On View: Outside The Square.

WUNDERTÜTE 2025OUTSIDE THE SQUAREArt in bags and a collective show with artists from the gallery. Exhibition opening: Friday, November 28, 2025, 7 p.m., Exhibition runs until January 11, 2026.

Wundertüte 2025
OUTSIDE THE SQUARE

BEGIN ONLINE SALES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025, 10 AMOPENING: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025, 7 PM With works by Wiebke Bartsch – Marcela Böhm – Helge Emmaneel – Armin Hartenstein – Ilka Helmig – Ottmar Hörl – Robin Horsch – Jürgen Jansen – Jürgen Paas – Barbara Ring – Annette Sauermann – Armin Scheid – Andreas …

Jürgen Paas / Hanna Roeckle – Changing Focus

Exhibition opening Friday, October 10, 2025, 7 p.m. Exhibition runs until November 22, 2025. Hanna Roeckle’s works stand both figuratively and literally between painting and sculpture. They are based on spatial structures and serial systems, whose constructive clarity enters into a multi-voiced dialogue with the sensual flow of the artist’s color combinations. Art and research …

in vitro. Martin Schwenk – Disposing.

July 27–August 30, 2025, open to the public all day. Opening: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 2–4 PM Finissage and catalog release: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 4–6 PM. Location: Glass Pavilion in Grugapark – Glass Pavilion on Google Maps We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening on Sunday, July 27, 2025, 2–4 PM. Introduction by …

MOTHER MADONNA ME

MOTHER MADONNA ME Kayoon Anderson, Wiebke Bartsch, Marcela Boehm, Katharina Bosse, Judith Samen, Annie Wang July 26 – August 23, 2025 Exhibition opening Friday, July 25, 2025, 7 p.m. The exhibition touches on a current socio-political topic in which the personal is simultaneously political: motherhood. In sculpture, painting, photography, and textile works, five artists explore …

WHERE IS MY MIND?

Von der Hochschule in die Galerie Studierende der Hochschule der bildenden Künste (HBK) Essen präsentieren ihre Arbeiten in der Galerie Obrist Eintauchen in die Galeriearbeit In der Lehrveranstaltung “Inside Gallery” haben Studierende aus den Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen Fotografie/ Medienkunst, Malerei/ Grafik, Skulptur/ Installation sowie Kunst und Kooperation einen professionellen Einblick in die Arbeit einer Galerie …

ARMIN SCHEID – TIME LIMITED EDITION (15.05.2025 – 25.05.2025)

COMING SOON –  TIME LIMITED EDITION – ARMIN SCHEID15.05. – 25.05.2025Available for 10 days only! Discover the latest works by Armin Scheid: “Magnolia Cluster I (Rush)” and “Magnolia Cluster II (Flow)”.Atmospheric C-prints in a 50 x 70 cm format, hand-signed and available exclusively during the release period – limited to the number of orders placed. …

25 Years Of Obrist Gallery / Ottmar Hörl – Solo

EXHIBITION OPENING AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025, 7 PM. Welcome from the Head of Culture of the City of Essen Mr. Muchtar Al-Ghusain Panel discussion with Prof. Ottmar Hörl, Dr. Hans-Jürgen Lechtreck (Museum Folkwang) and Dr. Sabine Kampmann (University of Duisburg Essen): “Art in public space – art for everyone?” Prosecco and finger …

Ulrike Kötz / Peter Schlör: A Ceiling, Four Walls

Exhibition opening Friday, May 9, 2025, 7 p.m. Exhibition runs until June 19, 2025. In their first joint exhibition, Düsseldorf-based sculptor Ulrike Kötz and Mannheim-based photo artist Peter Schlör enter into dialogue at the Galerie Obrist. From May 9 to June 19, 2025, the theme is the house, the apartment, and the sense of being …

On View: Christoph Breitmar / Petra Deta Weidemann – rechter Winkel, Horizont.

Exhibition opening Friday, January 31, 2025, 7 p.m., Exhibition duration until March 12, 2025. In their first joint exhibition we are showing the Duisburg artist Christoph Breitmar and the Düsseldorf artist Petra Deta Weidemann. Through precise placement of surfaces and lines, spaces are created in her works that are on the threshold of perceptibility.

Jürgen Paas at the Flottmann-Hallen

JÜRGEN PAAS – DANCEFLOOR March 16th – April 27th, 2025Vernissage: Sunday March 16th, 11amWith dance performance “TRIAS – The Triadic Ballet” by the Theater der Klänge, Dusseldorf (photo ©Wilfried Hösl, ©Frank Bruno Napierala, ©Kai Pohler) The line, the circle and the square are the elementary shapes that can be found in Jürgen Paas’ wall and …

Ottmar Hörl – Better the sparrow in the hand than the pigeon on the roof

  in vitro. Kunst im Glaspavillon. Ottmar Hörl – Better the sparrow in the hand than the pigeon on the roof. OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025, 4 PM. FINISSAGE SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025, 4 PM. Glass pavilion, Grugapark Essen. With the kind support of     For the first time in Essen, Ottmar Hörl is …