The sculptor Johannes Hepp (b. 1986 in Werneck near Würzburg) lives and works in Freiburg, where he studied at the Edith Maryon School of Art and now teaches there himself. At the heart of his work are small human figures that he releases from a single piece of soft wood, usually poplar or lime. Thin watercolour glazes and the visible traces of his tools keep the wood present. In 2018 Hepp received the Cultural Advancement Prize of the City of Würzburg.