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Meet our 2026 fellows!
Exceptional artists and collectives from across disciplines joining us in Berlin through the @daad_artists fellowship:

Khabat Abas, Music & Sound
Sarmen Almond, Music & Sound
Joanna Arnow, Film
Javier Areal Vélez, Music & Sound
Souhaib Ayoub, Literature
Elif Batuman, Literature
Hemley Boum, Literature
Shasha Chen, Music & Sound
Lina Lapelytė, Music & Sound
Vanessa Onwuemezi, Literature
Malaury Eloi Paisley, Film
Juanjo Pereira, Film
Carlos Soto Román, Literature
Ciwas Tahos, Visual Arts
The Fire Theory, Visual Arts
Martin Toloku, Visual Arts
Isola Tong, Visual Arts
Wang Tuo, Visual Arts

Lina Lapelytė is the recipient of the Rebecca Horn Fellowship in collaboration with the Moontower Foundation.

The collective fellowship for The Fire Theory is made possible by the Matschinsky-Denninghoff Foundation under the umbrella of Berlinische Galerie.

We warmly thank the independent jurors who curated this impressive selection from a large pool of applications and nominations. It was a genuine pleasure and privilege to facilitate and support your discussions. Thank you for your contributions, humor, and trust throughout the process.

Jury Film
Dieu Hao Do, Oliver Hardt, Birgit Kohler, Boaz Levin, Bianca Oana
Preselection: Annina Wettstein

Jury Literature
Tobias Haberkorn, Anna Jäger, Daniel Medin, Lara Sielmann, Miryam Schellbach, Uljana Wolf
Preselection: Ricardo Domeneck

Jury Music & Sound
Cédrik Fermont, Yair Klartag, Pedro Oliveira, Patricia Reed, Dayang Yraola
Preselection: Stefanie Alisch, Reece Cox, Janine Eisenächer, Morgan Sully, Brandon Farnsworth

Jury Visual Arts
Sara Sejin Chang, Inti Guerrero, Timea Junghaus, Sam Vernon, X Zhu-Nowell

Nominating Jury Visual Arts: Celenk Bafra, Patricia Belli, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sandra Demetrescu, Emma Enderby, Andrei Fernández, Natasha Ginwala, Michelle Hyun, Alona Karavai, Inga Lace, Renan Laru-an, Miguel Lopez, Thomas Köhler, Victor Neumann, Hila Peleg, Marie Helene Pereira, Gahee Park, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Alya Sebti, Ala Younis, WHW.

Meet our 2026 fellows!
Exceptional artists and collectives from across disciplines joining us in Berlin through the @daad_artists fellowship:

Khabat Abas, Music & Sound
Sarmen Almond, Music & Sound
Joanna Arnow, Film
Javier Areal Vélez, Music & Sound
Souhaib Ayoub, Literature
Elif Batuman, Literature
Hemley Boum, Literature
Shasha Chen, Music & Sound
Lina Lapelytė, Music & Sound
Vanessa Onwuemezi, Literature
Malaury Eloi Paisley, Film
Juanjo Pereira, Film
Carlos Soto Román, Literature
Ciwas Tahos, Visual Arts
The Fire Theory, Visual Arts
Martin Toloku, Visual Arts
Isola Tong, Visual Arts
Wang Tuo, Visual Arts

Lina Lapelytė is the recipient of the Rebecca Horn Fellowship in collaboration with the Moontower Foundation.

The collective fellowship for The Fire Theory is made possible by the Matschinsky-Denninghoff Foundation under the umbrella of Berlinische Galerie.

We warmly thank the independent jurors who curated this impressive selection from a large pool of applications and nominations. It was a genuine pleasure and privilege to facilitate and support your discussions. Thank you for your contributions, humor, and trust throughout the process.

Jury Film
Dieu Hao Do, Oliver Hardt, Birgit Kohler, Boaz Levin, Bianca Oana
Preselection: Annina Wettstein

Jury Literature
Tobias Haberkorn, Anna Jäger, Daniel Medin, Lara Sielmann, Miryam Schellbach, Uljana Wolf
Preselection: Ricardo Domeneck

Jury Music & Sound
Cédrik Fermont, Yair Klartag, Pedro Oliveira, Patricia Reed, Dayang Yraola
Preselection: Stefanie Alisch, Reece Cox, Janine Eisenächer, Morgan Sully, Brandon Farnsworth

Jury Visual Arts
Sara Sejin Chang, Inti Guerrero, Timea Junghaus, Sam Vernon, X Zhu-Nowell

Nominating Jury Visual Arts: Celenk Bafra, Patricia Belli, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sandra Demetrescu, Emma Enderby, Andrei Fernández, Natasha Ginwala, Michelle Hyun, Alona Karavai, Inga Lace, Renan Laru-an, Miguel Lopez, Thomas Köhler, Victor Neumann, Hila Peleg, Marie Helene Pereira, Gahee Park, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Alya Sebti, Ala Younis, WHW.

Meet our 2026 fellows!
Exceptional artists and collectives from across disciplines joining us in Berlin through the @daad_artists fellowship:

Khabat Abas, Music & Sound
Sarmen Almond, Music & Sound
Joanna Arnow, Film
Javier Areal Vélez, Music & Sound
Souhaib Ayoub, Literature
Elif Batuman, Literature
Hemley Boum, Literature
Shasha Chen, Music & Sound
Lina Lapelytė, Music & Sound
Vanessa Onwuemezi, Literature
Malaury Eloi Paisley, Film
Juanjo Pereira, Film
Carlos Soto Román, Literature
Ciwas Tahos, Visual Arts
The Fire Theory, Visual Arts
Martin Toloku, Visual Arts
Isola Tong, Visual Arts
Wang Tuo, Visual Arts

Lina Lapelytė is the recipient of the Rebecca Horn Fellowship in collaboration with the Moontower Foundation.

The collective fellowship for The Fire Theory is made possible by the Matschinsky-Denninghoff Foundation under the umbrella of Berlinische Galerie.

We warmly thank the independent jurors who curated this impressive selection from a large pool of applications and nominations. It was a genuine pleasure and privilege to facilitate and support your discussions. Thank you for your contributions, humor, and trust throughout the process.

Jury Film
Dieu Hao Do, Oliver Hardt, Birgit Kohler, Boaz Levin, Bianca Oana
Preselection: Annina Wettstein

Jury Literature
Tobias Haberkorn, Anna Jäger, Daniel Medin, Lara Sielmann, Miryam Schellbach, Uljana Wolf
Preselection: Ricardo Domeneck

Jury Music & Sound
Cédrik Fermont, Yair Klartag, Pedro Oliveira, Patricia Reed, Dayang Yraola
Preselection: Stefanie Alisch, Reece Cox, Janine Eisenächer, Morgan Sully, Brandon Farnsworth

Jury Visual Arts
Sara Sejin Chang, Inti Guerrero, Timea Junghaus, Sam Vernon, X Zhu-Nowell

Nominating Jury Visual Arts: Celenk Bafra, Patricia Belli, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sandra Demetrescu, Emma Enderby, Andrei Fernández, Natasha Ginwala, Michelle Hyun, Alona Karavai, Inga Lace, Renan Laru-an, Miguel Lopez, Thomas Köhler, Victor Neumann, Hila Peleg, Marie Helene Pereira, Gahee Park, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Alya Sebti, Ala Younis, WHW.

Meet our 2026 fellows!
Exceptional artists and collectives from across disciplines joining us in Berlin through the @daad_artists fellowship:

Khabat Abas, Music & Sound
Sarmen Almond, Music & Sound
Joanna Arnow, Film
Javier Areal Vélez, Music & Sound
Souhaib Ayoub, Literature
Elif Batuman, Literature
Hemley Boum, Literature
Shasha Chen, Music & Sound
Lina Lapelytė, Music & Sound
Vanessa Onwuemezi, Literature
Malaury Eloi Paisley, Film
Juanjo Pereira, Film
Carlos Soto Román, Literature
Ciwas Tahos, Visual Arts
The Fire Theory, Visual Arts
Martin Toloku, Visual Arts
Isola Tong, Visual Arts
Wang Tuo, Visual Arts

Lina Lapelytė is the recipient of the Rebecca Horn Fellowship in collaboration with the Moontower Foundation.

The collective fellowship for The Fire Theory is made possible by the Matschinsky-Denninghoff Foundation under the umbrella of Berlinische Galerie.

We warmly thank the independent jurors who curated this impressive selection from a large pool of applications and nominations. It was a genuine pleasure and privilege to facilitate and support your discussions. Thank you for your contributions, humor, and trust throughout the process.

Jury Film
Dieu Hao Do, Oliver Hardt, Birgit Kohler, Boaz Levin, Bianca Oana
Preselection: Annina Wettstein

Jury Literature
Tobias Haberkorn, Anna Jäger, Daniel Medin, Lara Sielmann, Miryam Schellbach, Uljana Wolf
Preselection: Ricardo Domeneck

Jury Music & Sound
Cédrik Fermont, Yair Klartag, Pedro Oliveira, Patricia Reed, Dayang Yraola
Preselection: Stefanie Alisch, Reece Cox, Janine Eisenächer, Morgan Sully, Brandon Farnsworth

Jury Visual Arts
Sara Sejin Chang, Inti Guerrero, Timea Junghaus, Sam Vernon, X Zhu-Nowell

Nominating Jury Visual Arts: Celenk Bafra, Patricia Belli, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sandra Demetrescu, Emma Enderby, Andrei Fernández, Natasha Ginwala, Michelle Hyun, Alona Karavai, Inga Lace, Renan Laru-an, Miguel Lopez, Thomas Köhler, Victor Neumann, Hila Peleg, Marie Helene Pereira, Gahee Park, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Alya Sebti, Ala Younis, WHW.

Meet our 2026 fellows!
Exceptional artists and collectives from across disciplines joining us in Berlin through the @daad_artists fellowship:

Khabat Abas, Music & Sound
Sarmen Almond, Music & Sound
Joanna Arnow, Film
Javier Areal Vélez, Music & Sound
Souhaib Ayoub, Literature
Elif Batuman, Literature
Hemley Boum, Literature
Shasha Chen, Music & Sound
Lina Lapelytė, Music & Sound
Vanessa Onwuemezi, Literature
Malaury Eloi Paisley, Film
Juanjo Pereira, Film
Carlos Soto Román, Literature
Ciwas Tahos, Visual Arts
The Fire Theory, Visual Arts
Martin Toloku, Visual Arts
Isola Tong, Visual Arts
Wang Tuo, Visual Arts

Lina Lapelytė is the recipient of the Rebecca Horn Fellowship in collaboration with the Moontower Foundation.

The collective fellowship for The Fire Theory is made possible by the Matschinsky-Denninghoff Foundation under the umbrella of Berlinische Galerie.

We warmly thank the independent jurors who curated this impressive selection from a large pool of applications and nominations. It was a genuine pleasure and privilege to facilitate and support your discussions. Thank you for your contributions, humor, and trust throughout the process.

Jury Film
Dieu Hao Do, Oliver Hardt, Birgit Kohler, Boaz Levin, Bianca Oana
Preselection: Annina Wettstein

Jury Literature
Tobias Haberkorn, Anna Jäger, Daniel Medin, Lara Sielmann, Miryam Schellbach, Uljana Wolf
Preselection: Ricardo Domeneck

Jury Music & Sound
Cédrik Fermont, Yair Klartag, Pedro Oliveira, Patricia Reed, Dayang Yraola
Preselection: Stefanie Alisch, Reece Cox, Janine Eisenächer, Morgan Sully, Brandon Farnsworth

Jury Visual Arts
Sara Sejin Chang, Inti Guerrero, Timea Junghaus, Sam Vernon, X Zhu-Nowell

Nominating Jury Visual Arts: Celenk Bafra, Patricia Belli, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sandra Demetrescu, Emma Enderby, Andrei Fernández, Natasha Ginwala, Michelle Hyun, Alona Karavai, Inga Lace, Renan Laru-an, Miguel Lopez, Thomas Köhler, Victor Neumann, Hila Peleg, Marie Helene Pereira, Gahee Park, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Alya Sebti, Ala Younis, WHW.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Next up at daadgalerie ⭐️⭐️⭐️
We are pleased to present the first solo-exhibition in Berlin by 2021/22 Visual Arts Fellow Som Supaparinya, Melted Stars.

⭐️

SAVE THE DATE

Exhibition Opening
April 23, 6 PM

⭐️

Who decides which histories are remembered—and which are covered up?

The new video installation Melted Stars which will premiere at daadgalerie, journeys through the shifting terrains of northern Thailand and its neighboring regions. In Supaparinya’s long-term audiovisual research project, begun in 2016, the northern Thailand–born artist uncovers Thailand’s complex and often suppressed entanglement with Japan during World War II. Through filmed observations, fieldwork, interviews, and archival traces, the work reveals how infrastructures were used while stories fade, linger, or are deliberately erased.

Melted Stars invites to look closer: at the landscapes, at memory, and at the fragile ways histories are carried forward—or left behind.

⭐️

Som Supaparinya: Melted Stars
@somsupaparinya

Curated by Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler
Produced by Raisa Galofre @raisa.galofre
Design: @studiopandan

⭐️

Opening: April 23, 2026, 6 PM
Exhibition runtime: April 24 — June 7, 2026

📍daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin

Free Entry
All welcome

⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Next up at daadgalerie ⭐️⭐️⭐️
We are pleased to present the first solo-exhibition in Berlin by 2021/22 Visual Arts Fellow Som Supaparinya, Melted Stars.

⭐️

SAVE THE DATE

Exhibition Opening
April 23, 6 PM

⭐️

Who decides which histories are remembered—and which are covered up?

The new video installation Melted Stars which will premiere at daadgalerie, journeys through the shifting terrains of northern Thailand and its neighboring regions. In Supaparinya’s long-term audiovisual research project, begun in 2016, the northern Thailand–born artist uncovers Thailand’s complex and often suppressed entanglement with Japan during World War II. Through filmed observations, fieldwork, interviews, and archival traces, the work reveals how infrastructures were used while stories fade, linger, or are deliberately erased.

Melted Stars invites to look closer: at the landscapes, at memory, and at the fragile ways histories are carried forward—or left behind.

⭐️

Som Supaparinya: Melted Stars
@somsupaparinya

Curated by Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler
Produced by Raisa Galofre @raisa.galofre
Design: @studiopandan

⭐️

Opening: April 23, 2026, 6 PM
Exhibition runtime: April 24 — June 7, 2026

📍daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin

Free Entry
All welcome

⭐️

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

We are pleased to present a first collection of installation photos from @somsupaparinya’s current exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

The exhibition centers on a video installation created specifically for this occasion, which offers a new perspective on Thailand’s forgotten history of World War II.

Using found objects, archival documents, historical film footage and radio recordings, photographs,and military maps drawn up by Japan, she traces the lasting consequences and scars left behind throughout Southeast Asia.

Melted Stars
Som Supaparinya
daadgalerie

Curated by: @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

Opening hours:
Tu-Sun, 12-7pm

Special opening hours May 1 - 3:
12—9 pm


Upcoming Event:
May 2, 6 pm
Talk + Screening
with Som Supaparinya + @philippa_lovatt

Photos: Mathias Völzke / Berliner Künstlerprogramm

@daad_artists is delighted to present ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, a solo exhibition by Visual Arts Fellow 2024/25 Anup Mathew Thomas, on view from 19 June to 16 August 2026 at daadgalerie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 18 June.

With ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, Anup Mathew Thomas presents, for the first time to audiences in Berlin, a concise yet compelling selection of his work. Bringing together works developed over the last two decades alongside new ones produced during his DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, the exhibition at daadgalerie explores what happens when an unapologetically hyperlocal artistic practice — such as that of Thomas — is transplanted into a different context, and how such a body of work positions itself within it.

Anup Mathew Thomas’s works dwell at the threshold of documentation and fact, and between fiction and fable. They draw their persuasive and imaginative power from tensions between text and image, observation and interpretation, calling into question the status of photographic images and journalistic writing as means of conveying truth or knowledge about the world. What creeps in at the gaps between reporting and storytelling is a space of ambiguity that shifts how we see the familiar and ordinary, reframing the contingencies and uncertainties that shape everyday life—its social norms, customs, traditions, and myths.

‘Two new books, two new works plus and old one for good measure’
With works by @anupmathewthomas
Curated and produced by @raisa.galofre and @malteroloff

Exhibition runtime: 19.06 – 16.08.2026
Opening: 18.06.2026, 7 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Image: Anup Mathew Thomas, ‘Apparitions’ (detail) 2026
Design: @klimaite_klimaite

@daad_artists is delighted to present ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, a solo exhibition by Visual Arts Fellow 2024/25 Anup Mathew Thomas, on view from 19 June to 16 August 2026 at daadgalerie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 18 June.

With ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, Anup Mathew Thomas presents, for the first time to audiences in Berlin, a concise yet compelling selection of his work. Bringing together works developed over the last two decades alongside new ones produced during his DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, the exhibition at daadgalerie explores what happens when an unapologetically hyperlocal artistic practice — such as that of Thomas — is transplanted into a different context, and how such a body of work positions itself within it.

Anup Mathew Thomas’s works dwell at the threshold of documentation and fact, and between fiction and fable. They draw their persuasive and imaginative power from tensions between text and image, observation and interpretation, calling into question the status of photographic images and journalistic writing as means of conveying truth or knowledge about the world. What creeps in at the gaps between reporting and storytelling is a space of ambiguity that shifts how we see the familiar and ordinary, reframing the contingencies and uncertainties that shape everyday life—its social norms, customs, traditions, and myths.

‘Two new books, two new works plus and old one for good measure’
With works by @anupmathewthomas
Curated and produced by @raisa.galofre and @malteroloff

Exhibition runtime: 19.06 – 16.08.2026
Opening: 18.06.2026, 7 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Image: Anup Mathew Thomas, ‘Apparitions’ (detail) 2026
Design: @klimaite_klimaite

@daad_artists is delighted to present ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, a solo exhibition by Visual Arts Fellow 2024/25 Anup Mathew Thomas, on view from 19 June to 16 August 2026 at daadgalerie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 18 June.

With ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, Anup Mathew Thomas presents, for the first time to audiences in Berlin, a concise yet compelling selection of his work. Bringing together works developed over the last two decades alongside new ones produced during his DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, the exhibition at daadgalerie explores what happens when an unapologetically hyperlocal artistic practice — such as that of Thomas — is transplanted into a different context, and how such a body of work positions itself within it.

Anup Mathew Thomas’s works dwell at the threshold of documentation and fact, and between fiction and fable. They draw their persuasive and imaginative power from tensions between text and image, observation and interpretation, calling into question the status of photographic images and journalistic writing as means of conveying truth or knowledge about the world. What creeps in at the gaps between reporting and storytelling is a space of ambiguity that shifts how we see the familiar and ordinary, reframing the contingencies and uncertainties that shape everyday life—its social norms, customs, traditions, and myths.

‘Two new books, two new works plus and old one for good measure’
With works by @anupmathewthomas
Curated and produced by @raisa.galofre and @malteroloff

Exhibition runtime: 19.06 – 16.08.2026
Opening: 18.06.2026, 7 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Image: Anup Mathew Thomas, ‘Apparitions’ (detail) 2026
Design: @klimaite_klimaite

@daad_artists is delighted to present ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, a solo exhibition by Visual Arts Fellow 2024/25 Anup Mathew Thomas, on view from 19 June to 16 August 2026 at daadgalerie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 18 June.

With ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, Anup Mathew Thomas presents, for the first time to audiences in Berlin, a concise yet compelling selection of his work. Bringing together works developed over the last two decades alongside new ones produced during his DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, the exhibition at daadgalerie explores what happens when an unapologetically hyperlocal artistic practice — such as that of Thomas — is transplanted into a different context, and how such a body of work positions itself within it.

Anup Mathew Thomas’s works dwell at the threshold of documentation and fact, and between fiction and fable. They draw their persuasive and imaginative power from tensions between text and image, observation and interpretation, calling into question the status of photographic images and journalistic writing as means of conveying truth or knowledge about the world. What creeps in at the gaps between reporting and storytelling is a space of ambiguity that shifts how we see the familiar and ordinary, reframing the contingencies and uncertainties that shape everyday life—its social norms, customs, traditions, and myths.

‘Two new books, two new works plus and old one for good measure’
With works by @anupmathewthomas
Curated and produced by @raisa.galofre and @malteroloff

Exhibition runtime: 19.06 – 16.08.2026
Opening: 18.06.2026, 7 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Image: Anup Mathew Thomas, ‘Apparitions’ (detail) 2026
Design: @klimaite_klimaite

@daad_artists is delighted to present ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, a solo exhibition by Visual Arts Fellow 2024/25 Anup Mathew Thomas, on view from 19 June to 16 August 2026 at daadgalerie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 18 June.

With ‘Two new books, two new works plus an old one for good measure’, Anup Mathew Thomas presents, for the first time to audiences in Berlin, a concise yet compelling selection of his work. Bringing together works developed over the last two decades alongside new ones produced during his DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, the exhibition at daadgalerie explores what happens when an unapologetically hyperlocal artistic practice — such as that of Thomas — is transplanted into a different context, and how such a body of work positions itself within it.

Anup Mathew Thomas’s works dwell at the threshold of documentation and fact, and between fiction and fable. They draw their persuasive and imaginative power from tensions between text and image, observation and interpretation, calling into question the status of photographic images and journalistic writing as means of conveying truth or knowledge about the world. What creeps in at the gaps between reporting and storytelling is a space of ambiguity that shifts how we see the familiar and ordinary, reframing the contingencies and uncertainties that shape everyday life—its social norms, customs, traditions, and myths.

‘Two new books, two new works plus and old one for good measure’
With works by @anupmathewthomas
Curated and produced by @raisa.galofre and @malteroloff

Exhibition runtime: 19.06 – 16.08.2026
Opening: 18.06.2026, 7 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Image: Anup Mathew Thomas, ‘Apparitions’ (detail) 2026
Design: @klimaite_klimaite

With Raw Voice Lab, Sarmen Almond launches a new workshop series at @daad_artists focusing on voice and movement for the stage.

The workshops are aimed at musicians, improvisers, performers, movement artists, and curious individuals who wish — or intuitively feel the need — to work with their voice across diverse dynamic and expressive contexts.

Register now for the first sessions in June:
Friday, 26 June, 3–6 pm
Saturday, 27 June, 11 am–3 pm
Sunday, 28 June, 11 am–3 pm

Participation is free of charge and limited to a group of 25 participants.

Please register by 18 June 2026
📧 duerer.berlin@daad.de

@sarmen_almond is a 2026 @daad_artists Music & Sound Fellow.

With Raw Voice Lab, Sarmen Almond launches a new workshop series at @daad_artists focusing on voice and movement for the stage.

The workshops are aimed at musicians, improvisers, performers, movement artists, and curious individuals who wish — or intuitively feel the need — to work with their voice across diverse dynamic and expressive contexts.

Register now for the first sessions in June:
Friday, 26 June, 3–6 pm
Saturday, 27 June, 11 am–3 pm
Sunday, 28 June, 11 am–3 pm

Participation is free of charge and limited to a group of 25 participants.

Please register by 18 June 2026
📧 duerer.berlin@daad.de

@sarmen_almond is a 2026 @daad_artists Music & Sound Fellow.

This week, we continue sharing insights into @somsupaparinya’s works featured in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie. If you are in Berlin, be sure to visit the exhibition and join the walk-and-talk with Som and curator @natalie.keppler natalie.keppler this Sunday, May 31, at 4 pm.

Boonserm’s Painting, 2026

The questions that sparked the research and development of Melted Stars began two decades ago. In 2006, Som Supaparinya interviewed contemporary witness, photographer, and painter Boonserm Satrabhai. Twenty years later, she commissioned Panu Kritaramruang to reproduce Boonserm’s original painting Chiang Mai 1941–1945 for inclusion in the 2026 installation Melted Stars at daadgalerie.

The painting depicts Japanese soldiers stationed at Nawarat Bridge over the Ping River, a key infrastructural gateway leading out of the city of Chiang Mai.

Artwork:
Panu Kritaramruang, Boonserm’s Painting [2026] reproduction of Chiang Mai 1941–1945 by Boonserm Satrabhai, oil painting on canvas. Courtesy of the estate of Boonserm Satrabhai.

Melted Stars
With works by Som Supaparinya
Curated by Natalie Keppler

Tues - Sun
12 - 7 PM
daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Photo credits:
1. Eunice Maurice
2, 3. Mathias Völzke

This week, we continue sharing insights into @somsupaparinya’s works featured in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie. If you are in Berlin, be sure to visit the exhibition and join the walk-and-talk with Som and curator @natalie.keppler natalie.keppler this Sunday, May 31, at 4 pm.

Boonserm’s Painting, 2026

The questions that sparked the research and development of Melted Stars began two decades ago. In 2006, Som Supaparinya interviewed contemporary witness, photographer, and painter Boonserm Satrabhai. Twenty years later, she commissioned Panu Kritaramruang to reproduce Boonserm’s original painting Chiang Mai 1941–1945 for inclusion in the 2026 installation Melted Stars at daadgalerie.

The painting depicts Japanese soldiers stationed at Nawarat Bridge over the Ping River, a key infrastructural gateway leading out of the city of Chiang Mai.

Artwork:
Panu Kritaramruang, Boonserm’s Painting [2026] reproduction of Chiang Mai 1941–1945 by Boonserm Satrabhai, oil painting on canvas. Courtesy of the estate of Boonserm Satrabhai.

Melted Stars
With works by Som Supaparinya
Curated by Natalie Keppler

Tues - Sun
12 - 7 PM
daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Photo credits:
1. Eunice Maurice
2, 3. Mathias Völzke

This week, we continue sharing insights into @somsupaparinya’s works featured in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie. If you are in Berlin, be sure to visit the exhibition and join the walk-and-talk with Som and curator @natalie.keppler natalie.keppler this Sunday, May 31, at 4 pm.

Boonserm’s Painting, 2026

The questions that sparked the research and development of Melted Stars began two decades ago. In 2006, Som Supaparinya interviewed contemporary witness, photographer, and painter Boonserm Satrabhai. Twenty years later, she commissioned Panu Kritaramruang to reproduce Boonserm’s original painting Chiang Mai 1941–1945 for inclusion in the 2026 installation Melted Stars at daadgalerie.

The painting depicts Japanese soldiers stationed at Nawarat Bridge over the Ping River, a key infrastructural gateway leading out of the city of Chiang Mai.

Artwork:
Panu Kritaramruang, Boonserm’s Painting [2026] reproduction of Chiang Mai 1941–1945 by Boonserm Satrabhai, oil painting on canvas. Courtesy of the estate of Boonserm Satrabhai.

Melted Stars
With works by Som Supaparinya
Curated by Natalie Keppler

Tues - Sun
12 - 7 PM
daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

Photo credits:
1. Eunice Maurice
2, 3. Mathias Völzke

Join us on the last weekend of May in celebrating Singuhr XXX: the 30th anniversary of @singuhr connecting key venues for sound art across the city. Don’t miss the rare chance to encounter the participating artists and collaborators of singuhr in one place, among them numerous @daad_artists and companions.

The program features sound installations by Bernhard Leitner (Fellow 1982) at the Parochialkirche and Akio Suzuki (Fellow 1994) in public space, as well as two days of concerts and performances by Paul DeMarinis (Fellow 2009), Max Eastley (Fellow 2017), Sam Auinger (Fellow 1997), Akio Suzuki & Hiromi Miyakita and others at Villa Elisabeth and the Kuppelhalle at silent green. On Sunday, 31 May, a matinee on sound spaces in Berlin will take place at the daadgalerie, featuring talks and discussions. Speakers include Helga de la Motte-Haber, Janina Klassen, Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer, Volker Straebel, Jan Thoben, Nika Schmitt, and Carsten Seiffarth. The talk will be held in German.

Friday, 29.5.2026, Parochialkirche and Klosterviertel
6:00 p.m. Opening of the sound installation »Ton-Kuppel« by Bernhard Leitner
8:00 p.m. Opening of the installation »oto-date berlin 2026« by Akio Suzuki

Runtime: May 30 — June 7, 2026

Saturday, May 30, 2026, Villa Elisabeth from 6pm, tickets available via @singuhr
with: Erwin Stache, Vinyl-terror & -horror, Jens Brand & Sukandar Kartadinata, Max Eastley, Michael Moser, Paul DeMarinis, Akio Suzuki & Hiromi Miyakita

Matinee: 31.05.2026 / 11:00 am –2:00 pm /
daadgalerie, Oranienstraße 161, 10969 Berlin
Free admission, All welcome (in German)

Sunday, May 31, 2026, Kuppelhalle (Cupola) silent green from 6pm, tickets available via @singuhr
with Sam Auinger, Edwin van der Heide, Hans Peter Kuhn, Hugo Esquinca, Ricardo Carioba, Raul Keller, Robert Lippok

Please find the full schedule on our website

Please join us for a special double concert evening on May 29 from 7pm! As Dror Feiler’s fellowship is coming to an end, the year for Javier Areal Vélez in Berlin is just beginning.

Not only do both @daad_artists meet on stage for the first time, but two generations of noise and improvised live electronics come together: @drorfeiler performs a special duo with his long-time collaborator @mats9418, while @javierarealvelez presents semiautomático, a duo between a digital entity and himself.

Lindström and Feiler have been working together since the late 1980s. In most cases with larger constellations but on some rare and exclusive occasions as duo. The concert they will present is dedicated to their close friend, band mate and experimental guitar hero Sören Runolf who passed away recently.

📍daadgalerie, Oranienstraße 161, 10969 Berlin
Free admission, All welcome

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

What a heartfelt night at daadgalerie!

Thank you to our incredible #SFischerProf @lizespit for creating such intimacy among a crowd of strangers. We were a grateful audience to an honest and vulnerable conversation on family, relationships, and the harsh reality of addiction. There might even have been a few tears listening to the beautiful reading voice of @jane.chirwa!

A big thanks to @malu.schrader for guiding us through the evening and to @mathiaszeiske for hosting and opening the evening!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 31st!
Artist @somsupaparinya and curator @natalie.keppler will lead an insightful guided tour through Som’s exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Join us for a walk-through and conversation exploring the stories, questions, and ideas behind Som’s film *Melted Stars*, which gives the exhibition its title, as well as the accompanying artworks, exhibition architecture, and the research process behind the project.

Artist & Curator Guided Tour
Sunday, May 31st, 4 PM

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
Berlin-Kreuzberg

The tour will be held in English.

Melted Stars
With works by Som Supaparinya
Curated by Natalie Keppler
Production Management: Raisa Galofre

Opening hours:
Tuesday – Sunday
12 – 7 PM

Actress and producer @jane.chirwa will be the reading voice tonight and bring Lize's latest novel (@lizespit) in german to life!

Join us at 7pm for "Writing, to distance oneself. Writing, to reconnect." in Kreuzberg @daadgalerie!

As an actress, producer @jabeza.films and storyteller she focuses on powerful, socially relevant stories and intersectional perspectives. What an intriguing voice for the excerpts of Lize Spit’s “Autobiografie meines Körpers” –get the last free tickets for tonight!

📍 daadgalerie Berlin
🗓️ Thu, May 21
🕖 Doors 6:30 pm | Start 7:00 pm

Free admission, tickets via link in bio!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

Actress and producer @jane.chirwa will be the reading voice tonight and bring Lize's latest novel (@lizespit) in german to life!

Join us at 7pm for "Writing, to distance oneself. Writing, to reconnect." in Kreuzberg @daadgalerie!

As an actress, producer @jabeza.films and storyteller she focuses on powerful, socially relevant stories and intersectional perspectives. What an intriguing voice for the excerpts of Lize Spit’s “Autobiografie meines Körpers” –get the last free tickets for tonight!

📍 daadgalerie Berlin
🗓️ Thu, May 21
🕖 Doors 6:30 pm | Start 7:00 pm

Free admission, tickets via link in bio!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

Actress and producer @jane.chirwa will be the reading voice tonight and bring Lize's latest novel (@lizespit) in german to life!

Join us at 7pm for "Writing, to distance oneself. Writing, to reconnect." in Kreuzberg @daadgalerie!

As an actress, producer @jabeza.films and storyteller she focuses on powerful, socially relevant stories and intersectional perspectives. What an intriguing voice for the excerpts of Lize Spit’s “Autobiografie meines Körpers” –get the last free tickets for tonight!

📍 daadgalerie Berlin
🗓️ Thu, May 21
🕖 Doors 6:30 pm | Start 7:00 pm

Free admission, tickets via link in bio!

The Samuel Fischer Guest Professorship is a joint initiative of @fu_berlin @daad_artists @sfischerverlage and @holtzbrinckberlin

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice

Get insights into @somsupaparinya’s artworks in her exhibition *Melted Stars* at daadgalerie.

Som Supaparinya, Summer Palace, 2026

The blue-and-white PVC tarpaulin curtain covering the front windows of the daadgalerie recalls the temporary architecture used by displaced communities living near the border regions of northern Thailand today. Hung in a so called “Austrian-style” reminiscent of the thick, heavy red satin curtains found in traditional theatre houses, the installation sharply contrasts this sense of grandeur with the use of cheap plastic material. Through this contradiction, Som explores ideas of materiality, imitation, and forms of representation and power stripped of value or authenticity.

Curated by @natalie.keppler
Production Management: @raisa.galofre

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Tue - Sun, 12 - 7 PM

Photo credits:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Mathias Völzke
3, 5, 8. Eunice Maurice