The Surface Matter exhibition is the result of an international network of painting technique teachers that has been in existence since 2017, is constantly expanding, and meets at irregular intervals. The focus is on exchange—in the field of teaching and specific painting techniques—as well as international networking. For the first time, works by teachers involved in the network are now being shown alongside works by their students. The focus is on different approaches to painting techniques, which extend to questions of material sustainability, economics, and professionalization, the relationship between painting and AI, and gender-specific aspects.
The exhibition will then travel to the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden.

with contributions from: 

Cosima Daum, Robin Wienhold, Avery Gia Sophie Schramm (Abk Stuttgart), Ruben Brückel, Boris Berber (ADBK Karlsruhe), Jannis Besen, Mercedes Corvinus, Anna Schaumberger, Dr. Kathrin Kinseher (AdBK München) Kim Gündel, Seungyeon Jo, Lucia Müller, Kirill Nikulin, Annett Stenzel (AdBK Nürnberg), Prof. Bettina Scholz und The Sketchbook Collective (Alanus Hochschule, Mannheim), Fey Bradt, Karolin Kirchhof, Paul Robin Mader, Susanne Wurlitzer (Burg Giebichenstein, Halle), Claudia Bartholomäus, Jakob Dirkes, Uwe Siemens (HBK Braunschweig), Virginia Lorenzetti, Katrina Pennington, Dorothea Schmelzer, Maja Drachsel (HfBK Dresden), Eva Wochner, Carolin Kühn, Kurt Röll, Lisa Afken (HfBK Hamburg), Valerie Buchholz, Kaito Morita, Julian Nieschalk, Barbara Rosengarth (HFK Bremen), Ellen Klüser, Louis Wuttke, Reni Mothes (HGB Leipzig), Nina Lubonski, Jakob Nielson, Aleyna Palaz, Gesine Kikol (Universität Duisburg-Essen), Jacintha Nolte, Satu Soininen, Julia Rüther (Universität der Künste), Melanie Ramborger, Vanessa Zaggilés, Caroline Streck (Universität Siegen), Michaela Vega Hansson, Vinícius dos Santos, Kristina Janni Ståhl (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Schweden), Hiyoshi Ito, Aya Maeda, Prof. Mika Hoshi (University of Tsukuba, Japan), Flor Delgadillo, Olivia Ann Carye-Hallstein (ehemals Tufts University, Boston, USA)