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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

Sokari Douglas Camp

* 1958 in Buguma, Nigerialives in London, Great Britain Sokari Douglas Camp studied fine art at Central School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London. She has represented Britain and Nigeria in National exhibitions and has had more than 40 solo shows worldwide. Her public artworks include „Battle Bus: Living

Jimmie Durham

* 1940 in USA† 2021 in Berlin, Germany Jimmie Durham war Artist, Poet, Author and activist. His first contact with art took place in the 1960s in the environment of progressive African Americans in Texas. In 1968, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1973 he returns to the USA

Ayşe Erkmen

* 1949 in Istanbul, Turkeylives in Berlin und Istanbul Based on the social and physical environment from which they arise , Erkmen’s projects intervene with and transpose an existing structure/situation, often creating ambiguous spaces by intertwining life and art in her works and slightly transposing or re-routing everyday spaces, objects, situations and relationships. Ayşe Erkmen’s

Mary Evans

* 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria;lives in London, UK Mary Evans studied at Goldsmiths College, London, and the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. Evans has taken part in several exhibitions in the UK and Internationally including selected solo and group exhibitions: 5 Continents and 1 City, Museum of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000; A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad,

Roland Fischer

* 1958 in Saarbrücken, Germany lives in Munich and Beijing Roland Fischer is one of the key figures of German contemporary photographic art; starting in 1980, he was one of the first young German photographers to experiment with large-format portraits, and, with that, conferred upon photography a new and vivid pictorial quality. His themes are people and

FLATZ

* 1952 Dornbirn, Austrialives in Munich FLATZ (Wolfgang Flatz) is performance artist, stage designer, musician, and composer. After an education in gold and silversmithing in Feldkirch / Austria (1967-1971) he studied metal design at the HTBL in Graz / Austria (1971-1974) and goldsmithing and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1975-1981 )

Achim Freyer

* 1934 in Berlin, Germanylives in Berlin Achim Freyer, changed his career after an apprenticeship as a painter to become engaged in theatre where he became a student of Bertolt Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble. In his early years, he was working as a set and costume designer until he moved to West Berlin

Martin Frommelt

* 1933 in Schaan, Liechtensteinlives in Schaan, Liechtenstein Martin Frommelt is a painter, sculptor and printmaker. Whilst initially representational, his work developed progressively towards abstraction. Alongside painting, Frommelt has, since the 1950s, been intensively addressing the issue of integrating art into architecture and public space, all the while connecting historical epochs with contemporary architectural discourse. Amongst

Paul Fuchs

* 1936 in Munich, Germanylives in Boccheggiano/ Montieri, Italy Paul Fuchs is a sculptor, sound artist and musician. After training as an ornamental and structural fitter, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich; parallel to his work in this medium, Fuchs has concentrated increasingly on making experimental music since 1967. Together with

Justine Gaga

* 1974 in Douala, Cameroon lives in Douala, Cameroon Justine Gaga works interdisciplinary with different media, ranging from sculpture and installation to painting, performance and video. Her artistic education is characterized by her work in various artist studios and workshops in Cameroon: in the studio Viking Doula with Viking Kamganyang, at Spider in Yaounde with

Jochen Gerz

* 1940 born in Berlin, Germanylives in Derryquin, Ireland Jochen Gerz lived in Paris from 1966 to 2007, and is based today in Ireland. From 1959 to 1963 he studied Literature, Sinology and Prehistory in Cologne, Basel and London. Gerz has been working with new media since the late 1960s. After initial performances in public space,