Susanne Guzei-Taschner, born in Vienna in 1953, studied graphic design at the University of Applied Arts and continued her education with a scholarship abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. A member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus since 1980, she worked for the ORF until 1995 and founded the Mandala Center in Lower Austria in 2002. She is an interdisciplinary artist who works as a painter and textile object artist. Her works, which include collages made of fabrics, jute, nets, driftwood and stones, are characterized by their plasticity and joy of experimentation. Inspired by her travels and the art of indigenous peoples, her works reflect a universal language that connects the viewer to deeper levels of being. Guzei-Taschner lives and works in Gänserndorf.