A newly founded exhibition space at Areal Böhler. Starting in April 2025, it will host quarterly exhibitions showcasing contemporary art.
Currently exhibited
Dardan Zhegrova – invited by ArtJunk
April 11 – June 30, 2025
Opening: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7 pm
The first of four solo shows in 2025 kicks off on Thursday, April 10, featuring Kosovar artist, journalist, and activist Dardan Zhegrova (b. 1991, Pristina).
Dardan Zhegrova's work spans sculpture, painting, performance, video, and sound art. At Vitrine am Wasserturm, he presents a new site-specific piece from his series of larger than life-sized, hand-sewn puppet figures, the so-called Hybrids, adorned with colorful drawings. Displayed in various poses, these amorphous sculptures explore concepts such as self-perception, otherness, role shifts, and identity formation. They are rooted in Zhegrova’s childhood experiences between his mother's seamstress job and the renowned Dodona puppet theater in Prishtina. During the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, Dodona became a sanctuary of cultural resistance and preservation for the Albanian community. Against this backdrop, Zhegrova’s Hybrids evoke spheres of emotions, historical perspectives, and, ultimately, an open dialogue with the viewer.
Dardan Zhegrova lives and works in Prishtina, Kosovo. His work has been shown internationally, most recently at MUDAM, Luxembourg (2024), The National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, Autostrada Biennale, Prizren (2023), Manifesta 14, Prishtina, Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York (2022), and Fragile, Berlin (2020). In 2016, he was awarded the Artist of Tomorrow Award, leading to a residency at Residency Unlimited in New York City. In 2014, he was an artist in residenceat Villa Romana, Florence.
