My pieces are constructed of paper, a material I like to use for its translucency and for its lack of permanence, of mass and weight - supporting aspects of transience and change.

The translucency of paper allows for a layering on several levels, similar to a layering of identity that stems from being part of multiple communities.
While contemplating time and distance, my FLIGHT PATH pieces express that fragmentation which I am trying to stitch together.

I like to use maps as tools and as a language and my work often resembles pictographs of connections and conflicts. –And, increasingly I make use of ‘Schriftbilder’ (script images) as a weave of script or script-like patterns. Mirroring both communication and record-keeping, these patterns also point at history and the transience of time.

The piece JOURNEY is a kind of personal road map incorporated in an endless Mobius Loop (see write-up by Elaine Hujer featured under CURRENT.)

SEQUENCE, an installation in three parts is meant as a metaphor for societal development. A detailed description of it you can find in CURRENT.

My work on SEQUENCE was generously supported by a Project Grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

CV
Born in Vienna, Austria, professional studies in Stockholm, Sweden, now living in Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
     2016 Centre3, Wave Form
     2015  Gallery 4, Hamilton Public Library, 'Flight Path'
               Rotunda Gallery, City Hall Kitchener, ' Land - Shape'
     2012  Hamilton Artists Inc., 'The Sequence'
     2011  Hamilton Arts Council - 'Transient'
               dp.Ai. Hamilton, 'Non Linear'
     2010  Cambridge Centre for the Arts, 'Land- Folds and Line-Drawings'
     2009  Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ‘Paperworks’
     2008  Dofasco Gallery, Dundas, 'Flight Path’
     2007  Hamilton Artists Inc., Third Space, Hamilton, ‘Elevation'

TWO ARTISTS EXHIBITION:
    2010/11  Burlington Art Centre, AIC Gall. 'Paperwork: Erika Reisenberger and Evelyn Kelch'
                     curator: George Wale

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
     2015  Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany, “Papier Global 3 Paper’
                     International Paper Art Triennale 2015
     2014  WAHC, Hamilton, 'Art as the New Steel?'
     2010  Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Biannual Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place Award.
     2009  Grimsby Public Art Gallery, ‘Traditional Landscape Need Not Apply’
               Hamilton Artists Inc., Members show
     2008  Gallery 435, Hamilton
                Praxis Gallery, Toronto
     2007  Gallery 435, Hamilton, 'November Show‘
               Hamilton Artists Inc., Members show
               Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ‘Landscape’ juried exhibition
     2006  Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Biannual Juried Exhibition
               Hamilton Artists Inc., Members show
               Art Gallery of Mississauga, Visual Arts Mississauga, 29th Juried Show, 3rdPlaceAward
     2005  Artcite Inc., Windsor, ‘ In the Shadows’ – Six Hamilton Artists, curated.
               Burlington Art Centre, ‘Sculptors’ Guild Juried Exhibition’ Juror’s Choice Award
               Burlington Art Centre, ‘Kaleidoscope’ Judges Choice Award

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES:
     Konstfackskolan – The Swedish College of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden; Sculpture,
               BFA Thesis: Public Spaces, Subway Station, Wall Design.
     Kungliga Konsthögskolan – The Royal Academy Art School, Stockholm;
               Professional studies: Monumental Mural and Concrete Techniques.
     Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan – Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
               Dep. of Architecture, Project Studies and Visual Presentation.
     University of Stockholm, Educational Technology and Planning.
     George Brown College, Toronto, Silkscreen printing.

REVIEWS and ESSAYS:
     Papier Global 3 Paper, Deggendorf Stadtmuseum, exhibition catalogue,
     Paperwork: Erika Reisenberger and Evelyn Kelch, Essay by Elaine Huyer, Dec.2010
     Traditional Landscape Need Not Apply, Essay by Rhona Wenger, Feb. 2009
     Flights of Fancy on Exhibit, by Diane Cornish, Flamborough Review, Feb. 8, 2008
     Mapping The Way Home, by Laura Hollick, VIEW Magazine, March 8, 2007
     In The Shadows, Essay by Gil McElroy, 2005

AWARDS:
      OAC Project Grant, visual arts 2012
      OAC Exhibition Assistence Grant: 2007, 08, 09,10,11,12, 15

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 1975 – 83:
     Solo shows at Nya Galleriet Kretsen, Sweden and Simon's Rock College, Grt.Barrington,
     Mass., USA
     Select group shows: Pointe Claire Cult. Centre, Montreal; Koffler Centre f.t.Arts, Toronto;
     Robson Media Centre, Vancouver; Gairloch Gardens Gall., Oakville; Mc.Michael Can.Collection,
     Kleinburg; Mc.Dowell Gall. Toronto; Hollander York Gall. Toronto; Art Gall.o.Hamilton;
     Harbourfront Art Gall. Toronto; Sweden: Stockholms Salongen Liljevalchs; Sörmlands
     Salongen; Konstförening Upplands Väsby; Gallerie Trappan, Stockholm; touring Sweden:
     Amnesty International. Artist in Residence at Simon's Rock College, Grt.Barrington, Mass.
     Teaching positions in Sweden and in Ontario at High schools, Summer schools and Artists in
     Schools projects.