Stefan Rinck is a German visual artist, born in 1973 in Homburg/Saar. He lives and works in Berlin. Rinck studied Art History and Philosophy at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken and Sculpture at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe. He has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including Museum de Hallen, Harlem (NL), Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels (BE), Nino Mier Gallery, New York & Los Angeles (US), Vilma Gold, London (GB), Semiose, Paris (FR), Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (DE), Skarstedt – East Hampton (New York, US), The Breeder, Athens (GR), Galeria Alegria, Madrid & Barcelona (ES) and Cruise & Callas, Berlin (DE).

He participated at the Busan Biennale in South Korea and at the Vent des Fôret and La Forêt d’Art Contemporain in France where he realized permanent public sculptures. In 2018, the work The Mongooses of Beauvais was permanently installed in the city of Paris at 53-57 rue de Grennelle (Beaupassage). The sandstone sculp-ture Why I bear / Grosser
Lastenbär was inaugurated in November 2021 at Zionskirchplatz in Berlin-Mitte. He is in following public collections: CBK Rotterdam (NL), Musée de la Loterie (BE), Sammlung Krohne (DE), FRAC Corse (FR). In 2019, Stefan Rinck was featured in the Thames & Hudson publication 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. The documentary Heart of Stone by Sonja Baeger was premiered in 2021 in Berlin and pictures the production process of Rinck’s three monumental sculptures.

Within the Artists-in-Residence Program, CCA is delighted to host Robert Elfgen. Born in Wesseling am Rhein, Germany, in 1972, Robert Elfgen studied Fine Art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (1997-2001), and
received his MA from the Academy of Fine Art in Düsseldorf (2001-2004). Currently, he lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Claudia Larcher’s work includes video animation, collage, drawing, photo-graphy and installation. She critically integrates artificial intelli-gence (AI), utilizing it as an experimental tool for her art. 

Based in Vienna, she has presented her work in numerous exhibi-tions both nationally and internationally, including Annecy Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives in NYC, Ars Electronica Festival Linz, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Centre Pompidou Paris, Francisco Carolinum Linz, Gray Area Festival San Francisco, Kunsthalle Wien, Lo Pati Art Centre, Manifesta 13, Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Tokyo Wonder Site Japan.

Larcher has received numerous awards, such as the Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2008, the Outstanding Artist Award of the Federal Chancellery 2016, the Prof. Hilde Goldschmidt Award 2019, and the Austrian Art Award 2023.

Within the Artists-in-Residence Program, CCA is delighted to host Ulrike Mohr. Born in Tuttlingen, Germany in 1970, Ulrike Mohr studied Fine Art / Sculpture at Weissensee Academy of Art, Berlin (1997-2003). In 2004, following one year of Master Class-Studies, she received the academic title “Meisterschüler”. Currently,
she lives and works in Berlin, and she will be staying in the Studio Amarillo during May 2017.