Evi Fersterer

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Evi Fersterer (* 31 December 1948 in Leogang as Eva Gassner ) is an Austrian painter , poet and hotelier . She became internationally known for her "block pictures".

childhood and education

Evi Fersterer was born in 1948 as the daughter of Georg and Franziska Stöckl, b. Gassner was born. She attended elementary school in Leogang and secondary school in Saalfelden. Here her artistic talent was encouraged by a teacher. From 1963 to 1966, she attended the hospitality school in Salzburg and then did an internship in England. In 1968 she married the hotelier and inventor Sepp Fersterer and moved to Saalbach . The marriage has two daughters and a son.

From 1979 she took part in the summer academy for fine arts in Salzburg and in the summer academy in Bruneck with Claus Pack (1921–1997). In 1984 she was accepted into the master class at the Royal Academy of Arts in London by Peter Greenham . Anthony Eyton became her friend and mentor . She opened a studio in Saalbach.

In 1988, ORF dedicated a portrait to her , which was produced by Emmy Prize winner Günther Degn.

In 1991 the family moved to Panzano . There Fersterer founded the aid organization "SALVE" in 1998 to support Russian families with donations in kind.

In 2009 her life was documented by Mucky Degn in the film "The Breath of Blocks".

Works

In 1987 she realized her idea of a “mirror tree” on Rathausplatz in Vienna . Her first children's book project came about in 1992 as part of the children's culture days in Leogang. In cooperation with Adolfo Asnaghi and Ludolf Müller , a volume of poetry by Vladimir Sergejewitsch Solowjow, illustrated with their pictures, was published in 1993.

In 1996 Fersterer started sculpting and struck a head in marble: "Seppi". The second sculptural work was a stone Madonna.

The author Stefan Loos described Festerer's painting as “mystical realism”. In 2006 the writer Werner Müller first introduced her as an author.

Art campaign "Mink Coat"

In the winter of 1995 Fersterer caused a stir in Saalbach with her campaign “Settlement with my previous thinking”: she pierced her old mink coat with knives and exhibited it in front of the Saalbach gallery. This “provocation” resulted in written and verbal threats and marginalization. An oil painting and an armchair were slashed in the Saalbach gallery.

Exhibitions

Fersterer's first exhibition took place in the Maishofen doctor's house . Since 1994 Fersterer's works have been shown in a permanent exhibition at Heimathaus Saalbach (where she exhibited together with Manfred Bockelmann , among others ). Exhibitions followed at home and abroad, including Vienna, Hamburg and Zurich . In the summer of 2018, Fersterer and her grandson opened their own studio in Salzburg.

1988 Gallery "ART 54" in New York , solo exhibition
1992 "ART HAMBURG"
1995 Vernissage in Schloss Mittersill
1996 University Culture Center Klagenfurt
1997 3rd International Biennale “DIALOGUES 97” in the exhibition hall “MANEGE”, Saint Petersburg
1998 Russian Museum Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg , solo exhibition
2006 Personnel retrospective in the "Samerstall / Kirchenwirt", exhibitions in the mining museum, in the "KubinKabinett" in Leogang and in the "Helga-Treichl-Hospiz" Salzburg.
2010 “Seeing from the inside”, Palais Palffy

Publications

Painting. With texts by Loys Egg . Klagenfurt, Ritter 2014, ISBN 978-3-85415-511-9 .
Poetry book "When the heart speaks". 2010

Awards

In 1999 she was awarded the diploma “Member of the Russian Museum”.

literature

Evi Fersterer - Painter (* 1948): The painting landlady from the Hinterhagalm. In: Walter Thaler : Art and Literature in Pinzgau. The power of the province - 43 portraits. New Academic Press, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99036-008-8 , pp. 207-211.
Fersterer, Evi. In: Saur General Artist Lexicon. Volume 39. Munich, Leipzig, Saur 2003, ISBN 3-598-22779-5 , p. 181 (also AKL online)

Web links

Website Evi Festerer
Literature by and about Evi Fersterer in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ List of participants , accessed on February 16, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Fersterer, Evi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gassner, Eva (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter, poet and hotelier
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leogang

[1] List of participants , accessed on February 16, 2019.