ABOUT STYGISK

AT THE END OF 2021, I DISCOVERED MY PASSION FOR PAINTING AND DRAWING EXTINCT CREATURES - AN INTEREST THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF STYGISK. WHAT STARTED AS A SIMPLE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT SOON GREW INTO A DEEPLY ROOTED ARTISTIC FOCUS. SINCE THEN, MY FASCINATION WITH PALEOART HAS STEADILY INTENSIFIED, AND I NOW DEDICATE NEARLY ALL OF MY CREATIVE WORK TO THIS FIELD.

RECONSTRUCTING LONG-LOST ANIMALS IGNITED A DEEPER ARTISTIC PASSION IN ME THAN ANY SUBJECT BEFORE, INSPIRING ME TO BRING THESE CREATURES BACK TO LIFE THROUGH BRUSH AND COLOR.

ABOUT PIA

MY NAME IS PIA, AND MY ARTISTIC JOURNEY BEGAN IN MY YOUTH, WHEN I FIRST IMMERSED MYSELF INTENSIVELY IN PAINTING AND DRAWING. IN 2010, MY FOCUS SHIFTED PARTICULARLY TOWARD DRAWING AND GRAPHIC ART, WHICH LED ME TO PURSUE SELF-DIRECTED STUDIES IN THESE AREAS. FROM 2011 TO 2012, I ATTENDED A PAINTING COURSE TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS TECHNIQUES, CONCENTRATING PRIMARILY ON WATERCOLOR. OVER TIME, MY INTEREST IN ACRYLIC PAINTING ALSO GREW, GRADUALLY EXPANDING THE RANGE OF MEDIA AND STYLES I EXPLORED.

IN 2019, I BEGAN A COMPREHENSIVE FORMAL STUDY PROGRAM IN PAINTING AND GRAPHIC ARTS, WHICH I SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH A DIPLOMA IN MARCH 2022. DURING THIS PERIOD, I ENCOUNTERED PALEOART FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ARTIST CV

1997
BORN IN NRW, GERMANY

2011–2012
PAINTING COURSES AT MALSCHULE RAPHAEL

2019–2022
DEGREE PROGRAM IN PAINTING AND GRAPHICS AT IBKK – DESIGN- UND KUNSTZENTRUM BOCHUM, GERMANY, GRADUATED WITH A DIPLOMA (FINAL DIPLOMA EXAMINATION EVALUATED BY PROF. DR. QI YANG)

SINCE 2021
FOCUS ON THE FIELD OF PALEOART

FEB – MAR 2025
VIRTUAL PALEOART GROUP EXHIBITION

MAY – JUN 2025
VIRTUAL PALEOART GROUP EXHIBITION

2025
INCREASED FOCUS ON COMMISSIONED WORK