Biographies of Artists

ADOCHI
b. 1954 in Rumania, lives in Monte a Pescia, Italy. Studied 1977-84 at the UdK, Berlin. Cite International des Arts grant, Paris; Villa Romana, Florence.

Elvira Bach www.elvira-bach.de
b. 1951, lives in Berlin. Studied 1967-1979 at the Staatliche Glasfachschule Hadamar & UDK, Berlin. Has exhibited since 1982 at dokumenta 7; Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Shukhrat Babadjan
b. 1963, lives in Uzbekistan. Studied 1980-84 at the Institute of Fine Arts, Tashkent. 1986 Japanese Cultural Centre art prize.

Thomas Baumgärtel www.bananensprayer.de
b. 1960, lives in Cologne. Studied 1984-1994 at the Universität Köln & Humaniversity Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Spray-painted his first banana in 1986. Has sprayed bananas since then on the most interesting art sites worldwide, including London, New York and Moscow.

Tine Benz
b. 1969. Studied 1993-1999 at the UdK Berlin with Professor Georg Baselitz. 1997 Fellowship of the Chelsea College of Art, London.

Stefan Brée
b. 1954, lives in Hanover. 1987-1992 studied fine arts/art education at the UdK Berlin. 1993-1994 Nafög fellowship recipient, UdK, Berlin. 1999, DIE Prize for Innovation in Adult Education, HBS Düsseldorf (doctoral fellowship).

Peter Buechler www.atelier-buechler.com - b. 1965, lives in Berlin. Studied 1986 at the UdK, Berlin. Ultimately abandoned official studies for an autodidactic approach.

Nathalie Daoust www.newyorkhotelstory.com
was born in Montreal, and studied photography at the Cegep du Vieux. 1997 College Degree (DEC) in Photographic Technique and Training "Tri-dimensional" technique with the photographer Martin Benoît. She lives in Montreal and New York and has discovered her love of Berlin through her work at the Luise. Since 1999 she has had several individual and group exhibitions in the USA, Canada, and in Europe. She has also won a number of competitions.

Goran Djurovic
b. 1952 in Belgrade, lives in Berlin. Studied 1975-80 at the HbK Dresden. Worked freelance from 1980 in East Berlin, after 1985 in West Berlin.

Dieter Finke
b. 1939, lives in Berlin and New York. Studied sculpture from 1959-1965 at the UdK Berlin with Paul Dierkes and Renée Sintenis. 1967, Georg-Kolbe-Preis.

Augustus Goertz
Geboren 1958 in New York City. Studium am San Francisco Art Institut und an der Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Zeitweise Assistent von Roy Lichtenstein. Seit 1974 eine Vielzahl von internationalen Ausstellungen, lebt in NYC.

Moritz Götze
b. 1964, lives in Halle. Autodidact, working as an artist since 1986. 1994 guest professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris. 1996 artist support prize from Saxony-Anhalt, 1997 graphic prize of the associated cigarette factories of Dresden.

Sabine Gross
b. 1961, lives in Berlin. Studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Munich. 1991 Debut Prize of the Akademie Munich; 1993 DAAD fellowship at the School of Visual Arts, New York; 1994/1995 fellowship at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; City of Munich fellowship (Förderpreis).

Sabine Hartung
b. 1965, lives and works in Offenbach am Main. Studied art from 1984-87 at HKM Bremen; 1987-92 at HFG Offenbach. 1997 Art Prize of the City of Offenbach. A rose painter since 1988.

Manfred Heckmann www.mailkunst.com
b. 1936, lives in Berlin. An autodidact who has traveled throughout the world, he lived as a pavement artist in Sweden or journeyed with Kurdish caravans through Iran. Antique dealer and settled artist since 1971.

Irene Hoppenberg www.irenehoppenberg.de
was born in 1951 in Sühlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From 1979-1985 she earned her degree from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and in 2003 was the Artist in Residence in Solothurn, Switzerland. Since 1987 she has lived and worked as a painter and sculptor in Berlin. She has been featured in a diverse series of individual and group exhibitions since 1991.

Ottmar Hörl www.ottmar-hoerl.de
b. 1950, lives in Nuremberg. Studied 1975-81 at the HfBK, Frankfurt & Düsseldorf. 1997, Art-multiple prize of the International Kunstmarkt Düsseldorf. 1998, Wilhelm-Loth-Preis, Darmstadt. Professor of visual art at the Akademie Nürnberg since 1999.

J.J. Anniroc
b. 1968. Lives in Berlin. Studied painting from 1987-93 at the UdK Berlin, and photography from 1991-92 and 1993-95. NAFöG and DAAD fellowships, 1998 Teaching Assistant at the International Center for Photography, New York.

Oliver Jordan www.oliverjordan.de
b. 1958, lives in Cologne and Port-Blanc, Brittany. Studied 1980 - 85 at the KA Düsseldorf & F.I.U. with Joseph Beuys. He has been faithful to graphic arts since early 1980s.

Stephan Jung
b. 1964, lives in Berlin. Studied 1985-1992 at the AbK, Stuttgart with Professor Sonderburg and Joseph Kosuth.

KEHL - b. 1964. Lives in Berlin and New York. Studied communications, FU Berlin. Studied on exchange in the USA, including at the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art..

Kiddy Citny (city's child) www.artpark.tv b. 1957, lives in Berlin. A musician and self-taught artist, he became famous for his Berlin Wall paintings.

Könige der Herzen www.koenigederherzen.de/:
M.S. Bastian, b. 1963, studied at the Schule für Gestaltung, Biel, Sonderpreis der Leipziger Buchmesse;
Thitz, b. 1962, studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Stuttgart and Barcelona, Förderpreis des Verbandes bildender Künstler Württemberg;
Thomas Baumgärtel - see separate listing above.

Markus Linnenbrink
b. 1961, lives in Dortmund. Studied 1982-88 at the Gesamthochscule Kassel and the UdK, Berlin. Lecturer at the Fachhochschule Dortmund since 1999.

Dieter Mammel www.dieter-mammel.de
b. 1965, lives in Berlin. Studied 1986-91 at the AbK, Stuttgart & UdK Berlin. 1991-93 Villa Serpentara, Olévano/Italy. Lecturer at the Multimedia-Akademie, Berlin since 1998.

Carlos Manrique
b. 1951 in Caracas, lives in Cologne. Studied 1967-1971 at the art academy "Cristobal Rojas", Caracas. 1971-72 worked in the studio of the painter Regulo Perez; 1974-75 with Carlos Cruz-Diez. In Europe since 1977.

Teresa Mar www.teresamar.com
born 1973; lives in Barcelona and Vienna. 1987-1992 art-lessons by Vienna Art Academy Professor Frederike Grünke; 1992-1997 studied Political Science in Vienna and lived and worked in Tuscany/Italy in the Garden of Tarotcards of Nouveau Realist Niki de Saint-Phalle.

Hans van Meeuwen Gallery Deschler
b. 1959, lives in New York. Studied 1978-83 at the Royal Academy of Art and Design, NL. 1984-85, grants from the Dutch Ministry of Culture; 1987 "Prix de Rome", NL.

Volker März
b. 1957, lives in Berlin. Studied at the HdK Berlin, 1993 Kunstpreis der Stadt Ludwigshafen.

Heiner Meyer
b. 1953, lives in Bielefeld. Studied 1977-1983 at the HBK Brunswick. 1981, Rudolf-Wilke Preis of the city of Brunswick. 1982, Kunstpreis der Lottogesellschaft Niedersachsen.

Odin www.art-ambulance.de
b. 1954, lives in Berlin. Studied graphic design and photography in Krefeld; 1980-82 studied painting at the HdK Hamburg. Founder of the "art-ambulance" initiative; under this pseudonym he carries out socially critical actions, performances, and exhibitions.

Jo Oberhäuser  www.oberhaeuser-art.de
b. 1958, lives in Cologne. Studied 1982-1988 at the Fachhochschule Köln für Kunst und Design.

Andreas Paeslack
b. 1966, lives in Berlin. Studied 1991-99 HfbK, Dresden. Production of numerous projects chiefly in Weimar and Dresden since 1997.

Wolfgang Petrick www.deep-action.info
b. 1939, lives in Berlin. Studied 1958-1965 at the UdK Berlin Berlin. Professor at the UdK Berlin since 1975. Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin since 1993.

Christoph Platz
b. 1964, lives in Tokyo. Studied sculpture 1985-92 at AdbK, Karlsruhe, and Kunstakademie Münster. Regularly spends time in Japan since 1997; first exhibition there: 2002.

Roman Schmelter www.pictor-galerie.de
b. 1959 in Poland, lives in Mainz. Studied commercial design until 1983 in Kattowitz, working thereafter as an art teacher and freelance artist. Lives in Germany since 1987.

Jochen Schmiddem
b. 1961, lives in Berlin. Studied painting and sculpture 1984-86 in Aachen, and product design from 1986-92. Work in intl. design agencies. Founded Studio Schmiddem in 1997. Winner of various international design awards.

Brigitte Schröck www.berliner-ateliers.de
b.1959. Lives in Berlin. Studied 1979-82 at the Fachhochschule für Werbung und Gestaltung Berlin. 1994 fellowship from the Stiftung Kulturfonds im Künstlerhaus Ahrenshoop.

Guido Sieber
b. 1963, lives in Berlin. A self-taught illustrator and cartoonist, his work is published regularly in magazines and newspapers.

Andreas Silbermann
b. 1964, lives in Berlin. Studied at the HdK Brunswick.

Nora Stalzer
was born in 1973 in Vienna, Austria. In 2002 she completed her education in Architecture at the TU in Vienna. In 2003 degree from the Malerei und Grafik Akademie der bild. Künste, Vienna. Since 2000 she has been featured in individual and group exhibitions, and represented in galleries. Layr: Wüstenhagen, Vienna.

Norbert Thiel
b. 1961, lives in the Uckermark close to Berlin. Studied at the HdK Brunswick.

Silke Mary Vollmers
b. 1966 in Jakarta. Self-taught designer of furniture and objects made from airplane parts since 1996. Exhibitions at the Luftfahrt Museum Hanover and in the International Flight Exhibition AERO in Friedrichshaven.

Stefanie Welk www.wire-art.de

Toni Wirthmüller
Born in Munich in 1960, Wirthmüller has lived in Berlin since 1982, where he studied at the School of the Arts. Since the mid 1990s he has taught at the University of the Arts (UdK, formerly HdK) and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. From 2000 to 2007 he was a visiting lecturer at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.
Wirthmüller’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He has most recently exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Munich, Lisbon and Novosibirsk.