Education
From 1970-1972, Hortensia studied sculpture at the School of Applied Arts in Graz with Josef Pillhofer and from 1972-1975 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Fritz Wotruba.
From 1970-1972, Hortensia studied sculpture at the School of Applied Arts in Graz with Josef Pillhofer and from 1972-1975 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Fritz Wotruba.
Since 1975, she is a freelance artist. In parallel to her work as a sculptor, Hortensia has created cycles of drawings and water colours during numerous trips within Europe and Africa, including the landscape cycles Spain (1983-1985), Tuscany and Umbria (1987-1990), Portugal (1997), Dalmatia (1999-2002), Egypt (2000), Sicily (2002) and Italian Dolomites (2003-2012). From 2003-2012, she has been leading the “Drawing School Hortensia” in Bad Gams, Western Styria.
1984: Galerie Würthle, Vienna, Austria 1990: Galerie Norbert Blaeser, Düsseldorf, Germany 1997: Sarajevo Winter Festival, Bosnia y Hercegovina 1998: Forum Lagos 1998, Portugal 1998: Kulturhaus, Graz, Austria 2001: Cairo Opera Art Gallery, Egypt.
2004: Austrian Embassy, Washington Doctorate.C, United States of America 2008: Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 2009–2010: Museum Archeo Norico, Burg Deutschlandsberg, Austria 2011: Graz University, Austria.