In the exhibition Next of Kin!, the Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund highlights the work of artists from its wider network: the KiNs. The exhibition showcases works by individuals who have supported and helped shape the house over many years, but whose work has rarely been displayed together until now.
Next of Kin! is less a retrospective than a statement of intent for the present day. The exhibition showcases the quality, diversity and independence inherent in the Künstler*innenhaus network. A variety of media, working methods and perspectives engage in an open dialogue, painting a vivid picture of a local scene characterised by exchange, commitment and mutual support.
With Next of Kin!, we open up a space for positions that contribute significantly to its identity beyond formal membership. Here, community is not just a backdrop, but an active potential, constantly recreated through collaboration, proximity, and shared practice.

Patrick Borchers works with drawing, video, and photography, exploring situational transitions between figurative gesture and concrete space. His cross-media practice reflects aspects of presence, body, and environment in an artistic context.

www.patrickborchers.de

Marc Bühren develops both small-scale and spatial works that primarily address the Anthropocene. He works with classical printmaking, manual 3D printing, and traditional paper-folding techniques, expanding his practice through audiovisual installations. By combining different media and craft-based methods, he opens up multilayered spaces of thought and association.

www.marc-buehren.com

www.instagram.com/marc_buehren

Andreas Drewer works experimentally with video and installation formats. His works address urban spaces, movement, and sound, unfolding media-based reflections on perception and time that gain new meanings in relation to specific sites.

www.andreasdrewer.de

www.instagram.com/andreas.drewer

Tina Dunkel works intermedially with video, experimental photography, drawing, sound, and performative elements. Her practice is characterized by a sensual-experimental engagement with the conditions of media, images, language, and spatial situations. Her works create complex temporal visual and sound worlds in which visual analogies as well as cultural, ecological, and political references are negotiated.

www.tinadunkel.com

www.instagram.com/dunkel_tina

Etta Gerdes is a visual artist with a focus on photography. In her works she explores the perception of space and time, using photographic means to shift habitual perspectives and to design subjective landscapes of memory.

www.etta-gerdes.de

www.instagram.com/ettagerdes

Silvia Liebig works across media, including drawing, collage, moving image, and installation. Her artistic interest lies in the underlying structures of life and perception, which she explores both formally and conceptually. She is internationally active and regularly participates in exhibitions and artistic projects.

www.kalikiri.de

Dagmar Lippok creates conceptual works situated between installation, object, and abstract narration. Her practice often reflects on forms of identity and memory through material-based strategies that open new approaches to perception. Together with Jens Sundheim, she realizes inclusive artistic projects.

www.dagmar-lippok.de

www.instagram.com/dagmar.lippok

Paola Manzur's works are characterized by a combination of traditional and aleatoric techniques. She uses different printing processes and materials to create complex, multilayered surfaces. The series Plastiktüte investigates a flexible matrix that transfers organic forms into print through manual manipulation. The series can be expanded indefinitely as long as the material properties of the matrix allow.

www.manzur.de

Babette Martini works with clay as a central material, developing distinctive surfaces and structures through casting molds and different firing techniques. Her sculptural works reflect human traces, fragmentation, and transformation. Clay becomes an active partner in the creative process, making physical presence, vulnerability, and materiality visible.

www.babettemartini.de

www.instagram.com/babettemartini

Ulrike Rutschmann develops painting and mixed-media works that often relate to figurative and narrative references while simultaneously exploring color spaces and abstract form-finding. Her works negotiate between representational elements and idiosyncratic visual logic.

www.ulrike-rutschmann.com

www.instagram.com/ulrikerutschmann

Corinna Schnitt's multifaceted work links staged everyday scenes, precise image compositions, and subtle narrative structures into cross-format filmic works. She often takes seemingly banal situations and, through careful staging and timing, translates them into humorously fractured, critical visual spaces – a play with norms, routines, and habits of perception. In her videos and film installations, she explores social roles, media narratives, and the relationship between interior and exterior space. Her works have been shown internationally in museums and festivals, including the Sprengel Museum Hannover and Museum Ludwig.

www.philippvonrosen.com/artists/corinna-schnitt/

Marco Wittkowski is a documentary and architectural photographer. His recurring themes include urban development, urbanity, and subculture. Since 2019 he has documented the transformation process of Dortmund’s harbor district. He heads the office of the German Werkbund North Rhine-Westphalia (DWB) and is represented in exhibitions and collections throughout Europe.

www.marcowittkowski.de

www.instagram.com/marco_wittkowski

Denise Winter develops a conceptually driven body of work that translates landscape, city, and architecture into geometric forms and modular image systems. In wall works, objects, and installations she transforms visual impressions into precisely structured compositions between abstraction and spatial experience. Using analog and digital processes, she investigates perception, systems of order, and the relationship between image, space, and time. Her works have been shown in institutional exhibitions and in public space.

www.denisewinter.com

www.instagram.com/denisewinter.de

Adriane Wachholz works with drawing, installation, and video. Her practice combines contemporary approaches with an intensive engagement with material and space; she has received multiple awards and is presented in national and international contexts.

www.adrianewachholz.com

www.instagram.com/adriane_wachholz