The artist 12: Julia Horstmann

Julia Horstmann was born in Hamburg in 1974. She lives and works in Berlin.

Installation view, Kunstverein Braunschweig 2008, Courtesy Galerie Christian Nagel Cologne/Berlin/Antwerp

"Chinesische Mauer", 2012, Courtesy Galerie Christian Nagel Cologne/Berlin/Antwerp

"Just a second", 2006, Installation view dépendence Gallery Brussels, Courtesy of the artist

"Ausreisser", 2008, Installation view Kunstverein Braunschweig, Courtesy of the artist

The artist 11: Johannes Weiss

Johannes Weiss was born in 1979 in Neunkirchen/Saar. He studied at the Universität der Künste in Berlin from 2001 to 2006 and graduated from the class of Prof. Tony Cragg.

"Beyond The Casual", 2009, Courtesy Galerie Lena Brüning Berlin

"Ohne Titel", 2011, Courtesy Galerie Lena Brüning Berlin

"The Casual", 2008, Courtesy Galerie Lena Brüning Berlin

"Aquarell auf Papier", 2009, Courtesy Galerie Lena Brüning Berlin

The artist 10: Lothar Hempel

Lothar Hempel, born in Cologne in 1966, studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1987 to 1992. He lives and works in Berlin.

Exhibiton view "Silberblick / Squint", Modern Art Gallery London, 2010

Exhibition view "Opium", La conservera Ceuti (Murcia), 2012

"Die Wespenfabrik (Old New Girl)", 2012, Courtesy of the artist

The artist 9: FORT

FORT is a Berlin-based artist collective which was founded in 2008, consisting of the three female artists Jenny Kropp (born in 1978 in Frankfurt a.M.), Anna Jandt (born in 1980 in Bremen) and Alberta Niemann (born in 1982 in Bremen). Kropp was awarded the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship, one of the most prestigious art grants in Germany, in 2012.

Installation view "The Eye Balled Walls", LISTE Basel 2011, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

Installation view "The Eye Balled Walls", LISTE Basel 2011, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

"Point Gray", Installation Reykjavik Iceland 2008, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

"Pont Gray", Performance Reykjavik Iceland 2008, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

"The Golden Rule", Performance (Lena Brüning Gallery) 2010, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

"The Golden Rule", Performance (Lena Brüning Gallery) 2010, Courtesy Exile Gallery Berlin

The artist 8: Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby was born in Bitburg, Germany in 1972 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and in Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania School of Art and Design in Lancaster and graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Art Institute in Chicago in 2001. He works and lives in Los Angeles since 2003.

"Headless Dick/Mapplethorpe", 2009, Courtesy Xavier Hufkens Gallery Brussels

"Spectrum Ripper (4 parts)", 2008, Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London

"Spectrum Ripper/Orange", 2008, Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London

The artist 7: Hanne Darboven

Hanne Darboven was born in Munich in 1941 and graduated from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg in 1965. She spent two years in New York from 1966 to 1968 and lived in Hamburg until her death in 2009.

"9 x 11 = 99", 1972-73  Courtesy Galerie Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf

"Wunschkonzert" detail, 1984 Courtesy Galerie Kloserfelde Berlin

 

 

 

 

 

The Artist 6: Owen Gump

Owen Gump was born in 1980 in Kentfield, California. He studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf and graduated from the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (class of peter Piller), Leipzig in 2008. He lives and works in Cologne.

"Untitled (Remembering Rono)", 2007, 30 x 40 cm, Courtesy Galerie BQ Berlin

"A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to Be Free", 2011, 40 x 50 cm, Courtesy Galerie BQ Berlin

"Untitled", 2005, 24 x 30 cm, Courtesy Galerie BQ Berlin

"Campo del Sur", 2010, 49 x 34 cm, Courtesy Galerie BQ Berlin

"Ethnobotanic (Margolis)", 2010, 49 x 34 cm, Courtesy Galerie BQ Berlin

The Artist 5: Sven Johne

Sven Johne was born in 1976 in Bergen (Rügen Island) and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the HGB Leipzig, class of Prof. Timm Rautert, in 2006. He lives and works in Berlin.

Carnival 1 / Dept. of State Security, Main Section XX, East Berlin, June 9 1984, work 2008, Courtesy the artist

Roses from Africa, 2011, Courtesy the artist

Eldorado Gold, 2011, Courtesy the artist

Traumhotels, 2011, Courtesy Klemm's Berlin

The Artist 4: Dorothy Iannone

Dorothy Iannone was born in 1933 in Boston and graduated in 1958 from Brandeis University with a degree in English Literature. She began her career as an autodidactic painter in 1959 and was strongly influenced by her relationship with the artist Dieter Roth which lasted from 1967 to 1974. She lives and works in Berlin.

Hommage aus femmes et aux hommes, 1983 / Courtesy Air de Paris

MS Liberty 1977/2007 / Courtesy Air de Paris

I was thinking of you II, 1975/2005 / Courtesy Air de Paris

The Artist 3: Eli Cortiñas

Eli Cortiñas was born 1976 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She studied at the European Film College in Denmark and graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne in 2008.

Possibilities for intellectuals to concieve a reality, 2011, Tryptich Part II and III / Courtesy Galerie Waldburger Brussels and the artist

Dial M for Mother, 2009 Video Still / Courtesy Galerie Waldburger Brussles and the artist