Julia Ihlenburg lives in Landau in the Palatinate and has been studying art at RPTU since 2021. She works mainly with mixed media, including markers, tape, spray paint, acrylic and ink. In 2024 she won the young talent award “Nachwuchspreis für Junge Kunst” of the Herrenhof cultural centre.

Her motifs pick up everyday moments, dreamlike sequences and cheeky figurative graffiti, often on upcycled materials such as old vinyl records, cardboard boxes or tarpaulins. Thematically, she engages with empowerment, queer topics, sustainability and the fast pace of society.

More about Julia here. For COQUET, Julia contributed motifs from her series #YLLW (“#yellow”).

Fabian Braun is a self-taught artist from Ingolstadt who specialises in abstract painting. His works are characterised by a vivid visual language that combines emotion, intuition and structure. For COQUET, Fabian contributed the motif Skeptical from his Face series.

With the Face series, Fabian questions classic notions of portrait and identity. The human face – traditionally a symbol of individuality and expression – is replaced by abstract, uncontrollable forms. The result is a body of work that breaks with expectations and opens up new perspectives on the subject of humanity.

More about Fabian here. For COQUET, Fabian contributed motifs from his Face line.