I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

I've had this talk a thousand times // 2025

The installation “I've Had This Talk a Thousand Times” for the exhibition Monstrous - a collective refusal to be small consists of six monster masks made of papier-mâché, which are dressed in screen-printed shirts. The ironic slogans on the shirts symbolically respond to recurring, invasive questions that marginalized groups such as women and gender-diverse people often hear. The masks are varied and individually designed and hang on nylon strings so that visitors can step behind them and take on the perspective of the “monstrous”. The slogan “What you call monstrous reveals what kind of monster you are” encourages visitors to question the meaning of "monstrousness” and reflect on social prejudices.

Who am I?
2023
Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

Part of the series "The world and... me?"

I Care!
2024
Oil on canvas
150 x 120 cm

Part of the series "The world and... me?"

It will be fine...
2025
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm

Part of the series "The world and... me?"

"And when the phone rings 
everything changes"

Installation 2023
Exhibition "Cemetery of Utopias"
by the ROTER KEIL Collective
5th Partner Program of the Steirischer Herbst

"Graz Views"
Oil on Canvas
40 x 60 cm
2022

"Done"
Oil on Canvas
50 x 70 cm
2022

I created this painting during my Artist in Residence stay in Graz as well. The painting "Done" depicts a multi-legged creature leaning back comfortably in a chair. A switched-off laptop and a cup of coffee on the desk indicate completed work. In the background, plants and family pictures can be seen. The image reflects the feeling of satisfaction after finishing work and invites the viewer to pause and enjoy the tranquility after a productive day.


"Morde Lux"
Epoxy Resin Casting
20 x 20 x 50 cm
2022

Based on the painting "Done," the work "Morde Lux" was created in collaboration with Eve Prechtl and Johannes Herster. The painting "Done" served as the basis for the second figure, which functioned as a desk lamp. In "Morde Lux," only the sculpture representing the luminous being is visible. This sculpture was extracted from the painting and placed in the exhibition, seemingly sunk in remembrance of past times, juxtaposed with the painting to symbolize a connection between past and present.

"Done"
Oil on Canvas
50 x 70 cm
2022

I created this painting during my Artist in Residence stay in Graz as well. The painting "Done" depicts a multi-legged creature leaning back comfortably in a chair. A switched-off laptop and a cup of coffee on the desk indicate completed work. In the background, plants and family pictures can be seen. The image reflects the feeling of satisfaction after finishing work and invites the viewer to pause and enjoy the tranquility after a productive day.


"Morde Lux"
Epoxy Resin Casting
20 x 20 x 50 cm
2022

Based on the painting "Done," the work "Morde Lux" was created in collaboration with Eve Prechtl and Johannes Herster. The painting "Done" served as the basis for the second figure, which functioned as a desk lamp. In "Morde Lux," only the sculpture representing the luminous being is visible. This sculpture was extracted from the painting and placed in the exhibition, seemingly sunk in remembrance of past times, juxtaposed with the painting to symbolize a connection between past and present.

"Done"
Oil on Canvas
50 x 70 cm
2022

I created this painting during my Artist in Residence stay in Graz as well. The painting "Done" depicts a multi-legged creature leaning back comfortably in a chair. A switched-off laptop and a cup of coffee on the desk indicate completed work. In the background, plants and family pictures can be seen. The image reflects the feeling of satisfaction after finishing work and invites the viewer to pause and enjoy the tranquility after a productive day.


"Morde Lux"
Epoxy Resin Casting
20 x 20 x 50 cm
2022

Based on the painting "Done," the work "Morde Lux" was created in collaboration with Eve Prechtl and Johannes Herster. The painting "Done" served as the basis for the second figure, which functioned as a desk lamp. In "Morde Lux," only the sculpture representing the luminous being is visible. This sculpture was extracted from the painting and placed in the exhibition, seemingly sunk in remembrance of past times, juxtaposed with the painting to symbolize a connection between past and present.

Genogram of the Kniff Family
 

The intention of the work was to place my previous way of working in a larger context. The aim was to connect different creatures with each other in order to provide socio-critical and sociological input on family constructs. The depiction of the monsters served as a metaphor.  For the realization, oil portraits of creatures were painted on canvas, which were connected to each other in a familial and friendly way. A genogram was developed to depict the relationships between them. A genogram is a representation of a family tree that contains a wide range of information about the members of a family, their friends and even their pets and their relationships over at least three generations. Males are traditionally represented by a square, females by a circle. I dispensed with this symbolism in order to allow for a genderless interpretation that is not based on typical role models. The relationships were represented by different lines. The use of fictitious creatures enabled an unbiased view of the figures, free of typical gender clichés. As with a conventional genogram, my work was to consider the social connections of a main subject, taking into account the influence of social origin on the subjectification of the creature.