Jupp Linssen – born in Kempen on the Lower Rhine in 1957; 1980-86 art studies at the RWTH Aachen under Prof. Joachim Bandau; 1987 Visual Arts Sponsorship Award from the city of Aachen; 1995 painting ersymposium in Werfen; 2003-05 lecturer at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (orientation area); represented internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions; lives and works in Aachen and the Netherlands