Born in Austin, Texas to German parents, Halona Hilbertz moved to Munich, Germany, at eight years of age. She spent her teenage years in Düsseldorf and later studied Painting and Performance Art at Hochschule der Bildenden Kuenste Saar in Saarbrücken - in that part of Europe that could never quite decide if it was German or French - and at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada. Now living in Brooklyn, Halona pursues art and music while taking care of her family, animals, plants, homes, an art salon, and her job. Halona’s work has been included in group and solo shows in the U.S., Europe, the U.A.E., China, and Canada. Her art examines empathy; life as it goes hand in hand with death; spiritual connection with the natural world; and humankind’s grappling with its own destructive tendencies. She likes to employ a wide variety of media, concentrating in recent years on making wall objects and paper collages. Halona co-founded Full Tank, an all-female experim...