The  Styrian artists Josef Fürpaß A, Christine Ulm A, by means of different approaches, references to the essentials in our lives: experience, joy, knowledge, finity.
Growing up, many have the opportunity to gather knowledge, to experience joy, to develop themselves, to make connections, to discover commonalties, to shape the living space.
The media that support humanity are nature, art, science.
Curator: Irmi Horn
Josef Fürpaß, born MCMLX in Feldbach/Stmk., attended a humanistic high school from 1970 to 1978 (graduate) and lives as a book designer, draftsman, painter & bandoneonist in Graz and
St. Katharein an der Laming/Austria.
He is a founding member of the association DruckZeug and was operator & program designer of the Keplerkoje in Graz from 2012 to 2014. He is also co-founder of the association Am Glacis, Kunst & Kultur (2025).
2011 – 2025 he was a lecturer at the Master Class for Art & Design / Ortweinschule Graz, Department of Painting with a focus on Analog Printing Techniques.
Since 1985 he has been working as a freelance design with numerous exhibitions in Austria, Germany & Switzerland and can refer to various private and public purchases (including from the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Styria, City of Graz; Artothek Vienna etc.).
He is the winner of the 1. Exlibris competition 1986 (order price of the CA);
As a book designer and illustrator in some publishers (Bibliothek der Provinz, Haymon-Verlag, Yara-Verlag, CLIO Graz);
Publications in journals & publications (STERZ/Graz/A, SPEKTRUM/ZürICH/CH, WOCHENBLATT/St. Gallen/CH, Offizin S/Meran/Südtirol).
Christine Ulm, MCMXXXVII born in Mürzzuschlag, Styria lives in Vienna and Spain.
1986 – 93 Studies of sculpture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Barcelona.
“Apart from the area, which has above all the domestic climate zone in its perspective, the exhibited artistic Zikurat also manifests collectible objects that I was able to discover during extensive stays in Spain, both in Mediterranean and subtropical zones.
I am happy if it is possible to make one or the other want to take a close look at the many amazing things that surround us, to experiment with shapes and tastes and – last but not least – to promote the awareness that this wonderful world must be taken care of.
The thread of this topic, which has occupied me from my youth, leads from my teacher
Prof. Helmuth Schweiger (1914 – 1972) about gardens in different climate zones, which I was allowed to use to artistic objects and arrangements, in which the interest has condensed from time to time.”
Christine Johanna Ulm