As part of the °CAET program, six international artists are once again coming to the Keramikkünstlerhaus for seven weeks each: Razalina Busel from Belarus, Ruth Unger from Leipzig, Amelia Rosenberg from the USA, Ollie Gandul Reyes from Spain, Yumiko Ono from Japan and Magdalena Maros from Poland. In addition to the exhibition openings, other events such as the open studio, showings and workshops will also take place.
1st tandem: Razalina Busel and Ruth Unger; Vernissage: April 24
Razalina Busel (Belarus) explores borders and restrictions in her planned installation “BORDERS AND RESTRICTION. ONE MORE BRICK”, inspired by mourning rituals and her own migration experience. Ceramic “coffin bricks” – some mixed with ashes – and multimedia elements address physical and symbolic transitions. The objects, complemented by AI-generated floral motifs and sound recordings, engage with themes of loss, memory, and overcoming barriers.
https://www.instagram.com/rozalina_busel/
Ruth Unger (Leipzig) explores the connection between identity and materiality in her project “ONE MASK. ONE DAY. IN CLAY.” Since 2020, she has been working on a series of mask sculptures that reflect everyday and universal experiences. At the Keramikkünstlerhaus, she is creating 50 new ceramic masks, deliberately embracing incompleteness as a key element, adding a new conceptual dimension to the series.
https://www.instagram.com/ruth__unger/
2nd tandem: Amelia Rosenberg and Ollie Gandul Reyes; Vernissage: September 11
Amelia Rosenberg (USA) explores the connection between family tradition, survival, and generational experience in her work. Inspired by the Bavarian folk textiles of her great-grandfather Moritz Wallach and his brothers – renowned Munich artisans before the Holocaust – she creates ceramic sculptures. Her work focuses on animals as symbols of instincts and human reactions. In her upcoming project, the artist consciously shifts the focus away from pain, embracing the joy of being born into a family of artists.
https://www.instagram.com/amelia__makes/
Ollie Gandul Reyes (Spain) explores themes of desire, lust, and sexual intimacy from a queer and inclusive perspective in installations composed of ceramic sculptures combined with textiles, metal, and rubber. Their work plays with contrasts such as softness and hardness, pleasure and discomfort, focusing on how social mechanisms shape our desires. At the Keramikkünstlerhaus, Ollie Gandul Reyes aims to further deepen these themes and challenge societal constructs.
https://www.instagram.com/olliegandul/
3rd tandem: Magdalena Maros and Yumiko Ono; Vernissage: November 27
In the planned project “TRACES OF THE CITY – DIALOGUES OF SILENCE”, Magdalena Maros (Poland) explores the subtle traces a city leaves in our perception and memory. Neumünster becomes the stage for her reflections. In a sketchbook-like work composed of reliefs, collages, and cyanotypes on porcelain, the artist connects physical and emotional imprints. For her, porcelain symbolizes the fleeting nature of moments—fragile yet indelible.
https://www.instagram.com/maros_magdalena/
Yumiko Ono (Japan) explores utopian themes in her work, drawing inspiration from Brutalism and socialist architecture from both East and West. She merges ceramic elements with architecture to question the boundaries between the two. In her project at the Keramikkünstlerhaus, she aims to take inspiration from the region’s Brutalist architecture and unrealized architectural plans to create a fictional structure – a universal, peaceful space that feels familiar yet exists nowhere.
https://www.instagram.com/yumikoo.oono/
