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Our teachers

Aya Aziz

Aya is an Egyptian-born Canadian living in Germany. After graduating from McGill University in Canada, she decided to take a different path and move to Italy to study painting and drawing. She attended the Angel Academy of Art in Florence and was able to complete her studies in a year and a half. After her time at the Angel Academy, she spent three months at the Charles Cecil Studios to focus mainly on portraits and learn more painting techniques. Since leaving Italy, Aya has had three solo exhibitions in Egypt. She is currently a lecturer in drawing, painting and digital art at the Academy of Fine Art Germany.

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Gabrielle Trom

The creative path of the artist Gabrielle Trom, who grew up in the USA, ranges from training in watercolour painting in Minnesota (USA) and studying sculpture at the Barcelona Academy of Art (Spain) to notable successes such as winning the McDermott Miller competition. Despite the pandemic challenges in recent years, she has taught and successfully participated in various international competitions, leaving her mark on both sides of the Atlantic. Trom's works, including "Puppeteer (Goliat)", have been exhibited at the Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (Barcelona). Since April 2023, she has been Director of the Sculpture programme at the Academy of Fine Art Germany.

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Jingsi Liu

Jingsi was born in China and has lived in Germany for many years. She obtained her degree in business administration here and worked as a financial analyst for several years. She later gave up her job in favour of her great enthusiasm for art and began studying drawing as a part-time student at the Academy of Fine Art Germany. In 2018, she began studying drawing/painting full-time at the Barcelona Academy of Art and graduated in 2021. Her personal passion is landscape painting.

Since September 2021, Jingsi has been a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Art Germany and teaches drawing and painting.

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Nurzada Nuzzipzhanova

Nurzada Nussipzhanova was born and raised in Central Asia and later moved to Spain to study art. She graduated in drawing and painting from the Barcelona Academy of Art in 2019 and taught there until the start of the pandemic in 2020. Her works range from portraits to landscape painting. She mainly works with her natural surroundings, creating her own little story with each work. She has already exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona and the Liceu Opera House (Barcelona).  Since September 2023, Nurzada has been a lecturer in drawing and painting at the Academy of Fine Art Germany.

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Michael Weiss

Michael graduated with honours from the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Bonn (Germany). He then moved to New York (USA) and studied for a further 3 years at the New York Academy of Art, where he finally received his MFA. He has been honoured with numerous scholarships from the Federal Republic of Germany for his outstanding achievements in art. His work has been exhibited in galleries and international art fairs throughout Europe and New York, including the Flag Art Foundation and the Paul Clemen Museum. Michael's work has been published in Hyperrealist Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. Some of his works are part of the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Collection. After his return to Germany, he taught as an art lecturer at the Alanus University (Bonn) as well as at the Bundeskunsthalle and the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne. Since 2022, he has been Deputy Director of the Academy of Fine Art Germany and teaches drawing and painting.

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Art works by our teachers

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