Gaby Roter

Your artistic formation includes the rather unusual combination of academic painting, theatrical painting, and participation in Kunst am Bau projects under Franz Fédier. Each of these contexts implies a different relationship between image, space, and audience. How did these early experiences shape your understanding of painting as something that can extend beyond the canvas into spatial, architectural, or even environmental dialogue, and do you see your current large scale works as continuing that expanded conception of painting?
My background taught me that painting doesn’t have to be confined to a canvas. Theater showed me painting as something temporal and immersive, shaped by light, movement, and the viewer’s experience. Kunst am Bau pushed me to see it as part of architecture—something that defines space, not just decorates it.