KATJA ROBOTKA

Born Vienna, 1970 Katharina Svejkovsky. Studied journalism and ethnology, graduated 1996. Worked as journalist, newsreader, waitress, saleswoman and barmaid. Currently working in public relations. Designed covers for vinyl records and has been painting since the age of 10. Married since 2001.
Likes the works of Pierre et Gilles, James Marsh, David LaChapelle, El Lissitzky, Kurt Schwitters, Rudi Gernreich, Neue Slowenische Kunst; books by Arthur Machen, Arkadi & Boris Strugatzky, Jonathan Carroll, Haruki Murakami, Boris Vian; music of Coil, Lamb, Björk, Current 93, Tori Amos, It's Immaterial, Martyn Bates, Marc Almond.