Peter Kapeller was forced to abandon his studies and his planned career in sanitary system engineering following a severe mental health crisis. Austrian social services housed him in a tiny shared flat in Vienna, with the bare minimum of furniture: a bed, a cupboard, a shelf, and a table. “I draw in my ghetto”, he explains. He feels freer during the quiet hours of darkness, spending his time meditating and reminiscing. The books he has read and his past studies combine to create a rich source for his art. He slowly builds up his drawings, whose richly striking power draws on their dual nature, part notebook, part diary. Some of his works take the form of letters of protest to various administrative bodies. An exhibition was recently devoted to his work at the prestigious Haus der Kunst in Munich.

• abcd Collection, Montreuil (France)
• The Museum of Everything, Londres (Angleterre)
• Treger Saint Silvestre Collection (Portugal)

• Arte bruta, terra incognita, catalogue d’exposition, (collection Treger-Saint Silvestre Lisbonne, 20 Avril 2012 au 23 Septembre 2012 à la Fondation Arpad-Szenses – Viera Da Silva), textes de Christian Berst, Marina Bairrao Ruivo, Antonio Saint Silvestre, Paris, lelivredart, 2012.   
• Florian Reese, "Protest P.K., Florian Reese introduces Peter Kapeller, the winner of the 2011 EUWARD", in Raw Vision #74, winter 2011.
  
• Rentrée hors-les-normes, découvertes & nouvelles acquisitions 2011 (catalogue d’exposition, galerie christian berst, 10 au 28 sept. 2011), Paris, galerie christian berst, 2011.

• Euwrad5, catalogue d'exposition (19/11/2010 - 09/01/2011, à la Haus der Kunst, Munich), textes de Emilia Müller, Markus Rückert, Klaus Mecherlein, Angelica Bäumer et Nina Schröder, Munich, Augustinum stiftung, 2010.