About The Artist

ARTAVITA, art contest, Vorauswahl August 2015: Ingrid Knaus, Biography: Born in 1958 an today lives and works in Graz, Austria; received her degree in German Literature an Art History in 1993 from the Karl-Franzenz-University in Graz;. Her works has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Austria and abroad; Awards for her paintings: 2012: „Grand Prix Europeo Abrecht Dürer“, L’Accademia Il Marzocco di Firenze; 2013: Jean Siméon Chardin; 2013: Georges de LaTour; 2014: Premio Galileio Galilei, 2015: „pace, progresso, umanitá“, 2015: nature, art, design; 2016; Memoria, Ragione e Fede, 2017, La Fiamma dell'Arte, from Accademia int. Gent. Il Marzocco, Firenze; 2018: Magnifique Trofée, from Accademia Culturale iIl Marzocco; and other awards in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 from Accademia Culturale Il Marzocco, Firenze;