Projects
October 2022 | Green Minds
Text for the mepaintsme groupshow ‚Green Minds‘, featuring almost 20 international artists.
June – September 2022 | Das Reine, das Leichte und andere Erzählungen
Solo exhibition with works by Berlin-based artist Dennis Scholl at Museum Modern Art Hünfeld.
September 2022 | Tasty Painting
Opening speech and introduction to the exhibition Tasty Painting, curated by Zuzanna Skiba, at Deutscher Künstlerbund in Berlin.
September 2022 | So Young Park
Solo show of works by South Korean artist So Young Park on the upper floor of the exhibition space HAUNT in Berlin-Tiergarten.
September 2022 | M.I.A.
Exhibition by artist collective M.I.A. at Kunstverein Meißen with artist talk and presentation of an artist’s book previously produced by SALZ-Verlag.
August 2022 | Marjan Baniasadi
Introduction text to Iranian visual artist Marjan Baniasadi’s solo exhibition at Dastaangoi Gallery in Islamabad.
July 2022 | Marjan Baniasadi
The first solo presentation of Iranian artist Marjan Baniasadi’s work in Europe made possible through a Frontviews Pop-up Exhibition.
June 2022 | Allies from the Worlds of the Deep
A Frontviews Pop-up Exhibition with works by Colombian artist Daniela Elorza at HAUNT Berlin.
June 2022 | I Am Here
Text about French painter Juliette Sturlèse, accompanying her solo exhibition ‚The Night Will Tell Us‘ at Reiter Galleries Leipzig.
June 2022 | Dragonfly Den
Text about Swedish artist Julia Adelgren, accompanying her solo exhibition at MAMOTH, London.
Mai 2022 | Frontviews Pop-Up Exhibition
A Frontviews Pop-up Exhibitions with works by Ukrainian artist Darya Savchenko at HAUNT Berlin.
April 2022 | a body that used to be yours
Exhibition by the post-graduate students of Christian Macketanz‘ class at the Dresden University of Fine Arts at Kunstquartier Bethanien.
March 2022 | Sonyashnik Auction
Around 30 artists from all over the world are offering works for auction to collect money in support of Ukraine.
February 2022 | Pavla Malinova & Josef Bolf
Double exhibition with two influential Czech Positions. Collaboration with Prague based DSC Gallery.
February 2022 | Unknown Landscapes
I invited Irish painter Christopher Colm Morrin to exhibit his latest series of works. A catalogue was published.
Writing | Dennis Scholl
‚The irretrievably Lost‘ for the catalogue accompanying Dennis Scholl’s solo exhibition.
Videography | Galerie Michael Haas
Studio visit with artist Peter Böhnisch for the online series ‚One Minute, One Question‘.
Clients and Project Partners
About
Nicola Elisabeth Petek is a Berlin-based German-Slovenian curator, writer and art advisor with an Italian first name and a Turkish last name.
She is on the curatorial board of the centre for contemporary art and culture HAUNT in Berlin, and a member of the frontviews collective, an international group of artists and theorists. As an independent writer and curator, she has been working for years with various protagonists of the Berlin art and culture scene, both on a long-term and project-related basis. Together with galleries and institutions, she has worked on the realisation of numerous group and solo exhibitions, for example at the Kunstverein Meißen, HfBK Dresden, Museum Hünfeld and the Deutscher Künstlerbund.
Her texts for exhibition catalogues, magazines, artists‘ books and more have been published in the UK, Germany, Pakistan, Switzerland, Australia, Czech Republic, Poland, and the US.