The ever-growing scene of artists, graphic designers, scenographers and other creative crafts more and more transformed Dortmund into a cultural melting pot. Therefore, not only the graphic design and the scenography, but also the photographic documentation and the communications program were developed in collaboration with students and graduates of the local universities:

Graphic Design
Patrick Kochne und Benedict Graf (graduates communication design, FH DO)

Scenography
Lena Wesholowski und Simone Wanzke (graduates scenography and communications, FH DO)

Photography
Mareile Zimmermann formerly Vaags and Marsha Zeitheim (students art & art science, TU DO)

Communications Program
Students from the seminar „Bildung und Kommunikation“ by PD Dr. Jürgen Stiller at the TU Dortmund

From all applications for an open call, an international jury chose the artists that exhibited their works at the UZWEI at the Dortmunder U from 16 September until 12 November 2017:

• Kathrin Breitenbach
• Mahsa Esmaeili
• Cornelius Grau
• Nico Jarmuth
• Steffen Mischke
• Ulvis Müller
• Matthias Plenkmann
• Angelina Rolla
• Claudia Schluckebier
• Aline Wyrwich

Emerging Artists Dortmund + smARTplaces

For the first time, Emerging Artists Dortmund becomes interconnected on an international level: smARTplaces, a project by the EU at the Dortmunder U asks for new types of contemporary digital culture work. Emerging Artists cooperates with the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, NL and the WIELS in Brussels, BE within the frameworks of smARTplaces. The exhibition will also show an artist from the Netherlands.
Partners from the Netherlands and Belgium took part in the online judging already. At the same time, they will add a new building block to the portfolio consultation and the use of social media in the art sector along with an European dimension.

smARTplaces Special Guest: Giuditta Vendrame

Sponsors and Partner

Emerging Artists Dortmund is a cooperation between Kulturbüro Dortmund, Dortmunder Kunstverein and UZWEI – Kulturelle Bildung in the Dortmunder U. Since the beginning, Wilo-Foundation supports the project as a main-sponsor. The rich accompanying program is funded in occasion of IKF /Individual Support for Artists and Creative Minds by Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft MKW des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Further partners are Unionviertel Kreativ, InWest, Seminar for Art and Science of Art at TU Dortmund and also by unternehmen-online.

Exhibition

Photos: Mareile Zimmermann and Marsha Zeitheim

Jury/Experts 2017

Dr. Anna Fricke – curator, Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany

Thibaut de Ruyter – architect, curator, art critic, Berlin, Germany
Petra Rinck – gallerist, Galerie Rinck, Düsseldorf, Germany
Frédérique Versaen – WIELS, Brüssel, Belgium
Mariet Erica – Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
artist, lecturer on Photography at TU Dortmund, Germany
Evi Hoch – Wilo-Foundation, sponsor Emerging Artists Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Editionen

For the first time, each artist created an edition for the exhibition. These works of art in smaller editions for a favorable price could be acquired during the exhibition runtime.

If you are interested in one or more editions, simply send an e-mail.