Juergen Teller was born in Erlangen, Germany in 1964. He studied at Bayerische Staatslehranstalt Photographie in Munich, Germany before moving to London in the early 1980s. In England, Teller was introduced to the world of fashion photography and used his assignments at i-D, The Face, Index and W magazines as resources from which he could nurture his own photographic sensibility. His work is the subject of monographs by Taschen and Scalo and he has had solo exhibitions at the Mnchner Fotomuseum, Museum Folkwang, Essen, and Galleria d'Arte Moderna, among others, and has been included in exhibitions at the Tate Modern in London and Programa Centro de Arte in Mexico. This year, Teller received the Citibank Photography Prize. Juergen Teller continues to live and work in London.

Lehmann Maupin gallery online
Foundation Cartier current show

March 20 , 2006

b. 1971, Danish Textile Designer. Ratzer graduated from Designskolen Kolding in 1998, specializing in industrial design. Her work has a simple, graphic expression and her patterns are a composition of geometric lines and planes. In the process of creating her pieces she unites a painter’s techniques for handling images with artisan workmanship. She uses just a few colours, combining them to create a certain tension, the visual qualities of which are amplified when the blanket is in use. Her blankets are made from finest-quality Australian organic merino wool. Tina Ratzer has participated in numerous exhibitions; her work has been featured i.a. at the annual censored exhibition KE at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. In 2004 she created a large wall-hanging for the Danish Design Centre. Her work has been acknowledged with several grants, including one from the Danish Arts Foundation.

http://www.ratzer.dk

March 12 , 2006