Artist Talk with Benedikt Ackermann, Rashiyah Elanga and Nassim L’Ghoul

05.04.2023, 18:00

During a tour through the exhibition And This is Us 2023, the audience will be able to talk to the artists Benedikt Ackermann, Rashiyah Elanga and Nassim L’Ghoul. The conversation will be moderated by Franziska Nori and will take place in German and English.

Benedikt Ackermann (*1994 in Frankfurt am Main, DE) works mainly with photography, video and digital media. Since 2019 he has been studying at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main (DE) under Prof. Gerard Byrne and Prof. Haegue Yang. Previously, he studied philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (DE). Among others, Benedikt Ackermann has exhibited at Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (DE) and at Goethe Institut, Dublin (IE).

Rashiyah Elanga (*1997 in FR) graduated in 2022 from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main (DE) under Prof. Gerard Byrne and before that in 2019 from the National Fine Art School of Lyon (FR). She works mainly with video, sculpture and performance. Among others, Rashiyah Elanga has exhibited at the following institutions: Macro Museo, Rome (IT), 4redeyes, Zurich (CH), Centre d’art Arsenic, Lausanne (CH), Cherish, Geneva (CH), Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main (DE), Mountain Gallery, Berlin (DE). 2020 she won the Rundgang Prize from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule.

Nassim L’Ghoul (*1997 in Bad Soden, DE) studies electronic media at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach (DE) under Prof. Alexander Oppermann since 2017. In 2020 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (AT). He has won numerous prizes, including a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the Rundgang Prize of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. Among others, Nassim L’Ghoul exhibited his work at the following institutions: Zollamt Studios, Offenbach am Main (DE), L187, Offenbach am Main (DE), Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main (DE) and at the Best Austrian Animation Festival, Vienna (AT).

Admission is free of charge. Registration is not required.