The Jury
The jury of the BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER 2013
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Stefan Strumbel, Artist
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Oliver Rath, Photographer
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Catharina Cramer, Patron and Managing Partner of the Warsteiner Group
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Yasha Young, International Gallerist and Journalist
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Walther Gehlen, Director and Artistic Director of ART.FAIR and BLOOOM
Stefan Strumbel
Artist
Stefan Strumbel melds Pop Art and Street Art to sculptures and printed works and so has been ascended to one of the most collected artists of the German Street Art. Strumbel deals with the theme of homeland in an artistic style and way. His works are colorful, multi-layered and ironic, but also stick to a traditional way.
© Photo: Oliver Rath
Stefan Strumbel melds Pop Art and Street Art to sculptures and printed works and so has been ascended to one of the most collected artists of the German Street Art. Strumbel deals with the theme of homeland in an artistic style and way. His works are colorful, multi-layered and ironic, but also stick to a traditional way.
© Photo: Oliver Rath
Oliver Rath
Photographer
Oliver Rath is a from Heidelberg descendant photographer and gallery owner, who is popular for his portrait art and his high-frequency web blog. He has already taken photographs of numerous celebrities like Boris Becker, Eva Padberg and Jürgen Vogel. His pictures were also often exhibited in well-known galleries. Meanwhile he considered to be one of the most popular photographers in Germany.
© Photo: Oliver Rath
Oliver Rath is a from Heidelberg descendant photographer and gallery owner, who is popular for his portrait art and his high-frequency web blog. He has already taken photographs of numerous celebrities like Boris Becker, Eva Padberg and Jürgen Vogel. His pictures were also often exhibited in well-known galleries. Meanwhile he considered to be one of the most popular photographers in Germany.
© Photo: Oliver Rath
Catharina Cramer
Patron and Managing Partner of the Warsteiner Group
At this point in her career, Catharina Cramer has already been around: The Managing Partner of the Warsteiner Group graduated from the European Business School in London and studied in Paris and Madrid during her exchange semesters. Before definitively entering into the family business (now in its ninth generation) in 2006, Cramer gathered extensive experience in the hotel business as well as in the beverage industry in Germany, the US, England, France, and Argentina.
Privately, the BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER jury member is actively committed to supporting culture, among other causes. She is particularly interested in the latest developments in the areas of art, design, and brand management. It is important to her that her company’s cultural sponsorship makes a real contribution to opening up new paths in the art scene and supporting young creatives.
© Photo: Warsteiner
At this point in her career, Catharina Cramer has already been around: The Managing Partner of the Warsteiner Group graduated from the European Business School in London and studied in Paris and Madrid during her exchange semesters. Before definitively entering into the family business (now in its ninth generation) in 2006, Cramer gathered extensive experience in the hotel business as well as in the beverage industry in Germany, the US, England, France, and Argentina.
Privately, the BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER jury member is actively committed to supporting culture, among other causes. She is particularly interested in the latest developments in the areas of art, design, and brand management. It is important to her that her company’s cultural sponsorship makes a real contribution to opening up new paths in the art scene and supporting young creatives.
© Photo: Warsteiner
Yasha Young
International Gallerist and Journalist
Yasha Young has been living in New York for over ten years, where she not only runs her art agency and works as a freelance curator, but also serves as a trend scout and celebrity talent handler for clients from the music and film industries. Young is actively at work within the American underground youth culture, tracking down young artistic talents and advancing their careers. In addition, she has been supporting the dialogue between Europe and America through the art fund that she founded in 2007: Once a year, funds are invested in projects and residences for artists around the world. Young has served as editor of several books from various countries, and every two months, she writes her Fresh Art column for a German art magazine. She is also an international ambassador for Keep A Breast, a charitable foundation dedicated to fighting breast cancer.
In 1998, she founded the Strychnin Gallery in Brooklyn. Since then, she has developed a continuously expanding enterprise with art agencies in Berlin, London, and New York City. The Strychnin Gallery’s space in Berlin enjoys admiration among underground and mainstream alike. Every year, Young organizes well over a dozen exhibitions, art fairs, and VIP events around the world for the Strychnin Gallery - and has also found the time to open the next level Gallery (www.yashayoung.com). The gallery has been successful in helping emerging artists to achieve their transition into the traditional art market. Expanding her artists’ networks within other creative branches and in the business world is another important aspect of her interdisciplinary work.
© Photo: David Hochbaum
Yasha Young has been living in New York for over ten years, where she not only runs her art agency and works as a freelance curator, but also serves as a trend scout and celebrity talent handler for clients from the music and film industries. Young is actively at work within the American underground youth culture, tracking down young artistic talents and advancing their careers. In addition, she has been supporting the dialogue between Europe and America through the art fund that she founded in 2007: Once a year, funds are invested in projects and residences for artists around the world. Young has served as editor of several books from various countries, and every two months, she writes her Fresh Art column for a German art magazine. She is also an international ambassador for Keep A Breast, a charitable foundation dedicated to fighting breast cancer.
In 1998, she founded the Strychnin Gallery in Brooklyn. Since then, she has developed a continuously expanding enterprise with art agencies in Berlin, London, and New York City. The Strychnin Gallery’s space in Berlin enjoys admiration among underground and mainstream alike. Every year, Young organizes well over a dozen exhibitions, art fairs, and VIP events around the world for the Strychnin Gallery - and has also found the time to open the next level Gallery (www.yashayoung.com). The gallery has been successful in helping emerging artists to achieve their transition into the traditional art market. Expanding her artists’ networks within other creative branches and in the business world is another important aspect of her interdisciplinary work.
© Photo: David Hochbaum
Walter Gehlen
Director and Artistic Director of ART.FAIR and BLOOOM
Walter Gehlen is one of the faces behind the ART.FAIR. In 2003, the art-loving economist founded the Cologne art fair together with Andreas Lohaus - primarily to get a young public excited about contemporary art.
Under their leadership, the ART.FAIR developed from a satellite show into the main attraction of Cologne’s fall art season and has since come to welcome over 30,000 visitors per year. Walter Gehlen - who lives in Cologne with his family - is now the Director of the ART.FAIR.
He was previously Director of the dc duesseldorf contemporary and advises artists and galleries on all matters of the art market.
© Photo: Felix Hild
Walter Gehlen is one of the faces behind the ART.FAIR. In 2003, the art-loving economist founded the Cologne art fair together with Andreas Lohaus - primarily to get a young public excited about contemporary art.
Under their leadership, the ART.FAIR developed from a satellite show into the main attraction of Cologne’s fall art season and has since come to welcome over 30,000 visitors per year. Walter Gehlen - who lives in Cologne with his family - is now the Director of the ART.FAIR.
He was previously Director of the dc duesseldorf contemporary and advises artists and galleries on all matters of the art market.
© Photo: Felix Hild
