 Nina Römer, née Tangian, 1978 in Moscow, Russia.Both studied painting at the Staatliche Kunstakademie (State Art Academy) Düsseldorf under A. R. Penck and both were his "Meisterschüler" (master students).Nina Römer is the granddaughter of the Soviet-era writer Yury Trifonov and the great-granddaughter of the Ukrainian-Russian-Soviet painter Amshey Nurenberg.