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Ein Programm, sechs Residenzstandorte (Hamminkeln-Ringenberg, Mönchengladbach, Neuss, Venlo, Venray und Viersen), zweiundzwanzig Stipendiat*innen und unendlich viele Vorteile: ab Herbst 2021 bündeln die euregionalen Residenzstandorte ihre Kräfte.

“Likeness” – Anne SchülkeExhibition from March 15, 2026 at the Project Space, Museum Katharinenhof, Nimwegerstraße 3, 47...
12/03/2026

“Likeness” – Anne Schülke
Exhibition from March 15, 2026 at the Project Space, Museum Katharinenhof, Nimwegerstraße 3, 47559 Kranenburg
Video installations exploring body, image, and the sense of self – close, mirrored, fragile.
Created during the Borderland Residencies (2025/26).
Outdoors: A monitor in the nearby transformer tower shows the video “White Balance” (2024), with a large banner above it featuring an image from the piece.
👉 Opening: Mar 15, 11 am–1 pm / Artist talk & closing: May 3, 11 am

Starting on Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Museums Katharinenhof Kranenburg will be showing an exhibition by Düsseldorf-based artist Anne Schülke in the PROJEKTRAUM KRANENBURG.
The title “Likeness” alludes to similarity and recognizability. It draws attention to the delicate connection between body, image, and sense of self. This tension forms the center of the works on display, which were created during Anne Schülke’s working stay as part of the “Borderland Residencies” program between September 2025 and February 2026.
The works deal with how our body, its image, and our sense of self are connected. For the artist, it is the body that enables the experience of the self. Other people can represent violence and annihilation or offer tenderness and freedom. This attitude touches on very personal, but also contemporary ethical questions that transcend humanity. On May 3, 2026, the last day of the exhibition, a discussion with the artist Anne Schülke will take place at 11 a.m.

Meet the Artists of Borderland Residencies 25/26: Marcus KaiserPlace of Residency: Greylight Projects, Heerlen Marcus K...
19/10/2025

Meet the Artists of Borderland Residencies 25/26: Marcus Kaiser
Place of Residency: Greylight Projects, Heerlen

Marcus Kaiser was born in Tübingen and grew up on the edge of the Swabian Alb, directly on the European watershed.
As a young man, he began to design his parents‘ garden as a biotope with ponds, stone piles, walls, and deadwood. Today, among countless wild herbs, meadow flowers, and grasses, up to 200 orchids of eight species grow there, and many insects, spiders, amphibians, reptiles, and birds call it home.

Kaiser’s artistic work is shaped by these experiences.
He studied cello at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf and subsequently at the city’s art academy.
He works simultaneously on various, sometimes very different, groups of works, which are sorted into larger exhibitions to form comprehensive contexts, quasi-biotopes, in which the artist also lives and works. Audio and video recordings are made there and concerts are also performed, which can be woven into future exhibitions. Over long periods of time, this creates sedimentation processes and feedback loops that form the basis, the humus, so to speak, for new works.

A central aspect in Kaiser’s work - he calls the overarching structure of the work operatic fractal - is the (organic) growth that approaches a flow equilibrium „steady state“ over  long periods of time.

In the courtyard of his Düsseldorf studio, he has created an inner-city rainforest with tree ferns and palm trees. These plants are also frequently featured in exhibitions.

Pictures:
Marcus Kaiser: opernfraktal/pink noise circle I, 2022
Marcus Kaiser: o p e r n f r a k t a l  /  f e i n d t ö n u n g, 2014


Meet the Artists of Borderland Residencies 25/26: Helena.Place of Residency: Museum Het Nieuwe Domein Today, we would l...
19/10/2025

Meet the Artists of Borderland Residencies 25/26:
Helena.
Place of Residency: Museum Het Nieuwe Domein

Today, we would like to start introducing the artists of the BR 25/26 period. We begin with Helena.

In her ongoing artistic research, Helena critically examines the prevailing narratives and power relations that constitute how we share urban space. Helena creates situations/ fictional spaces for the audience to step into and move around in, often playing with repetition and distorted proportions. Helena is collaborating with artist G.C. Heemskerk on a duo exhibition at the NS station in Sittard, organised in partnership with Museum Het Nieuwe Domein. For this presentation, she is researching the city’s pigeon populations and delving into local archives to uncover connections between these birds and the mining history of Sittard-Geleen.

Slide 1: Helena
Slide 2-4: The Great Misunderstanding (2025)
We see the circle of stars of the EU flag broken – a guarded circle that includes and excludes.
And a pigeon cast from white wax and mixed with street dirt – a symbol of peace and dirty pest.
Material: Print on fabric made from recycled plastic bottles 
Size: 180cm x 120cm 
Commissioned by Museum Het Nieuwe Domein.  




A vibrant start to Borderland Residencies 2025/26 in Moyland and Kleve: the new edition of our cross-border initiative s...
15/09/2025

A vibrant start to Borderland Residencies 2025/26 in Moyland and Kleve: the new edition of our cross-border initiative started on September 1st with a guided tour of the MAI–Beuys exhibition at Museum Schloss Moyland. Artistic Director and curator Antje-Britt Mählmann and Research Fellow Annika Hardy shared insights, joined by artists Francesco Marzano and Michelle Samba. Following the tour, all the participating artists and residencies of the new Residency Period introduced themselves, sharring impressions of their previous work and their plans for the upcoming residency period.
Day two offered an exclusive tour of Museum Kurhaus Kleve, whose rooms are currently closed to the public, with Deputy Director and Curator Susanne Figner, followed by continued meals and networking.

You can find more insights into the opening days on our website. We are looking forward to the coming period and would like to thank everyone involved for their participation.

Photos: Jan Lemitz

program for the finissage weekend of BETWEEN BELONGING, starting todayProgram:Friday, April 25, 6 pm - 2 pm7 pm: Perform...
25/04/2025

program for the finissage weekend of BETWEEN BELONGING, starting today

Program:
Friday, April 25, 6 pm - 2 pm
7 pm: Performance „Akechan“ by Soya Arakawa
8 pm: Zine launch „Rhine River Rehearsal“ and artist talk with René Boer (Loom — practice for cultural transformation)
9 pm: Performance „Green Dots“ by Hasmik Tangyan

Saturday, April 26, 2-6 pm:
The artists Soya Arakawa, Agata Siwek and Hasmik Tangyan will be present

Don’t miss your chance to see this wonderful exhibition, meet the artists and watch exciting performances and talks. We look forward to seeing you!

BETWEEN BELONGING
with works by Apparatus 22, Ayo Akingbade, Soya Arakawa, Leonie Brandner, Francisco Correia, Maartje Fliervoet, Silviu Guiman, Christine Hvidt, Jonny Isaak, Tiko Imnadze, Hugo Kostrzewa, Loom, Beatrice Richter, Agata Siwek, Renée Stravers, Hasmik Tangyan, Cléo Totti & Maria Toumazou

WELTKUNSTZIMMER, Ronsdorfer Str. 77a, 40233 Düsseldorf

Nearly two weeks ago, our BR group exhibition opened at Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf. The presentation will be on view unt...
22/04/2025

Nearly two weeks ago, our BR group exhibition opened at Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf. The presentation will be on view until next Saturday (April 26, 2025). That’s why we’d like to warmly invite you once again to stop by – for example, before you set off for the Düsseldorfer Museumsnacht!

In addition to image and video works, there will also be some live performances on Friday (April 25, 2025). 

BETWEEN BELONGING – BR Group Exhibition at Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf
Opening Hours: Thursday to Saturday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Participating artist: Agata Siwek, Apparatus 22, Ayo Akingbade, Beatrice Richter, Christine Hvidt, Cléo Totti, Francisco Correia, Hasmik Tangyan, Hugo Kostrzewa, Jonny Isaak, Leonie Brandner, Loom, Maartje Fliervoet, Renée Stravers, Silviu Guiman, Soya Arakawa & Tiko Imnadze

Curation: Nathalie Sofie Schulz
Advisory support: Lene ter Haar

Today we present the BR-artist Beatrice Richter. Place of Residency: Peters-Messer-Stipendium der Stadt Viersen (, ).Bea...
17/12/2024

Today we present the BR-artist Beatrice Richter. Place of Residency: Peters-Messer-Stipendium der Stadt Viersen (, ).

Beatrice Richter, born 1989 in Recklinghausen, lives and works in Düsseldorf. In 2018 she graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (DE). Before her residency in Viersen, she received the DEW21 promotion prize (Museums Ostwall, Dortmund (DE), 2018) and the Koschatzky Art Award (Mumok, Vienna (AT), 2019). 
Beatrice’s oeuvre focus on painting, drawing and collage. Most of her works are the result of discarded, archived ink drawings, that are later torn or cut out and reassembled in the form of collages as gestural and abstract images. In this way, the originally discarded drawing becomes new material, an approach that aims to use fewer resources and create a sustainable cycle. So far Beatrice’s work has been exhibited in various solo and group shows all across Germany. For example at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (2019); Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (2019); Märkisches Museum, Witten (2020); Kunstverein Junge Kunst, Trier (2023) and Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (2024).

Image 1: Beatrice Richter. Photo: Sina Geist (.geist).

Image 2: “kill your-darlings (62/42)” (2024), ink & binder on paper, 62 x 42 cm. Photo: Jana Buch ().

Image 3: “Rooted cuttings and young plants” (2024), installation view of the group show “Beyond the Frame” at Schloss Burgau, Düren (DE). Photo: Paul Trienekens ().









Not only our residencies, but also our venues extend all across the German-Dutch-Belgian border region! After the openin...
10/12/2024

Not only our residencies, but also our venues extend all across the German-Dutch-Belgian border region! After the opening of the BR-edition 24/25 took place in Maastricht, we gathered in Düsseldorf two weeks ago for what will be the final meeting for this year. A heartfelt thanks to the team at Weltkunstzimmer for opening their doors to us for a day! In addition to an insight into the current exhibition, there was a performance by Soya Arakawa and Hasmik Tangyan. In the evening, the BR-artists Soya Arakawa, Hugo Kostrzewa, and Cléo Totti presented a multi-course fusion cuisine menu under the motto “Travelling with Dumplings”. After filling our bellies, we set the first steps towards the joint final presentation of all artists in spring 2025. We’ll share details on what, when, and where it will be presented very soon.

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It’s artist time again! Today we present: Agata Siwek. Place of Residency: Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ().Agata Siw...
04/12/2024

It’s artist time again! Today we present: Agata Siwek. Place of Residency: Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ().

Agata Siwek, born 1972 in Pionki (PL), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (PL), the Glasgow School of Art (UK), and the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (NL). Since 1997, she has been moving between Poland and the Netherlands. These frequent changes of residence – from a small town to a large city, from Eastern to Western Europe, from the industrial countryside to the untamed mountains – have contributed to Agata viewing the world from several perspectives at the same time.
Agata’s oeuvre includes painting, drawing, textiles, ceramics, installations, books, small architectural works and souvenirs. She is particularly interested in the social and political issues that affect her life. A view from her window or the death of her horse might serve as subject matter for her work, just as much as a failed charity initiative or Dutch environmental policies. Agata seeks to understand the world she lives in, using her art to share her often ambiguous findings. She approaches the issues that capture her attention with humour and irony, drawing from her personal experiences and intuition, and employing techniques that best suit each subject. Her provocative and diverse works all share one message: nothing is as it seems. With her keen eye and strong social commitment, she tries to add something relevant and inspiring to the environment she lives in and to start a public discussion.

Image 1: Page from drawn diary, date/title: 25.05.2024, ballpoint on paper, 20x30cm.

Image 2: Page from drawn diary, date/title: 27.05.2024, ballpoint on paper, 20x30cm.

Image 3: Self-portrait. Page from drawn diary, date/title: 28.09.2024, ballpoint on paper, 20x30cm.



A core part of the Borderland Residencies programme are studio visits by the artists at their residency locations – some...
28/11/2024

A core part of the Borderland Residencies programme are studio visits by the artists at their residency locations – sometimes in combination with museum visits or artist talks. Our latest studio-visit-tour began at the Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach. Staff member Alke Heykes guided us through the permanent collection and gave us an insight into the museum's own café, which not only offered a good view of St Vitus Church, but also had a charm all of its own with its 80s flair.
Afterwards, we visited BR artist Maria Toumazou in her residency on Steinmetzstraße. She showed us discarded objects which she had acquired from stores that were about to close. Edited and placed in new contexts, these items are now to become works of art. In the evening, we headed on to Greylight Projects in Heerlen, the residence of Hugo Kostrzewa and Renée Stravers. The local programme started with an artist talk and the exhibition “Overburden: On Extraction And The Shape Of Things To Come” with works by Alaa Abu Asad, Rachel Bacon, Anastasia Kubrak, Harun Morrison und Miriam Sentler. Later on, Renée then showed her latest film work and the food artist Hugo gave us an insight into his current taste experiments, in which bacteria and the cycle of eating and being eaten play a major role.

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Industrial history on the one hand and an unusual art scene on the other – on 13th and 14th of November we went on our t...
20/11/2024

Industrial history on the one hand and an unusual art scene on the other – on 13th and 14th of November we went on our third Field Trip. It took us to the Belgian city of Liège, a place that, in the 18th and 19th century, was in the heart of the industrial revolution on the European continent. Once its smelters, furnaces and factories were considered to be the city’s true cathedrals. Then, in the 1980s, decay sets in. The companies moved away, leaving Liège heavily polluted and many residents unemployed. Until today, abandoned factories characterise the cityscape, and a kind of working-class mentality still seems to prevail. An aspect that is also reflected in Liège’s art scene, the existing cooperatives and the artists’ associations, which jointly manage studio spaces and workshops. We visit two of them Jacadi und Les Chiroux, which both fight against gentrification and tries to anchor art in the centre of the city. We talked to curators and artists, walked along empty shops, temporary transformed into exhibition space, and saw Napoleon’s mobile bathtub as well as the ruins of a decommissioned steel factory. Thanks a lot, for the tour and the interesting insights!

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Today we present the BR-artist Maartje Fliervoet. Place of Residency: Odapark, Venray ().Maartje Fliervoet, based in Ams...
13/11/2024

Today we present the BR-artist Maartje Fliervoet. Place of Residency: Odapark, Venray ().

Maartje Fliervoet, based in Amsterdam, combines different artistic methods: photography, printmaking, installation, textile and language. In doing so she is interested in formlessness and looks for moments, that escape mechanisms of categorisation. In her eyes, being confronted with something, which we cannot immediately 'grasp' creates a certain space, a distance. Or in other words an indeterminacy, that can be understood as a form of resistance, which is able to reveal underexposed storylines.
Maartjes work has been shown at: Institut de Carton (Brussels), Wiels CAC (Brussels), Kunstverein Göttingen (Göttingen), Grimmuseum (Berlin), Kunsthal Gent (Gent), de Appel (Amsterdam), Rozenstraat (Amsterdam) and Kunstverein (Amsterdam). Furthermore Maartje is the initiator of Manifold Books, a project-space that examines the relations between book-space and exhibition-space. 

Image 1: Maartje Fliervoet, Photo: Martín La Roche Contreras.

Image 2: Spilleages, 135cm x 135cm x 8cm (2023/24). Various yarns, developed with TextielLab, Tilburg. Based upon studio tapwater photogrammes in collaboration with water, fibre based photo paper, light and time. Advise and assistence finish: Bronwen Jones.

Image 3: Spilleages, 135cm x 110cm x 15cm (detail) (2023/24). Various yarns, developed with TextielLab, Tilburg. Based upon studio tapwater photogrammes in collaboration with water, fibre based photo paper, light and time. Advise and assistence finish: Bronwen Jones.





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