Walter Stahl was born and grew up in North Germany/Hamburg and was fortunate enough to have been practicing and making visual art continuously since his childhood.
Underlying interests and drivers for Walter's compulsion to keep making art are:
Universal, joyous love and fascination for Life and a love/hate relationship with Humans and their activities, philosophy, quantum physics, evolutionary biology and Zivilisationskritik.
Since moving to and living in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1998, another two major aspects have gained momentum in Stahl's practice: Living and working within the polarity of being a naïve tourist and detached ethnographer of his adopted home, Croqland*.
Favourite subject matter: Landscape, Insects, feathers, seeds, things that are lying around, left for dead, cars, Croqland*.
Favourite media/materials: Paper (old), camera, scanner, black ink, maps.
Since finishing formal qualifications in 2001, Walter has maintained an independent artistic studio practice.
His photo-media art has won a number of state and national art awards and his held in public, private and corporate collections in Australia and Germany.
* "Croqland" is not it's real name, but was used to protect the identity of Stahl's adopted homeland.
To find out more about the Myths and Ledgend of Croqland, pls visit:
WalterStahl.net, @waltered.states [IG] or @WalteredStatesArt [fb]
2007 Walter Stahl and Renata Buziak, Joel Fine Art, Brisbane
2007 Forces of Nature, groupshow, Matthew Flinders Gallery, Bribie Island
2006 Neo Eco, group show, Redland Bay Gallery, Sept., 1st Qld Fest. of Photography
Collections
City of Perth, WA; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld; Moreton Bay Shire, Qld; Pitcher Partners, Sydney, NSW; KPMG Brisbane, Qld; priv. Coll. Australia and Germany