Ines Kaufmann’s (1996, carinthia) is currently studying at the Academy of the Fine Arts in the class Image/Space Expansion by Daniel Richter. Her work moves fluidly between figurative and abstract forms, using playful color compositions and evocative body language to explore the individual within the collective. Her art creates encounters that merge eroticism with mythical natural origins, and her figures embody contrasts purity versus dirtiness, tenderness versus dynamic structure. Kaufmann’s pieces invite closeness and connection,blurring boundaries between self and other. Kaufmann captures humanity’s relationship with nature, reflecting a commitment to inclusivity by engaging audiences in the universal aspects of human gesture and natural form.