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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DANIEL ARSHAM
Daniel Arsham (b. 1980, Cleveland, USA) lives and works in New York.
Arsham’s uchronic aesthetics revolve around his concept of fictional archaeology. Working in sculpture, architecture, drawing, and film, he creates and crystallizes ambiguous in-between spaces or situations, and stages what he refers to as “future relics of the present.” These eroded casts of modern artifacts and contemporary human figures are expertly made from geological materials such as sand, selenite, or volcanic ash, giving them the appearance of having been unearthed after centuries.
Most objects Arsham transforms into stone reference the late 20th or mi...
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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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SVEN DRÜHL
Sven Drühl (b. 1968 in Nassau, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He studied Fine Arts and mathematics at the University of Essen and completed a doctorate in art science at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.
By drawing on the artistic achievements of modernism and postmodernism, Drühl sees the opportunity to develop a new style, a new "metamodern" visual language. In his mostly serial paintings and sculptures, he always works conceptually, creating something innovative by reconstructing and evaluating what already exists. In doing so, he addresses a variety of topics, such as the transfer of cultural and media values, originality,...
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JOHANNA DUMET
Johanna Dumet (b. 1991 in Guéret, France) brings a contemporary pulse to the traditional still life. Her expressive canvases transform familiar subjects—meals, flowers, fruit—into vivid, emotionally charged compositions. Working intuitively with oil, gouache, and collage, Dumet captures not just objects, but the atmosphere surrounding them: a gathering just dispersed, the echo of conversation, the quiet after a celebration.
Color plays a central role in Dumet’s work. Her palette leans toward the bold and unexpected, spontaneity and structure. Tables are set and cleared, wildflowers are framed and multiplied, and objects—sometimes humb...
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RASMUS ECKHARDT
Rasmus Eckhardt (b. 1982 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish painter known for his atmospheric works that explore the space between memory, dream, and intimacy. Using pastel, chalk, and sandpaper, he creates soft, luminous surfaces that convey both fragility and depth.
Eckhardt was mentored by Jesper Christiansen, professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has exhibited extensively across Europe and the United States.
Recent solo exhibitions include König Galerie (2025); Manhattan Fall at SHRINE, Los Angeles (2024); Solitude at CCA Andratx, Illes Balears (2023); and Dandy at The Plant CPH, Copenhagen (2022). His wo...
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CLÉDIA FOURNIAU
Clédia Fourniau (b. 1992 in Paris, France) lives and works in Paris. She received a BA from Ensaama Olivier de Serres School of Art & Design and a BA and MFA from the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
She explores the possibilities of painting and representation, questioning the conditions of creation, perception, and reception of an image. Through a constant engagement with formal experimentation, procedural approaches, and chance, Cledia Fourniau combines various materials and supports, such as dry pigment, oil paint, mica, acrylic, resin, and more recently, watercolor, on linen canvases or colored and treated textiles. This resin, with its...
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TUE GREENFORT
Tue Greenfort (b. 1973 in Holbaek, Denmark) lives and works in Horbelev, Denmark.
Tue Greenfort’s interdisciplinary practice deals with issues such as the public and private realms, nature, and culture. Interweaving these subjects with the language of art he formulates a multi-faceted critique of today’s dominant economical and scientific production. Intrigued by the dynamics in the natural world, Greenfort’s work often evolves around ecology and its history, including the environment, social relations, and human subjectivity.
The roots of his practice lie in the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Land Art and research...
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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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JEPPE HEIN
Jeppe Hein (b. 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish artist based in Berlin. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jeppe Hein is widely known for his production of experiential and interactive artworks that can be positioned at the junction where art, architecture, and technical inventions intersect. Unique in their formal simplicity and notable for their frequent use of humor, his works engage in a lively dialogue with the traditions of Minimalist sculpture and Conceptual art of the 1970s. Jeppe Hein’s works often feature ...
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ROBERT JANITZ
Robert Janitz (b. 1962 in Alsfeld, Germany) lives and works between Mexico City and New York City. 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. Robert Janitz's unique language of abstract painting is based on a restricted vocabulary of elements: gradient backgrounds and vertical stripes that reflect a steady and methodical movement against their surfaces. The gestural traces of Janitz’s forms operate according to complementar...
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JORDY KERWICK
Jordy Kerwick (b. 1982, Melbourne, Australia) is a self-taught artist who began his painting journey in 2016. Kerwick’s works teem with an eclectic menagerie of domestic objects, mythical creatures, and wild animals, all conjuring a fantastical folklore rooted in the artist’s boundless creativity. These playful yet enigmatic figures animate his canvases, fusing contemporary narratives with ancient fables. Employing a mix of materials, from oil and acrylic paint to spray paint, oil stick, and collage, Kerwick embraces an intuitive process that thrives on spontaneity and the serendipity of imperfection. His works are steeped in art historica...
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ARGHAVAN KHOSRAVI
Arghavan Khosravi (b. 1984, Iran) is a painter whose work merges Persian miniature traditions with surrealism, contemporary politics, and personal narrative. Now based in the United States, she creates layered, sculptural paintings that incorporate architectural fragments, symbolic motifs, and textile or carved elements. Her practice explores themes of exile, memory, gender, and the dualities of freedom and constraint.
Khosravi received her MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2018), after completing an MFA in Illustration at the University of Tehran and a post-baccalaureate in Studio Art at Brandeis University. Sh...
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JULIAN OPIE
Julian Opie (b. 1958 in London, UK) lives and works in London, where he studied at Goldsmiths College under Michael Craig-Martin, graduating in 1983. Opie’s multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, animation, and digital media, focusing on themes of identity, movement, and the abstraction of the human form.
For over three decades, Opie has explored the intersection of the figurative and the abstract, becoming known for his iconic graphic portraits and stylized depictions of the human body, as well as buildings, animals and landscapes, both man-made and natural. His works distill complex human actions and figures into bol...
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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 centr...
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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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HUGO RUYANT
Hugo Ruyant (b. 1992 in France) occupies a singular space within the medium of painting. His work is a striking blend of bold, vibrant shapes that quietly unfold with an underlying dramatic tension. Driven by a practice that is both conceptual and poetic, he often develops his paintings as constellations of key images that function as evolving narratives.
Characters, objects, and animals appear in close-up, as if caught mid-action, staging condensed moments that echo the absurdity of the human condition. Hugo Ruyant’s paintings portray excess, fantasy, and social dynamics that guide our lives through a pictorial language marked by nea...
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YVES SCHERER
Swiss-born, New York–based artist Yves Scherer (b. 1987, Solothurn, Switzerland) creates works that blend personal narratives with elements of pop culture, fan fiction, and digital imagery. His sculptures occupy a space between intimacy and public display, reality and projection, exploring how identity is shaped in a world saturated by media, desire, and memory. With a refined sensitivity to material and atmosphere, Scherer’s works offer a romantic, sometimes melancholic perspective on the self and its representations.
His work has been shown internationally at institutions including the Swiss Institute New York, Kunsthalle Basel, and...
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JOANA SCHNEIDER
Joana Schneider (b. 1990 in Munich, Germany) is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. Right after she graduated, she received the ‘Keep an Eye Textile and Fashion Award’. Her work has been shown internationally in exhibitions and fairs such as VOLTA Basel, PAD Paris and London, PULSE Art Week Miami, Enter Art Fair Copenhagen, Masterly Milano, Fite Textile Biennale, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She is currently living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Joana Schneider creates spacious installations and sculptural environments that intertwine themes from natural and fictional realms. Her work initiates a dialogue ...
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FRANZ STEIN
Franz Stein (b. 1989 in Bayreuth, Germany) studied from 2018 to 2025 at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in the class of Gregor Hildebrandt, becoming his master student in 2023. Supported by an Erasmus scholarship, he spent the academic year 2023–2024 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the class of Daniel Richter.
Stein’s paintings are developed through a process of layering numerous thin coats of acrylic paint on canvas. Overlapping lines, strokes, dots, and fields—applied with oil pastel, charcoal, and spray paint—form the visual structure of his works. His works balance deliberate composition, intuitive impulse, and spontaneous ...
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EMILY WEINER
Emily Weiner (b. 1981 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American painter living and working in Nashville, TN. She received a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her MFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Emily Weiner’s paintings consider the art canon through a feminist and Jungian lens. By reconfiguring symbols that have been recycled throughout the history of art, her work questions how archetypal images are shared across generations – and how familiar symbols might be reordered to generate new, collective understanding. Weiner approaches each painting intuitively, and by working in many layers of paint, finds...
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ROSALIE WERTHEFRONGEL
Rosalie Werthefrongel (b.1993 in Friedberg, Germany) studied Painting and Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in Thomas Eggerer’s class and graduated in 2026.
From 2019 to 2023, she studied in Karin Kneffel’s class. She then received an Erasmus+ scholarship for Painting and Animation under Judith Eisler at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from 2023 to 2024. Afterwards, she completed a guest semester with Cornelius Völker at the Kunstakademie Münster. Since 2024, she has continued her painting studies with Thomas Eggerer at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and has been his master student since 2025.
Her works have b...
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ALEXANDER WERTHEIM
Alexander Wertheim (b. 1995 in Wertheim, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the University of the Arts (UDK) Berlin under Manfred Pernice.
Wertheim’s works explore the relationship between rationality and emotion. The grid mesh exudes a sense of clarity and structure. It visually engages the viewer in a captivating interplay, where opposing tendencies coexist and create a dialogue within the pictorial space. After having used enamel paint dispersed with aerosol in previous years, Wertheim turned to acrylic paint applied with brushes in 2025.
In recent years, his work has been presented in solo exhibitions at KÖNIG ...
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JOHANNES WOHNSEIFER
Johannes Wohnseifer (b.1967 in Cologne, Germany) lives and works in Cologne and Erfstadt, Germany. Apart from galleries like Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (2008); Casey Kaplan, New York, USA (2004); and Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium (2011), Wohnseifer had solo exhibitions at Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2007); Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (1999); Kunstverein Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany (2023); Gallery K, Oslo, Germany (2016, 2009, 2006); Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles, USA (2017); and Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany (2003); amongst others. He took part in group exhibitions at Witte de With, Rotterdam, Nethe...
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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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