14/06/2026, 3:00 pm,

Coversation in the exhibition Zauri Matikashvili. You may not want to be here with Zauri Matikashvili and Merle Radtke

, Kunsthalle Münster

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Zauri Matikashvili was born in the Georgian town of Qvareli. After studying Fine Arts in Münster and Düsseldorf, he now lives and works in Münster and Amsterdam. In his films, performances, installations, and sculptures, he questions the socio-cultural and political contexts of different societies and nations that shape the construction of identity in individual realities and families. He is particularly interested in how narratives and images create community. Matikashvili's works have been shown in numerous institutions, for example at BSMNT in Leipzig (2026), at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Düsseldorf (2025), at Kunst in Tunnel (KIT) in Düsseldorf (2025), at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster (2025), at Het Documentaire Paviljoen in Amsterdam (2024), at Stadthausgalerie Münster (2023), at Antimatter Media Art in Victoria (2023), at By Art Matters in Hangzhou (2023), at Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam (2023), at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2022), at International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (2022), at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg (2021), at Filmfestival Münster (2021), at HMKV in Dortmund (2021), at Atelier No. 63 PACT Zollverein in Essen (2020) and at Philara Collection in cooperation with Filmwerkstatt in Düsseldorf (2020). He was artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam (2022–2024), at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (2022) and at PACT Zollverein in Essen (2021). He recently received scholarships from Stiftung Kunstfonds (2025) and Kunststiftung NRW (2026).

Merle Radtke works as curator and writer. In her curatorial work she focuses on feminism, the construction and deconstruction of history, art in the public space war, (post-)digital art practice, sound art and Latin American art. Since July 2018, she is working as director of Kunsthalle Münster, devising and realizing the exhibition, furthermore she is for the city’s collection of art in the public space and the residency program Residence NRW+. Previously, she has worked as a curator for Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, amongst others. From 2015 to 2017, she was research fellow of the Aesthetics of the Virtual graduate program at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. In 2018, she was a fellow at Villa Kamogawa/Goethe Institut Kyoto, Japan. And in 2024, she curated the Art Weekend Belgrade. On a regular basis, she publishes texts on contemporary art and culture.