The Space Between Worlds

Stephan van Kuyk, the Berlin-based artist who curated this gathering, described the premise with a directness that matched the show's title: 100 artists who shape the art scene in Berlin, while navigating their particular, complicated place in German society. No government grants supported this. The exhibition was entirely self-financed, which is itself a statement, that some stories cannot wait for institutional permission.

Berlin's identity has been forged through waves of migration and international exchange. "Ausländer" examines how foreign perspectives transform and redefine the city's artistic expression. "Ausländer" celebrated the cultural impact of foreign artists on Berlin's vibrant art scene. This group exhibition brings together 100 international voices that shape and enrich the city's creative landscape.

The list of participating artists reads like a small atlas, Anastasiia Kolhan, Kimiya Javan, Gül Memis, Alejandro Montoya, Yurii Rochniak, Benedita Santos, Simran Kaushal, Amrith Nambiar, and dozens more. Painters, photographers, someone who stitched something with their hands, someone who worked with raw material, someone who drew. Every medium was present because the Ausländer experience is not one medium. It is a condition that seeps into whatever you make.