Exhibitions

Chromatic Choices

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway, Tesprit & Ibim Cookey 9 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 In the last exhibition of the year, the ARTCO Gallery in Aachen is presenting works by Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway, Ibim Cookey and Tesprit under the title CHROMATIC CHOICES. The show brings together different portrait works that deal with role models in West Africa. Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway (1992) is a Ghanaian mixed-media artist... Read more

LIMBO

Pierre le Riche 15 Sep - 12 Oct 2023 With 'Limbo', ARTCO Aachen presents Pierre le Riche's first solo exhibition in Europe. Le Riche, born in South Africa in 1986, holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cape Town and has in the past created bespoke installations for e.g. Daimler and Cartier. His artistic practice fuses... Read more

Industrial Landscapes

J Henry Fair 17 Aug - 10 Sep 2023 'My work is about the conflict between our dependence on nature and the damage we do to it through our materialism. I take ironically beautiful photographs of complex environmental issues and then supplement them with extensive research that is gradually made accessible to the viewer. I want people to pause,... Read more

One minute to Midnight

Marcin Owczarek 6 May - 10 Jun 2023 “To tell the truth, I believe that by creating art which transmits serious meanings and subjects, an artist has the power and influence to force to reflect about ourselves and our planet and to point the attention to significant problems that our world currently deals with. In this way my... Read more

NEW POSITIONS

Saidou Dicko, Ibim Cookey, Melanie Issaka, Justin Dingwall & Roman Handt, Toyin Loye, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson 3 Dec 2022 - 7 Jan 2023 In the last exhibition of the year, ARTCO Galerie Aachen presents for the first time works by Melanie Issaka, Ibim Cookey and Patrick Tagoe-Turkson as well as new works by Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall & Roman Handt and Toyin Loye. On Saturday 17 December , from 11:00h to 18:00h, we... Read more

WHY NOT BOTH?

Maurice Mbikayi & Adeolu Osibodu 27 Aug - 25 Sep 2022 With Maurice Mbikayi and Adeolu Osibodu, ARTCO Galerie Aachen presents two emerging artists from Africa. The works from 2018 to 2022 testify to the enormous artistic creativity of the two. Osibodu's imaginative choice of motifs and Mbikayi's use of a mix of materials make the works exceptional and worth seeing.... Read more

Kufa Makwavarara

Kufa Makwavarara 12 May - 18 Jun 2022 Kufa Makwavarara was born in 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He began drawing at school age, whereupon his teachers encouraged him to devote himself to art. In 1999, he won first place in the UNESCO ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS PROJECT NETWORK. From 2001 to 2003, Kufa studied at the National Gallery School of... Read more

AMO A LA REINA

Raquel van Haver 10 Dec 2021 - 26 Feb 2022 In the last show of this year ARTCO Galerie shows for the first time in Aachen works by Raquel van Haver in a solo exhibition. Raquel Van Haver’s work is driven by a desire to connect, its spirit of togetherness, lending itself to people, communities and on a monumental level,... Read more

Cut in Wood

EL Loko 20 Oct - 26 Nov 2021 Looking at the CEuvre of EL Loko (1950-2016) from Pedkondji, Togo, his painterly and his sculptural works are undoubtedly the focus. For example, his 'Cosmic Letters', next to 'World Faces' certainly his most important series of works, have been on permanent display at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa... Read more

Four by Nine

Group show 23 Mar - 11 Jun 2021 In this new exhibition, ARTCO in Aachen presents younger and older works, mainly paintings, from the gallery's collection. The idea behind this exhibition was to create liveliness, colour and thus a bit of a positive mood in the currently dreary times. This intention then also determined the choice of pictures... Read more

Circus

Johanna-Maria Fritz 23 Jan - 13 Mar 2021 extended until 13 march The world of the circus is a recurring theme in the photographic work by Johanna Maria Fritz. The young photographer was born in 1994 in Baden Baden and has lived in Berlin since she was 16. Johanna studied photography at the renowned Ostkreuz School and has... Read more

Prinzip Papier

14 Nov 2020 - 9 Jan 2021 In the new exhibition entitled 'Prinzip Papier' we present paintings, drawings, collages and gouaches by four internationally renowned artists, most of them from the current year. As different as the themes are, but also the techniques the artists use, all of them have used paper or cardboard for the works... Read more

Utopia

Marcin Owczarek 30 Jul - 27 Aug 2020 Marcin Owczarek (born 1985) studied at the Academy of Photography in Wroclaw, where he graduated with an award for his cycle 'Brave New World'. Owczarek is interested in shamanism, gnostics and alchemy. His art was also influenced by the contents of the 'Tibetan Book of the Dead' and by the... Read more

ASPIRING

Saidou Dicko, Evans Mbugua, Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne, Kufa Makwavarara 30 May - 11 Jul 2020 EXTENDED TO 11 JUl After the establishment of branches in Berlin and Cape Town, the original planning of the ARTCO team was to stop the exhibition operations in the City of Aachen in order to concentrate exclusively on the new locations and on the international art fair business. Fortunately, the... Read more

FREEDOM OR DEATH / THE POETICS OF RESISTANCE

Gideon Mendel & Marcelo Brodsky 23 Nov - 19 Dec 2019 Since our show at the AKAA in Paris was well received, we want to bring its centrepieces to this region. Under the title ' FREEDOM OR DEATH // THE POETICS OF RESISTANCE' we will display works of the two artists and activists Gideon Mendel and Marcelo Brodsky . The opening... Read more

Face to Face

Group show 29 Jun - 27 Jul 2019 Under the title Face to Face we present different photographic positions by international photographers, all dealing with aspects of African reality. The exhibition confronts the viewer with the antagonism between documentary and staged photography, both digital and analog. For the opening on Saturday, 29 June 2019 from 10:00 am to... Read more

ON PAPER

Group show 12 Jan - 2 Mar 2019 All the works that we show in our first exhibition of 2019 have one thing in common: they all are works on paper . Compared to other traditional art media, paper has universal properties and offers a unique variety regarding the wide-ranging possibilities of its artistic use. Under the title... Read more

THE SHADOWED PEOPLE

Saidou Dicko 29 Sep - 14 Dec 2018 Saïdou Dicko - THE SHADOWED PEOPLE ARTCO is pleased to present a new body of work by Saïdou Dicko. The opening will take place as a part of the Aachener Kunstroute on: Saturday, September 29th from 10.00 am to 6 pm. The artist will be present. All are welcome! Extended... Read more

ALTER EGO

Roger Ballen 2 Jun - 22 Jul 2018 ARTCO is proud to present the first solo show by Roger Ballen at the Gallery in Aachen. Roger Ballen, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen Opening date: Saturday, 02 June 2018 from 10 am to 5 pm Duration of the exhibition: 02 June – 22 July 2018 ARTCO gallery is looking forward to... Read more

BODY TALKS

Group show 21 Apr - 19 May 2018 On the strength of the excellent response we had to our showing at the Art Paris Art Fair, we have decided to present a part of the work shown there to the art-loving public in Aachen. Under the title “Bewegungen” we are showing works by artists whose focus is on... Read more

TALES

Katarzyna & Marcin Owczarek 24 Nov 2017 - 26 Jan 2018 Our work is expressed in a surreal language, because we want to clash the rationality and irrationality of our condition in order to find a deeper meaning of life. Everything we see or do can be seen in both positive and negative way. Not everything we see is what it... Read more

HORSEMEN OF SEMONKONG

Thom Pierce 2 - 29 Jul 2017 With this series of portraits, photographer Thom Pierce gives insights
into the lives of the shepherds of Semonkong / Lesotho.

“Late afternoon on the plateau, and the cattle are on the move. As the
sun slips below the mountains, herding dogs nip around the fringes
of a meandering column of animals: sheep and goats, bulls and cows.
Presiding over all of them are the sharp-eyed horsemen of Semonkong.
These herders ride amidst the clangor of handmade cowbells,
and in the fading light the procession sounds something like a parade
of steel drummers.

These Basotho men and boys work high up in the mountain kingdom
of Lesotho—a sovereign enclave nation of two million, surrounded
entirely by South Africa. Lesotho is the only country on the planet
entirely above 1,400 meters (approx. 4,500 feet) in elevation; in the
Semonkong region, which sits at 2,275 meters (nearly 7,500 feet),
the terrain is rugged and paved roads are rare, making four-legged
transportation the most practical option. Shepherds play an essential
role in these highlands, where most people make their living through
animal husbandry and subsistence farming. In a country where wealth—
and status, and eligibility for marriage—are largely measured in
livestock, guardians of likhomo (cattle) serve as financial managers of
a kind. A competent shepherd can expect to be paid one cow a year
by his employer. Out on the mountainside, herder boys sit dreaming
of the day when they will own enough cattle to hire minders of their
own.“

Will McGrath
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ALBUS

Justin Dingwall 27 Nov 2016 - 13 Jan 2017 The discourse about albinism is generally avoided as taboo in the South African context. When discussed, it is usually viewed as negative or as a sought after “oddity” in fashion and art trends. Justin Dingwall, photographer and creator of the series Albus , aims for an intimate perspective to foreground... Read more

PAINTINGS

Group show 8 Oct - 12 Nov 2016 ARTCO presents paintings by Bruce Clarke, Toyin Loye, Richard Mudariki, Owusu-Ankomah, Barry Sack, Manuela Sambo, Ransome Stanley and Bernhard Zimmer. Read more

LEON 1985-2011

Gordon Clark 22 May - 10 Jun 2016 Solo show by Gordon Clark at ARTCO Gallery. Read more

STARTER

Group show 18 Mar - 30 Apr 2016 ARTCO present young artistic positions by Roshni Grunenberg, Daniela Johannes, Tom Solty and Satadru Sovan Banduri. Read more

TARGETS - PARIS - THE UNSEEN WORKS

Group show 24 Jan - 26 Feb 2016 Group show at ARTCO Gallery Read more

GETTHO TAROT

Alice Smeets 25 Sep - 30 Oct 2015 Alice Smeets , an artistic photographer and filmmaker from Belgium who has traveled extensively to Haiti in the last 8 years. She met Atis Rezistans during their second “Ghetto Biennale” exhibition while she was exploring the fascinating lives of the Haitian citizens. She became friends with some of the artists... Read more

ZEITSPRÜNGE

Ransome Stanley 14 Jun - 7 Aug 2015 ARTCO presents new drawings and paintings by Ransome Stanley. All are welcome to the opening on: Sunday, 14.06.2015 at 12.00. The artist will be present. Read more

INNER SOUL

William Ropp 22 Mar - 22 May 2015 First solo show by the photographer William Ropp at ARTCO Gallery. We are presenting a selection of artistic photographs from different work series. Read more

FINE ART SELECTION 2014

Group show 28 Nov - 20 Dec 2014 FINE ART SELECTION '14 In the final exhibition of 2014, we are delighted to present a selection from our international gallery programme. We will be showing predominantly small-format works representing a variety of artistic genres at favourable prices. Instead of the usual preview, we warmly invite you to celebrate the... Read more

LOS ULTIMOS CARBONEROS

Stephane Noel 12 Oct - 21 Nov 2014 Stephane Noel - CUBA | LOS ULTIMOS CARBONEROS ARTCO is pleased to present artistic photographs by Stephane Noel/Belgium. Most of his works have been produced in a rare printing process developed in the 19th century, called 'gum bichromate print'. The last charcoal burners of Cuba are the protagonists of this... Read more

PALIMPSESTE

Bernhard Zimmer 7 Sep - 3 Oct 2014 Bernhard Zimmer - Palimpseste Solo show at the ARTCO Gallery We warmly invite you to the vernissage and book release with works by Bernhard Zimmer. Sunday, 7 September 2014 at 12:00 at our show room in Aachen. Introduction: Dr. Peter Lodermeyer, Bonn Berhard Zimmer will be our guest. Duration: 07.09.... Read more

ONE GAME EVERYWHERE

Group show 13 Jun - 11 Jul 2014 *english version follows* Ein Spiel - Überall Fußball in der Kunst Alle vier Jahre erreicht die kollektive Begeisterung für Fußball mit der Weltmeisterschaft ihren Höhepunkt. Dass sich auch zahlreiche Künstler/innen von diesem Thema inspirieren lassen, zeigen wir in einer besonderen Ausstellung. Zu sehen sind Malerei, Fotografie, Collagen und plastische Arbeiten... Read more

COSMIC ALPHABET

EL Loko 16 May - 6 Jun 2014 Presentation of the new body of work by EL Loko.
Opening & book launch on Sunday, 16.05.2014 at 12.00. Read more

CONNECTIONS

Toyin Loye 21 Feb - 28 Mar 2014 * english version follows * Toyin Loye - Connections Erste Einzelausstellung in der Galerie Unter dem Titel „CONNECTIONS“ zeigen wir in unserer nächsten Ausstellung aktuelle Arbeiten des aus Nigeria stammenden Künstlers Toyin Loye, erstmalig in einer Einzelausstellung. Seine Malereien, Fotocollagen und Grafiken setzen wir in dieser Werkschau in Korrespondenz zu... Read more

MADE IN GERMANY

Group show 8 Nov - 7 Dec 2013 Made in Germay A Selection of German artists: Karl-Fred Dahmen, Felix Droese, Jörg Immendorff, Minu Ghedina, Herbert Kaufmann, Jupp Linssen, Fritz Martin, Hanns Pastor, Marie Pittroff, Brele Scholz, Günther Uecker, Bernhard Zimmer Read more