NORDWESTKUNST 2025

In 2025, NORDWESTKUNST will once again serve as a premier platform where visitors can discover a diverse range of artistic positions, with artists from the northwest region competing for the prestigious biennial NORDWESTKUNST prize.

Following an initial jury meeting, 31 works from a record 521 portfolios were selected for display at the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven. The exhibition will feature a diverse array of media, including painting, video, installation, sculpture, sound art, graphics, performance, and art in public spaces. This dynamic showcase offers a compelling insight into the creative forces that motivate and move contemporary artists.

The exhibition addresses the state of the world, the interplay between humans and nature, the experience of migration and displacement, decolonial practices, urbanity and visions of the future, the human body, as well as artistic explorations of form, colour, material and space.

Performances, exhibition tours and talks invite visitors to ask questions and deepen their understanding of art through direct dialogue. An expert jury will meet during the exhibition period to select the prize winners from the works on display. The NORDWESTKUNST prize, which is awarded by the Verein der Kunstfreunde für Wilhelmshaven e. V., consists of a solo exhibition and catalogue in the following year.

With:
Laura Bossert | Elko Braas | Serafima Bresler | Lotti Brockmann | Belia Zanna Geetha Brückner | Collectif Grapain | Manuela Grupe | Gruppe Stumpf | Tina Henkel | Charlie Holper | Janne Höltermann | Kathrin Jobczyk | Simone Karl | Leonie Kellein | Eunjeong Kim | Daniel Kuge | Laura Leppert | Wiebke Mertens | Sarai Meyron | Anna Pelz | Katja Pilipenko | Kervin Saint Pere | Léonie von Saldern | Lena Schmidt | Isabell Schulte | Hee Seo | Helen Shulkin | Jakob Spengemann | Nicola Staeglich | Philipp Valenta | Viron Erol Vert