ARTISTIC ADVISORS STREET ART

Stéphane Bauer was born in Neully-sur-Seine, France, in 1962. He studied sociology, political sciences, economics and psychology at the ”Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität” in Bonn and at the ”Freie Universität Berlin”. Since 1994 Stéphane Bauer has curated exhibitions at ”Kunstamt Kreuzberg”, the ”Neue Gesellschaft für Bildenden Kunst e.V.” (NGBK Berlin) and the ”Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien”, which leadership he assumed in 2002. Together with Adrian Nabi, Bauer is also responsible for the international street art project ”Backjumps. Urban communication and aesthetics”. www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de

Rik Reinking studied law and art history in Hamburg. He has started to collect arts at the age of 16. Today he has gained the reputation to be one of the most significant collectors, art agents and free curators of street art. He is also initiator of numerous exhibitions all over Europe. In April 2007 Reinking founded ”Artfonds 21 AG”, a holding that invests in art collections to generate profits for its shareholders. www.reinking-projekte.com
 

Jörg Heikhaus has been a graffiti artist, fine artist, photographer, newspaper editor and writer of short stories and fictionist for more than 20 years. In 1996 Heikhaus and the Australian sculptor John Peplow founded the cologne based design agency ”killakanu”, which was consolidated with the Internet consultancy ”icon medialab” in 1998. At this company Jörg Heikhaus was voted onto the board of directors, later he became chief executive officer. In 2003 he founded the gallery ”heliumcowboy artspace”, which is conceived as a hybrid between traditional gallery and urban exhibition lounge. www.heliumcowboy.com

Zevs was born in Sarverne, France, in 1977. Primary active as a graffiti artist, the Parisian street artist today calls attention to the dominance of commercial icons in public. His works are worldwide on exhibition, for example at ”Peter Borchardt Gallery” (Hamburg, Germany), ”von der Heydt Museum” (Wuppertal, Germany), ”Depury & Luxembourg Gallery” (Zürich, Swiss), ”Patricia Dorfmann Gallery” (Paris, France) or ”Inside Outside Gallery” (Cleveland, USA). He is also famous for the visual kidnapping of a ten metre high model: He cut the female figure out of an advertisement banner and blackmailed the company to make a 500.000 Euro donation to the ”Palais de Tokyo” in Paris. www.z-e-v-s.com