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Bjørn Melhus

* 1966 in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germanylives in Berlin, Germany Bjørn Melhus, born 1966, is a German-Norwegian media artist. In his work he has developed a singular position, expanding the possibilities for a critical reception of cinema and television. His practice of fragmentation, destruction, and reconstitution of well-known figures, topics, and strategies of the mass

Olaf Metzel

* 1952 in Berlin, Germany; lives in Munich Olaf Metzel studied at the Freie Universität and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. From 1990-2019 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (partly as rector). In addition to numerous solo exhibitions in Germany and abroad, he participated in documenta 8 and

Mega Mingiedi Tunga

* 1976 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congolives in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Mega Mingiedi Tunga studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa and at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratif in Strasbourg and is co-founder of “EZA-POSSIBLES”, an art collective of various disciplines in Kinshasa. Mega Mingiedi Tunga mainly works with

Carlos Motta

*1978 in Bogotà, Colombia;lives in New York, USA Carlos Motta received a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in 2001 and an MFA from Bard College in 2003. His multi-disciplinary art practice explores alternative narratives regarding marginalized communities and identities in the context of social and political histories. His work manifests a variety of

Leo Leander Namislow

* 1983 in Essen, Germanylives in Essen The trained stonemason Leo Leander Namislow moves freely between the genres of sculpture and painting. Namislow’s visual language has its origins in street art, especially in graffiti art. The spectrum of his pictorial expression is correspondingly extensive. A frequently recurring stylistic device is the outline, which refers not

NEPAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS/ SIRJANA COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, Kathmandu, Nepal

2024 Lalkaji Lama, Saurganga Darshandhari, Samjhana Rajbhandari, Sanish Kumar Shakya Four artists from Kathmandu/Nepal invited by the STOA169 Foundation have come together for a joint project that deals with the complex issue of climate change. Their joint work for touches on themes such as traditional rituals, migration and the visibility of the latest technological

Ocean Sole

Ocean Sole is a social enterprise that turns washed up flip flops into colourful and fun art pieces to promote ocean conservation and spread awareness about pollution. Alongside this Ocean Sole positively impacts over a 1,000 Kenyans through the collection of flip-flops and direct employment. Ocean Sole provides steady income to nearly 100 low-income Kenyans

Markus Oehlen

* 1956 in Krefeld, Germanylives in Munich Markus Oehlen studied under Professor Alfonso Hüppi at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1976 to 1983. From 1976 to 1979 he was a DJ in Düsseldorf’s Ratinger Hof, and he played drums for the band Mittagspause, which he also cofounded. He has lectured as a professor at the Academy

Nnenna Okore

* 1975 in Canberra, Australia, lives in Chicago, USA Born in Australia and raised in Nigeria. After studying painting at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Nnenna Okore pursued advanced studies in sculpture at the University of Iowa. Nnenna Okore has received international acclaim for her richly textured fiber art sculptures and installations. Known for

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

James Gregory Orsto

* 1983 in Darwin, Australialives in Darwin, Australia James Gregory Orsto is a talented Tiwi emerging artist. Both his personal life and artistic development are entwined in a well known and respected lignage of Tiwi artists: starting with his grand mother, the revered Jean Baptiste Apuatimi and his grand Father Declan Apuatimi; then his acclaimed

Mimmo Paladino

* 1948 in Paduli, Italylives in Milan and Benevent, Italy Mimmo Paladino is one of the main representatives of TRANSAVANTGUARDIA and Arte Cifra , an Italian variant of the “Neue Wilde“. From 1964 to 1968, Paladino studied painting at the Liceo Artistico in Benevento, Italy. Shaped by the formal language of TRANSAVANTGUARDIA, Paladino increasingly turned to