Tone Fink auf der Drawing Now, Paris 2020

Tone fink
Born on 1 January 1944 in Schwarzenberg in the state of
Vorarlberg in western Austria.
Anton ‘Tone’ Fink studied painting and graphics at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna between 1968 and 1973
under the expert guidance of professors Maximilian Melcher
and Max Weiler. In 1985 he became a founding member
of the Austrian animated film society ASIFA AUSTRIA.
He teaches at the international summer academy for fine arts in Salzburg and Traunkirchen
(in Upper Austria).
Today he lives and works in Vienna, Fussach (in Vorarlberg) and Schattendorf (in Burgenland in
eastern Austria).
Tone Fink is a graphic artist, painter, sculptor, performance artist and film maker – in other words
a respected artist and fictional persona all rolled into one. The scope of his work defies any
categorisation. .
This supremely talented artist, who originally hails from Vorarlberg in western Austria and who
studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, has worked across the full
spectrum of artistic media and techniques.
Drawing is the common thread that runs through Tone Fink’s work. His drawings are spontaneous
and unplanned, direct and immediate. They provide the mouthpiece for his creative passion and
source of inspiration for his performances and sculptures. Full of humour and irony, they give an
insight into the personal world of this highly spirited artist, whose abounding creativity and
imagination also finds expression in his love of word play and word creation.
His work never fails to surprise, thanks to the creativity of the shapes and structures and the
wonderful communicative quality which speaks directly to audiences and invites them in.
“Art is about rediscovering your childhood”
“The biggest and most fatal pitfall in art and also life itself is to rely on intellect
rather than intuition.”