The artists who will live and work together in the summer of 2025 as part of the 17th art festival Werkstattwoche have now been determined! The top-class jury – consisting of Laura Heeg from the renowned Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Paula Marschalek from Marschalek Art Management in Vienna, as well as Dino Steinhof and the Young Generation of the art museum Wolfsburg – selected the most promising positions from 188 impressive applications from 41 nations and 6 continents.
The selection made underlines the international appeal: from Great Britain to South Korea, from Nigeria to Brazil – the Werkstattwoche brings together established and emerging artists from all over the world. Included are: Damaris Athene (Great Britain), Eka-Eunkyoung Cho (South Korea), Valeria Duca (Moldova), Badéjo Fuwa (Nigeria), Pierpaolo Grandinetti (Italy), Haim Levac (Israel), Renan Marcondes (Brazil), Niloofar Monadian (Iran), Ken Nwadiogbu (Nigeria), Lorena Ruiz Pellicero (Spain), Hanie Soltani (Iran) and Júlio Vieira (Brazil). Germany is represented by Natascha Engst-Wrede, Fritz Faust, Vincent Grahn, Manuela K. Knaut, Anna Knöller, Celia R. Meißner, Valentin E. Renner and Franziska B. Wentz represented.
The jury highlights the special range of artists: “The selected positions represent the diverse spectrum of contemporary international art creation. A wide range of artistic disciplines are represented in the selected applications – from painting and photography to sculpture and spatial installations to performance art,” explains Laura Heeg. Paula Marschalek adds: “We used individual style and technical quality as important criteria in the final selection of artists, but in addition to the range of artistic expressions, we also wanted to present those artistic projects that will create synergies with the location of Lüben.” Also Dino Steinhof underlines the importance of creative exchange: “I therefore hope for an insightful, surprising, intensive and horizon-broadening exchange between the selected artists, which will also have an impact on visitors to the Lüben Werkstattwoche 2025.”
The 17th Werkstattwoche, which will take place from June 27, 2025 under the patronage of Minister Falko Mohrs, is more innovative than ever: The successful art podcast “How does the art scene tick” by the Swiss Petra Lossen accompanies the events before and during the event . UNIVERSITY DAY will celebrate a special premiere on July 2, 2025, offering students from surrounding universities the opportunity to exchange and network Art talks will also feature well-known personalities from the art world sharing their expertise and insights into current developments. The HBK Braunschweig is recognizing the importance of the event this year with its own workshop week seminar.
The crowning conclusion will be the weekend on July 5th and 6th, 2025, when the results of the Werkstattwoche will be presented to a broad audience. All over Lüben, public and private spaces are being transformed into exhibition spaces. The opening begins on Saturday at 4 p.m. and is accompanied by a varied music program and guided tours of the exhibition.
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