Master Florists

Manuel Bender

Austria

BIOGRAPHY

Behind manuel_plants is an artist, plant lover, and creative mind with a special eye for the interplay of nature, color, and form.

What began as a passion for plants developed over the years into its own visual language:

organic | attention to detail | always in dialogue with nature.

My work blends aesthetics with a sense of calm and vitality inspired by nature, architecture, and the perfect | imperfect.

Works emerge that invite you to observe, pause, and discover.

 

PHILOSOPHY

When nature becomes art and begins to feel alive | surreal | almost celestial

Reassembling botanical material into new - surreal forms

Slight wind brings movement that can be observed in the sculptures

A dance of nature | lines | light

 

AWARDS

EDUCATION

• 2026 master florist training [expected graduation 2027]

• 2020 horticultural school - specification floristry

• 2025 art - seminar with stephan ehrenhofer

ACHIEVEMENTS & HIGHLIGHTS

• to date seminar speaker - floristry related

• to date floristry freelancer

• 2024 gold medal world skills [lyon_france]

• 2024 gold medal world skills challenge [melbourne_australia]

• 2023 gold medal austrian skills [wels_austria]

EXHIBITIONS

• 2026 upside down [wien|vienna_austria] group exhibition at toolip art gallery

• 2025 wahnsinnig schön [graz_austria] collabaration with naturwertstatt

• 2025 uvp [fürstenfeld_austria] collabaration with stephan ehrenhofer & ́im glashaus ́

• 2024 gräser & mehr [pischelsdorf_austria] collabaration with naturwertstatt

 

WEBPAGE

https://manuelplants.com/