Maria Eugenia Gamiño Cruz

56 years old, Mexico
Education: UAEMEX-UNAM Curator's degree with a specialization in visual arts, production, management and restoration from the Polytechnic University of Valencia-UNAM. Master of visual arts, sculpture specialization, Graduate Department of San Carlos UNAM, graduated with honors. Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from ENAPUNAM, graduated with honors. Hand-made drawing in Cuenca, Ecuador (OAS grant). Sculpture at INBA's Center for Research and Experimentation in Fine Arts
Specialty: Sculpture
Sources of Inspiration: Alexander Calder, Andy Goldsworthy, Anthony Caro, Antony Gormley, Carl Andre, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Gabriel Orozco, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois

"Encuadre De Distintos Tiempos" (Frame Representing Different Moments), 2014, Mixed media (wood, washers and branches). 93 cm x 114 cm x 16 cm (37 x 45 x 6 in.)

Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė

40 years old, Lithuania
Education: Postgraduate degree at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). Received the qualifying diploma of a Bachelor of the Arts. Artistic project and thesis subject: “The relationship between modernity and ethnic tradition in contemporary Lithuanian textiles.”
Specialty: Sculpture in cross-stitch on metal
Sources of Inspiration: Banksy, Jeff Koons, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois

"Donald Bubble Gum", 2016. Drilling, welding, cross-stitch, 4 old metal buckets, cotton, various chewing gum papers under glass frame. 120 cm x 600 cm x 40 cm (47 x 236 x 16 in.)

Jarik Jongman

55 years old, Netherlands
Education: Academy of Arts, 1990-1992, Hogeschool v/d Kunsten, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Specialty: Painting
Sources of Inspiration: Adrian Ghenie, Anselm Kiefer, Peter Doig

"It’s Gonna Be Great, It’s Gonna Be Fantastic", 2017. Oil, acrylic, tar, plaster, and gold leaf on panel. 180 x 244 cm (71 x 96 in.)

Vladimir Kartashov (Владимир Карташов)

20 years old, Russia
Training: NGHU, Novosibirsk, Russia. Specialty: Oil painting
Sources of Inspiration: Diego Rivera, El Greco, Giorgio de Chirico

"Фантомы прошедших эпох" ("Fantasies of Past Eras"), 2016. Oil on canvas. 160 x 120 cm (63 x 47 in.)

Jennifer Krause Chapeau

55 years old, USA (New Jersey)
Education: BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from the Michigan School of Art. Specialty: Painting
Sources of Inspiration: Alice Neel, Anselm Kiefer, Chantal Joffe, Eric Fischl, Fairfield Porter, George Bellows, Gerhard Richter, Gustave Caillebotte, Gustav Klimt, John Singer Sargent, Lois Dodd, Neil Welliver, Rackstraw Downes, Vincent van Gogh, Yvonne Jacquette

"Colza Field II", 2015. Oil on canvas. 66 x 87 cm (26 x 34 in.)

Jeppe Lauge

37 years old, Denmark & the Netherlands
Education: Academie Gerrit Rietveld, Baccalauréat in Fine Arts (2008-2011), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Specialty: Painting
Sources of Inspiration: Adrian Ghenie, David Hockney, Peder Severin Krøyer, Peter Doig

"Rolling Hills", 2017. Oil on canvas, 190 x 230 cm (75 x 91 in.)

Sali Muller

36 years old, Luxembourg
Education: Master of Visual Arts, UMB Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, France
Specialty: Installation, Sculpture
Sources of Inspiration: Mona Hatoum, Tracey Emin

"Verschiebung der Wirklichkeit" ("Change of reality"), 2017. Mirror and cut frame. 102 x 98 x 4 cm (40 x 39 x 2 in.)

Alexandra de Pinho

40 years old, Portugal
Education: Doctoral thesis "‘OmphalOskepsis’ (‘Navel-gazing’). An approach to the surrounding media" under the supervision of Prof. Juan Moraza at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra University of Vigo [ES]
Specialty: Fabric, stitched thread, and watercolor on paper
Sources of Inspiration: Ellen Gallagher, Louise Bourgeois, Lygia Clark, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Robert Rauschenberg, Shirin Neshat

"Cartas Dispersas I" ("Scattered Letters I"), 2017. Fabric, sewn lines and watercolor on paper. 50 x 100 cm (20 x 39 in.)

Steeven Salvat

26 years old, France
Self-taught. Specialty: Rotring and India ink drawing on paper, antique engraving
Sources of Inspiration: Albrecht Dürer, Gustave Doré, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Leonardo da Vinci

"Mentonapodes", 2017. Rotring and India ink on Canson paper washed with black tea. 29 x 41 cm (11 x 16 in.)

René Seifert

36 years old, Germany
Education: School of Art and Design, Burg Giebichenstein - Halle/Saale, Germany
Sources of Inspiration: Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, Pierre Huyghe, Rosemarie Trockel, Paul Klee, Alexander McQueen, Sterling Ruby, Christopher Wool, Autechre, Superflex, Santiago Sierra, Allan Turing, Immanuel Kant, Husserl, Wittgenstein, John Berger, Marcuse, Hannah Ahrendt, Foucault, Bourdieux, Einstein, Hawking Uvm

"TRA n EC (4)", 2016. Lacquer on transparent polyester film & aluminum. 180 x 135 cm (71 x 53 in.)

Lalula Vivenzi

31 years old, Colombia & Italy
Self-taught. Specialty: Photography
Sources of Inspiration: Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, M. C. Escher, Marina Abramović, Sandro Botticelli, Yayoi Kusama

"Fosa común" ("Common Pit"), 2016. Digital photography. Edition 1/3. 106 x 150 cm (42 x 59 in.)

Muhammad Z Zaman

26 years old, USA (New Jersey)
Self-taught. Specialty: Painting & calligraphy
Sources of Inspiration: Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko

"Darkness and Light", 2016. Acrylic on canvas. 91 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)

Alexei A. Izmaylov

Age 31, Russia and the UK
Speciality: mixed media
Primarily self-taught.
Degree in Visual Communication and Graphic Design, University of Leeds, UK.
Degree in History of Art, University of Leeds, UK.
Inspiration: Asger Jorn, Cy Twombly, Donald Judd, Edward Ruscha, Erwin Wurm, Francis Bacon, Franz West, Guy Bourdin, Hans Haacke, John Baldessari, Juergen Teller, Marcel Duchamp, Marlene Dumas, Ryan McGinley, Sarah Lucas, Thomas Ruff

"Untitled (Fig. 2)", 2016, mixed media on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, unique

Renata Franzky

Age 47, Germany
Speciality: painting
Self-taught
Inspiration: Anselm Kiefer, Caravaggio, El Greco, Lucian Freud, Maria Lassnig, Max Beckmann

"Anuntiatio en Supermercado", 2016, acrylic on canvas, 170 x 135 cm, unique

Jaeyeol Han

Age 33, South Korea
Speciality: painting
Degree in Fine Art, Suwon University, South Korea
Inspiration: Jenny Saville, Paul Cézanne, Peter Paul Rubens, Willem de Kooning

"Passersby, Unmask", 2013, oil on canvas, 91 x 73 cm, unique

John Haverty

Age 29, USA (Massachusetts)
Specialities: painting, drawing
Master's in Fine Art, Savannah College of Arts and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Bachelor's degree in Fine Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Inspiration: Dieric Bouts, Hieronymus Bosch, Salvador Dalí

"Circus", 2015, "Gangrene" series, ink and watercolour on paper, 120 x 120 cm, unique

Bartosz Kołata

Age 37, Poland and Germany
Speciality: painting
Master's in Art Conservation and Restoration, Nicolaus Copernicus University, UMK (Poland)
Inspiration: Ambrosius Holbein, Andrzej Wróblewski, David Hockney, Jan van Eyck, Marlene Dumas

"Chandelier", 2016, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, unique

Maurice Mbikayi

Age 42, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa
Specialities: video, sculpture
Master's in Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa
Degree, Academy of Fine Arts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
State Diploma, Academy of Fine Arts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Inspiration: Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Duchamp, Yinka Shonibare

"Web Jacket", 2015, digital video, 9 minutes, edition of 5 + 3 artist proofs

Graciana Piaggio

Age 45, Argentina
Speciality: photography
Self-taught
Inspiration: Adriana Lestido, Frank Auerbach, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Joel Meyerowitz, Josef Sudek, Minor White, Nicolas de Staël, Richard Diebenkorn, Rinko Kawauchi, Sally Mann, Willem de Kooning

"The burden of time", 2006-2016, 20 fine-art prints on baryta paper, 40 x 60 cm each, 200 x 350 cm together, edition of 12

Jose Sierra Vega

Age 26, Colombia
Speciality: photography
Master's in Fine Arts, Bolivar University of Fine Arts and Sciences, Cartagena, Colombia
Inspiration: Felix Gonzales-Torres, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert & George, Marcel Duchamp, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wilhelm von Gloeden

"Sans titre", 2016, self-portrait, fine-art print on baryta paper, 100 x 80 cm, unique

Melissa Vandenberg

Age 38, USA (Kentucky)
Speciality: sculpture
Master's in Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Inspiration: Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Louise Bourgeois, Shirin Neshat, Yinka Shonibare

"Sink or Swim: Family Style", 2012, life jackets, American flags, wood, 122 x 43 x 61 cm, unique

Simon Vienne

Age 24, France
Speciality: photography
Second entry to the Luxembourg Art Prize (2015, 2016)
Technical Certificate in Photography & Technical Diploma in Photography (distinction) from URMA (Regional University of the Craft Trades) in Tourcoing
Inspiration: Andreas Gursky, Gregory Crewdson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Josef Koudelka, Peter Lindbergh, Philippe Halsman, Sebastião Salgado, Stephen Shore, Steve McCurry, Vivian Maier, William Klein, Willy Ronis

"Soccer Time", 2015, fine-art print on baryta paper, edition of 3

June Allen

52 years old, Franco-American. Born in the USA. Lives in France
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York. Master of Fine Arts, The Sorbonne. PhD thesis in progress, Fine Arts, The Sorbonne.

"Triptych", 2015, cut-up writing on the creative process reconstituted at random and stuck behind tracing paper between two panes of glass, 67 x 29 cm (3 panels)

Frédéric Blaimont

Age 67, French. Born and lives in France.
École d’Art Graphique (Kunstgewerbeschule) - Basel - Switzerland, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs - Paris - France

"La mère de famille", 2014, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm

Xavier Drong

Age 44, French. Born in Belgium, lives in France.
DNSAP, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France

"DTR_02", 2014, acrylic and oil on canvas, 195 x 162 cm

Michel Fouarge

Age 42, Luxembourger. Born and lives in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Self-taught

"Création du Monde", 2014, photographic print with Diasec finish, edition 1/3, 50 x 50 cm

Albert Janzen

Age 26, German. Born in Russia, lives in the Netherlands
School of Arts and Music, University of Amsterdam & Humboldt Universität in Berlin

Untitled, 2015, 5 black pens on a whiteboard (ephemeral work photographed before its destruction), printed on Forex, edition 1/1, 150 x 200 cm

Natalie Lamotte

Age 50, French. Born and lives in France.
CAPES in Visual Arts (Aix-en-Provence, France)

"2013-T19", 2013, acrylic on canvas, 250 x 185 cm

Herrel

Age 44, French. Born and lives in France.
Self-taught

"Nuances", 2015, hand-carved Carrara marble (Michelangelo quality) on a metal base, 130 x 50 x 45 cm

Assaf Matarasso

Age 31, Israeli. Born in Israel, lives in France.
European Bachelor in Photography (Paris)

"Scars-Madeleine", 2015, photographic print on Hahnemuhle 315 gsm baryta paper, edition 2/6, 90 x 60 cm

Dany Mayer

Age 64, French. Born and lives in France.
Self-taught

Untitled, 2009, enamel paint on galvanised steel sheet perforated with approximately 18,000 holes and sculpted, 200 x 100 cm

Américo Prata

Age 56, Portuguese. Born in Mozambique, lives in Portugal.
Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon (Portugal)

"So What #21", 2015, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 100 cm

Sophie Rambert

Age 45, French. Born and lives in France.
Self-taught, degree in Philosophy from Paris X Nanterre

"Chute #17", 2014, Pierre Noire pencil on paper, 130 x 93 cm

Yannick Shroeger

Age 18, Luxembourger. Born and lives in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Art studies at Lycée Aline Mayrish in Luxembourg

"My Hunger", 2015, pencil on paper, 32 x 21.5 cm