Exhibitors

  • As main visual image for exhibition: Ombres Portées: The Gaze in the Shadow. Artist Nicolas Pelzer's light sculptures, featuring water-jet cut hand silhouettes, recall the tactile traces of the primordial cave.

    Ombres Portées: The Gaze in the Shadow

    Exhibition: 29.8. – 7.11.2026

    Opening: 29. August 2026 | 7 pm

    Florian Bong-Kil Grosse, Hsu Che-Yu & Chen Wan-Yin, Youki Hirakawa, Jochen Lempert, Eulàlia Rovira, Nicolas Pelzer

  • Anti-Ghost: Zusammen bauen, gemeinsam schauen.

    Exhibition: 7.7 – 22.8.2026

    Open AIR Workshop I: July 7–9, 2026 | 3 PM – 7 PM

    Open AIR Workshop II: August 5–7, 2026 | 3 PM – 7 PM

    We will be building wooden seating furniture based on the designs of Enzo Mari. Your own designs are also welcome!

    Cinema Program: July 11 & August 8, 2026 | 7:00 PM

    We will be using this furniture to watch several films together!

    July 11 | Harun Farocki / Antje Ehmann: Labour in a Single Shot & Oliver Walker: One Euro

    August 8 | Harun Farocki: Images of the World and the Inscription of War

    Free admission!

    Special thanks to Harun Farocki GbR / Antje Ehmann and Oliver Walker for their kind support and wonderful collaboration in making this film program possible.

  • Handmade sculpture of red camouflage textiles attached to a black-and-white photocopied hand gesture, enclosed in a plexiglass box.

    Node and Edge: View, Review, Preview

    Exhibition: 9.5 – 4.7.2026

    Opening Reception: Saturday 9 May, 6 pm

    Artists:
    Anne Bourse
    Kim Coleman
    Felix Dreesen
    Anna Gestering
    Florian Bong-Kil Grosse
    Peter Holzhauer
    Su Yu Hsin
    Christin Kaiser
    Bas Ketelaars
    Kuo-Wei Lin
    Nicolas Pelzer
    Max Santo
    Arne Schmitt
    Caspar Sessler
    Rebecco Ann Tess
    Hsu Che-Yu and Chen Wan-Yin

    Half-Year Anniversary Celebration: Saturday 23 May, 6 pm

    Sommerfest Wachmannstrasse:
    Saturday 27 June, 12 pm – 11 pm

    Artist Talk & Book Presentation: Supercharged Landscapes
    Caspar Sessler.
    Saturday 23 May, 5 pm

    Artist Talk & Book Presentation:
    Alpha ++ Models / rendered lives in global cities
    Rebecco Ann Tess.
    Saturday 27 June, 3 pm

    Participatory action: Walking Distance. Overnight: 20–21 June
    Walking together through the shortest night of the year, from wach Kunstraum Bremen, to Künstler*innenhäuser Worpswede.
    RSVP: walking-distance@felixdreesen.de

  • Handzeichnung von Eleni Mouzourou mit topografischen Höhenlinien einer unregelmäßigen Landmasse im Wasser; hand drawing by Eleni Mouzourou with topographic contour lines of an irregular landmass surrounded by water.

    Eleni Mouzourou Drawing Time

    Opening: 7.3.2026 (Sat) at 7pm

    Exhibition: 7.3.2026 - 25.4.2026

    Public Program:
    Collective drawing workshop:
    Growing a Gesture

    1ˢᵗ session: 21.3.2026 (Sat) at 11am
    2ⁿᵈ session: 11.4.2026 (Sat) at 11am

    RSVP: Hello@wach-Kunstraum.de
    (Email Subject: Workshop + Date).

  • An image of The Float House

    PlayTime - Narrative Operative Images

    Exhibition: 17.1.2026 - 27.2.2026

    Opening: 17.1.2026 (Sat) at 7pm

    Guided Tour: 8.2.2026 (Sun) at 3pm

    Kim Coleman
    Sarah Duby
    Peter Holzhauer
    Kuo-Wei Lin
    Arne Schmitt
    Michael Schmid
    Rebecco Ann Tess

    Curated by Kuo-Wei Lin

    This exhibition is kindly supported by the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

  • In contrast to Édouard Manet’s lemon, Anna Gestering presents a painting with a cyanotype-like background. A lemon gradually fades into a wash-out blue color.

    Anna Gestering - Treibgut

    Opening: 28.11.2025 (Fri) at 7pm

    28.11-30.12.2025

Program

Exhibitions

wach Kunstraum collaborates with artists who work with various mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, and other experimental art practices.

Jan-Feb 2026:
PlayTime - Narrative Operative Images

Mar-Apr 2026:
Eleni Mouzourou
Drawing Time

May-June 2026
Node and Edge: View, Review, Preview

July-August 2026
Anti-Ghost: Zusammen bauen, gemeinsam schauen
( Anti-Ghost: Build Together, Watch Together )

August-November 2026
Ombres Portées: The Gaze in the Shadow

8-11 October 2026
SWAB Barcelona


Full archive and upcoming program forthcoming.

Editions

wach Edition / Jahresgaben

Participating artists:

Anne Bourse
Kim Coleman
Felix Dreesen
Sarah Duby
Anna Gestering
Florian Bong-Kil Grosse
Youki Hirakawa
Peter Holzhauer
Su Yu Hsin
Christin Kaiser
Bas Ketelaars
Eleni Mouzourou
Kuo-Wei Lin
Eleni Mouzourou
Nicolas Pelzer
Max Santo
Arne Schmitt
Caspar Sessler
Rebecco Ann Tess
Hsu Che-Yu and Chen Wan-Yin
and more.

Publications

wach Books is a program highlighting the artist book community.
It presents a selection of artist books that resonate with the concept of the current exhibition and extend its ideas through various forms of publication.

The program focuses on conceptual, pictorial, architectural and ecological concerns within the field of publishing.

We are delighted to invite einBuch.haus Berlin as our first curatorial partner, presents artist publications that reflect wach’s current exhibition program.

A curatorial project by einBuch.Haus at wach Kunstraum in Bremen. Display shelves filled with art books and catalogs, with a colorful abstract news paper collage artwork above.

Workshops

wach Workshop aims to actively engage with the local community in Bremen, supporting artistic practices that question issues ranging from individual to collective concerns. The program invites collective participation and dialogue through shared activities and open discussions.

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Außenansicht der Bremer Galerie ‚wach Kunstraum‘ mit großem Fenster, Kunstwerken und offenem Eingang; exterior view of the Bremen gallery ‘wach Kunstraum’ with a large window displaying artworks and an open door.

Cooperation partner

einBuch.haus Berlin

Artistic Director

Kuo-Wei Lin

Guest Curator

Felix Dreesen

Location

Wachmannstraße 44
28209 Bremen
Germany

Funding

Exhibition: PlayTime - Narrative Operative Images
is supported by the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Opening

Wednesday–Friday:
10:00–13:00,
16:00–18:00

Saturday:
10:00–13:00 
& by appointment

0421 16118756

Focus

Exhibition
Edition / Jahregaben
Publication
Workshop