Anna Kohlweis, born 1984 in Klagenfurt, Austria, lives and works as a multimedia artist, music producer, songwriter, illustrator, singer and performer in Vienna. Musically active as Paper Bird (2006-2012) and Squalloscope (2012 to present), she released five solo albums through Seayou Records and since 2017 also on the US label Fake Four.
Kohlweis studied contextual painting in Ashley Hans Scheirl's class at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and has since completed performances and artist residencies in Europe and the US as a musician and visual artist. Kohlweis' work combines visual art, illustration, and complex, text-heavy pop music, always insisting on a curious interdisciplinarity, artistic intimacy, and emotional intensity.