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about Uly Paya<\/p>\n\n

“Everything that is deep within us needs to be dug out. That’s why I rarely construct a work of art. It just comes to me from deep down”<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Each of my paintings has a very individual origin story. That’s why there are practically no series that I paint or produce for the art market. I want to stay me. Sometimes it takes years to complete a work of art. Since October 1990, I have selected and numbered 600 works of art for my personal art list.<\/p>\n\n

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“to paint is to live close to the ground”<\/p>\n\n

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My individual pieces in particular are valued by collectors worldwide. Purchases from RAIKA Austria, the city of Villach, Vienna or the Vienna Men’s Choir are just a few examples. If you are interested in purchasing a unique piece, contact me.
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Art Projects beyond reality<\/h2>\n\n

This is probably the biggest artwork of a at on earth. I put this cat on the roof of my studio in Vienna in front of a huge school and also added some paintings on the fassade. Not only astronauts but also children can look at the huge cat. The intention was simple: \u201cit should bring joy\u201d.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Design<\/h2>\n\n

I worked as a designer in various fields.
This is my well-known \u201ccognition ring\u201d or “family ring”, where two people hold a cognition together.
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the church of knowledge<\/h2>\n\n
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This art action shows the concrete church in Villach\/St. Martin with a piece of art by me. I had written a manifesto around 1996 to create a church of knowledge that would put faith in another language. Bishop Kapellari with his book \u201cand have almost lost the language\u201d was the reason for this. I was able to present this manifesto to the city of Villach, the parish, the dean at the time and the bishop and had very valuable discussions.<\/p>\n\n

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Exhibitions<\/h2>\n\n

After a lot of exhibition activity in my early years, I took part in larger international exhibitions such as in Russia (Moscow 1997), Germany (K\u00fcnzelsau 1999), France (Angouleme 2002) and most recently in Egypt (Cairo 2022). In addition, there were large solo exhibitions, for example in Austria in Vienna in 2005 at “Die Galerie” and at the headquarter of Hewlett-Packard Vienna with around 70 works of art. I also joined some group exhibitions such as in the Museumsquartier in 2004 with an international surrealist group. From 2005 to 2022 I deliberately did not hold any public exhibitions, but only private exhibitions for collectors and interested parties in my studio in Vienna.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Film<\/h3>\n\n

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As a filmmaker Uly Paya produced about 20 art- and shortfilms like “time synchronicity” <\/em>or “cognitionsfruits” that was released at the Museums Quarter in Vienna in 2004.  <\/em>What does it mean to have an idea? Where does it come from and did it actually and magically arise within us or just a strange reflection of the world? How can I grab it, where is the access to it? There could be a possible answer in this film \u201ccognitionfruits\u201d by Uly Paya from 2003.<\/p>\n\n

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