A queer and silly person
Hi! My name is Cleo Rinofner, the person behind polterink. A lifelong weirdo with too much imagination and too little time. In some ways, still that same kid that first picked up a pencil and started drawing. In some ways, far too lost in the bitterness of adulthood. But always ready to return to pen and paper and lose themself in their own worlds.
Currently, I haunt the lovely city of Graz in Styria, Austria. You know, the little European country everybody mistakes for Australia. We are the ones with Mozart and Schnitzel, not kangaroos and Steve Irving. – Verdammt noch a mal!
Always Dreaming, Always imagining
But ultimately, I’m most at home in my own imagination. Conjuring up fantastical worlds inhabited by strange and beautiful creatures and people. And my humble goal in life and career as an artist is to share as much as I can of these worlds. Or help others bring to life their own imagined worlds.
I want to make life just a bit more wondrous and strange. Additionally, I want to create space and community for those of us who refuse to give up our dreaming, wandering imaginations. Which feels ever harder in a world getting increasingly hostile to them. But I believe they are a core essence of our very humanity and we should fight for them, tooth and nail.
Some things that inspire me
