Susanna Lakner

Susanna Lakner
Stuttgart, Germany

STATEMENT

I’m not searching for materials, I just find them.
I’m not a collector, I cut out what I find, keep it up.
The details find each other. Always. Sometimes inmediately, sometimes years later.

BIO

Susanna Lakner was born and grew up in Hungary and has been living in Stuttgart, Germany since 1989. She studied typography and worked for many years in the printing industry.

As collagist, she prefers the cut and paste technique. She makes found object assemblages, artist books and artiststamps, too. Since 2011, her collage zines and books have been published by Tonerworks (USA), Artemisz (Hungary), and Redfoxpress (Ireland).

For thirty years, she has been taking part in collage projects, exhibitions and biennials worldwide. Her works and publications can be found in several public and private collections in Germany, Austria, Hungary and in the USA. As Planet Susannia, she has been known as a mail artist since 1995 and as the founder/editor of the mail art assembling magazine 22, which ran for fifty-one issues, with original works by internationally-known mail artists, until 2017.

ARTIST CONTACT

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