Works by Heyko Dobbertin from 22.01.-18.03.2026 in the KUNSTraum SCHWERIN of the BBK M-V; Curation: Annekathrin Siems
cubed I uncubed_1
exhibitionHeyko Dobbertinat the KUNSTraum SCHWERINof the BBK M-V
Duration: 22.01. - 18.03.2026
Address: Goethestraße 15 | 19053 Schwerin
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Project management | Curation: Annekathrin Siems
The exhibition series is sponsored by the State capital Schwerin.
Heyko Dobbertin
....The central theme is machine-like structures that completely fill the pictures and even extend beyond their edges. Individual parts such as wheels, rollers, drive belts, beams and hooks are recognizable, but their actual function is not apparent. They are hybrid creatures that the artist assembles from individual machine parts studied in real life to form a coherent whole conceived from a painterly point of view. Depicted against an indeterminate background, these paintings do not offer the viewer a vanishing point - in the true sense of the word - in the space dominated by the machine: Heyko Dobbertin conceives this in the pattern of the composite landscape, thus merging the fascination with technology of modernism with the longing for nature of Romanticism."
(Excerpt from a text by Antonia Napp, art historian Schwerin)
Vita (selection)
Heyko Dobbertin (born 1958 in Grevesmühlen)
Driller, sailor, animal keeper, shunter, community worker, waiter, Christmas tree salesman, construction worker
1985-1987 Rostock Academy of Culture, special painting class
2009 Travel grant to the Kolin Artists' House, Finland
2012 Residency scholarship at the Schleswig-Holstein House, Rostock
2014 Work scholarship from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Repeated member of BBK M-V since 2024
Numerous solo exhibitions and participations in exhibitions
Proof of work
,, o.T." 2024, pencil, pen, ink, 29.5 x 21 cm, on data carrier of the data processing of the former GDR
"o.T." 2025, pencil, Edding, 29.5 x 21 cm, on premium photo cardboard
Contact Heyko Dobbertin
Heyko Dobbertin I Am Dorfteich 26, 23996 Hoppenrade I 0157 82814517 I heyko.dobbertin@gmail.com
Exhibition series cubed | uncubed
The exhibitions at KUNSTraum SCHWERIN focus on a different theme each year. In 2026, KUNSTraum SCHWERIN is presenting the exhibition series cubed | uncubed with five exhibitions.
The title cubed | uncubed refers to the tension between order and departure, limitation and development. "Cubed" stands for the architectural form of the space, for the framed, the ordered and for the visibility of art in the urban fabric. "Uncubed", on the other hand, opens up this framework, dissolves structures and carries the art beyond its boundaries into the urban space. In the interplay between the two concepts, the exhibition space becomes a place where questions are asked about the function and effect of art - as a source of inspiration, as a field of experimentation and as a link for social encounters. The boundaries between inside and outside are blurred, art is brought into the public space and is intended to attract and inspire locals, guests and art lovers alike. As a "meeting place for art", the KUNSTraum SCHWERIN presents diverse, surprising and exciting exhibitions that are always looking for new inspiration.
The KUNSTraum SCHWERIN
The office of the Berufsverband der Bildenden Künstlerinnen und Künstler in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is located at Goethestraße 15 on Platz der Jugend in Schwerin. The KUNSTraum SCHWERIN is connected to the BBK M-V office: KUNSTraum SCHWERIN, an exhibition space for contemporary visual art and a place for cultural encounters and exchange, opened in Schwerin in 2021.
In the conception of the exhibition program, the BBK M-V follows the basic principle of "art in urban space". Open, communicative and inspiring, KUNSTraum SCHWERIN sets a new aesthetic and cultural benchmark in the State capital Schwerin with its exhibitions of contemporary art, the diversity of artistic forms of expression and various event formats.
KUNSTraum SCHWERIN
of the BBK M-V
Goethestraße 15 | 19053 Schwerin
0385 565009 | info@bbk-mv.de | www.bbk-mv.de
Open: Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
CONTACT
Project management/curation: Annekathrin Siems
