Parinaz mogadassi biography of albert

Parinaz: Flo, you’re in New York and I’m in London, so let me get right to it. Here is question number one...

you have a background in architecture, so how did you transition to painting?

Florian: I was very lazy in secondary school, I never thought I would continue my studies in any meaningful way.

Parinaz mogadassi biography of albert

I tried a few different lines of work, applying to be a construction draughtsman and survey technician. After disastrous interviews, it’s needless to say that I didn’t get the roles. Then I apprenticed as a house painter, but a week into a lacklustre job, I realised the best path forward was to pursue a university degree.

I was able to get a place on an architecture program at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, and it was while I was there studying under a professor called Nikolaus Bienefeld, who I still speak to today, I had a bit of a breakthrough moment.

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