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Enzo Cucchi

* 1949 in Morro d’Alba/ Ancona, Italy lives in Rome and Ancona, Italy The Italian painter and sculptor Enzo Cucchi is regarded as one of the leading exponents of “Transavanguardia”, a group of Italian artists, who, in the 1970s and 1980s, and in contrast to the rigour of the Arte Povera movement’s post-minimalism, used classical painting

Gina Czarnecki

* 1965 Immingham, Great Britainlives in Liverpool, Great Britain Gina Czarnecki’s work sits at the intersection of art, design, science and technology and is realised in a diverse and often unconventional range of media. Throughout her career, she has developed her practice experimenting with hybrids of art, cultural innovation, future concepts, experiences and new technologies

Andreas Angelidakis

Santiago Sierra

* 1966 in Madrid, Spain, livest in Madrid After graduating in Fine Arts at Madrid’s Complutense University, Santiago Sierra completed his artistic training in Hamburg, where he studied under professors F. E. Walter, S. Brown and B. J. Blume. His beginnings are linked to alternative art circuits in the capital of

Alan Sonfist

*1946 in New York City, USAlives in New York City, USA Alan Sonfist is a painter, photographer and Land Art artist and is considered one of the pioneers of the Earth Art movement. After growing up in the South Bronx of NYC near Hemlock Forest, which later became a major inspiration for his art, Sonfist

Sigrún Ólafsdóttir

* 1963 in Reykjavík, Iceland lives in Saarbrücken, Germany Sigrún Ólafsdóttir studied sculpture at the Myndlista og Handíðaskóli Íslands in Reykjavík, Iceland and continued her studies in Fine Arts/Sculpture with Wolfgang Nestler at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in Saarbrücken. The artist’s main media are drawing and sculpture; pimary motifs are the dynamics and

Shaarbek Amankul

* 1959 in Bishkek, Kyrgystan; lives and works in Bishkek Shaarbek Amankul is one of the leading Kyrgyz artist behind the current emergence of Central Asian contemporary art, and this in a variety of media. His artistic work combines conceptual approaches with deep connections to traditional, local customs and practices the he is able to

A. Laurie Palmer

*1958 in Albany, New York, USA; lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA A. Laurie Palmer is an artist and writer. Her work is concerned with exploring the nature of matters and mineral resources. Her explorations are expressed in public projects, texts, sculptures, installations and research-based projects, with a special focus on questions