Horizonte exhibition at the Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin – Opening: 28th Nov, 2025

Horizonte exhibition at the Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin - Opening: 28th Nov, 2025 – by Enda O'Donoghue

29 November 2025 – 11 January 2026
Opening: Friday, 28 November 2025, 19:00
Closing: Sunday, 11 January 2026, 19:00

A benefit exhibition in support of the Kunstverein Neukölln e.V.

Following the success of last year’s benefit exhibition, which greatly helped to secure the future of the Kunstverein’s exhibition space, Kunstverein Neukölln has once again launched an open call. This year’s edition appears under the title Horizonte, aligning with the annual theme “Landscape.”

From Neukölln, countless horizons can be seen — as many as there are people and perspectives. People from all over the world live here and bring their own viewpoints, while Neukölln residents travel widely for holidays, work or personal reasons. The district is shaped by a multitude of horizons: some close to home, others extending across the globe. And in the imagination, entirely new horizons emerge, opening up new worlds and new ways of seeing.

The idea of the horizon also connects naturally to landscape and the landscape format. A wide view offers orientation and suggests openness. And at the horizon we look for the break of day — a place where hope begins.

Curators: Barbara Duisberg and Rebekka Liebmann

Participating Artists:
Alice Baillaud, Almuth Baumfalk, Andrea Rausch, Andrea Hartinger, Andreas Haltermann, Anja Sonneburg, Anja Teske, Anja Spitzer, Anna Borgman, Anna Fiegen, Ayumi Rahn, Barbara Wrede, Barbara Müller, Barbara Eitel, Barbara Duisberg, Beate Maria Wörz, Bettina Weiß, Birgit Hölmer, Bodo Rott, Carmen McPherson, Carola Bark, Carsten Borck, Christian Pilz, Christoph Bangert, Christoph Beer, Claudia Busching, Claudia von Funcke, Constanze Kreiser, Cornelia Bördlein, Dagie Brundert, Deborah Phillips, Doris Steffens, Elisabeth Sonneck, Elke Graalfs, Elma Riza, Enda O’Donoghue, Esther Horn, Eva AM Winnersbach, Frauke Boggasch, Friederike Hammann, Friederike Linssen, Fritz Bornstück, Gabriele Regiert, Georg Hammann, Gernot Kistner, Hadmut Bittiger, Hani Kim, Hanne Sommer, Heiko Sievers, Hein Spellmann, Henning Kappenberg, Irene Anton, Iris Hillmeister-Becker, Jainem Jeong, Jakob Kirchheim, James Edmonds, Janine Hoenig, Jasmin Höher-Kosel, Jennifer Wagner, Jens Hanke, Jens Reulecke, Julia Ziegler, Julia Neuenhausen, Juliane Duda, KA Bomhardt, Karsten Konrad, Katarzyna Badach, Katrin Eissing, Katrin Hosterbach, Kiki Gebauer, Kirsten Heuschen, Korvin Reich, Lars Maurmaier, Leo de Munk, Li Koelan, Margret Holz, Margund Smolka, Mariel Gottwick, Markus Kohn, Marte Kiessling, Martin Steffens, Martina Becker, Matthias Beckmann, Michelle Lloyd, Monika Schelk, Morten Straede, Nadja Schöllhammer, Nathalie Giraud, Nikos Kalaitzis, Ommo Wille, Paula Carralero Bierzynska, Peter Hock, Petra Lottje, Petra Tödter, Pia Linz, Regina Neuwald, Rosa Brunner, Roswitha Baumeister, Sabrina Jung, Sebastian Richter, Sibylla Weisweiler, Sigrid Weise, Simono, Stéphanie Mohnhaupt, Susanne Britz, Sven Drühl, Tanja Schnitzler, Thilo Droste, Tom Früchtl, Ulrich Kretschmann, Ulrike Dornis, Ursula Antesberger, Uwe Bressnik, Uwe Schäfer, Yip Lap, Yvonne Roeb.

Participation in Telephone – online art game

Over this past year, I participated in the latest iteration of TELEPHONE. This is a game played by artists worldwide that works like the children’s game of the same name. A message is passed from person to person and changes and evolves as it is passed. In this case, we pass a secret message from art form to art form, so a message could become poetry and then painting and then music and then film, throughout all possible forms of art.

This is the third game of TELEPHONE. The first game, was published in 2015 and consisted of 315 artists and can be found HERE. That first game was featured in The New York Times and you can read that article HERE.
The second game of TELEPHONE was played during the pandemic and published in 2021. It consisted of work by 795 artists and can be found HERE.
I also took part in that second game, and my entry https://phonebook.gallery/artists/enda-odonoghue from that round was a response to a piece of music from a composer based in New Orleans.

For this most recent game of Telephone, I was given a poem to respond to, entitled “Hawk in the Shadow of a Sycamore”. In response to the ideas in the poem I made a painting of ivy on a graffiti-covered wall by the river where I walk by daily. I then brought that painting back to the wall by the river, hung it there by the ivy, rephotographed it and left the painting there, for someone to find. It stayed there for a few days, unnoticed. Then it vanished… I thought maybe it ended up in the river or something like that….

Weeks later, I received an email and a photo from someone who signed themselves simply as M. They found the painting and gave it a new home.
https://telephonegame.art/artists/enda-odonoghue 

Open Studios 2025 – Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin – 20th Sept.

Open Studios 2025 - Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin - 20th Sept. – by Enda O'Donoghue

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, starting at 2 PM, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile in Alt-Treptow will once again open its studios to the public, offering a glimpse into the artistic work happening inside. We warmly invite everyone to join us and look forward to exchanging ideas with friends, long-time companions, art enthusiasts, and both new and old neighbours.

In the KUNSTRAUM m3, the exhibition “Being Volcana” by Katya Morra (MEX/GB) will be on view (4 — 9 p.m.).

PROGRAM
Saturday, September 20, 2025 · From 2 PM

in the studio house:
2 p.m. — 7 p.m. Open Studios

exhibiting artists:
Paul Barnett, Mark Braun, Alexander Demetriades, „Edges“ Egle Eigirdaite, Helena Hernández, Katja Hommel, Clara Joris, Max Kerkhoff, Karin Kerkmann, Katharina Schwarz, Karsten Krause, Michelle Lloyd, Jens Martens, Nanne Meyer, Enda O’Donoghue, Ilona Ottenbreit, Haleh Redjaian, Cameron Rudd, Marcela Sánchez, Anna Saridi, Felix Meyer-Christian, Annette Schmidt, Hildegard Skowasch, Margund Smolka, Ona Tav, Thomas Tuchel, Alexander Wagner, Andreas Walther, Eva AM Winnersbach, Marianne Wirries

KUNSTRAUM m3:
4 PM — 9 PM · Exhibition: Katya Morra (MEX/GB) — “Being Volcana”

in the courtyard:
food truck and bar
cake and coffee

in Selected Studios + courtyard:
“Second helping” to serve (What the fact – between truth and perception) Installations, sculptures & participatory works
with the artists:
Martina Becker: lying beautifully to be true
Michelle Lloyd: DISINFOTISCH
Leo de Munk: untitled
Margund Smolka: “played without limits…”
Eva AM Winnersbach: Culinary delights

Open Studios 2024 – Atelierhaus Mengerzeile – 28th Sept.

Open Studios 2024 - Atelierhaus Mengerzeile - 28th Sept. – by Enda O'Donoghue

Atelierhaus Mengerzeile warmly invites everyone to the Open Studios 2024.

Program

Saturday, September 28th / 2 — 11 p.m.

in the studio house:
2 p.m. — 7 p.m. Open Studios

KUNSTRAUM m3:
2 — 6 p.m. Exhibition Lilli Kuschel: “Ways of Coping”

in the courtyard:
food truck and bar
cake and coffee

from 2 p.m. screen printing event
from 7 p.m. bonfire and music

Many of our artists will open their studio doors to give an insight into their work. They look forward to inviting you in to chat and exchange ideas with friends, companions, people interested in art and new and old neighbours.

Disinformation and hate speech are on the rise everywhere – including our own neighbourhood. We’ll use this day to make a creative statement for a diverse and open society, where those most vulnerable are also protected. At our screen printing workshop, you can have T-shirts or your own fabrics printed with a statement by our artists. There will be coffee and homemade cakes, a food truck with delicious empanadas and ceviche, pisco sour and other drinks. We will also design banners together to make our values ​​visible.

We’ll end the day with a bonfire and music. Looking forward to see you at the Atelierhaus!

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KünstlerInnen/Artists:
PAUL BARNETT | MARIELE BERGMANN | ULRIKE BERNARD | MARK BRAUN | CLAUDIA BRIESKE | PATRICK BRUNKEN | CLEMENS BRUNNER | ALEXANDER DEMETRIADES | ZENO GRIES | ANE-MARTHA HANSGÄRD | JULIANE HENRICH | KATJA HOMMEL | CLARA JORIS | MAX KERKHOFF | KARIN KERKMANN | KARSTEN KRAUSE | MICHELLE LLOYD | MARTA MARCÉ | JENS MARTENS | NANNE MEYER | EVA NOACK | ENDA O‘DONOGHUE | ILONA OTTENBREIT | HALEH REDJAIAN | MIRAE KH RHEE | CAMERON RUDD | MARGIT SCHILD | ANNETTE SCHMIDT | HILDGARD SKOWASCH | MARGUND SMOLKA | ONA TAV | THOMAS TUCHEL | ALEXANDER WAGNER | ANDREAS WALTHER | EVA AM WINNERSBACH | MARIANNE WIRRIES

www.atelierhaus-mengerzeile.de

Atelierhaus Mengerzeile + Kunstraum m3
Mengerzeile 1–3
12435 Berlin

Mélange | Group Exhibition at Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany

Mélange | Group Exhibition at Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany – by Enda O'Donoghue

March 9th – March 30th, 2024

Gallery neurotitan
c/o Schwarzenberg eV
Rosenthaler Strasse 39
D-10178 Berlin

Opening: Saturday, March 9th, 6 p.m

Opening hours March 9th – March 30th, 2024
Monday to Saturday 12 p.m. – 8 p.m

Kino Central special: MÉLANGE – art short films Mengerzeile
on Thursday, March 21, 2024 and on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m

In a capital that is in constant change and upheaval, it is reassuring to find one constant. The Atelierhaus Mengerzeile is one such place that has contributed to the Berlin art scene for over 30 years – despite all odds.

In 1993, a group of artists moved into the former piano factory on the strip of the Wall between Alt-Treptow and Neukölln. Productive years followed – the Mengerzeile studio house officially established itself as an artists’ association and created a lively new art space with thirty studios, the Kunsthalle m3 gallery, an international guest studio and the Amiga Club. As Berlin gentrified, this space was also in danger of disappearing. In 2018 – thanks to continued efforts on our part, long-term negotiations with the Berlin Senate, the Treptow district office, etc., as well as cooperation with the new owner – the existence of the studio house was secured in the long term. The public Berlin media also stood by our side here. There are currently 36 artists working in the studio house from various fields such as painting, sculpture, conceptual art, film, photography and design. This mélange of international creatives, their diverse positions, philosophies and perspectives, also represents the resistant moments that art can show in order to oppose repression.

We find it particularly exciting to exhibit in the neurotitan gallery in Haus Schwarzenberg – an art oasis that, similar to the old Viennese coffee houses, has asserted itself as an important place of debate and artistic exchange in Berlin Mitte for three decades. The exhibition also shows that such evolved art spaces must remain intact in order to work creatively with these changes – or in Bowie’s words – “turn and face the strange…” changes.

Artists:
Paul Barnett, Mariele Bergmann, Ulrike Bernard, Mark Braun, Claudia Brieske, Patrick Brunken, Clemens Brunner, Alex Demes, Zeno Gries, Ane-martha Hansgärd, Juliane Henrich, Katja Hommel, Clara Joris, Max Kerkhoff, Karin Kerkmann, Karsten Krause, Michelle Lloyd, Marta Marcé, Jens Martens, Nanne Meyer, Eva Noack, Enda O’Donoghue, Ilona Ottenbreit, Haleh Redjaian, Mirae Kh Rhee, Cameron Rudd, Margit Schild, Annette Schmidt, Hildegard Skowasch, Margund Smolka, Ona Tav, Thomas Tuchel, Alexander Wagner, Andreas Walther, Eva Am Winnersbach, Marianne Wirries

30th Anniversary Atelierhaus Mengerzeile

30th Anniversary Atelierhaus Mengerzeile – by Enda O'Donoghue

In 1993, a group of artists moved into the former piano factory on the Wall Strip between Alt-Treptow and Neukölln.

Since then, Berlin has changed, the neighborhood has changed, the composition of the house has changed and we have changed. The Atelierhaus Mengerzeile Association, has however, been preserved as a place of creativity – despite all adversity.

And we would like to celebrate that!

This is because the Mengerzeile’s story is a stroke of luck in Berlin studio house history. In 2018, after longstanding efforts and in cooperation with the new owner of the building, the existence of the studio house was secured in the long term. Currently 38 artists from various fields such as painting, sculpture, conceptual art, film, photography and design are working in the Mengerzeile studios. The Atelierhaus Mengerzeile manages all work within the house itself – its goal is to maintain a constant offer of affordable studios. In addition, the association focuses on the promotion of art and cultural infrastructure, especially in the Alt-Treptow district, as well as hosting a platform for artists’ exchange.

For many Berlin artists it is almost impossible today to find an affordable work space in a central location. The Atelierhaus Mengerzeile demonstrates that – despite the building of new residential quarters on the premises of the Atelierhaus – creative work spaces could
still be preserved. It was a tough struggle that took several years. Through the commitment and perseverance of the association’s members and their allies, an agreement was finally reached with the new owner – and a lease for the next two decades procured.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of moving into the house. On this occasion, we want to look back while also looking forward . In this anniversary year a series of exhibitions

with former house artists has been ongoing in the Kunstraum m3. A documentary exhibition about the history of the house is due to start in the autumn. Also planned are a series of talks, in which not only the Berlin studio house decline, but in particular the rescue of studio buildings will be discussed in detail. Finally in September there will be a big party with music, dancing and performance art! The “Open Studios” day offers an insight into our current artistic work. We are very much looking forward to interacting and celebrating with friends, helpers and art enthusiasts as well as members of both old and new neighborhoods.

Program

From 2:00 PM – Food Trucks and Bar

In the Atelierhaus:
2 PM to 7 PM – Open Studios
2 PM to 7 PM – Documentation Exhibition “1993 to 2023 Atelierhaus Mengerzeile”

12 PM to 7 PM NWGATK im Kunstraum m3
In the Courtyard:

Children’s Program:
2 PM to 4 PM – Workshop: Making Colors from Plants
4 PM to 5:30 PM – Children’s Guided Tour through the Open Studios
5:30 PM to 6:15 PM – Children’s Reading from the Book “The Wind in the Willows”

Evening Program:
4 PM to 4:30 PM – Dance: URBAN BELLY DANCE SHOW
5 PM to 5:45 PM – ART.MAKES.SPACE Collective Writing with Pussy Write
5:30 PM to 6:15 PM – Concert: Bastian Hagedorn
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM – Pussy Write – Reading of Texts ART.MAKES.SPACE
7:30 PM – Speech by Prof. Tim Renner and Marco Brauchmann (District Councilor for Education, Schools, Culture, and Sports)
8:15 PM to 9 PM – Concert: Acid Omas
9:30 PM to 11 PM – Concert: Flirren
Starting at 11 PM – DJ – DAISY D´OR & Miss Kadeedja 

Miniatura – Kunstraum M3, Berlin – 2nd June 2023

Miniatura - Kunstraum M3, Berlin - 2nd June 2023 – by Enda O'Donoghue

InFormat is a collaboration of 8 international painters, based in and around Berlin. Each of the InFormat shows has one common denominator – it focuses on a particular “format”. The group has been convening since 2013 to create new work and collectively install the resulting exhibition. The only stipulations are the specific format and its dimensions, predetermined several months in advance. Previous shows have included the Square, the Triptych, the Panorama, the Frieze and the Tondo formats. In “MINIATURA”, InFormat’s sixth exhibition, the group will engage the challenges and possibilities offered by the extremely small-scale composition.

Artists: Paul Barnett (NZ), Nicole Heinzel (UK/GER), Michelle Lloyd (IRL), Ivan Lacaze (FRA), Karla Marchesi (AUS), Enda O’Donoghue (IRL), Cameron Rudd (UK) and Alex Tennigkeit (GER).

Travels in Hyper Reality — Crane Visual, Cork | June – July 2023

Travels in Hyper Reality — Crane Visual, Cork | June - July 2023 – by Enda O'Donoghue

Very happy to have some work included in this exhibition curated by Dermot Browne the exhibition Travels in Hyper Reality, and brings together the works of eight Visual Artists around the ideas of travel, altered realities, and a range of making practices including collage, weaving, painting, photography and print.

The featured artists are Gavin Hogg, Helen Cantwell, Johnny Bugler, Izabela Szczutkowska, Helen O’Shea, Enda O’Donoghue, Andrew Carroll, and Tom Doig.

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The title of the show comes from a book and essay published by Umberto Eco in 1975, which throws up ambiguous warnings of the threats of the then still new technology of Holography suggesting that it “satisfies the most ambitious ambitions of photorealism”.

Art, and image making in general, have always had uneasy relationships with their counterparts issuing from the world of technology, and here we are, at the dawn of (if you believe it), a new revolution in image making and creativity, this time led by A.I.

The “Hyper Reality” that these artists lead us into instead is one of embodied practices, mediated through chosen materials and engaged time. From Izabela Szczutkowska’s collaged photographic representations of her two homes; (Poland and Ireland), and the recurrent themes of palm trees and beach-like spaces in Johnny Bugler’s works, the sorts of travel that only art can allow are strong here.

The type of multi-layered “Hyper Reality” that we each carry around with us in our mobile devices is suggested in Gavin Hogg’s two monumental wall pieces. Visual language is in overload here and we must travel with it or lose ourselves.

As some of us will remember when C.D’s were still a new thing, the “death of vinyl records” was announced triumphantly, yet who could have predicted that artists and musicians would then go and play two records together? And with each of the artists represented here, you will find that uniquely human ability to bring two (or more) diverse elements together to create a new reality, a new window into our selves.

Where images and made objects meet well conceived ideas and processes, a space is born for us to travel in.

Crane Visual is a Visual Arts and Interdisciplinary Social Space curated and managed by Dermot Browne and located in the Musgrave Theatre at Dance Cork Firkin Crane.

DIGITAL DIVIDE II – 9. – 17. OKTOBER 2021 im HilbertRaum, Berlin

DIGITAL DIVIDE II - 9. - 17. OKTOBER 2021 im HilbertRaum, Berlin – by Enda O'Donoghue

DIGITAL DIVIDE II – Die Atomisierung der Welt, HilbertRaum, Berlin

Die Atomisierung der Welt

08.10-17.10.2021

SOFT OPENING 08.10.2021, 18 UHR
Begrüßung durch Karolin Siller

SOFT FINISSAGE 17.10.2021, 18 UHR
Künstlergespräch mit Vanessa Souli, Kuratorin und Autorin – live zu hören auf Clubhouse unter „Digital Divide“

Künstler: Nick Fudge, Andreas Lau, Enda O´Donoghue, Römer + Römer, Sandra Schlipkoeter

FEATURED VON DER GALERISTIN KAROLIN SILLER

Adresse: HilbertRaum, Reuterstr. 31, 12047 Berlin
Öffnungszeiten: Freitag 16-19 Uhr, Sa+So 14-19 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung

DIGITAL DIVIDE II
DIE ATOMISIERUNG DER WELT
EINGELADEN VON SANDRA SCHLIPKOETER

Die Ausstellung DIGITAL DIVIDE, die Atomisierung der Welt, ist die zweite gemeinsame Ausstellung von Andreas Lau, Römer + Römer und Nick Fudge. Im Hilbertraum erweitern sie die gezeigten Künstler mit Arbeiten von Enda ODonoghue und Sandra Schlipkoeter.

Alle Positionen gehen der Frage nach, wie Malerei heutzutage noch zeitgemäß funktionieren kann. Gibt es noch einen Platz für das analoge Medium, für die Malerei? Die Bejahung dieser Frage fällt leicht, wenn man das malerische Werk dieser Künstler betrachtet. Die Fotografie mit deren Folgemedien Film und Fernsehen, bis hin zu Computerbildschirmen und Smartphone-Displays beherrschen heute unsere visuelle Kultur. Das sich die Malerei dennoch als starkes künstlerisches Medium behaupten konnte, liegt nicht zuletzt an genau dieser kreativen Auseinandersetzung und Abarbeitung mit der neuen Technik.

Durch Codierung von Motiven, Wiederholung serieller Zeichen, Zerlegung in Pixel oder der Nutzung digitaler Möglichkeiten ergeben sich völlig neue optische Möglichkeiten. Mit der Aneignung dieser optischer Einflüsse und Reize entstehen neue, eigenständige Malereien.

Das braucht Zeit und Disziplin. Dadurch stellen sich die Künstler mit ihrer Malerei der Schnelllebigleit der digitalen Moderne entgegen, entschleunigen sich und ihre Arbeit und bewahren sich dadurch ihre Sensibilität.

Diese Ausstellung lädt ein, in Zeiten der Bilderflut unbedingt in Ruhe genauer hinzusehen.

Nick Fudge spricht über seine Arbeit als „painted pixelation“ also gemalte Pixel. Tatsächlich ist er der Einzige der fünf Künstler, der direkt mit dem Computer seine Bildwerke entwickelt, programmiert und malt. Er bezeichnet seine Kunst als „post-digital“.

Andreas Lau beschäftigt sich seit gut 25 Jahren mit dem Thema der Vielschichtigkeit. Die Bildmittel der Zeichen und Linien, Punkte und Strukturen werden als auflösende Elemente benutzt.

O’Donoghues Werke setzen sich mit dem Aufbau, der Sprache und der vermittelten Welt digitaler Bilder auseinander. Diese stehen für ihn im ständig fortlaufenden Dialog mit dem Medium der Malerei und des Malprozesses. Die Bilderwelt des Künstlers entspringt fast ausschließlich digitaler Fotografen aus dem Internet, wobei O’Donoghue mit zufälligen Augenblicken des Alltags experimentiert, diese miteinander verknüpft und zu einem Themenkomplex verschmelzen lässt.

Bei dem Künstlerpaar Römer + Römer bilden ausgiebige Fotorecherchen auf verschiedensten Festivals und Großereignissen den Ausgangspunkt der leicht gestischen, farbintensiven Ölmalerei. Aus diesem Bilderfundus wählen sie einzelne Motive aus, die als Grundlage für ihre malerischen, fast abstrakt wirkenden Bilderserien dienen. So entstanden beispielsweise große Werkzyklen über den Karneval in Rio de Janeiro, über das Fusion Festival und zuletzt über das in der Black Rock Wüste von Nevada stattfindende Burning Man Festival.

Sandra Schlipkoeter´s Arbeiten haben ihren Ursprung im digitalen Licht und fotografischen Störungen, vor allem Störungen in Form des physikalischen Phänomens der Interferenzen. Das sind Überlagerungen von Wellen im optischen Raum, die komplexe Linienmuster erzeugen. Diese Muster übersetzt sie in Malerei, Scherenschnitte, Skulpturen und Installationen. Ihre Arbeiten sind poetisch, ästhetisch und sphärisch zugleich. Physikalische Gesetze treffen auf künstlerische Konzepte.

nickfudge.net
Andreas Lau
endaodonoghue.com
roemerandroemer.com
sandraschlipkoeter.com

Link zur Webseite vom HilbertRaum
Link zu DIGITAL DIVIDE I im Kunstverein Speyer 2019

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