23 years ago in May I was invited by MSP to spend a glorious month at their fabulous printmaking Studio. between working all day, two lectures and preparing for an exhibition there at a later date I also fell in love with Vancouver. Granville Island felt like heaven on Earth. this visit changed my life.
It was one of the most creative residencies that I ever did. and Vancouver made a very deep impression on me.Even though I didn’t know it there yet, I was a year later back in Vancouver and started to plan AION art gallery with my Canadian boyfriend. not much has changed on the island since then.
2024 I am back in the Studio doing Monotypes again. I am living just across of Granville Island and am walking under the Granville Island sign nearly every day onto the Island. This is home now. 23 years of ups and downs, heartbreak and burnout made me stronger. Finally I can enjoy living here once more and with my new Canadian Citizenship – October 30th, 2023 – I am feeling I belong. For good.
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