Exhibitions
Browse through all exhibitions that currently take place. We also provide information about future exhibitions and exhibitions from the past.
Amateras Annual Exhibition for Paper Art
Bulgaria
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from May 23, 2023 until June 03, 2023.
Artist
Kristina Zimbakova and other Artists.
Opening Hours
Monday to Sunday 11 am to 6 pm
Opening reception May 23, 2023, 6 pm
Location
National Palace of Culture, Marble Foyer
1 Bulgaria Sq.,
Sofia
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Kristina Zimbakova's artwork included in the show 'Born to Fly' is made from acrylic and endemic lichen Usnea antarctica from King George Island, Antarctica, on self-handmade paper from 100 % wood-inhabiting fungi. The lichen-drawn inscription is the title of an eponymous play by Macedonian playwright Blagoja Risteski –Platnar, and it reads ‘Fly, Siljan.’ The Antarctic lichen (collected in Feb 2014) is courtesy of Prof. Alfredo Passo, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina. The work depicts the butterfly life cycle from an egg to an adult, when it eventually flies out of the painting into freedom. It symbolically represents the inner metamorphosis of a person, shedding constraints and surpassing adversity, and emerging of a new, liberated self.
Amateras Annual Exhibition/Competition for paper art is a part of the 13th edition of Sofia Paper Art Fest. It is an international and annual festival exhibiting the best of contemporary developments in paper art, and a two-time winner of the Festivals for Europe' (EFFE), awarded periodically by the European Festival Association.
Further information:
https://www.amateras.eu/en-news/amateras2023-participants
NAH DRAN - Close Up
Germany
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from May 06, 2023 until June 11, 2023.
Artist
Tanja Major and other Artists
Opening Hours
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 2 pm - 5 pm
Location
Weytterturm Straubing
In d. Bürg 1
94315 Straubing
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The Gemeinschaft Bildender Künstler Straubing presents a thematic exhibition of its members entitled "Nah Dran" in the Weytterturm beginning May 6, 2023. "Close at hand" is about the elementary question of what moves a person in his or her life. Looking, seeing, contemplating, experiencing becomes more intense, more lasting, more interesting when a person approaches the living, the matter and lets the emotion approach him.
Tanja Major with "Mycobütten." Here you can see the motif "Ascomycota,"
between two acrylic plates that resemble an eyepiece. This is what tubular fungi can look like under a microscope. They form tubes and in them are the spores for further sexual reproduction. The spores are shot out of the tubes when they mature. The Ascomycota (ascomycetes, tubular fungi) form a separate division in the kingdom of fungi. These include popular edible mushrooms such as truffles, morels and many more.
The handmade mushroom paper works show new possibilities of paper production, they consist of almost 100% mushrooms and are therefore
a "compostable or sustainable art" that can be returned to nature or the forest.
Further information:
https://fungi-paper.de/
https://weytterturm.de/index.php/aktuell/2023-05-nah-dran
” SÈVE ”
France
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from April 01, 2023 until June 17, 2023.
Artist
Sandrine Beaudun
Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday 10 am - 12 pm
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 2:30 pm - 6 pm
Closed Friday
Location
Château de Ratilly
89540 Treigny
More Information
Further information see download on the IAPMA website and links below:
https://www.sandrinebeaudun.com
https://chateauderatilly.fr
Sandrine Beaudum Exhibition Flyer
Radiale - Art in the Circle 2023
Germany
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from May 14, 2023 until June 25, 2023.
Artist
Bara Lehmann-Schulz and other Artists
Opening Hours
Thursday 4 pm – 7 pm
Sunday 2 pm – 5 pm
Location
Kreisarchiv Ladenburg
Trajanstraße 66
68526 Ladenburg
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The Biennale, Radiale – Art in the Circle 2023, celebrates the 50th anniversary, five decades of art promotion of the Rhein-Neckar District.
Art works of 115 Artists of the District Collection are exhibited at five different venues in the Rhine-Neckar-District.
The Exhibition in Ladenburg shows works of the collection’s stock from 29 artists and invites the visitors with a thematic selection to a reflection about “Change and Stability”.
Further information:
https://www.kultur-im-kreis.net/radiale-kunst-im-kreis.html https://www.kultur-im-kreis.net/radiale-ladenburg.html
On the Trunk - the work of Maria Komorowska at the Museum of Papermaking
Poland
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from March 09, 2023 until July 16, 2023.
Artist
Maria Komorowska
Opening Hours
March and April, Tuesday to Sunday 9 am – 3 pm
May through July, Monday – Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday 9 am – 4 pm
Location
Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki-Zdroj
st. Klodzka 42
57-340 Duszniki-Zdroj
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The story told by the trees, or the work of Maria Komorowska at the Museum of Papermaking.
Thanks to cooperation with the outstanding paper art artist Maria Komorowska, the Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki-Zdrój had the honor of opening a new exhibition in the only Paper Art Gallery in Poland. On the Trunk - an unusual exhibition completely inspired by nature and the artist's fresh look at such a trivial (it might seem) piece of nature as a trunk - the last remnant of a felled tree.
Maria Komorowska, lives and works in Warsaw. She is currently a professor at the University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw at the Faculty of Architecture. However, her work extends well beyond the walls of the capital. And so, for example, she has been connected with the Museum of Papermaking for years, both artistically and emotionally. It is in the historic production hall of the 16th century paper mill that many of her works have been created, and this is because one of her main interests is the technique of handmade paper. She shows up there every year to work intensively on her next works of art. She also created works there that enabled her to defend her PhD.
Further information:
https://muzeumpapiernictwa.pl/aktualnosci/na-pniu-wernisaz-wystawy-sztuki-papieru/
Vis à Vis 2D Informal and Conceptual
Switzerland
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from May 11, 2023 until July 28, 2023.
Artist
Gerda Ritzmann and other Artists
Opening Hours
Open 24 hours each day
Location
Ospedale Regionale di Locarno
La Carità
Via all'Ospedale 1
6600 Locarno
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Whereabouts: In Between Presence and Absence
United States
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from July 25, 2022 until July 29, 2023.
Artist
Sun Young Kang
Opening Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm
Thursday 12 pm - 7 pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
Location
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Kendall College of Art and Design
Ferris State University
17 Pearl St. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Whereabouts: The Influence of Place and Space is an ongoing series of installations considering the most public-facing space – the Lobby, Living Room, and Cases. Artists build an immersive environment or site-specific work that responds to the space’s architecture, ornamentation, furniture, and social nature. These works consider the nuanced understanding of art, design, and craft to push conceptual and material boundaries.
In Between Presence and Absence uses discarded paper to create paper pulp and cast everyday vessels. This process allows me to visualize the invisible — the parallel to the visible world. As I deconstruct the original identity of the vessels by installing them upside-down, I'm highlighting the container's void. As a result, the negative space of the UICA Lobby ceiling is filled with emptiness, articulating a non-describable concept, the inseparability of presence and absence, and the tension between them.
Further information:
https://www.uica.org/exhibitions/whereabouts-sun-young-kangutm_source=UICA+Communications&utm_campaign=275e5901a7-
SunYoungKang_UICA
Gronging's Light at Museum hetMOW
Netherlands
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from February 04, 2023 until September 10, 2023.
Artist
Ina Fekken and 23 other artists
Opening Hours
Wednesday to Friday 11 am to 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm
Monday and Tuesday open by appointment
Location
Museum hetMOW
Hoofdweg 161
9695 AE Bellingwolde
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The MOW hosts the exhibition "Gronings Light". With "Gronings Light" you might think of the wide space there, but I take a different point of view, the wealth of ideas in Groningen. Think of the cartoon character that lights up when he gets an idea. It is a spatial work in which an old innovation is brought together with a new one in one work.
The starting points are the strawboard industry in the past and the project “the wide green dike” for the future. The straw board industry in Groningen arose because farmers had a surplus of straw and there were enough workers, fuel and clean water in the area. The industry has been lost due to, among other things, shorter grain varieties, odorous cardboard, water pollution, etc. The last factory of that specific product closed in the 1980s.
For the installation, I collected cardboard boxes of the same size.
A box is intended to safely store and/or transport the contents. The content is usually private and not visible. Hidden.
With a little light you might discover...
Read more about the innovation for reinforcing dikes and projects.
http://demensenvandestrokarton.nl/strokarton-een-short-description-van-de-opkomst-en-teloorgang-van-een-specific-noord-nederlands-product/
https://www.landenwater.nl/waterbouw/proefdijk-van-dried-slib-aanleg-voor-de-zeedijk/
Further information:
http://www.hetmow.nl
http://www.inafekken.nl
BUGA23 - Mushroom
Germany
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from April 14, 2023 until October 08, 2023.
Artist
Tanja Major
Opening Hours
Daily 9:00 am- 7:00 pm
Location
BUGA23, Mannheim
BUGA23 Mushroom
Spinelli Park
Spinelliplatz 4
68259 Mannheim
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In 2023 the American Spinelli Barracks and their 80 hectares of space will become a BUGA site with colorful gardens, a spacious landscaped area for strolling, looking and marveling. In the midst of it all, deliberately chosen architectural reminiscences such as the original 21,000-square-meter U-Halle, originally a military site.
The U-Hall is the architectural highlight on the Spinelli site and the heart of the Federal Horticultural Show Mannheim 2023. The original 21,000-square-meter U-shaped warehouse was partially dismantled to its supporting steel and concrete girder framework for BUGA 23 and reduced to approx. 13,000 square meters. Scaffold-like, permeable structures remained, which were planted with climbing plants, grasses and wildflowers. The inner courtyard of the U-Hall was also upgraded with generous water areas, trees, an old railroad car and lounge areas.
There is also the area “Mushroom” where you can discover different mushroom paper.
Further information:
https://www.buga23.de/die-parks/spinellipark/
https://www.fungi-paper.de
https://fungi-paper.de/en
PLANT FEVER - Pflanzenfieber. Botanik, Mensch, Design
Germany
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from April 29, 2023 until October 31, 2023.
Artist
Other Artists
Opening Hours
Mondays Closed
Daily 10 am - 5 pm
Location
Kunstgewerbemuseum (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - SKD)
August-Böckstiegel-Straße 2,
01326 Dresden
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'Plant Fever' - exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum) in Dresden. The German museum will present 'Pflanzenfieber. Botanik, Mensch, Design' – an enriched version of the original exhibition – in the beautiful site of Pillnitz Palace & Park.
Current debates - for example on climate justice, the ecological footprint or human consumer behavior - show: The relationship between humans and nature urgently needs to be rethought! The multi-year research and exhibition project PLANT FEVER, initiated by the curatorial duo Laura Drouets and Olivier Lacrouts, takes up this challenge and asks: Can design help us to reshape our relationship with the plant world and show us the potential of plants as true allies?
Parallel to the exhibition, the curatorial team was invited to conceive a plant-related workshop program that will take place during the summer. Entitled The School of Phyto-centred Design, the program will invite participants to explore the vegetal world from various experimental perspectives.
Further information:
https://plantfever.com
https://kunstgewerbemuseum.skd.museum/en/exhibitions/pflanzenfieber/
Viviane Fontaine International Paper Triennial– 2023
Switzerland
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from March 11, 2023 until November 12, 2023.
Artist
Helene Tschacher, Hongyun He, Beate Laurien, Elke Muche, Kirstin Rabe, Angelika Wolpert, Kate Hipkiss, Michel Gautier, Sophie Chanyoung Kim, Minnamarina Tammi, Lola Greenwich, Micel Olivier, Florence Pinson-Ynden, Eva Kipp, Maria Matyja-Rozpara, Marie-Laure Miazza, Myriam Rais, Gerda Ritzmann, Gaby Struder, and other Artists
Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday 2 pm - 5 pm
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Location
Musée Charmey
Les Charrières 1
1637 Charmey
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The International Paper Triennial, an exhibition competition co-founded by the Musée de Charmey and artist Viviane Fontaine in 1993, showcases the incredibly diverse landscape of contemporary paper art. Over the competition’s 30-year history, the Musée de Charmey has had the privilege of hosting and exhibiting 520 artists from 40 countries.
1st Jury Prize: Gabriele Fontana (Canada), L'Égarement du soldat, 2022.
2nd Jury Prize: Maria Matyja-Rozpara (Poland), Remains of Being, 2022.
3rd Jury Prize: Kate Hipkiss (England), Breathe, 2022.
tel +41 26 927 55 87
email info@musee-charmey.ch
https://www.instagram.com/museecharmey/
Further information:
https://www.musee-charmey.ch
Exhibition Flyer
Staircase: Bookcase
United Kingdom
Event Dates
The exhibition is opened from April 17, 2023 until December 29, 2023.
Artist
Fenneke Wolters-Sinke and other Artists
Opening Hours
Wednesday to Friday 11 am-5 pm
Saturday 12 pm - 4 pm.
Closed Sunday to Tuesday
Location
Upright Gallery
3 Barclay Terrace
Edinburgh
EH10 4HP
More Information
Fenneke is delighted to be showing a few of her artists' books together with works from other artists in a permanent display at Upright Gallery. You can view our works online on the website at the link below
Further information:
https://www.uprightgallery.com/artist-books.html