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Ovadia Alkara

* 1939 Daliat-El-Carmel, Israel; lives in Ein Hod (Israel) und Duesseldorf Born in 1939 in the Druze village Daliat-El-Carmel, Israel, Ovadia Alkara came to the Artist Village Ein Hod at the age of seventeen. Here he studied stone carving with the sculptor Rudi Lehmann (1955-1958). In Ein Hod he became familiar with modern art through

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

Joana Vasconcelos

*1971 in Paris, France lives in Lisboa, Portugal Joana Vasconcelos has exhibited regularly since the mid-1990s. Her work became known internationally after her participation in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, with the work A Noiva [The Bride] (2001-05). She was the first woman and the youngest artist to exhibit at the Palace of Versailles,

Katharina Sieverding

* 1944 in Prague, Czech Republic, lives in Duesseldorf und Berlin, Germany Katharina Sieverding studied at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts in 1963/64, from 1964 to 1967 she was in the class of Teo Otto at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. During this time she was involved in several theatre productions as a stage

Dani Karavan

* 1930 in Tel Aviv, Israel † 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel Dani Karavan was born in Tel Aviv in 1930, son of Abraham and Zehava Karavan, both pioneers who immigrated to Israel in 1920. Abraham was the chief landscape architect of the city of Tel Aviv from the early ‘40s to the late ‘60s.

Maheatete Huhina

* 1978 in Puama‘u on the island of Hiva‘oa, Te Fenua ‘Enata (Marquesas Islands), French Polynesialives and works in Nahoe, Hiva‘oa, French Polynesia Since his childhood, inspired by his grandfather, sculptor from Puama‘u, Maheatete Teu‘utapu wanted to become a sculptor. Through his works he expresses himself as one of the successors of his ancestors, the

Sun Xun

* 1980 in Fuxing (Liaoning province) China; lives in Beijing, China Sun Xun graduated from the Printmaking Department of the China Academy of Art in 2005. In 2006 he established π Animation Studio. As a representative artist for Chinese new media art, he soon received recognition through domestic and international exhibitions and awards. His animation

Margaret Baragurra

Skin name: Kurrimarra * 1939 in Kalpirti, Australia † 2020 in Bidyadanga, Australia Margaret Baragurra was born in Kalpirti located in the Great Sandy Desert of W.A. Her people, the Yulparija, walked out of their traditional country in the early 1970s when their existence was threatened by a severe drought. Baragurra went with her family

Rebecca Horn

*1944 in Michelstadt, Germany † 2024 in Bad König im Odenwald, Germany Rebecca Horn studied at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg from 1963 onwards. In 1971 she went to the St. Martin’s School of Art in London with the support of a DAAD scholarship and lived in New York from 1972 to 1981.

Yorgos Sapountzis

* 1976 in Athens, Greece lives in Berlin Yorgos Sapountzis’ multi-media work engages both public and private spaces, often taking as a starting point public monuments and everyday images, objects that represent some aspect of collective and personal memory. At the core of most of his works are sculptural installations using such materials as aluminium

Paul Schwer in collaboration with Saskia Tamara Kaiser

* 1951 in Hornberg/ Black Forrest, Germany, lives in Ratingen and Duesseldorf, Germany / * 1994 in Dorsten – Recklinghausen, lives in Duesseldorf Paul Schwer, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1981-1988 and was a master student of Prof. Heerich. At the same time, Schwer worked as a child and adolescent psychiatrist until

Nikolaus Lang

* 1941 in Oberammergau, Germany † 2022 in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany Nikolaus Lang belongs to the group of so-called „Spurensicherer“ (trackers). After training at the carving school in Oberammergau, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1960 onwards. A scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) took him to