CHRISTIAN ACHENBACH
Christian Achenbach (b. 1978, Siegen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin, where he studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin under Burkhardt Held, Daniel Richter, and Anselm Reyle from 2001 to 2006. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Achenbach’s work masterfully embodies the ever-present influence of natural elements. Through paintings filled with trees, waterfalls, and hills, viewers are transported to lush, vibrant landscapes. Meanwhile, his glass sculptures evoke organic forms like coral, further blurring the line between the natural and the abstract. Using vivi...
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MONIRA AL QADIRI
Monira Al Qadiri (b. 1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Spanning sculpture, installation, film, and performance, Al Qadiri’s multifaceted practice is based on research into the cultural histories of the Gulf region. Her interpretation of the Gulf’s so-called “petro-culture” is manifested through speculative scenarios that take inspiration from science fiction, autobiography, traditional practices, and pop culture, resulting in uncanny and covertly subversive works that destabilize mythologies of statecraft and modernization as well as traditional notions of gender. Tracing the delicate ecologies threate...
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ARJEN
Arjen lives and works in the Netherlands. He is a self-taught artist who studied violin and became a professor at the Conservatory of Utrecht. Simultaneously Arjen kept painting and sketching while searching for his own visual language. He is drawn to the work of earlier modern painters like Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, as well as the ethnographic sources that inspired them. Arjen’s paintings are filled with surreal and often absurd imagery, which depict a turbulent assortment of feelings, emotions, and personalities. He searches for the fundamental principles behind different styles, as a method of pictorial analysis to then employ in...
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BIJANKA BACIC
Bijanka Bacic (b. 1997) is an Australian artist currently based in London. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the National Art School in Australia in 2018 and subsequently completed her MA in Painting from the Royal College of Arts, UK, in 2023.
Bijanka has exhibited extensively both within Australia and Internationally, including a group show with OHSH Projects London and a solo show at the CICA Museum South Korea. She has been a finalist in numerous art prizes and awards, such as the Fish Ghost Award, VAO UK and International Emerging Award, Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, and Clifton Art Prize.
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JULIA BELIAEVA
Julia Beliaeva (b. 1988 in the Haisyn Vinnytsia region, Ukraine) graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design, named after Mykhailo Boychuk. Using the latest technologies (3D scanning, 3D modeling, 3D printing, and virtual reality), she turns to rethinking tradition and traditional media in an ever-changing virtualized world. She is interested in how technology affects us and our consciousness, as well as how the new technology can make sense and update traditional media. In particular, Julia works a lot with porcelain, which allows her to reflect on the heritage and lost traditions through a combination...
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ARMIN BOEHM
Armin Boehm (b. 1972 in Aachen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He is known for his vibrant and surreal depictions of hedonistic urban life. Both cryptic and unfathomable, grotesque and nightmarish, his dystopian paintings invite viewers into an eerie yet somehow familiar underworld. Populated by fragmented characters – real and imagined – these visions delve into the psyche and the unconscious, reflecting the turmoil of dreams and repressed fears. Boehm's approach extends beyond traditional painting techniques. He incorporates collages with patches of fabric, creating a second skin that adds depth and texture to his work. This method ...
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ESRA GÜLMEN
Esra Gülmen (b. 1986 in Istanbul) lives and works in Berlin. Gülmen has developed a playful, ironic practice by carving out and revealing “embedded notions” of social codes, and with it, torpedoing any vestige of the ideal in contemporary art. Text, image, and form operate democratically in Gülmen’s practice, which moves between painting and sculpture, translating the rawness of her reflections in an attempt to move as close as possible to “the Real.” Challenging oppressive forms, the fetishism of meaning, and the burden of reference, Gülmen calls on us to revisit our pieties regarding art and its functions.
Gülmen had her first inst...
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XENIA HAUSNER
Xenia Hausner (b. 1951 in Vienna, Austria) lives and works in Vienna and Berlin. She studied stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. From 1977 to 1992 she was a successful set designer for international theatre and opera productions. In 1992 Hausner began focusing exclusively on her painting practice. She is also a founding member of Women Without Borders.
Hausner‘s work has been shown in numerous museum solo and group exhibitions, such as at Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2023); Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway (2023); Art Contemporani, CC Andratx, Spain (2022); Franz Gertsc...
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ROBERT JANITZ
Robert Janitz (b. 1962 in Alsfeld, Germany) lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico. He studied Ethnology, Comparative Religion, Indology, and Art History at the Philipps University in Marburg, Germany.
Robert Janitz is known for his large abstract paintings for which he uses oil in combination with wax and flour on a monochrome background.
His works have been shown in many international solo and group exhibitions, amongst others in San Carlo, Cremona, Italy; Diego Rivera Museum Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico; the Sevil Dolmaci Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey; the Canada Gallery, New York City, USA; KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, Germany; ...
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JULIETTE MINCHIN
Juliette Minchin (b. 1992) lives in Paris, where she developed her sculpture, installation, video, and drawing practice. She graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in scenography and Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she stages her work using materials, light, smell, and sound.
“The use of natural materials (plaster, earth, wax or liquid) gives her sculptures an undeniably organic dimension, whose surface is close in its appearance of the skin. The repetition of the same gesture and the random evolution of the material gives them a processual aspect. Environmental and immersive, they finally include the viewer by ...
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ANSELM REYLE
Anselm Reyle (b. 1970 in Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Since 2009 the artist has held a position as a professor of Painting/Drawing at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
Anselm Reyle’s best-known works include his foil and stripe paintings as well as his sculptures. The characteristic of his artistic work is the use of various found objects that have been removed from their original function, altered visually, and recontextualized. Remnants of consumer society, discarded materials, symbols of urbanity, and industrial change play a centra...
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AYAKO ROKKAKU
Ayako Rokkaku (b. 1982 in Chiba, Japan) lives and works between Berlin, Porto, and Tokyo. Her artistic process involves an instinctive and performative approach, as she uses her bare hands to apply acrylic paint, translating the motion of her body onto the canvas. True to her distinctive technique, she moulds figures with the tips of her fingers, whether on canvas, through glass, or in bronze.
Rokkaku’s visual language seamlessly shifts between elusive abstract formations and figurative elements, drawing inspiration from the kawaii culture (Japanese for cute) and capturing the boundless imagination of a child. Rokkaku is known for he...
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HENNING STRASSBURGER
Henning Strassburger (b. 1983 in Meissen, Germany) explores the intersection of identity, mass media, and self-representation in the digital age. Known primarily for his colorful paintings, he has recently added figuration to his abstract practice. Strassburger’s works blend autobiographical elements with pop culture references, examining how identity is shaped by social media and consumer culture.
At the heart of his practice is Alphakenny, an alter ego representing a fictionalized version of the artist grappling with artistic and social expectations. This figure navigates the tensions between personal identity and self-promotion, en...
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JOANA VASCONCELOS
Joana Vasconcelos (b. 1971) is a Portuguese visual artist with a career spanning nearly 30 years and a huge variety of media. Recognised for her monumental sculptures and immersive installations, she decontextualises everyday objects and updates the arts and crafts concept for the 21st century, establishing a dialogue between the private sphere and public space, popular heritage, and high culture. With humor and irony, she questions the status of women, consumer society, and collective identity.
International acclaim arrived in 2005 with The Bride at the first Venice Biennale curated by women, where she has returned three times to dat...
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ERWIN WURM
Erwin Wurm (b. 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria) lives and works in Vienna. His oeuvre comprises sculptures, photography, video, performance, and painting. His works often involve everyday objects such as cars, houses, clothing, luxury bags, and food products, with which he ironically comments on consumerism and capitalist mass production. Wurm gained widespread popularity in the 1990s with his “One Minute Sculptures”. Museum pedestals are displayed and left devoid of any work, so that the audience can take the place of the sculpture for one minute, according to the artist’s whimsical instructions. With this ironic yet radical gesture, Wu...
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GUY YANAI
Guy Yanai (b. 1977 in Haifa, Israel) lives and works between Tel Aviv, Israel and Marseille, France.
Guy Yanai's paintings are characterized by bold colors, simplified shapes, and a flattened depth of field. In his work, the banal is reduced to geometric segments in a stripping away of references to the tangible world in favor of a visual experience that is more akin to digital imagery – drawing landscapes images from his wanderings around the globe, or French filmography scenes which he reminiscence through, for example. He often chooses everyday objects and spaces as his subjects, flattening and abstracting them in a way that seems...
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DAVID ZINK YI
David Zink Yi (b. 1973 in Lima, Peru) lives and works in Berlin. He explores the body as a site of identity, memory, and transformation, engaging with a wide range of media in the process. From video and sculpture to ceramics, sound, and performance, his art reflects his complex heritage. As a descendant of Indigenous Peruvians, as well as Chinese, Italian, and German immigrants, his own body – situated at the intersection of diverse cultural identities – becomes a focal point in his practice. Zink Yi’s earliest works focused on self-reflection, using the camera to develop a form of self-ethnography. This approach later evolved into a prot...
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ALLISON ZUCKERMAN
Allison Zuckerman (b. 1990 in Philadelphia, US) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 2015. The content of her paintings draws equally from the annals of art history and the imagery of net culture, with a special focus on the representation of women by male authors. Composed of collaged elements torn from previous work, which are then painted over, Zuckerman’s pictures are filled with colourful figures and fragments, packed to the point of almost total saturation, creating endless pictorial connections between otherwise disparate cultural symbols and motifs.
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