Dominik Scharfer (b. 1995, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria) empowers a figurative interpretation of dreams, prohibitions, experiences, and social conventions. The pictorial media adopted by the artist involve acrylic lacquers, cold enamels and sculptural details that protrude from the canvas. Since distortion and memory are always inextricably linked to youthful recollection, Scharfer's artistic research revolves around the evocation of these impulses and how they echo in the reflections of adulthood.

Dominik Scharfer's paintings are also not only material and medial shapeshifters, but function as verbatim gatekeepers of numerous realities: Painting seamlessly merges with sculpture, comedy with tragedy, subconsciousness with consciousness. As personal humour, madness, and distortion are always inextricably linked with childhood experience, Dominik Scharfer's practice arises from mentally recollecting these stimuli and microwaving them into diaphasic reflections of the noema of the latest generation of artists. The artist unfolds manifestations of everyday experiences that invade our physical, psychological and emotional space. By appropriating materials with high recall value from our realm, the works meet us halfway through their sculptural elaboration. It thus takes no effort to imagine that all these depictions awaken to life as soon as one turns their back on them, quietly transforming the gallery into the coolest yet scariest club in town.