Danish painter Lasse Thorst lives and works in Aalborg, Denmark. Following a ten-year break, Thorst took up painting again in 2018, inspired by a trip to Vietnam where he was introduced to ancient lacquer painting techniques and rediscovered his love of painting. He holds a bachelor in visual arts teaching from the Aalborg Seminarium and a Master of Globalization and Integration from the Syddansk Universitet in Odense. He also attended the Aarhus Academy of Fine Art in 2019.

As a Nordic painter, Thorst is particularly interested in the classical landscape. For him, it is a setting for subjects who are placed in these – for them – unfamiliar scenarios. His characters are based on archetypes and symbolic stock characters from folklore, literature and art. Romantic figures like the clown, the magician and the artist weave their own idiosyncratic kind of realism into the paintings. Ambiguity exists everywhere, and perhaps the most honest paintings are those that embrace it. Thorst is part of a centuries-old expressionistic tradition of painters who have avoided simple realism, employing unexpected colours and forms in the pursuit of a truer portrayal of the world. This is a kind of realism that goes deeper than appearances, and allows the viewer to relate to the paintings on their own terms.The landscapes that he paints are deeply personal. Inspired by a combination of memory and old photographs, they always relate to Thorst's own surroundings. His familiar-but-mysterious characters and the timeless spaces they inhabit make for romantic visions where tradition meets the new, the unknown; where doubts and hopes melt together in a vibrant, colorful and dynamic language. Thorst works without sketching, instead testing his ideas directly on canvas. He works quickly, rhythmically, with oil paint. 

David Berweger (*1982) studied art at the Hallen für Neue Kunst in Schaffhausen (1984-2014) from 2004 to circa 2010. 11 of 13 lecturers at the HfNK were never present, 4 of them had already past away at the time of his studies. The only one who was regularly present was not in the slightest interested in his student’s work.

“My years of study were very nice”.

This episode encouraged him to start practicing as an artist and to finally complete his studies from 2015 to 2017 with an MA in Fine Arts at FHNW Academy of Art & Design Basel and University of Basel. Since 2022 he’s lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Science & Arts.

 1980 born in Berlin/Germany

lives and works in Leipzig and Pretzsch/Germany

 Education

2010/13Meisterschüler at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB Leipzig)

2010 Diploma Painting/Fine Arts 

2007 Erasmus-Semester at the KHiB Bergen/Norway

2005/10 Studies in the Department of Painting/Graphics (HGB Leipzig)

2003/05 Studies in the Department of Media Art (HGB Leipzig)

Solo and Duo Shows (Selection)

2024- Marisa Purcell and Franziska Reinbothe, Arden&White Gallery, New Canaan/USA

2023- rough manners, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn

Look closely!, Not for $ale, Basel/CH

Above the Fold, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Berlin

Ornament und Verbrechen #1, Galerie LAGE EGAL, BerlinUnfolding a Line, Gr_und, Berlin

2022- Erweiterung der Möglichkeiten II, Städtische Galerie Paderborn

Strategien der Bildfindung, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart

2021- zu Bildern kommen, GALERIE ALBER, Köln

the reason why we, Goldberg Galerie, Münchensetzen, stellen, legen, Flottmanhallen, HerneFormen geben, Neue Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Gera

Shirin Sabahi is a Berlin-based artist. Her projects engage with built space, tracing the transformations of artifacts and architecture over time while probing historical, urban, and power-related questions surrounding her subject matters. Working with filmic and sculptural assemblages, her installations, exhibitions, and publications combine found and newly produced materials. Recent exhibitions and screenings include at the nGbK, Berlin (2024); nbk, Berlin (2024); Goya Curtain, Tokyo (2023, solo); Klosterruine, Berlin (2023, solo); Kunstverein Hamburg (2023); Bergen Assembly (2022); V&A Museum, London (2021); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2021); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2021); Kunstmuseum Stavanger (2021); Bétonsalon, Paris (2020); Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2020); Centro Botín, Santander (2019); Jameel Art Center, Dubai (2019, solo film program); Edith-Russ-Haus, Oldenburg (2018, solo); Beirut Art Center (2018); and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2017) among others.