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The Polish mouth painter, Katarzyna WARACHIM, exhibited her paintings in the gallery of the Central Public Library in her hometown of Gliwice from April 17 to May 15, 2023. The exhibition was titled “Bujda na kółkach” and included 44 oil paintings she painted with her mouth. The opening ceremony took place on May 5th, the […]

The VDMFK welcomes Shely Cohen as a new Associated Member. On the occasion of the board meeting in November 2022, she was elected unanimously by the board member as a new Associated Member. Shely Cohen was born on 21 November 1966 in Haifa. At the age of 18, she was involved as a passenger in

On March 8, the Croatian foot painter Stjepan Perkovic from Croatia had the honour of participating in the Women’s Day celebrations in Zagreb. Jazz singer Lela Kaplowitz and her husband, pianist Joe Kaplowitz, organized a beautiful festive concert dedicated to women. Numerous performers took part in the event as guests (including the artist’s wife). Mr.

From January 16th to February 3rd, the 4 Brazilian artists Maria Goret CHAGAS (Associate Member), José Henrique Taveira BREDA (Scholarship holder), Ivana Soares BANDEIRA (Scholarship holder) and Diogo Alexandre DE SOUSA SILVA (Scholarship holder) present their works at the Pinacoteca municipal in Franca. An audience of art lovers attended the opening of “Art with Mouth,

From December 2nd to February 9th, 2023, the Slovenian publisher is organizing an exhibition for the second time in the Liszt Institute in the center of Ljubljana. On this year’s theme “Slovenian and Hungarian Sea” 43 paintings in different techniques will be exhibited. Mouth and foot painters from four different countries took part in the

The Swiss publishing house , was able to accept a special invitation from Renate Ribler. The St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences, called OST for short, organized its “Contrast” cultural cycle again after the forced break caused by the corona. This cultural cycle is an exceptional platform of the University of Applied Sciences and gives

On November 12th and 13th, 2022, the publishing house Norway opened its doors to visitors. In addition to the art exhibition, the Norwegian publishing house also presented its products, which show the unique motifs of the mouth and foot painting artists. Board member Tom Yendell and mouth painter Wenche Løseth attended Saturday’s art exhibition. Over

From October 26th to 29th, 2022 the “Mega Artesanal” took place in Sao Paulo. Every year, the publisher house of the mouth and foot painters in Brazil takes part in the largest fair for art products in Latin America with its own stand to present itself. This year the artists Gonçalo Borges, José Marcos dos

«Painting means everything to me. It replaces my legs and my arms, reflects my soul.” the artist says during her recent visit to the design studio at the Swiss Paraplegic Center in Nottwil. Tele Züri, Zurich’s local television station, also became aware of the artist and accompanied Ms. Fischel to her lecture in the Meilihof

On August 17, 2022, the Brazilian publisher attended the opening of an exhibition organized by the Marine Corps in honor of the 200th anniversary of independence. Many Brazilian mouth and foot painters made special paintings for this event and some of them received special awards. The exhibition ran from August 17 to September 20, 2022

The short film “Muros da Vida” by filmmaker Zoran Djordjevic has received several international documentary film awards. The film shows the life and art of the artist Marcos dos Santos, who was born in São José dos Campos (Brazil). The artist was born with cerebral palsy and has been painting with his left foot since

On April 6, 2022, Cesar Andres BARCIA, mouth painter from Argentina, visited a kindergarten in Capilla Del Señor, Buenos Aires. He talked to the children, the directors and teachers of the school about what the VDMFK artists do and of course painted with them and shared a nice moment.

The online seminar series by Kunstverlag Au was continued with another workshop at the beginning of the year. Bracha Fischel, Antoine Leisi, Lea Otter and Lars Höllerer took part in the workshop with the usual ambitious training format and the idea of creating an optimal training framework over four training days. For the year 2022,

The VDMFK welcomes Zeljko Vertelj as a new Associated Member. On the occasion of the board meeting in November 2021, he was elected unanimously by the board member as a new Associated Member. Zeljko Vertelj was born in Ljubljana on 26 July 1959. In January 1992 he was involved in a serious road accident which

The VDMFK welcomes Lidia de Jesús Cháidez López as a new Associated Member. On the occasion of the board meeting in November 2021 she was elected unanimously by the board member as a new Associated Member. Lidia de Jesus Chaidez Lopez was born in Culiacan, Province of Sinaloa, on 14 March 1970. She attended primary

“3-H Congress” in early May 2022 in Bad Ischl The well-known Austrian mouth painter Paulus Ploier, together with the Association of Mouth and Foot painting artists (VDMFK) succeeded in organizing the “3-H-Congress Crisis Support for Babies, Toddlers and family” in the imperial city of Bad Ischl. From May 2nd to 5th, 2022, the congress with

The Publishing House of Poland exhibits works by its artists on the occasion of a joint exhibition in Raciborz. On display are 33 paintings by Polish mouth and foot painters. The exhibition shows a great variety of styles. The exhibition opened on 2 February 2022 and will last until 28 February 2022. Painting demonstrations were

With the positive experiences of the first three online seminars and workshops in 2021, Kunstverlag Au realised its fourth online workshop in November 2021 and December 2021. Once again, Edith Tarantino was recruited as the course leader for this event, and thus a well-known and renowned art connoisseur was on hand to mediate for the

On 30 November 2021, Associate Member Marcelo Cunha from Brazil inaugurated his painting studio in his home in a rural area of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to his family and close friends, artists from the region participated, as well as mouth and foot painters Goncalo Borges and Daniel Ferreira from Sao Paulo. Marcelo Cunha

On November 19, 2021, an interview with the two British artists Tom Yendell and Barry West was broadcast on the ITV television program “This Morning”. On the television broadcast, the artists emphasized why sending a Christmas card is still an important way to keep in touch with one another, especially during the pandemic time. They