加布里埃尔·斯托泽，Gabriele Stötzer, born in 1953 in Emleben (GDR), was imprisoned for political reasons in 1977. In the aftermath, she joined the literary and artistic underground of the GDR and has been working as an independent artist since 1980. Her experimental work encompasses performance, photography, Super 8 film, drawing, textiles, ceramics, literature, painting, and interventions in public space. She was a co‑founder of the “Künstlerinnengruppe Erfurt” (Women Artists’ Group Erfurt) and a co‑initiator of the first peaceful occupation of a Stasi district administration. In 2013, she received the Federal Cross of Merit, in 2024, the Bremen Pauli-Preis and in 2026, the Goslarer Kaiserring. The Gropius Bau Berlin is dedicating a major solo exhibition to her in 2026.