Biography & Exhibitions


Born in Homburg-Saar, Germany. Diploma in architecture and product design 1981 at Hochschule Kaiserslautern.


In 1982 I started as a professional photographer for different Austrian newspapers and magazines. During the 15 years to come I had the chance to portray numerous authors, artists and poets. Besides I focused on creating my own landscapes and objects, my darkroom became my preferred tool to experiment with shadow and light.


In 1997 I started playing around with Photoshop and 3D programs and soon became aware of the possibilities to create effects that could not be achieved by means of photography and darkroom technology. Since that time I was captured by the passion for computers and the means they are offering if you combine various programs to find new results and new styles.


Working with the computer is a never ending creative process for me, that offers the greatest possible freedom imaginable in expressing dreams, nightmares and visions.



Real life exhibitions

2017

Starke Zeichen
 \ Homburg, Germany, Kulturzentrum Saalbau (2017 November/December)



2013

Desire in a Book
 \ Paris, France, Flaneurs des deux rives


Transparenz
 \ Homburg, Germany, Kulturzentrum Saalbau (2013)

Lichtgestalten
 \ Homburg, Germany, Kulturzentrum Saalbau (2012)


2011

Desire in a Book
 \ "Hybrid books from a surrealist perspective"
PSTL Gallery, Saint Louis - USA, September 2011 - January 2012


Unita ed identita italiana nei valori europei dell'arte e della cultura

Europ Club Blue Hotel, Portorosa Messina - Italy - 14- 17 May 2011



2010

Il mare nel conscio ed il mare dell'inconscio

Europ Club, Taormina Messina Sicilia - Italy - July 2010



2009

Schnittstellen

"Homburger Künstler Jahresausstellung 2009"
Homburg, Saarland - Germany - October 2009



2006

International Surrealist Show 2006


maf06 Thailand New Media Arts Festival 2006


CeC & CaC - The Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents Conclave 2006

India International Centre, New Delhi - The Academy of Electronic Arts - India - January 27 - January 29 2006



2005

maf05 - Thailand 3rd New Media Arts Festival 2005

Bangkok - Thailand - June 24 2005 - June 28 2005



2004

Art et Technologie
 \  Château de St. Auvent, Saint Auvent - France - September 2004


32 bits connection
 \  Electric Avenue, Linux Weeks Museumsquarter, Vienna - Austria - May 2004


Andererseits: Die Phantastik
 \  Oberösterreichische Landesmusseen, Schlossmuseum in Linz - Austria - April 30 2004 - August 29 2004




2003

International Surrealist Show
 \  Exhibition Poster  \ Ohio USA 2003

Sea Lion Studio \ Ohio - USA - November 2003


Group Exhibition
 \  BENCZÚR GALÉRIA Budapest - Hungary - November 2003


Group Exhibition
 \  Golden Tulip Art Hotel Vienna - Austria - October 2003


Group Exhibition
 \  Airport Conference Center (ACC), Frankfurt - Germany - October 2003


Digital Art 2003 - Group exhibition
 \  Espace Franquin, Angoulême - France - August 2003




2002

Electric avenue
 \  Museums Quarter Vienna - Austria - September 2002


Facing Faces 2002
 \  Anti-violence Art Project - Museo Ex-Aduana, Ciudad Juárez México - Mexico - November 2002


University of Tasmania
 \  Academy Gallery, - Australia - May 2002


IDAA Hard Copy
 \  San Francisco - USA - April 13 2002 - May 26 2002




2001

Pixxelpoint
 \  International Computer Art Festival, Nova Gorica - Slovenia - December 2001


Wahrnehmungsweisen
 \  Homburg - Germany - December 2001


Facing Faces 2001
 \  Anti-violence Art Project, Ciudad Juaréz - Mexico - September 2001


Caution on orange
 \  Benton Harbour, Michigan - USA - April-May 2001




2000

Éveil paradoxal
 \  Conches-en-Ouche - France - May - June 2000


Revision
 \  Homburg - Germany - June 2000



1999

Sacrilege, the magical against sacred
 \  Exhibition organized by the Czech Surrealist Group , Pilsen - Czech Republic - September 1999

Sacrilege, the magical against sacred
 \  Exhibition organized by the Czech Surrealist Group , Prague - Czech Republic - June - August 1999


Press Coverage

Coverstory on Zazie's Digital Artwork



Die Stellwand
 \  Österreichische Zeitschrift
für Museen und Sammlungen \ 2010, 2011



Homburg
 \  2000

Benton Harbor
 \ 2001

Schiedam The Netherlands
 \ 2001

Surrealism Thrives  \ Persistence of Surrealism  \ Ohio USA 2003

Zazie featured in "The IDEA #7"
 \  Indian Documentary of Electronic Arts



Bookcovers

Zazie, Somnium Digitale, 2013

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Pierre Petiot, Lithaire, 2013

Publisher: La Belle Inutile Editions
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Daniel Boyer, Ethos of Decentralisation, 2010

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Alban Nikolai Herbst, Azreds Buch, 2010

Kulturmaschinen
www.kulturmaschinen.com

Pierre Petiot, L´Eau dans L´Eau, 2009

Publisher: La Belle Inutile Editions
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Alban Nikolai Herbst
die horen - Panoramen der Anderswelt \ 2008

Expeditionen ins Werk von Alban Nikolai Herbst
3. Quartal 2008 - Germany - June - August 1999
http://www.die-horen.de/


Presence in books

- Le Vertèbre et le Rossignol



- Lithaire n°2

- Loup Garou n°1

- Loup Garou n°2

- Lithaire n°1

- Insidieux

- L'eau dans l'eau

- Andererseits die Phantastik

- Hydrolith 2

- Alpine Phantoms on the fantastic lure of the mountains, edited by Neil Coombs

- Patricide n°2, Patricide n°3



Art Contests

2003 International Art Contest
 \  First Prize for Digital Art

2002 International Art Contest
 \  First Prize for Digital Art

International Digital Art
 \  IDAA\Melbourne, Australia, April 2002
3. place     8. place    11. place