Michael "MiQ" Quarz, born on December 1, 1966 in Langenfeld in the Rhineland (Germany). Lives and works in Moers on the Lower Rhine (Germany). Michael Quarz works under the pseudonym "MiQ" and showed his passion for visual arts at a very early age. He received his first artistic education at school and outside as a teenager. He was especially inspired by his art teacher Bruno Stane-Grill. He became a freelance artist immediately after leaving school and won national and international prizes early on. In the 10 years of his early artistic career, MiQ worked almost exclusively as a commissioned artist before switching to advertising and founding a successful advertising agency. With the rise of the Internet, he shifted his professional focus to design, marketing and business consulting, which remained his main activity for over 20 years. At the same time, MiQ remained faithful to art and continued to work artistically, analog and increasingly digital. Computers and iPads became his preferred media for practical reasons. He still appreciates oil and acrylic the most because of their sensual qualities.