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Concert, 2024, Graphit/Papier, 28 x 42 cm.
May 20, 2025

And Beyond the Infinite – 30.5.–21.6.2025

Welcome to the opening on Fri, May 30, 2025 at 7pm

Exhibition: 30.05.–21.06.2025
Open on Kolononie Wedding weekend: Sun.: 01.06.2025 from 2–6 pm
opening hours: Wed-Sat 3-7 pm

.. AND BEYOND THE INFINITE is a collaboration between the Mannheim gallery Strümpfe and the German-Finnish art space Toolbox.
Twelve artists from Berlin, Heidelberg and Mannheim, whose works are presented both in the Toolbox and in the art.endart project space, form the basis for the first part of this collaboration, in the course of which artists from the Toolbox will then be guests at the Strümpfe Gallery in Mannheim in September.
The title of the exhibition encompasses both the uniqueness of the individual positions – caricature-like representationalism meets abstract finesse – as well as the interdisciplinary abundance (painting, drawing, plasticine, photography, object and video) of the exhibits themselves.

Participating artists:
Patrick Huber (B), Mitsuko Hoshino (Hd), Inessa Siebert (Hd), Jutta Steudle (Ma), Line Wasner (B), Annalena Winkler( Ma), Eric Carstensen (Ma), Jürgen Eisenacher( B), Alexander Horn (Ma), Henrik Jacob (B), Heiko Sievers (B) and Fritz Stier (Ma).

Artwork: Analena Winkler: Concert, 2024, Graphit/Papier, 28 x 42 cm.

German

Willkommen zur Eröffnung am Fr, 30. Mai 2025 um 19 Uhr
Ausstellung: 30.05.-21.06.2025

Geöffnet am Kolononie Wedding Wochenende: So.: 01.06.2025 von 14-18 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten: Mi-Sa 15-19 Uhr

.. AND BEYOND THE INFINITE ist eine Kollaboration der Mannheimer Galerie Strümpfe und dem deutsch-finnischen Projektraum Toolbox.
Zwölf Künstlerinnen aus Berlin, Heidelberg und Mannheim, deren Arbeiten sowohl in der Toolbox als auch im Projektraum art.endart präsentiert werden, bilden die Basis für den ersten Teil dieser Zusammenarbeit, in deren Folge Künstlerinnen der Toolbox dann im September in der Galerie Strümpfe in Mannheim zu Gast sein werden.
Der Titel der Ausstellung umschließt sowohl die Einzigartigkeit der einzelnen Positionen – karikaturhafte Gegenständlichkeit trifft abstrahierende Finesse – als auch die spartenübergreifende Fülle (Malerei, Zeichnung, Knetbild, Fotografie, Objekt und Video) der Exponate selbst.

Teilnehmende Künstlerinne und Künstler:
Patrick Huber (B), Mitsuko Hoshino (Hd), Inessa Siebert (Hd), Jutta Steudle (Ma), Line Wasner (B), Annalena Winkler( Ma), Eric Carstensen (Ma), Jürgen Eisenacher( B), Alexander Horn (Ma), Henrik Jacob (B), Heiko Sievers (B) und Fritz Stier (Ma).

Artwork: Analena Winkler: Concert, 2024, Graphit/Papier, 28 x 42 cm.

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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloer Straße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

April 14, 2025

Periphery | 25.4.-24.5.2025

Alexei Gordin – Anna Emilia Järvingn – Jussi Kekkonen – Jussi Pyky

Opening: Fri, 25.04.2025, 7 pm
Open on Kolononie Wedding weekend: Sun.: 27.04.2025 from 2–6 pm
25.4.-24.5.2025
opening hours: Wed-Sat 3-7 pm

Drawings and paintings
From Europe’s outskirts,
From the fringes of culture,
And from the edges of the mind.
The exhibiting artists are Alexei Gordin (EST), Anna Emilia Järvinen (FI), Jussi Kekkonen (FI) and Jussi Pyky (FI).
The exhibition has been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloer Straße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

springclamb
April 1, 2025

SPRING CLAMP 5.5.2025

Warm welcome to SPRING CLAMP

Mon 5.5.2025, doors 17:30

A sound filled evening with good times, performances by three Finnish groups Timate ynts, Blowjob and uRge as well as a sound sculpture by Araiké Da Silva that can be activated during the event.

Timate ynts is an improvised experimental group whose music is mostly based around synths, detuned guitars, field recordings and vocals. https://timateynts.bandcamp.com/

Blowjob is an experimental woodwind trio that plays minimalistic self-written and improvised music/sound-based pieces. Their style flirts with pop, renaissance and contemporary classical music, tied together with soft ambient drone aesthetic. The ensemble consists of a clarinet, a bass recorder and a bassoon.

uRge is a duo that explores the interfaces between performance and concert through playful and feminist lens by making visible hidden performative practices of music. They actively seek to dismantle masculine and essentializing notions of “pure music” associated with classical music as well as experimental electronic music. In practice, they work with techniques such as analogue sound synthesis, digital sound processing, experimental microphone techniques, acoustic instruments and text.

Doors 17.30

Further schedule to be announced

@Galerie Toolbox

Koloniestraße 120, Berlin Wedding

Free admission (pay what you can); the donations will go fully towards Gaza Champions. Facebook: https://www.championgaza.xyz/

Drawing for the poster made by Tuuli Sipilä.”

The current exhibition in Toolbox: Periphery

Sampsa Indren skull
March 21, 2025

Dogs Barking Sirens Howling 28.3.–19.4.2025

Markus Willeke & Sampsa Indrén

Exhibition 28.3–19.04.2025

Opening hours: Wed– Sat 3–7pm

Open on Kolononie Wedding weekend: Sun.: 30.03.2025 from 2–6 pm

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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloer Straße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

February 17, 2025

strangers: Petra Karadimas, Kaisu Koivisto | 1–22.3.2025

Warm invitation to the opening of strangers with works by PETRA KARADIMAS + KAISU KOIVISTO

on Friday, February 28, 19:00 – 22:00 at Toolbox Finnish-German Art Space Berlin.

In their photographic works, Petra Karadimas and Kaisu Koivisto both observe a nature more out of sync than picturesque. 

Karadimas focuses on nature in an urban setting, photographing buildings, anonymous structures and vegetation thriving side by side. Together, they form a web of visual and cultural references where nature often inhabits the spaces in between or inadvertently outgrows the spaces it has been allotted. 

Koivisto, on the other hand, travels to the far north and its uninhabited landscapes, investigating processes of change. She captures landscapes that are no longer serene and untouched, yet remain unnervingly beautiful even in the face of looming ecological emergencies.

PETRA KARADIMAS (b. 1967, based in Berlin, Germany) photographs her everyday urban environment. Proceeding from details in her surroundings, she questions a perception based on seemingly incidental urban scenarios and examines fragments of nature and landscape in the spaces in-between the city. Building sites, wasteland and transitory spaces form a starting point for an investigation of urban codes and structures that meet and interact in an urban setting. www.karadimas.de

KAISU KOIVISTO (b.1962, based in Helsinki, Finland) works across photography, sculpture and installation. Her interests are deeply rooted in the North: its landscapes, political dimensions and the changes happening in them. In her ongoing photographic projects Conversations With Ice and Soft Ice Koivisto explores Arctic landscapes dominated by ice, sea and rocks. The presence and consequences of human activity is visible as an estranged landscape and mindscape. http://kaisukoivisto.com/

Exhibition March 1 – 22, 2025
Gallery hours Wed – Sat 15:00 – 19:00
Kolonie Weekend Sunday, March 1, 14:00 – 18:00 

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In ihren fotografischen Arbeiten beobachten Petra Karadimas und Kaisu Koivisto eine Natur, die weniger pittoresk als aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten zu sein scheint.

Karadimas beschäftigt sich mit Natur in einem städtischen Umfeld – fotografiert Gebäude, anonyme Strukturen und die Vegetation, die daneben gedeiht. Gemeinsam bilden sie ein Netz visueller und kultureller Bezüge, in dem die Natur oft die Zwischenräume der Stadt einnimmt oder unversehens über die ihr zugewiesenen Räume hinauswächst.

Koivisto hingegen reist in den hohen Norden und seine unbewohnten Landschaften, um Veränderungsprozesse zu untersuchen. Sie fängt Landschaften ein, die nicht mehr still und unberührt sind, aber selbst angesichts der sich abzeichnenden ökologischen Notlagen beunruhigend schön bleiben.

PETRA KARADIMAS (geb. 1967, lebt in Berlin, Deutschland) fotografiert ihr alltägliches urbanes Umfeld. Ausgehend von Details in ihrer Umgebung hinterfragt sie eine auf scheinbar beiläufigen urbanen Szenarien basierende Wahrnehmung und untersucht Fragmente von Natur und Landschaft in den Zwischenräumen der Stadt. Baustellen, Brachflächen und transitorische Räume bilden den Ausgangspunkt für eine Untersuchung urbaner Codes und Strukturen, die in einem städtischen Umfeld aufeinandertreffen und interagieren. www.karadimas.de

KAISU KOIVISTO (geb. 1962, lebt in Helsinki, Finnland) arbeitet in den Medien Fotografie, Skulptur und Installation. Ihre Interessen sind tief im Norden verwurzelt: seine Landschaften, seine politischen Dimensionen und die dort stattfindenden Veränderungen. In ihren laufenden Fotoprojekten Conversations With Ice und Soft Ice erkundet Koivisto arktische Landschaften, die von Eis, Meer und Felsen geprägt sind. Die Präsenz und die Folgen menschlicher Aktivitäten werden als eine entfremdete Landschaft und Gedankenwelt sichtbar. http://kaisukoivisto.com/

Ausstellung 1. bis 22. März 2025

Öffnungszeiten der Galerie Mi – Sa 15:00 – 19:00 

Kolonie Wochenende Sonntag, 1. März, 14:00 – 18:00 

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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloer Straße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Poster
January 7, 2025

DEATH – Richard Najorka 24.01. – 21.02.2025

Warm invitation to the opening of DEATH by Richard Najorka on Friday, January 24th 2025, 18:00–21:00

In DEATH, objects related to death, mourning, and remembering are being called into question regarding their materiality as well as their spatial and social contexts. DEATH is Richard Najorka’s first solo show. He studied at Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and lives in Berlin.

Open by appointment until February 21st, please contact: richardnajorka@outlook.de

Open on Kolonie Wedding weekend:
Friday, January 31: 19:00–21:00
Sunday, February 02: 14:00–17:00

German

Herzliche Einladung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung DEATH von Richard Najorka am Freitag, 24 Januar 2025, 18:00–21:00

In DEATH werden Objekte, die im Zusammenhang mit Tod, Trauer und Erinnerung stehen, in ihrer Materialität sowie in ihrer räumlichen und sozialen Einordnung hinterfragt. DEATH ist Richard Najorkas erste Einzelausstellung. Er hat an der Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main studiert und lebt in Berlin.

Geöffnet nach Vereinbarung bis 21. Februar, bitte kontaktieren Sie: richardnajorka@outlook.de

Öffnungszeiten am Kolonie Wedding Wochenende:
Freitag, 31. Januar: 19:00–21:00
Sonntag, 02. Februar: 14:00–17:00

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Paper buckedhead
December 16, 2024

Finissage: motifs récurrents

You are warmly welcome to join the finissage of Motifs récurrents

Finissage Saturday 4. January 2025  13:00-18:00

Performance by Guda Koster & Frans van Tartwijk 15:30

Since 2015, Guda Koster and Frans van Tartwijk have been creating performances with sculptural figures, which are mostly made from various sorts of textiles. The sculptures incorporate influences from abstract art, avant-garde fashion and traditional ritualistic figures. 

The performances are done in public space. The puzzled passers-by may wonder what the true nature of these surreal apparitions is. Are they machines or performers? Are they male or female? This ambiguity raises questions about identity, existence, and the boundaries between art and reality.

Seit 2015 machen Guda Koster und Frans van Tartwijk Performances mit skulpturalen Figuren, die meist aus verschiedenen Arten von Textilien gefertigt sind. In die Skulpturen kommen Einflüsse aus abstrakten Kunst, Avantgarde-Mode und traditionellen rituellen Figuren zusammen. 

Die Performances finden meist im öffentlichen Raum statt. Die Passanten fragen sich vielleicht, was die wahre Natur dieser surrealen Erscheinungen ist. Sind sie Maschinen oder Performer? Sind sie männlich oder weiblich? Diese Mehrdeutigkeit wirft Fragen über Identität, Existenz und die Grenzen zwischen Kunst und Realität auf.

www.fransvantartwijk.nl/performances/

https://gudakoster.nl/project-type/performance

Toolbox
November 21, 2024

Motifs récurrents

Welcome to the opening of the on Fri 29 November 2024 at 19:00–22:00

Opening hours on Kolonie Wedding weekend:
Sat: 30.11.2024: 15:00–18:00
Sun 01.12.2024: 14:00–18:00

Exhibition running until 4 January 2025
Opening hours from 2.–14.12.2024 by arrangement
e-mail: mail@galerietoolbox.com

Finissage: 4 January 2025 (13:00–18:00)
At at 15:30 there will be a performance by Frans von Tartwijk with Guda Koster

Galerie Toolbox presents ‘Motifs récurrents’, a groupshow with works by Amsterdam-based artists Frans van Tartwijk (NL), Jean-Philippe Paumier (Fr) and Jean-Philippe Rousset (Fr). The show will run from friday november 29th until saturday january 4th. The opening will take place on november 29th.

The exhibition consists of a three-way conversation between drawings, paintings and installations. Displayed in the gallery space, they reveal mutual influences, references and correspondances between the artworks. Each in their own way the artists explore differents aspects of reality and incorporate these into their works.

‘Motifs récurrents’ does not intend to draw any conclusion, but offers a common ground for formal shared interests on which each artist develops his own visual grammar and aesthetic statement.

artwork
Jean-Philippe Paumier, ‘Solde de tout compte’ (2024), Spraypaint on cardboard boxes
artwork
Frans von Tartwijk: Everyone, Everything, Always, Everywhere #40 (2024)
artwork
Jean-Philippe Rousset : ‘A stone I found’ (2023), acrylic paint on canvas

Frans van Tartwijk (NL, 1963) is a dutch painter and performance artist. His work has been exhibited in many galleries and art spaces in the Netherlands and abroad. He recently took part in a residency in Chengdu (China), together with Guda Koster.

Jean-Philippe Rousset (Fr, 1973) graduated at the Art Academy of Clermont-Ferrand. His lives and works in Amsterdam. Since 2018 he forms an artistduo with Jean-Philippe Paumier (JP&JP) and exhibits regularly in and around Amsterdam.

Jean-Philippe Paumier (Fr, 1980) mostly creates sculptures and installations based on the principles of ‘ready-made’ and ‘objet trouvé’. His work has been showed in several artspaces, art fairs and galleries in the Netherlands and abroad.

www.fransvantartwijk.nl
www.paumier.weebly.com

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Piet_Zwaanswijk
October 18, 2024

Autumn walk – Dutch artists visiting Berlin Wedding 25.10.–24.11.2024

In dialogue with Berlin artists

Cordial invitation to the guest exhibition with Dutch artists at
InteriorDAsein and Toolbox. As part of the project space association
Kolonie Wedding.  In collaboration with Kunstruimte 411, Haarlem,
Netherlands. Curated by Hans Kuiper and Archi Galentz.

With works by Marius van Zandwijk (painting), Aquil Copier (painting), Piet Zwaanswijk (collage/print), Jessica Assmann-Zwaanswijk (painting), Sina Khani (painting), Ilja Warmerdam (painting), MC de Waal (photography), Antonio Rego (digital drawing prints), Gerard Veldman (painting), Daan van Houten (drawing/woodcut), Rene Bosch (photography/painting), Tarik Sadouma (AI print) and Hans Kuiper (drawing/painting).

In dialog with Berlin artists: Gisa Hausmann, Jelisaweta Klutschewskaja, Edwin Dickman, Klaus Jürgeit, Jovan Balov, Thomas J.Richter, Cristina Artola, Svenja Schüffler, Markus Schaller, Gagik Kurginian, Julia Katan, Patrick Huber, Julia Kissina and others.

Opening on Friday, October 25 from 7 pm in InteriorDAsein, hosted by
Archi Galentz and simultaneously in ToolBox, hosted by Hans Kuiper.

Opening hours on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27 from 4 to 7 pm.
After the colony weekend by appointment.

Finissage on November 24 from 4 to 7 pm in ToolBox and from 7 to 10 pm
in InteriorDAsein.

Addresses:
InteriorDAsein, Steegerstraße 2, 13359 Berlin
ToolBox, Koloniestraße 120, 13359 Berlin
Transportation from InteriorDAsein to Toolbox: 3 stops by bus 255 or 18 minutes on foot.

Storage plan of Kolonie Wedding and list of further exhibitions of the
project space association: https://koloniewedding.de/

Artwork by Piet Zwaanswijk

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed