Born in Austria, Valentin Oman started his artistic training at today's University of Applied Arts in Vienna and attended the master class of Hilda Schmid-Jesser (1894-1986), between 1958 and 1962. In 1963 he took a special course in printing under Riko Debenjak (1908-1987) in Ljubljana.

Oman is a representative of early avant-garde art in Kärnten and has focused on ecclesiastical art. The human being is a central motif of his artistic output. His figures often appear in fragments or even dissolve in an undefined haze. His works are complex and often re-worked by the artist, in order to emphasize the feeling of depth.

Valentin Oman is an Honorary Doctor of the Universität Klagenfur...