Georgios Derpapas, born in Katerini in 1937, was a Greek painter and graphic artist. He is considered a representative of Greek surrealism. Derpapas grew up in Thessaloniki, at the age of nineteen he moved to Hamburg where he studied business … Continued
Born 1938 in Düsseldorf, Rückriem apprenticed as a stonecutter in Düren, then worked as a journeyman at the Dombauhütte workshops of Cologne Cathedral. Later, due to his tight association with Gallery Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, he came into contact with artists … Continued
Murakami (村上 隆), born 1962 in Tokyo, was still trained in classical Nihonga painting. He received his degree and doctorate at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo. In 2009, Murakami was called one of the hundred most … Continued
Thomas Ruff, born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach, Schwarzwald, lives and works in Düsseldorf. He studied photography from 1977 to 1985 with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Walker Evans, Eugène Atget, Karl Blossfeldt, Stephen Shore and William … Continued
Michael ‘Mike’ Jansen, born 1951 in Bochum, is an international renowned crossover talent. He is working as composer as well as visual artist. The range of his visual work is about painting, drawings, multimedia paintings and projects, performances and public … Continued
Heinz Zolper: A Pioneer in Figurative Painting and Social Advocacy Early Life and Education Born in 1949 in Cologne, Heinz Zolper pursued his artistic studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the University of Applied Arts Cologne during the late 1960s … Continued
Johannes (Joe) Brockerhoff was a painter and philosopher, born 1952 in Leipzig, died 2023 in Meerbusch/Düsseldorf. When he was still a child, he left with his family the Deutsche Demokratische Republik for West Germany. In Düsseldorf at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf … Continued
George DuBose, born 1954 in Morocco of Irish and American parents, was educated in US. He started consequently his photographic career in New York City within the sunrise of ‘American culture revolution’. He worked most of his life in New … Continued
