Vernissage: Fri, 30.09.2022, 7pm
Exhibition: 01.–22.10.2022
artworks:
top: Elina Försti: “Drying Barn From Tarvola”, 2020–2021, 180×280 cm, oil on canvas
down: Wolf Hamm: “In The Same Boat, Till the End”, 2022, 24×18 cm, ink on paper
Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestrasse 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße
Mi-Sa/Wed-Sat 15-19
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
10 Jahre TOOLBOX Berlin 2012-2022
10 years anniversary exhibition
27.8.-24.9. 2022
Artists: Maija Helasvuo, Sampsa Indren, Mika Karhu, Niina Räty, Ilkka Sariola, Juha Sääski, Andreas Wolf
Austellungseröffnung / Vernissage: Freitag / Friday 26.08. 2022, 19:00
Performances 20:00: Ilkka Sariola, Rag Elnyg, Kainulainen&Latva
The exhibition takes place on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Finnish-German project space Toolbox in Berlin.
Wed 24.08.2022, 7pm, location: Gallery Wolf &Galentz
there’s a third exhibition celebrating the 10 Years Anniversary of Toolbox Berlin. This exhibition is a return-exhibition to the Särkyvää | Zerbrechlich (‘fragile’ in Finnish and German) organised by Toolbox, currently on display in Riihimäki (FI), with works by Berlin and Finnish artists in an old glass factory.
Thu 25.08.2022, 7pm , location: Gallery Wolf &Galentz
Concert Hannelore (Catherine Lorent and Tom Früchtl)
Ilkka Sariola, Rag Elnyg, Kainulainen&Latva
Fri 26.08.2022, 8pm, Location: Toolbox
artwork: Illka Sariola: Brazen Bull, 115 x 150 cm, lyijykynä paperille / pencil on paper, 2021
Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestrasse 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße
Mi-Sa/Wed-Sat 15-19
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Painting, Installation | https://cargocollective.com/niinaraty
Toolbox Kabinett:
Tanja Vetter (Mannheim), paintings
https://www.tanjavetter.de/
Vernissage: 27. 05. 2022, 19 h
27.05.–18.06.2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Mi–Sa 15–19 h
Kolonie Weekend: Sun 29. 05. 2022: 14 –18 h
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closedting
Seating
A good poem has an empty seat, it is for the reader.
Caj Westerberg
I too try to offer a seat for the beholder of my paintings. I outline a chair, a stool, I portray an armchair.
Vernissage: 29. 04. 2022, 19 h
Eröffnungsmusik von Harri Sjöström (Saxophon)
Opening music by Harri Sjöström (saxophone)
29.04.–21.05.2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Mi–Sa 15–19 h
Kolonie Weekend: 01 05. 2022: 14 –18 h
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
“Diana”. Ich weiß nicht, ob es das Licht war, das ihr seltsam in die Augen fiel. Aber ich erinnere mich, wie berührt ich war, als ich in ihr blau-meliertes Rund, ihre Iris, sah. Und der Blick wurde weiter in die dunkle Pupille gezogen. Das monumentale Gemälde entstand in einer performativen Situation 2022.
Von Kindheitserinnerungen inspirierte Aquarellbilder in einer Mixed-Media-Installation.
Von der Bildwelt in den physischen Raum – ein Kunstwerk, das man umrunden und lesen kann wie eine 3-dimensionale Collage und dabei totalen Szenenwechsel erlebt. Ein wenig, als ob man sich erst streitet und dann Freunde wird.
Die Mixed-Media-Arbeiten auf Papier beschäftigen sich mit der Frage: Was ist ein gutes Leben in einer Atmosphäre von Unsicherheit oder gar Angst? Ist es möglich, die schlimmen Vorfälle auszublenden, die in unsere hoffnungsvollen Gedanken, in unser
glückliches Zuhause eindringen? Ist es Eskapismus?
Danke, ich komme nun mit der Dunkelheit zurecht. Tatsächlich kann sie wahnsinnig schön sein. Es kommt auf das Licht an, das man setzt, um sie zu erkennen.
Aus: „A Ghost song und die Wahrhaftigkeit der Collage“, blog Artikel Esther Horn vom 22.12.2021
In collaboration with Anna E. Wilkens the artist Andreas Wolf has created a walk-in non-representational image at the Finnish-German Art Space Toolbox. During the exhibition, the artist s probably will continue working on the space-image structure.
Vernissage: 25. 03. 2022, 19 h
27. 03.–23. 04. 2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Sa 15–18 h
Kolonie Weekend: 27. 03. 2022: 14 –17 h
Der Künstler Andreas Wolf hat in Zusammenarbeit mit Anna E. Wilkens im Finnisch-Deutschen Art Space Toolbox ein begehbares ungegenständliches Bild im Raum installiert. Im Laufe der Ausstellungsdauer wird das Raum-Bild-Gefüge möglicherweise noch verändert.
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Exhibition with works by the finnish artists
Jukka Suhonen (paintings) | Harri Turunen (sculptures)
Vernissage: 24 September 2021, 7pm
25.09.–23.10.2021
Opening Times: Mi–Sa 15-19 h
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
I was born in 1963 in Joensuu, Finland, where I live and work to this day.
I studied arts for three years (1985- 1988) at Kankaanpää art school. I am a member of Finnish painters association, and also a member of Joensuu art association.
My works are in Finland state collection, city of Joensuu collection and health care district of Joensuu area. Also, they can be found in many private collections.
Art exhibition activities: 28 solo exhibitions, 54 group exhibitions and 12 Finland state art group exhibitions.
During my artistic career I have used many kind of painting methods. I’ve painted with oil colors, water soluable aquarelles, acrylic paints, and also drawings liquid inks in many colors.
Nowadays I am using acrylic paint on canvas and drawing black ink pens on paper.
I paint figurative works. Often on my canvases you can see only one or few body details: one leg, legs, head, or many heads and so on… I use also hints of other living creatures, like animals, or pieces of built environment by humans.
Maybe I want to describe tensions between individuals, temporal nature of life and also how fragile it is in many ways. Maybe there are also thoughts about hatred, love, and absolute evil which surround us sometimes.
Artwork: Jukka Suhonen, The King is Dead
I am Harri Turunen, a sculptor from North Karelia.
Herbarium is a collection of plant samples.
The samples may be whole plants or parts thereof and they may be stored dried and pressed.
The material of the flora is painted iron wire. The significance of nature and human diversity is present (in the work). On a larger scale, the lack of intra-species diversity is a threat.
Berlin-based artist Karen Koltermann presents her wonderful and disconcertingly eerie interpretation of William Hope Hodgson’s famous story The Voice in the Night (1907) as a graphic novel.
Die Berliner Künstlerin Karen Koltermann hat eine gleichermaßen wunderbare wie verstörend unheimliche Interpretation der berühmten Geschichte The Voice in the Night (1907) von William Hope Hodgson als Graphic Novel vorgelegt.
Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag 30.10.2020, 7pm
Open on Sunday 01 November, 2020, 2–6pm
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition: 30 October– 21 November 2020
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Saturday 7.11. and 14.11. 3-7pm
Saturday 21.11. on 3pm Finissage
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Toolbox Kabinett:
Archi Galentz, Berlin
Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag 31.01.2020, 7pm
Open on Sunday 02 February, 2019, 2–6pm
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 02 –22 February 2020
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Saimi Suikkanen’s exhibition Having the time of my life displays paintings from a series called “Self-portraits at home”. In the series Suikkanen confronts the viewer with painted pictures of herself imitating the aesthetics and lifestyles of women on social media platforms. As opposed to the often perfectly composed photographs on Instagram, her paintings depict the mundanity of ordinary life with cluttered and messy surroundings. Through imitation and repetition Suikkanen brings the absurdity of selfie culture and the obsession in being on display to the forefront. Her detailed and colourful large scale paintings emphasise humour. Through the series Suikkanen explores her own thoughts and preconceptions related to the ideal of womanhood and being on display. Suikkanen’s work is a mirror of what is seen as normal and appropriate behaviour for a young woman today.
Saimi Suikkanen (b.1994) is a Finnish painter who creates images of the contemporary life of a young woman in the age of social media. In her art she examines current viewpoints on the female body, sexuality and gender roles through a series of non-literal self-portraits. She is currently studying her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.
artwork: Self-portrait drinking (cheap) wine, oil on paper, 135 x 175 cm
Archi (Harutiun) Galentz was born in Moscow in 1971 in a family with a long artistic history. In 1988 he got his A-level in Moscow and in 1989 entered the State University of Arts and Theater in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1992 he was invited as a guest student to Berlin University of Arts (UdK Berlin) and studied free art till 1997 obtaining a Master degree. He lives and works in Berlin, Moscow and Yerevan.
A recurrent theme that is central to his artistic work is the question of Armenian identity, especially in relation to political factors such as the demise of the Soviet Union and the resurgence of Armenian awareness. Artwork Archi Galentz: Portrait Jovan Balov, aquatint and line etching reworked with watercolor 24.5 × 16 cm
Nora Tapper, Finnland
Sculpture Exhibition
Toolbox Kabinett:
Catherine Lorent, Berlin
Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag 25.10.2019, 7pm |
Finissage: Fr. 15.11.2019, 7pm
Open on Sunday 27 October, 2019, 2–6pm |
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 26 October–23 November 2019 |
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm |
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Ember is a group of huge empty black sacks sewed by hand from tarpaper and paper string. To me these sacks are enormous coal embers that glow in the dark and cold evening. The idea for sacks came from a task of making a work that would illustrate the amount of carbon dioxide produced each year by a Finnish family of four. I thought barbecue parties and the sacks full off black dusty coal. I recall the fire place where the last glow fades away.
Catherine Lorent, Bell, 21×29,7 cm, mixed media
Catherine Lorent (* 1977 in Munich) studied painting at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe from 1998 to 2003, as well as history and art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Universities of Heidelberg and Luxembourg. In 2012 she received her doctorate in art history. In 2013, CATHERINE LORENT represented LUXEMBOURG at the Venice Biennale with the project “RELEGATION”.
The artist lives and works in Berlin in painting, drawing and installation. Furthermore she has been experimenting for several years as a multiinstrumentalist with electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, voice and pursues her music project Gran Horno.
Catherine Lorent has already exhibited in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, Austria and Luxembourg, was nominated for the “Prix Robert Schuman” in Luxembourg in 2011, received the “Prix révélation 2011” and is considered one of the most important talents in Luxembourg.
Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag 26.07.2019, 7pm |
Open on Sunday 29 July, 2019, 2–6pm |
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 28 July – 24 August 2019 |
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm |
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed
Artwork: Pilvi Ojala
Pilvi Ojala (b. 1973) observes inner drama in a calm, almost restrained way. In her recent works she depicts her dreams and feelings, making use of a long tradition of religious and mythological imagery.The strong connection to art history paired with an almost ruthless introspection gives these self portraits a strange, ambigious quality. Life is tragic, angst a daily companion, sorrow so ordinary it needs a body of it´s own. But when Ojala puts her figures in the limeligth of her small stages, it triggers laughter. There is great relief in seeing that what bugs us most, also make us laugh.
Ojala studied printmaking in Kuvataideakatemia, in Helsinki. She says that se slipped into painting almost accidentally. This might be why it is so easy to look at her paintings. The material itself is not a problem, rather, it is the most precise way to tell us about life seen through her eyes.
Text: Pauliina Turakka-Purhonen, visual artist (Finland)
With and for and against Uwe Sennert
Exhibition of Senn products within Germany since 1988.
Sennf-office in the capital
Web: http://www.sennf.de
