Last month I had the opportunity to exhibit at the international contemporary art fair “Art Innsbruck 2021” as I was represented by Van Gogh Gallery in Madrid. This was a totally new experience for me that definitely taught me a lot of things along the way! This was also the first time that I had to ship paintings abroad, so the learning started from building a box – to packing it properly – to finding out how to deal with the actual shipping. Let’s just summarize that and say that the last one mentioned is something I will be doing very differently next time. Somehow a big box of almost 1x1 m and 20 kg got lost somewhere along the road in Germany. After a lot of calls and nail-biting I could finally breathe out again over a month later when receiving the confirmation that the paintings had arrived safely to the gallery! Somehow my gut was telling me that things were going to be okay despite the hassle. As they turned out to be. I am definitely grateful for this experience and next time I truly hope I will be able to be present at the fair as well, as my schedule was a little bit too packed to make it work. There seemed to be so much art to look at, I’m sure I would’ve been stuffed with inspiration and met so many amazing artists.