Artist Spotlight - Matthias Weischer

Matthias Weischer, (born 1973 in Elte, Westfalen, Germany) lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. Weischer studied Painting in Leipzig, Germany in the class of Sighard Gille. In addition to several scholarships, he received the Art Prize of the „Leipziger Volkszeitung“ and the August Macke Price. He is also a recipient of the Rolex Mentor and Masterstudent Initiative with David Hockney.

Artist Spotlight - Beatriz Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960. She studied public communication at Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso University, Rio de Janeiro (1978–81), and attended the city’s Escola de artes visuais do Parque Lage (1980–82). In paintings, prints, and architectural installations that marry highly saturated color harmonies with geometric abstraction, Milhazes demonstrates an allegiance to both European and Brazilian modernism.