I live and work mostly in Berlin, but was born in southern France and grew up in Portugal and Berlin in a family of artists. My parents are both painters and creative survivalists who used to travel a lot with us kids. They even named us after the countries we were born in, which explains my first name. My parents have always been very inspiring to me. They taught me how to get along with less and how to make more out of what you already have. But like any kid, I wanted to be different than my parents. That is probably why I studied textile design and not fine art.
I am founder and artistic director of the street printing project raubdruckerin, which I started in 2006 when I was in the middle of my textile studies in Portugal. It was my father who drew my attention to the beauty and variety of manhole covers in the first place. That was basically the initial spark for me to explore the potential of using them as printing templates with all my technical background and know-how. I had nothing but ink, a roll, some t-shirts and a lot of positive energy.
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