Supporting young artists and talents, exploring new artistic directions and building cultural bridges between Europe and the Middle East – these are the aims pursued by the Lepsien Art Foundation with its annually advertised support programme. As part of the scholarship awarded to five internationally outstanding up-and-coming artists in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography, an extensive annual catalogue with works by the scholarship holders is being published, supplemented by personal interviews with the artists conducted by Cindy Tereba.

Max Frintrop
1982 born in Oberhausen (Rhineland)
2003-2009 studies of free art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Albert Oehlen
2009 diploma at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, master class student under Albert Oehlen at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
lives and works in Düsseldorf

Damir Radovic
1976 born in Sarajevo
2000 graduation School of Fine Arts in Valence, DNSEP-Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Valence
2005 / 2006 postgraduate programme, Ecole National des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
lives and works in Lyon, France

Julia Kernbach
1978 born in Ravensburg
1999-2006 studies of free art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Thomas Ruff
2006 diploma and master class student under Thomas Ruff
lives and works in Düsseldorf

Marco Zumbé
1975 born in Köln
2000 – 2008 studies of illustration at the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften in Hamburg
2008 diploma illustration at the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften in Hamburg
lives and works in Köln

Heiko Räpple
1981 born in Oberkirch
2002-2009 studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2008 master class student under Didier Vermeiren
2009 diploma
lives and works in Düsseldorf