Exhibition “State of Things” // Künstlerforum Bonn

Young art as a snapshot of the present – exhibition by Alanus students.

Young art as a snapshot of the present – exhibition by Alanus students

What occupies a new generation of artists – here and now? Which images, materials, and bodies speak of the state of our times? With the exhibition “State of Things”, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter and Künstlerforum Bonn invite visitors to experience a dense snapshot of young contemporary art. On display are current works by art students at Alanus University—powerful positions that make fragility and resistance, memory and transformation visible.

For the third time, Künstlerforum is presenting a cross-class selection of works created as part of a university-wide open call. The title “State of Things” is programmatic: it is not intended as a conclusive inventory, but as an open state—as an artistic surveying of processes, transitions, and ruptures. In this way, it offers a polyphonic insight into current perspectives in young art and an invitation to sharpen our view of the present anew.

Exhibiting artists: Francesca Amodeo, Johanna Bajog, Lulu Bao, Paul Benning, Julie Biver, Ciara-May Börnicke, Benjamin Durth, Ann-Kathrin Eichas, Julia Engler, Dietmar Frings, Elisa Gabelli, Tahnee Göhring, Golde Görich, Aurelia Grabosch, Valentin Hausner, Annika Kallinich, Eva Krain, Dorothee Liebig, Leonie May, Palina Miriam Meffert, Nora Michalke, Ida Molkenthin, Tobias Nestle, Marla Pyzalski, Norma Rennel, Jakob Ruetz, Raphael Sack, Manuel Schlembach, Viktoria Schuller, Wiebke Schulz, Leon Steinbauer, Svenja Steiniger, Daria Tlustova, Solveig Turner, Thea Uecker, Niklas van Megen, Sophia Wagner, Maja Werner, Rosalia Wilms-Posen, Lukas Zimmermann

Curated by: Prof. Benjamin Houlihan and Prof. Paul Petry

Opening:
27 March 2026, 6 pm
– Welcome: Prof. Benjamin Houlihan and Prof. Paul Petry
– Introduction: Prof. Dr. Maurice Saß

Exhibition period:
28 March–19 April 2026

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 3–6 pm
Saturday: 2–5 pm
Sunday: 11 am–5 pm
(Closed on Good Friday, 03.04., and Easter Monday, 06.04.)

Guided tours:
Sundays, 29.03., 12.04., 19.04., each at 3 pm

Location:
Künstlerforum Bonn
Hochstadenring 22-24, 53119 Bonn

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