HANNES ROSSBACHER born in Pöls near Judenburg. After studying at the advertising academy in Vienna, he worked for decades as a freelance graphic designer and art director for domestic and international advertising agencies. He also designed covers and animated films for artists such as Falco, Wolfgang Ambros, Georg Danzer, Günter Mokesch and Joesi Prokopetz, was art director for fashion fairs, lighting designer and co-founder of a recording studio. Since the turn of the millennium, he has dedicated himself to his Pop Art. EXHIBITIONS Frankfurt, Berlin, Gothenburg, Kunstfarbrik Pielachtal, Crowne Plaza Vienna, Christie's Vienna, Vienna Exhibition Centre, Schloss Wilhelminenberg, Salzburg, Galerie 5-art Vienna, SAP Vienna Klosterneuburg, Hong Kong, Expo Shanghai, Wasserturm Vienna, Orangerie Schönbrunn Vienna, Vienna Art West, Loisium Ehrenhausen, ORF Landesstudio Graz, Galerie BelleArTi Vienna, Gerberhaus Fehring, Aloft Munich, Kunsthaus Köflach, Styria Media Centre Graz, Stadtgalerie Knittelfeld, Gemeindegalerie Söding, BVK-Galerie im Schloss Schönbrunn et al.a. AWARDS Cultural Council and recipient of the Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria; member of the Professional Association of Austrian Visual Artists