Gabriel Holzner was born in 1983 in a small town in Bavaria and studied communication design in Augsburg (Ger) and illustration, printmaking, and textile design in Kingston (Jam). After his graduation with honors in 2009 he moved on to work as a freelance illustrator and designer for 10 years. Since 2020 he has been focussing on his personal art practice with successful solo exhibitions in Munich, print edition releases, collaborations, and his first residency at Pada Studios in Portugal in 2023 and Cape Town Art Residency in December 2023