bangkok 2014
LEFT HAND WITH LOTUS FLOWERS, spray, scratch and relief alutape collage on and behind plexiglass clipboard, 30 x 22.3cm, Bangkok 2014
SAWATIKA, woodcut and linocut print on 290gr fabriano paper, handfinished with alutape and graphite, edition of 3, signed and numbered, 61 x 82 cm, Bangkok 2014
RIGHT HAND WITH LOTUS FLOWERS, spray, scratch and relief alutape collage on and behind plexiglass clipboard, 30 x 22.3cm, Bangkok 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

LONGING — FOR THE MOMENT OF BEEING TOGETHER

AFRODIZIA, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4, Bangkok 2014
MAKING LOVE, pyrograph on wood clipboard, 23 x 38cm, Bangkok 2014
THINKING OF HIM, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 30 x 42cm, Koh Prayam 2013 / Bangkok 2014
THINKING OF HER, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 30 x 42cm, Koh Prayam 2013 / Bangkok 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

FLOATING — LOST IN VISA TRANSITION

TRIANGLE 1, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4, Bangkok 2014
SAIGON PANTHER, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7, Hoh Chi Minh 2014
PAINT(H)ING, indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7, Lisboa 2013
SAIGON CROCKODILE, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7, Hoh Chi Minh 2014
SAIGON ELEFANT, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7, Hoh Chi Minh 2014
TRIANGLE 2, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 21x24.7cm, Bangkok 2014
CYCLE, indian ink on paper, 29.7 x 21cm, Berlin 2013
TRIANGLE 3, indian ink on mounted on wood, 21x24.7cm, Bangkok 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

KAH PUPPET

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

SAWATIKA INSTALLATION — KRAP PUPPET

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

KRAP PUPPET

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

SWIMMING — IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

HAND, plywood, 36 x 20cm, edition of 14, Bangkok 2014
SWIMMER — FROM BELOW, acrylic and scratch on canvas, 77 x 32cm, Koh Prayam 2013
SWIMMER — FROM BESIDE,acrylic and scratch on canvas, 77 x 32cm, Koh Prayam 2013
SEAMONSTER — FROM ONTOP, acrylic and scratch on canvas, 77 x 32cm, Koh Prayam & Bangkok 2013 & 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

DIVERSITY — THOUGHTS ON THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION

WHITE HAND MAGIC, pyrography, woodcut, acrylic and relief paper collage on wood clipboard, 23 x 40cm, Bangkok 2014
BLACK HAND MAGIC, pyrography, woodcut, acrylic and relief paper collage on wood clipboard, 23 x 40cm, Bangkok 2014
DIVERSITY, pyrography and acrylic on woodcut, 61 x 15.3cm, Bangkok 2014
SNAKE TOUNGS, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
NOSE EARRINGS, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
PLANE FACE, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
COCK CROWN, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
SNEEZE MASK, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
FLYING TIDDIES, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
MIDNIGHT SHULL, indian ink on paper mounted on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
VILLAGE, watercolour and indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2013

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

POLLUTION — FACES OF STINGING SMOKE OF A BURNING TRASHFIELD

PLASTIC BLUE, spray behind glass, 27.3 x 35cm, Bangkok 2014
CATALYZER SKULL, spray behind glass, 27.3 x 35cm, Bangkok 2014
BATTERY COPPER, spray behind glass, 27.3 x 35cm, Bangkok 2014
TRASH ORANGE, spray behind glass, 27.3 x 35cm, Bangkok 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

LEISURE TIME — HANGING OUT, EATING, DRINKING, TAKING TRIPS

LINDA, ink on paper on wood, 11 x 11cm, Bangkok 2014
LEO TRIANGLE, acrylic on printed cardboard on wood, 19 x 13cm, Bangkok 2014
LEO BLACK 1, acrylic on printed cardboard on wood, 13 x 13cm, Bangkok 2014
PITHORNS GINGER FISH, spray, alutape on and behind plexiglass, 30 x 22.3cm, Bangkok 2014
LEO BLACK 2, acrylic on printed cardboard on wood, 13 x 13cm, Bangkok 2014
MIMIS HOUSE, ink on paper on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
CHINESE NEW YEAR, ink on paper on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
BOAT TRIP, ink on paper on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
VINCHUCA,ink on paper on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
TOOT YUNG ART CENTER,ink on paper on wood, 9.7 x 13.4cm, Bangkok 2014
SUMMER GARDEN, ink on paper, 21 x 29.7cm,Zürich 2013
HAMBOURGESA, ink on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Lisboa 2013

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

MYRTILLE & VINCHUCA — THE GALLERIST AND HER CAT

HAND, plywood, 36 x 20cm, edition of 14, Bangkok 2014
MYRTILLE & VINCHUCA, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 82.3cm, 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

TROPICAL MALADY — WHEN HEAT BECOMES SICKENING

HAND, plywood, 36 x 20cm, edition of 14, Bangkok 2014
BUFFALO SKULL, clay, 14 x 16cm, Bangkok 2014
LADY IN WHITE, watercolour on paper, 5 x 21cm, Zürich 2013
BABOON SKULL, clay, 10 x 18cm, Bangkok 2014
ZEBRA, acrylic and indian ink on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2014
RHINO, ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2014
DOG, ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2014
HEADS, ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2014
GOAT, ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.7cm, Zürich 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

JALOUSE BOUGAINVILLE — WAYS OF MINDS AND TALKS

JALOUSE BOUGAINVILLE, acrylic, spray, alutape on canvas,
130 x 195cm, Bangkok 2014
FLOATING HANDS & FEET, plywood, 36 x 20cm, Bangkok 2014

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

SAWATIKA INSTALLATION (YARDVIEW)

Maja Hürst
SAWATIKA
05/04/2014 — 20/05/2014
Toot Yung Art Center
Bangkok

The title of the solo exposition SAWATIKA is a wordplay of the Thai greeting «sawadee — kah» and Maja Hürst visual universe «TIKA». The installation for her first one-person-show in Asia is a retrospect on her experiences during her Bangkok stay as Toot Yung artist in residence from January till April 2014. Each triangle stands for a theme which has occupied the artists mind and work and is held by a hand, one of the TIKA key images. The alutaped shapes are catalyzers resembling the roof of a house, a temple or tree. Most of the artworks have been produced during Hürst's stay in Bangkok.

I WANT BANANAS

spray, marker & alutape on Metall, Bangkok 2014

EPHEMERITY

chalk & water on wall, Bangkok 02/2014

CAUSA MORTIS

ink pn paper, Zürich 2013

MEIN HERZ SO WEISS IV

MY HEART SO WHITE IV
acrylic and pyrogreaphy on wood, 29.7 x 16, Zürich 2013

RECLAIM YOUR CITY

GENTRIFICATION MONSTER
spray on tape on glass, acrylic and spray on wall, Berlin 2013

RYC TYPO

spray on tape on glass, acrylic and spray on wall, Berlin 2013

RÄUBERHÖLE BILD

spray & alutape on glass, Berlin 2013
part of the Räuberhöhle Collection

SUMMER DIES EVERY YEAR FOR WINTER II

spray & alutape on wall, Letten Zürich 2013

TIM & PUMA MIMI FLEXIRECORD

acrylic on pyrograph on carved wood, Zürich 10/2013
the flexirecord image, in which Tim & Puma Mimi pressed a lullaby for their child
http://timpuma.ch/lullaby/

VELOCITTA

Zürich 11/2013

VELOCITTA CYCLIST HEAD

detail of VELOCITTA, spray on metall, Zürich 11/2013

VELOCITTA SNAKE HEAD

detail of VELOCITTA, spray on metall, Zürich 11/2013

ZERMATT

ink on paper, Zermatt 11/2013
page in the guestbook Spirig

DAS HAUS DES WEINGEISTES

THE HOUSE OF THE WINESPIRIT
acrylic, spray, alutape, lightchain on wall, Zürich Höngg 11/2013

harvest the Chatzeseicheli-grapes
tangy sweet smells of fall
last fires on sky and trees
the air announcing the long gray
the clear liquid warmth of spirit stays
beautifull sentimental tipsiness
heavy monsterous intoxication
endlessly toungkissing

WEINGEIST IN DER FLASCHE

WINESPIRIT IN THE BOTTLE
acrylic, spray, alutape, lightchain on wall, Zürich Höngg 11/2013

harvest the Chatzeseicheli-grapes
tangy sweet smells of fall
last fires on sky and trees
the air announcing the long gray
the clear liquid warmth of spirit stays
beautifull sentimental tipsiness
heavy monsterous intoxication
endlessly toungkissing

MASKE DES WEINGEIST

MASK OF THE WINESPRIRIT
WINESPIRIT
acrylic, spray, alutape, lightchain on wall, Zürich Höngg 11/2013

harvest the Chatzeseicheli-grapes
tangy sweet smells of fall
last fires on sky and trees
the air announcing the long gray
the clear liquid warmth of spirit stays
beautifull sentimental tipsiness
heavy monsterous intoxication
endlessly toungkissing

DAY BEFORE DEMOLITION

spray on wall, Zürich 10 /2013

HAKUNA MATATA

ink on paper, 15 x 21cm, Berlin to Zürich 09/2013
gift to private collection P. Slamanig

MONSTER OF BAD NEWS

quickie
spray on wall
Berlin 09/2013

DOG DAYS

spray, acrylic, alutape on wall
Cologne 09/2013
City Leaks Festival

the sultry days of summer in a dogs body 
the starsign of sirius announcing fall
dogs salvia dripping from canis major
touching the earth creating a fata morgana
the feet dipped into refreshing water

KÖNIGIN DER NACHT

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
spray, acrylic & alutape on wall, Cologne 09/2013
City Leaks Festival

the firmament in a womans body 
a minidress of sparkling stars
kneeling on the earth 
laying her full hair over the sunset
bracing the cities in sleep

CAPRETZA PINSEL GRANITZ

with Jhon Drypnz, portrait of a catfamily, Zürich 09/2013

CAPREZA

spray & acrylic on wall, Zürich Altstetten 09/2013

SUMMERGARDEN

3 colour risograph print
signed and numbered
Zürich 08/2013

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KALI IN BLACK

ink on paper, 15 x 21 cm, Berlin to Zürich 08/2013
gift to privat collection T. Müller

RAVENGIRL

spray on shutter, Zürich 08/2013

PORTRAIT — SIMON BÄCHLER

acrylic over burned wood, 31.6 x 44cm, Zürich 08/2013

PORTRAIT — SIMONE WASMANN

acrylic over burned wood, 31.6 x 44cm, Zürich 08/2013

PORTRAIT — BORIS PÉRISSET

acrylic over burned wood, 31.6 x 44cm, Zürich 08/2013
gift to the birth of M. Périsset

PORTRAIT — DANIELA BERNET

acrylic over burned wood, 31.6 x 44cm, Zürich 08/2013

PORTRAIT — SIMON PUSHKIN

acrylic on burned wood, 31.6 x 44cm, Zürich 08/2013

STIKA 2013

3 colour uv silkscreen print on transparent sticker foil
Zürich 08/2013

10chf plus shipping from Switzerland
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TANGO LIFE

acrylic & pyrography on woodcut, 35 x 35 x 6cm, Berlin 2013
part of private collection Y. Wyler

KONTIKA

spray on raft
Berlin 07/2013

GEDANKEN ZUM KREIS

acrylic and alutape on canvas
Bangkok / Binz / Berlin 2013

SOMMER

spray and alutape on wall
Zürich 2013

SOMMER FISCH GESICHT

SUMMER FISCH FACE
detail, acrylic & spray on wall, Zürich 07/2012 

COMENDO CORAÇÕES

EATING HEARTS
with Tamara Alves, spray on wall, Lisbon 06/2013

AS TIGRESAS

with Tamara, Alves, spray on wall, Lisbon 06/2013

HAMBOURGESA

chalk, Lisbon 06/2013

MARC

ink on paper, Lisbon 06/2013

LÜDO

ink on paper, Lisbon 06/2013

LISBOA CITYSKY HIM

with Sheron, spray on wall, Lisboa 06/2013

PORTRAIT — BOOK

ink on paper, Lisbon 06/2013

AFRICA EM LISBOA

AFRICA IN LISBON
spray on wall, Lisbon 06/2013

JE T'AIME JUSQU' A LA MORT NE ME LAISSE

spray on wall, Lisboa 2013

AIRPLANE ORIGAMI

ink on paper, Lisbon 06/2013

LISBOA

ink on paper, Lisboa 2013

HAIRSTYLE

with Sheron
Zürich 2013

EACH BREATH A GASP TOWARDS DEATH

acrylic and spray on wall
Zürich 2013
 

CANCER CROCODIL

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER GOAT

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER BULL

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER DONKY

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER ELEFANT

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER FACE 3

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER FACE 1

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER FACE 2

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER FACE 4

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER GITZI

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

CANCER HORSE

woodcut, acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2013

TSCHÄGGÄTÄ & MARABU

acrylic spray, oilpastell on canvas
Zürich 04/2013

WALDVÖGELI

FORESTBIRD
spray & acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120cm, Zürich Binz 2013
part of private collection R. & R. Meyer

SUNNE / BLUEME

SUN / FLOWER
acrylic on canvas, 150 x 180cm, Zürich Binz 2013
part of the Art Collection Kanton Zürich

SCHWIMMER — VON UNTEN

SWIMMER — FROM BELOW
acrylic on canvas, 70 x 25cm, Zürich Binz 2013
gift to private collection E. Hürst

SCHWIMMERIN — SEITWÄRTS

SWIMMER — SIDEWAYS
acrylic on canvas, 70 x 25cm, Zürich Binz 2013
part of private collection S. Rasper
 

STIKA LINOCUT 2013

linocut handprinted on primed sticker foil
Zürich 08/2013

10chf plus shipping from Switzerland
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ARGUSLEO WINTER

steel
180 x 250 x 300cm
Glarnerland 2013

FOUR LOTUSTREES

acrylic and spray on wall, BUKRUK festival, Bangkok 2013

FROM BELOW — SWIMMER

acrylic on canvas
70 x 25cm
Thailand 2013
 

MEARMAID

with END, spray and acrylic on wall, Koh Tao 2013
 

HAND WITH FLOWER

3 coloured linocut on handcrafted Thai-paper
edition of 12
signed and numbered
Koh Tao Thailand 2013
 

CUT OFF HANDS

ink on paper

TIKA

ink on paper

SYLVESTER

ink on paper

MANDARIN DUCK

gouache on paper
21 x 29 cm
Zürich 2012
 

OLAF

gouache on paper
21 x 29 cm
Zürich 2012

JEAN

gouache on paper
21 x 29cm
Zürich 2012

BIG ZIS EP 1/3

silkscreenprint on wood & CD
limited edition of 100
signed and numbered by Big Zis & TIKA

100.- chf plus shipping from Switzerland
order at tika@gmx.ch

CHIANG MAI ELEFANT

spray, stencil, alutape and scratch on aluminium board
90x210cm
Zürich 11/2012

painted in my most favourite place to eat in Zürich, the Chiang Mai Thai Shop
Pum and Tek who fed me throughout all these years with their delicious curries

AUTUMN — SUMMER DIES EACH YEAR FOR WINTER

HERBST — DER SOMMER STIRBT JEDES JAHR FÜR DEN WINTER
Zürich 10/2012

Foto: Gabriela Domeisen

BINZ BLIIBT BINZ

BINZ BLEIBT BINZ / BINZ STAYS BINZ
Zürich 09/2012

STAIBOCK & HIRTIN

«STAIBOCK & HIRTIN»
Chur 09/2012

for more detail pics and backgroundinfo

BIG thankyou to Michael Risch for making it happen!
Shoutouts to ma mate Mate Cat, Markus TheMonolist Stäubli, Christian Felder, Boris Périsset, Sandra Boosher Chevalley & Dr. Acid! yo! for the fun the pizza and the dancing in the rain!! 

STIKA 09/2012

3 colour silkscreen on transparent or golden stickerfoil, A5

A DAY AT THE RIVER

10+5+10m x 1.5-6.5m
Kunstbaustelle Morant
Night of Museums St. Gallen, Switzerland

water is my favourite element and once again a summer full of diving, cannon balls and swimming in the river turns to an end. ... and I still haven't had enough :) so I painted this woman half in the water half reflecting.... with things in reality sometimes beeing much smaller than they seem in the mind.

MERCI Ajana, Thomas & all wo debii xie sind

EICHELHÄHER EGGHEADBIRD HAT

BINZ BLIIBT BINZ!
BINZ STAYS BINZ!

with RIM Rimon Guimarães
ZÜRICH 08/2012

MRS.WENDAL

110x20m
Centre Stage, Midtown, Atlanta G.A. Usa
Living Walls Conference

The building is host to the music-hall Center Stage since over 60 years. Acts such as the Rolling Stones, Jay Z and Elton John have made music in there. While researching I saw that in September 2012 the Atlanta based Hiphop-Band Arrested Development will give one of their 20 years anniversary concerts at this venue. The first CD I bought from my own pocket-money was their album «3 years 5 month and 2 days in the life of...» to which I've listened to for many years. The song Mr. Wendal was my favorite one. It talks of housless people and their struggle of acceptance in society. As I saw many homeless while driving through the city and as they maybe never be able to listen to a concert at Center Stage I wanted to bring a bit of the music to the outside.... 

When I first saw the building I straight away saw the kneeling/bowing person. So it became MRS. WENDAl embracing Center Stage as if it was a pocket radio, listening to the music going on inside. Naked and homeless but content. She ain't got much but music.

THANKYOU Thomas, Kief, Devin, Kim, Doodoobut, Trevor, Lucy, Susan, Fletcher, the media Team, all the Living Walls Team and all the helpers, Center Stage staff and a big shoutout to all the supertalented LW 08/12 artists!

the pictures below are:
my online research of homeless women
my online research of Arrested Development
some pictures of Martha Cooper 
detail- & prozesspictures we made or found online

TIKA 2012

making of Mrs. Wendal, foto by Martha Cooper, Atlanta G.A. 2012

MINOTAURUS

with SHERON, spray & acrylic on wall, Vienna 07/2012
 

ANIMALISTIKA / ARCHE TIKA

acrylic, alutape, scratch & woodcut on MDF
each 165,6 cm  x 118,8 cm
Vienna, Austria 07/2012

during the month of july 2012 I have been invited as artist in residence at the Museums Quartier in Vienna.
 

VIENNA VAN

spray on amateur van
thankyou to Inoperable Gallery
vienna 2012

BIREBAUM

PEAR- / LIGHTBULB TREE
papercut and aluminiumtape on ceilling
Restaurant Feldberg Basel 2012

LANGUSTA

LOBSTER
acrylic, spray & oilpastell on canvas, 50 x 50cm, Rio de Janeiro 2012
part of private collection R. & R. Meyer

MÃO COM FLOR

HAND WITH FLOWER
pyrography & nail polish on woodcut, Rio de Janeiro & Berlin 2012
part of privat collection

PHOENIX & FUGACITY / CARTHUSIAN & SEDUCTION

acrylic, spraypaint, scratch on canvas, each 150x180cm, framed
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 03/2012

DEU ZEBRA / GAVE ZEBRA

is a brasilian expression when something went wrong 
Conde de Iraja / Botafogo / Rio de Janeiro 02/ 2012


big thankyou to Carol, Clarissa, Gabi, Lolo, Felipe, Thomas & the lady in the zebradress

GRAFFITEIRAS SOLTANDO OS BIXOS

WRITERS LETTING THE BEASTS LOOSE

8x8m
Cedim, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

My friend Anarkia invited me to paint this mural and have an artist-talk for her students which is the all-girls-graffiti-class Rede Nami. So I made this graffiti-writer riding a beast, half fish half horse.

VALEU Anarkia, Rede Nami, Thomas...

SEREIA STIKA

3 colour uv-silkscreenprint on transparent stickerfoil A5

KREISLAUF DES WASSERS

CIRCUIT OF WATER

The WASH festival has the aim to help make access to clean water easier for people who nowadays have to walk for hours to the next pond. 
Artists from all over the world got selected to contribiute to this idear. I was happy to meet old friends again and make new ones.
Zezao / KLUB7 / Dhear / NAF / Billy / Alaniz / Mittenimwald / Shamsia / Sago / Bitte alles ändern 
Thank you viva con agua WASH festival for making this happen and bring all of us together!

each one of us had a wall constructed of pieces of woods in diffrent sizes, colours and textures
my wall had a greenish round shaped part on the left, so it was clear it's gonna be a mami-water tale
the rest of the painting built itself up based on the shapes, textures and colours of the woods, of the imputs we became at the workshop about water-consumption that the Welt-Hunger-Hilfe gave us and of thoughts about circuits in life. Circuits of souls. Circuits of water. 

Hamburg 11/2011

WHAT STAYS IS THE LIGHT

viva con agua WASH festival
Hamburg 11/2011

DIA DOS MORTOS

AETERNA VANITAS /
ETERNAL VANITY /
EWIGE VERGÄNGLICHKEIT /

dedicated to my grandmothers and our cat Kimmy

acrylic on burned and cut wood, lightchain, plasticflowers
60x66cm, framed 
Rio de Janeiro 11/2011
 

FACEBOOK SWITZERLAND STIKA

white / lightblue / black uv silkscreen on transparent stickerfoil A5 
8€ plus shipping
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GUARD OF THE KEY OF LIFE

floating hills, a red dragon as the guard of the key of life
Ehrendingen 09/2010

PARADISEBIRDS IN THE TIGHT GRIP OF THE LION

my new favourite place in Zee to be!
Zürich 09/2011

REVOLUTIONARY SIREN

ABS, Zürich 09/2011

PAVIAN / HUSKY / CHAMÄLEON II / WELLENSITTICH / LÖWE / BÄR I / RENTIER / BÄR II / CHAMÄLEON I

STIKA ANIMALS PORTRAITS

original Tuschzeichnung
300gr Waterford Papier
ca.11x10cm

TINTENKILLER ZINE

silkscreen zine with swiss artists and illustrators

VELOVE EDITION

acrylic and papercut over monotype-, woodcut-print, 250gr Fabriano archival paper, 60x81cm, edition of 7, signed and numbered, Zürich, Berlin & Vienna 09/2011
part of the Art Collection Kanton Zürich

RIDIN' LIKE THE ANIMAL WITHIN YOU!

spray and acrylic on wood
18x3m
for Bycicle Film Festival
Vienna 09/2011

STEFFI (&) THE SWAN

spray, acrylic and scratch on shutters, Naschmarkt Vienna 09/2011
thankyou to Inoperable Gallery

WEDER FISCH NOCH VOGEL

painted this at the Bregenz Freak Wave festival inbetween slackliners, wakeboarders, assbombs into the Bodensee, Dj's bass, skatboarders, cloth- and jewellery-stands, the best woodoven something like pizzas, Kawa's crepes and coffee with supertalks, Käsleberkas and hangover for breakfast every morning not to forget Steffie and the Inoperable Boys ♥

spray, acrylic and scratch on 150x300cm Pressspan wood
Bregenz 09/2011

BERLIN BEAR

MAKE LOVE — NOT LOFTS
Berlin-bear in gentrification-chaines

Fuckparade Berlin 08/2011

STILL LOVING ACTIVISM

Spree-Nixe fighting for Freiräume

Fuckparade Berlin 08/2011

AETERNA VANITAS

Outside of Berlin, at the lake Grabowsee, stands an abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium, where a group of ambitioned people is working on realizing a project called kidsglobe.org. A project rooted in the believe that our future lies in the education of our kids. It aims to create a boarding school where kids not only get trained in common knowlege but  also in arts, handcrafts, agriculture and how to respect eachother and the nature. 

When I first went to paint at Grabowsee I didn't know so much about the project.... it was the day after Amy Winehouses death and my thoughts were circling around dying young. So in the train I had this ruff idea of an animal and a mermaid dancing handing over symbols of vanity to each other.... to paint the moment of full youth, joy and party beeing ripped into eternity.

20x8m, Grabowsee, Oranienburg, artbase 2011

IKARUS'S SISTER

acrylic, spray & old cinemaletters on wall, St. Pölten 08/2011

RABIESTIKA FOX / RABIESTIKA DEER / RABIESTIKA BABOON

A serie of paintings on and behind glass for my soloshow «RABIESTIKA» in July 2011 in Berlin.

I'm sure you know this feeling when something happens in your life, that seems so wrong and that hurts so much as it must hurt to have a knife stuck straight in your heart. It makes you rage and scream and drives tears of anger in your eyes.... similar to how rabies infected beasts go mad. With white foam infront of the mouth, totally raging out of control.

I made some tests with glass over the last years, the results did not satisfie nor were they worth publishing and when I stumbled over a religous Austrian Hinterglassmalerei painting in a museum plus some dusty frames in our attic I chose to give it a try. The fox, the deer and the baboon made it into the show. Savely trapped behind glass. Like animals in a zoo.

acrylic on and behind glass, framed, 21.7x26.8cm
Berlin 07/2011 sold

MANEGG

acrylic and spray on wall
Zürich 06/2011

THE GAMBIA DIARY DRAWINGS

ink on paper, Wide Open Walls project, The Gambia 06/2011

JARTO YE GALLOYA

LION OF GALLOYA
acrylic & spray on wall, open walls project, Galloya The Gambia 06/2011
this amazing project was so deep into my heart.... hard to find words for it

A LION FOR A FRIEND

acrylic, spray and scratch on canvas, 100x50cm 
Zürich 05/2011
sold

YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED BY CROCODILES IF YOU RIDE THE NILE IN A PAPYRUSBOAT

This wall I have dedicated to the saga that Isis went to search for Osiris remains on a papyrusboat and since then, people riding the Nile in a papyrus boat will not be harmed by crocodiles.

I got invited to Egypt for ten days by pro Helvetia and Goethe Institut in the beginning of may 2011. Also invited were Merzedes Gonzales de Garay from Spain, Mickry3 from Switzerland and Amr Ali from Egypt. 

Alexandria 05/2011

OKULTIKA EGYPT

altarlike Installation inspired by the wallpaper and telefon in our apartment, Alexandrian everyday streetlife where time seems to be counting still a bit yesterday, discussions about visas, globalisation, emanzipation...
Alexandria, Egypt 05/2011

HOJA BLANCA / WEISSES BLATT

In december 2010 I got white sheets of paper in my mail in Berlin... so did 26 other artists from Switzerland or Guatemala. I took mine to Cape Town where I painted them in really ugly colours :) .... to then overspray them white again... arriving in Zürich I added some drawings with black ink and scratching. Touesday the 15th of march 2011 at 18h the results of all 26 artists will be shown at the groupshow HOJA BLANCA / WEISSES BLATT at Schmuck Inc / Weinplatz 7 / Zürich before they travel to be exhibited in Guatemala City! more infos at weissesblatt.com

KUNSTHAUSNACHT LIVEPAINTING

livepainting at Kunsthaus
Museumsnacht Zürich 12/03/2011

TIKATHEK SOLOSHOW AT SKALITZERS GALLERY BERLIN 2011

TIKATHEK
soloshow
Skalitzers Gallery Berlin
25/03/2011 — 24/04/2011

WOODSTOCK PEACOCK

each feather a name of the community!
acrylic and spray on wall, 5x5m
Cape Town, South Africa 03/2011

KAYELITSHA'S LIONHEAD

At the entrance of the capetonian township Kayelitsha.
It's Erics Fruits & Vegetable business.
In the forehead of the lion is his shopwindow.
I went with Faith47, Dathiny and Dal! BIGUP!!

FACEBOOK SOUTH AFRICA STIKAS

drawn in Cape Town, printed in Zürich
mintgreen and fluorescent orange uv silkscreenprint on transparent vynil stickerfoil, limitet edition of 500 sheets, 21x15cm

available for 5€ plus shipping
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KAPTIKA PEACOCK

acrylic, spray paint and scratch on canvas, 76x91cm, Cape Town 03/2011
part of privat collection E. & F. Hürst

KAPTIKA ELEFANT

acrylic, spray paint and scratch on canvas, 76x91cm, Cape Town 03/2011
gift to privat collection T. Meyer

KAPTIKA ZEBRA

acrylic, spray paint and scratch on canvas, 91x76cm
Cape Town, South Africa 03/2011

KAPTIKA RINOZEROS

acrylic, spray paint and scratch on canvas, 91x76cm
Cape Town, South Africa 03/2011

KAPTIKA COBRA

acrylic, spray paint and scratch on canvas
20x40cm
Cape Town, South Africa 03/2011

KAPTIKA SOLOSHOW AT A WORD OF ART CAPE TOWN 2011

pictures by Jonx Pillemer or TIKA



KAPTIKA
a solo show by international artist in residency
TIKA
26. February – 8. March 2011
/A WORD OF ART
66 ALBERT RD
WOODSTOCK INDUSTRIAL CENTRE

artist walkabout and preview on the 26. February at 6pm
Opening 26. Feb 8pm till late
with music by Oy (live)
DJ's
Remy Gold
Spoek Mathambo
Binary
Chiri Moya

the residency is kindly sponsored by Pro Helvetia, A Word Of Art, Woodstock Industrial Centre and One K



TIKA's Artist Statement:

TIKA’s work is a reflection on today’s global society, as well as the forgotten traditions and sagas of the past. TIKA has visited many places around the world, not just to travel but to get to know the local people and learn about their current situation along with what histories and traditions they grew up with. Born in Switzerland, TIKA grew up in Cairo, Brussels, Cologne, and Zurich, where she currently lives when not diving her time between Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. The name TIKA originally came from antibiotika, the German word for antibiotics. It’s also hindi-slang for ‘tilaka’, the different blessing-signs that Hindus wear as a symbol of power to protect the third eye. When you’re asked, “How are you?” in Hindi, you reply “TIKA!” to say that you’re fine. She studied at ZHDK but, as the artist explains, “it was learning about the D.I.Y. and cultural squat scene, reading a lot, living in a different places in the world, and painting on the streets that got me where I am today.” “What occupies my mind most is the diversity of points of views on life,” says TIKA. “Like the development of cities, how this affects spaces for self-determined living and projects. How buildings full of history get ripped down to be replaced by glass cubes. The effects globalization has on regional and traditional habits and architecture. Love, vanity and loss of people. How long and short at the same time a life can be and the before and after of it. I like to read about sagas and myth, about the written down and told to be true history and the actual circumstances in politics, economy and environment.  What inspires me is everyday life. Random people on the streets, how they dress and talk and, if I get to talk to them, what and how they think. Of course, in the days of Internet I pick up a lot of information and inspiration through there, as well. Still, I try to read and see and think as often as possible without a computer between. When I create, it's like all experiences and thoughts run through me and out again. The feeling of creating while I paint, draw, write or cook is similar: I forget time while I'm at it.”? TIKA has left traces on the streets of Zürich, Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Glarus, Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden, Munich, Cologne, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador da Bahia, Belo Horizonte, New York, L.A., San Francisco, Paris, Praha, Biarritz, Marseille, Barcelona, Madrid, Milano, London, Vienna, Sofia, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Mexico D.F., Gvernavaca, and Puerto Escondido. She has put on solo exhibitions in Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, and Rio de Janiero, and participated in various group shows around the world, including New York, L.A., Sofia, Mexico D.F., Milano, and Madrid. TIKA is currently participating in a three month residency in Cape Town through Pro Helvetia, /A WORD OF ART, One k, and the Woodstock Industrial Centre.??“I'm learning a lot about South African history and current effects of  Apartheid,” she says. “I will take these imputs and let them go as the view of someone who is not grown up here into my solo show ‘KAPTIKA’ (a mix of the German word KAPSTADT and TIKA). All of the work included will be made during my stay in Cape Town.”

PEACOCK WOODCUTPRINT

woodcutprint
acrylic on paper
56 x 60cm
open edition, signed 
carved in Cape Town, South Africa 02/2011
editions printed 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014

150chf plus shipping from Switzerland
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LION WOODCUTPRINT

woodcutprint
acrylic on paper
56 x 60cm
open edition, signed 
carved in Cape Town, South Africa 02/2011
editions printed 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014

150chf plus shipping from Switzerland
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XINGU WOODCUTPRINT

woodcutprint
acrylic on paper
56 x 60cm
open edition, signed 
carved in Cape Town, South Africa 02/2011
editions printed 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014

150chf plus shipping from Switzerland
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OLIFANT

66 Albert road
Woodstock
Cape Town

TIKA CAPE TIMES ARTICLE

Interview for the South African newspaper Cape Times, Cape Town 11/02/2011

LION & PEACOCK

at the corner Buitenkant and Commercial street
my first wall with a cherrypicker
Cape Town 02/2011 

pictures taken by Jonx
a big thankyouverymuch to Ricky, Juma, Willard, Edward, Adrian, /A WORD OF ART, Pro Helvetia & African Acess

MEIN HERZ SO WEISS III

MY HEART SO WHITE III
acrylic & pyrography on carved wood, 52x34cm inclusive frame, Cape Town 01/2011
part of private collection K. Lang

«Mein Herz so weiss» ist eine Serie von Brandbildern in Holz. Inspiriert durch das gleichnamige Buch von Javier Mariaz das mir meine Freundin Liza vor Jahren empfohlen hat. Weiss steht für die Naivität und das Herz für Emotionen. In der Serie wird die Naivität der Einzelnen durch die Realität des Lebens bedrängt. 

In diesem Bild sind es die Eindrücke die in Cape Town auf mich einprasselten. 
Einerseits der noch stark zu spürende Unterschied zwischen den Rassen, sprich post Apartheit. Andererseits wie sich Armut und Reichtum nebeneinander zu Extremen entfalten. Kapstadts Zentrum erscheint mir wie eine schillernd glänzende, parfümierte Seifenblase mit schicken Läden und Cafes. Grossen Autos, Swimmingpools, äusserst modebewussten Menschen und weiss, strahlenden Häusern. 
Die Townships hingegen, ich war in Gugulethu, versinken im Müll und in giftgrün stehendem Wasser indem sich grosse Ratten tummeln. Die Erwachsenen sind oft HIV positiv, wenige werden alt, und die Kinder gehen oft garnicht erst in die Schule. 
Ich lebe in Woodstock wo sich diese Gegensätze vermischen. Dadurch wird mir geraten das ich Nachts nicht auf die Strasse soll und ständig hört man von Übergriffen. Letztes Wochenende war ich Nachmittags hier in der Nachbarschaft malen. Ich hab Azeeza kennengelernt, sie unterrichtet die Kinder in der Moschee nebenan und hat mich spontan bei sich zuhause zum Bairani essen eingeladen. Wir hatten ein langes Gespräch über «verwurzelt sein oder ein Nomaden Leben führen» und das beides gut ist weil die einen den Andern dann ihre Erfahrungen mitteilen können. Darüber wie wichtig die Familie ist und wie froh sie ist all ihre Kinder und Enkel bei sich in der Strasse wohnen zu haben und ich wie dankbar ich bin so tolle Eltern und den besten Bruder zu haben. Sie hat mich verabschiedet mit der Ansage, das wenn irgendwer mich bedrohen sollte ich nur sie als Referenz angeben soll. Alle kennen sie. Dieses Erlebnis, und auch die Kinder Woodstocks die bei mir sassen als ich gemalt habe und auch gezeichnet haben, lassen mich meine Soloausstellung KAPTIKA dem Stadtteil Woodstock widmen.

Zurück zu diesem Bild: Die gebrannte und geschnittene Meerjungfrau steht symbolisch für die Unterdrückung der Rasse als auch Tradition. Denn ausser an den Touristenmärkten hab ich bisher wenig traditionelles, eigenes gesehen. Die helle Kuh steht für gewinnmaximierenden Kapitalismus. Das Gedankengut das alles immer mehr und besser und schöner werden muss. Was in Kapstadt frei zu sein scheint ist die Natur, der Papagei-was-auch-immer Vogel und der Mond.

OKULTIKA SOUTH AFRICA

altarlike Installation inspired by the action chapel and muezzin chants from the Woodstock neighbourhood and dedicated to the eggplant with a nose

LÖWIN / LIONESS

inspired by the turkishness of Kreuzberg
acrylic, needles and scratching on canvas, 18x24cm
Berlin 11/2010

NIXLI / MEARMAID

inspired by the turkishness of Kreuzberg
acrylic, scratching, collage of metallic paper and needles on canvas 16x22cm
Berlin 11/2010

PFAU /PEACOCK

inspired by the turkishness of Kreuzberg
acrylic, needles and scratching on canvas, 18x24cm
Berlin 11/2010

RIDING THE GENTRIFICATION BEAST

wallpainting 
Berlin 11/2010

EIN GÄNSCHEN RUPFEN / PLUCKING THE GOOSE

if something has happened you don't agree with, the discussion resulting we call in german: ein Hühnchen rupfen / plucking the chicken

ink on paper 21x27cm<
Kreuzberg Berlin 11/2010

KÜSSENKALENDER 2011 OKTOBER

KÜSSEN is a Berlin based silkscreenstudio which releases a calendar each year.
I was asked to print the month of OCTOBER 2011
I did 340 pages with 3 rounds in irisprint
thanks to Thomas for assistance

MUNDIALISTIKA WOODCUT & PRINT

expositionview of the work MUNDIALISTIKA at stroke 0.3
Berlin 10/2010

BUMBA MEU BOI / BOUNCE MY BEEF

this painting is inspired by the «bumba meu boi» tradition from Brazil where people during carnevaltime build cow costumes around them and dress as harlequins and dance.
watch the making of here

acrylic and scratching on canvas, 200x310cm
Berlin, Germany 10/2010

WÄCHTER DER BINZ / GUARDS OF THE BINZ

painted on the entry of a squatted factory
spray, acrilic, scratching on pvc door, 250x500cm
Zürich 09/2010

MARIO

for the birthday of a good friends loved one

acrylic, oilpastell & gouache on paper 150X250cm
Zürich 09/2010

VELOVE AT NIGHT

for the Art Cycle 4 exposition at Inoperable Gallery in Vienna
spray, marker, acrylic and scratch on wood, ca. 20x35cm
Bregenz 09/2010

SEREIA EVAPORANDO / EVAPORATING MEARMAID

when the summer is so hot that all the water seems to evaporate
paste-up on door
Berlin 09/2010

LOVE

inkdrawing on thin papercut, mounted in woodframe Berlin 08/2010

AFRIKA BOHNENGOLD WARRIOR

painted papercut pasteup on lightbox 42x58cm
Kreuzberg Berlin 08/2010

MEIN HERZ SO WEISS II

MY HEART SO WHITE II — inspired by the title of a book by Javier Mariaz
acrylic & pyrpgraphy on wood, 20 x 30cm, Zürich 08/2010

AN UNDERWATER TALE

with Roa
sunday afternoon in a lightblue outdoor skatepool with Bo and Base around aswell. Summer rules! :)
spray, acrylic and scratch on wall ca.2.50x4m
Friedrichshein Berlin 07/2010

MEIN HERZ SO WEISS I

MY HEART SO WHITE I — inspired by a book by Javier Mariaz
acrylic & pyrography on wood, 16.5 x 33cm, Zürich 06/2010

CHICKENHEAD

a wall put together out of random woodpieces painted during one day at Scope Art Basel 06/2010

CROCODILE WARRIOR

with Nesk 
Binz, Zürich, 06/2010

FACEBOOK BRAZIL STIKAS

gold, black and white uv silkscreenprint on transparent vynil stickerfoil, limited edition of 500 sheets 21x15cm sold out
drawn in Rio de Janeiro, printed in Zürich 05/2010

ABOUT PIRATS, PARROTS AND THE SEA

with Yasmim
privat residency, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 05/2010

RIOTIKA SKULL

RIOTIKA II soloshow
lightinstallation
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 05/2010

RIOTIKA II SOLOSHOW AT LA CUCARACHA GALLERY RIO DE JANEIRO 2010

05/2012 Rio de Janeiro

YEMANJA

acrylic & nails on wood, Salvador da Bahia, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Zürich, Berlin 2010

CHAPEL DE URUBU

VULTURE HAT, ink, spray, acrylic & paper on wood, Rio de Janeiro 04/2010
gift to private collection of J. Lelo

MONSTRUOS

with Mondo Lila
Buenos Aires 04/2010

GUERREIRAS SOLTANDO OS BIXOS — O SOM DO BERIMBAU

WARRIORS LET GO THE BEASTS — THE SOUND OF A BERIMBAU

Swiss cooks have founded the project cuisine sans frontiere with the idear, that food brings together people, is a good opportunity to have conversations and through that creat a better environment. I spent five weeks with a chef and an administrator to translate and paint a mural in the favela Cidade de Plastico in Periperi in Salvador da Bahia.

We danced «rebolation», we ate rice and beans every day, we ran because of shootings and then saw the shot guy get carried away in a hand barrol, we were right next to the beach and every evening there was a sunset like an impresionist painting, the radio refreshed my musicmemories of the 80ies «heal the world», Elton Jhon and Erasure whise, kids drawing on their papers and tables and chairs causing another fight which belonged to the daily routine, dragquenns giving an audience on friday nights. Making new friends and having hours and hours of conversations and beers. Thanks to Cusisine sans Frontier, Sonja und Sonja, MSTB, Natal, Grazielli, Kelly, Emol, Julio, Thais, Bigode, Questão, ICEBE and all the other people!

4x20m
Salvador da Bahia 03/2010

TIKA HELL YEAH ARTICLE

3 page article and interview for the Australian magazine Hell Yeah, Winter 2010

CARNAVAL NO RIO

Rio de Janeiro 02/2010

OKULTIKA BRAZIL

altarlike Installation inspired by candomble, macumba and umbanda, the grocerys purchased at the market and the overkill of jewellery and costumes produced for carnaval

WALDMANNLI / FORESTMAN

I spent newyear 2009/2010 in this chalet in the swiss mountains in Sedrun, Bündnerland. While searching for tales out of this region i found this one of a «Waldmannli» (small man out of the forest) 

In a small mountaintown in Graubünden there lived once a juryman. One day this man found a very bizzare animal in his garden as he has never seen one before. It was a small furry, black animal, with a red nosed snout and big claws but eyes so small it seemed it could not open them and with small sharp vampirelike teeth. He put this creature in a box and wandered in the village to find out what he has found. But no one knew what it was. Not even the books. So the towneldest decided to announce a gathering of all the villagers and mountainpeople. But still nobody had ever seen such a thing. So after long discussions they then decided that it would be best to kill this thing. On the way how to do it they couldn't agree. That's when the Waldmannli stepped forward and asked to have a look at he beast...
which he at once recognised as a harmless mole. Smirkingly he suggested to the villagers to burry it alife. Pleased of this easy, simple and even chep way they burried it alife in the jurymans garden where it has been found.
Broadly grinning the Wldmannli walked off and the mole strated digging the garden till it looked like an acnefaced teenager.

spray and acrylic on wall
Sedrun, Switzerland 01/2010

UHU NETSTAL

private residence, Netstal 10/2014

FREE THE BIRD

this cat came to visit me alot while I had the visarte studio 
Zürich 09/2009

WHEN THE SOUL GOES OUT I

about vanity and how short and the same time long a life is
thoughts on a trainride from Berlin to Zürich 09/2009
ink, penpall and marker on paper, 15x21cm

VELOVE

graphit, acrylic & ink on wood, 24 x 43cm, Zürich 09/2009
for the groupexposition Art Cycle 3 at Inoperable Gallery, Vienna
part of private collection A. Leuzinger

GARDEN SECRETS

where she hides all her secrets for her beautiful garden
acrylic, scratch on wooden door, 200x250cm, Zürich 09/2009

GOATFLU II

a nice day with Book, Onio and Lelo in an abandoned russian army base.

where I painted this goatflu piece used to be the Kantine. there where also still some russian signs on the walls. a very impressive space

spray and acrylic and scratch on wall
Potsadam 08/2009

GOATFLU I

everybody was talking about birdflu, then they were hyping swineflu, pharmaconcerns cashing on tamiflu...
and me I managed to get hit by the goat flu.

one week with Lelo on the Spycherberg Alp im Berner Oberland
goats, flies, pigs, flies, cows, flies, chicken and flies

helping to milk the goats, baking pizza in the woodoven, whatching the Sennen making goatcheese, walking up till the last bits of snow, baking nutbread, roasting bacon, beeing with my Äti Roman, save brushes from the goats curiosity...

Spycherberg Alp, Berner Oberland 07/2009

MIT HERZ UND HIRN / WITH HEART AND BRAIN

with Kboco
Berlin 06/2009

TIKA AMATEUR ARTICLE

Cover & 6 page article for the swiss Magazine Amateur, 06-10/2009

GIMPEL

han äs Herzeli wien äs Vögeli darum liebeni so ring
Zürich 04/2009

RIOTIKA SOLOSHOW AT SUPALIFE KIOSK BERLIN 2008

RIOTIKA / SUPALIFE edition of 12
silkscreenprint on posterwalls ripped down from the streets
printed by centrifuga
Berlin 10/2010

FREE THE LINDWURM

for the ANIMALISTIKA soloshow at Inoperable Gallery Vienna
Vienna 08/2008

FREE THE CAT

for the ANIMALISTIKA soloshow at Inoperable Gallery Vienna
on the train Zürich — Vienna 08/2008

FREE THE FOX

for the ANIMALISTIKA soloshow at Inoperable Gallery Vienna
on the train Zürich — Vienna 08/2008

FUX KITCHEN

acrylic on wall
Zürich 2008

ILLUSTRE BATTLE

with Atzgerei, Adhocrates & Rich-Art
painting a skateramp in the Museumsquartier Vienna 05/2008

FOX & TIKA

Zürich, Switzerland 05/2008

GREEDY PEACOCK

what it has it doesn't like and what it wants it doesn't get
acrylic and alutape on papercut pasteup
Zürich, Switzerland 05/2008

PFAU

acrylic and marker on wood
Zürich 2008

TREES DON'T MEET, PEOPLE DO!

with VGBS, Guifari, Obetre and others
Bruxelles, Belgium 04/2008

PANTER ARMS

acrylic and scratch on wall
Zürich 2008

RÜEBLIFÜETTERIG / CARROTFEEDING

with Drax OT
Lettä Zürich, Switzerland 03/2008

ESGOTOS

WASTEWATER, with 2501 & Zésão, spray on wall, São Paulo 2008

ESKELETO

SKELETON
with 2501 & Zezão, spray on wall, São Paulo wastewaters 2008

QUICKIE

with 2501 & Zezão, spray on wall, São Paulo 2008

OBRIGADA / THANK YOU

thank you to everyone that made my stay in Rio so incredible and a happy 2008 painting
foto: Yasmim Asade
Morro da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro 01/2008

OCTOPUS

ink on paper, Rio de Janeiro 2008

VANITAS WOODCUTPRINT

serie of 50 woodcut prints, latex on carbon paper, 46cm x 65cm
Rio de Janeiro 12/2007

SCHWARZER KATER / BLACK CAT

inspired by the book «Master & Margarita» by Mickael Bulgakov
Santa Theresa, Rio de Janeiro 12/2007

PUSSIPISSOIR

marker on ceramic, Madrid 2007

CALUMET & TOMAHAWK

with Eltono, acrylic on wall, Patio Maravilhoso, Madrid 06/2007

OACHKATZL SCHWOAF

with JOSE & M8 / TGS, acrylic on paper on glass, Munich 2007

EVERYDAY PRESSURE

with M8, acrylic and marker on comissioned office wall, 12 x 2.5m, Munich 2007

EVERYDAY PRESSURE DETAIL

with M8 / TGS, acrylic and marker on comissioned office wall, 12 x 2.5m, Munich 2007

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

TIKA & M8 at Miss Hecker offspace in Berlin 11/2006

SOFIEN SAAL WIEN

marker on wall, Vienna 2006

TIKA — A YEAR LATER

marker on paper, pasted the year before, slightly faded but still sticking, Munich 2007

TGS WORLDWIDE

our crewshow
with ENTA & M8
at First Ladies offspace
Zürich 05/2006

AUCH HOMIES MÖGEN FRÜCHTE

HOMIES LIKE FRUIT TOO
marker on door, Zürich 2006

TIKA 2005

TIKA / TGS, photo by Io Tillett Wright, New York 12/2005 

IN OUR BACKYARD

with ENTA / TGS, spray on wall, Zürich 2005

GIRLS

marker on sign, Zürich 2005

HALLO

HELLO, marker on disposed fridge, Berlin 2005

TGS IN ISTANBUL

with ENTA / TGS, marker on door, Istanbul 04/2005

PIFF PAFF PUFF

spray on wall, Zürich 2002

ZÜRI — BERLIN 2004

with ENTA / TGS, marker on papercut, Berlin 2004 

TO BSC

marker on sign, Zürich 2004

VERBOT

with ENTA / TGS, marker on door, Zürich 2004

FRIDGEYARD

marker on disposed fridge, Zürich 2004

VIVA HERTO

marker on cardboardbox, Zürich 2003