The exhibition series YOUNG ART FROM NORTHERN EUROPE provides a platform for emerging artists. Each year, the best graduates of the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institute at the University of Greifswald (INSOMNALE Prize) and the Faculty of Design at the University of Wismar present their work at the New Art House Ahrenshoop and receive a one-month scholarship at the Künstlerhaus Lukas. The exhibition is complemented by another position from the Baltic Sea network. In this year's edition, it is the Fyns Grafiske Værksted in Odense/Denmark.

Ceramics by Lasse Johannes Köhler (Wismar), printmaking by Benjamin Sasserson (Odense/Denmark), and film/video by Lena Friemel (Greifswald).

Opening: Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 5 PM


Exhibition duration at Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop: March 23 – May 26, 2025 / Wed–Mon 10 AM – 5 PM

Lena Friemel (*2000, Berlin) is an artist and designer with a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Greifswald. She was awarded the Insomnale Art Prize in 2024 and is nominated for the Rostock Art Prize. Her video works Fragments (2024) and Occhiolism (2022) address memory and identity. Through 3D animations and the use of a digital avatar, she creates poetic and deeply moving visual worlds.

Benjamin Sasserson (*2000, Skørping, Denmark) lives in Odense and studies at the Funen Art Academy. Originally rooted in painting, he has specialized in printmaking. His works have been shown in several solo and group exhibitions, including He Never Said a Mumbling Word (2023, FAA Project Room) and Vessels (2024, Cabin Gallery). His drawings and prints move between darkness and brilliance, creating dense, atmospheric visual worlds that oscillate between reality and dream.

Lasse Johannes Köhler (*1998, Schwerin) lives in Wismar and is pursuing a Master's degree in Material Culture at the University of Wismar. He previously completed a diploma in product design there. His artistic practice focuses on experimental ceramics and glazes that evoke both attraction and irritation. In 2022, he founded the artist collective Inserat_8000 and participated in several art fairs and exhibitions, including the KunstMitte Magdeburg (2023) and the Künstlermesse Dresden (2024). Inspired by philosophy and music, he explores the boundaries between art and material research.

The exhibition YOUNG ART FROM NORTHERN EUROPE is a collaboration with the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institute at the University of Greifswald, the Faculty of Design at the University of Wismar, the Fyns Grafiske Værksted in Odense/Denmark, the Ostsee-Zeitung, and the Art Association of Rostock.

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