Brigitte Gadnik-Jiskra
Born: 8 February 1957 in Vienna
Children: Bianca Gadnik, Niklas Gadnik
Education: 1975 – 1980 studied commercial graphics and painting at the Wiener Kunstschule under Matejka-Felden, Fritz Martinz, Haimo Lauth
Subsequently worked as a free lance painter and graphic artist
Lives and works in Mauerbach near Vienna
Solo and group exhibitions in Vienna and Lower Austria
From 1984 to 2017 project and course leader of the VHS for “Education and Culture” in care homes of the City of Vienna. Course leader for “Art as Therapy”
Curator of “Art Brut” exhibitions by geriatric people, people with dementia and people with Alzheimer’s disease as part of EU projects in cooperation with Dr. Robert Streibel (director of VHS Hietzing)
Course leader for “Abstract Painting” at VHS Hietzing since 2000
2014 co-founder of the integration association IGOR “Learning through Friendship” for refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and Iraq, with the support of VHS Hietzing
2017 awarded the “Großes Verdienstzeichen” of the Österreichische Volkshochschulen