Fanzineist Vienna Team
Project Director
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Deniz Beser
Beser is a visual artist, curator, and independent publisher based in Vienna and Istanbul. He earned his BA in Ceramics and Glass Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and pursued studies in Painting at the University of Seville in Spain.
Beser is the founder and director of Open Studio Days İstanbul (@openstudiodays) and Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, key platforms fostering alternative artistic expressions and independent publishing. Additionally, he is the co-founder of Heyt be! Fanzin (@heytbefanzin), a collective exploring the intersection of print culture and contemporary art, and the co-founder & president of Analog Dialog, a Vienna-based art association that initiates experimental projects within the city’s independent art scene.
Art Director – Graphic, Booklet & Poster Design
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Evi Pribyl
Evi Pribyl is an Art Director at Das Rund, currently based in Vienna, Austria. She holds a degree from Kunstuniversität Linz and has established herself as a creative professional with a passion for art and design.
Evi brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role, contributing to the vibrant creative community both locally and beyond.
Intern – Coordination Assistant
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Agnes Stenqvist
Agnes Stenqvist is a writer and zinester from Malmö, Sweden. She’s currently studying International Cultral Project Manager at Kulturverkstan in Gothenburg.
She writes short stories and novel about the contemporary urban and about the female grotesque. Besides writing she is the co creator and editor of Virgin zine.
Video Documentation
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Samantha Pyra
Samantha Pyra is a filmmaker and artist from New York, now based in Vienna. With many years experience in narrative and short form film both with camera and editing, but now also divides her time for digital-free expressions in drawing and painting. She is a hobby and crafting enthusiast, always eagerly trying new things.
Fair Volunteer
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Rana Karahan
Rana Karahan is an artist based in Istanbul and Vienna, currently studying painting at MSGSU and interning at Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in Daniel Richter’s studio. Working across painting, installation, video, sculpture, and independent publishing, her multidisciplinary practice includes fanzines and artist books, focusing on human, nature, and time. She has collaborated with different collectives and participated in exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.
Fair Volunteer
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Liam Brackman
Zine enthusiast living in Vienna, excited about the opportunity to support alternative and community based art.
Sound & Technic
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Jakob Stumpf
A decade of recording, studio, and live work in and around Munich & Vienna, and for just as long I have also been working as a photographer and content creator.
My great passion is capturing, processing, and translating emotions in performances — the essence of art.
Fair Volunteer
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Volker Karle
Volker is a researcher at the institute of science and technology working on quantum theory. In his free time he enjoys music and the arts and is open to all kinds of adventures and events. At home he grows kombucha and ginger bug.
Fair Volunteer
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Hannah Mould
Hannah Mould is an interdisciplinary artist working across DJing, photography, and ceramics. Originally from Hong Kong with roots in London, now based in Vienna. With several years of experience in advertising across account management, she moves between creative practice and client-focused work.
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https://www.instagram.com/_hlm_hlm_hlm_/
Fair Volunteer
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Christine Ebner
Christine Ebner is a Vienna-based artist, social and cultural anthropologist and educator. Her multidisciplinary work explores process and the in-between across media such as text, books, journals, large-scale painting, and generative AI. She is currently engaged in a deep exploration of emptiness as a form of presence. Which means, yes—she’s thinking about nothing. A lot.
Coordination Assistant
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Orcun Tan
Orcun Tan is a Coordination and PR Assistant, as well as a Corporate Communication Practitioner, with over 5 years of experience in the PR and media sectors in Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Tan has contributed to numerous communication and social media campaigns, including Open Studio Days in Istanbul and Underground Art in Manchester.
Fair Volunteer
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Francesca Barbara
Francesca Barbara is a creative from Italy, currently based in Vienna and pursuing a Master’s degree in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures.
Working across photography, video-making, poetry and painting, her projects move between different forms and mediums. She approaches the world as an ongoing inner exploration, navigating it while continuously reinventing herselves.
Fair Volunteer
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Caroline Friedman
Caroline is an archivist and zine enthusiast originally from Los Angeles. She’s especially interested in cultural heritage, memory, and preservation. She holds a BA in Art History and MA in Library Science from UCLA. She has previously worked in museums and libraries. She loves drawing, ceramics, tennis and watching movies.
Fair Volunteer
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Alyssa Africa
Alyssa is a creative working at the intersection of design, coffee, and community. She runs Sspace Coffee in the Philippines, a café shaped around bringing people together and giving creatives a place to meet, share, and make things. Her work explores the overlap between everyday life and art, often through tactile and self-published formats. She’s interested in building spaces where people, ideas, and culture naturally come together.
Fair Volunteer
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Salvatore Giommarresi
He is a comics author, illustrator, He’s a member and editor of the collective Cabin Boy Studio.
His work draws inspiration from a variety of different sources and especially from what he experiences first-hand during his travels around the world. He likes experimenting new ways to apply traditional techniques such as origami to his art.
His pieces have been exhibited in Italy, Spain, Mozambique, France, Vietnam, U.S.A., and Albania.
Fair Volunteer
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Gabriela Dorantes
A creative from Mexico based in Dornbirn, Austria. She works across writing, zine-making, and collage, embracing both experimentation and storytelling.
Her practice is shaped by curiosity and lived experience, often exploring personal and collective narratives through handmade and visual formats.
As a workshop facilitator, she creates spaces for reflection and connection where creativity and self-expression unfold in community.
Fair Volunteer
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Danae Magurno
Danae is a Milan-based account manager, currently studying graphic design and visual communication. She has contributed in writing for independent magazines and is now developing an independent zine exploring cultural identity. She is passionate about independent publishing, storytelling, and creative communities.
Fair Volunteer
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Damjana Vidicheska
Damjana Vidicheska is a Macedonian poet, writer, translator, editor, and activist currently based in Vienna. She writes in Macedonian, English, and German, and her work explores body autonomy, language, identity, and belonging through Balkan and transnational perspectives. A Fulbright alumna, she holds an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri and is currently pursuing a second Master’s degree in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at the University of Vienna. In her free time, she enjoys true crime documentaries and swimming in any body of water.