NEWS: EXTENDED UNTIL April 07, 2026

Leave your body like a Shell

The exhibition by Berlin-based artist Johanna Keimeyer at rk – Gallery for Contemporary Art has been extended until April 7, 2026 and expanded.

The new first room presents the installation HIDDEN QUESTIONS alongside works from ICONIC PORTRAITS and underwater photography POOL AROUND ME. These works explore identity, staging, and perception, opening a field between outer image and inner truth. The second room continues to feature the immersive installation LEAVE YOUR BODY LIKE A SHELL as well as the series “Bare Elements – Ice & Fire”.

Keimeyer’s work engages with identity, transformation, and the body as a vessel. In her underwater film, a dialogue unfolds between the physical self and a boundless inner state. The series “Bare Elements – Ice & Fire” presents performative actions within the elements, questioning what lies beneath the surface of perception.


Artist Statement

"My work investigates the body as a shell that never fully expresses our inner world. In the water, bound by breath and gravity, I find a space to explore true freedom of thought and spirit. I explore the raw, unadorned human state within pure nature. The question 'Who am I really?' is at the core of both series." – Johanna Keimeyer

Exhibition Opening hours
Mon – Fri, 10 am - 6 pm,
closed on weekends
Free Admission

Special Opening
April 1. 2026 6 – 8 pm

RK Gallery at Ratskeller
Möllendorffstraße 6, 10367 Berlin

near S-Bahn/U-Bahn station Frankfurter Allee


The exhibition runs from October 17 through April 07, 2026. We look forward to seeing you! Artists: Paula Riquelme, Johanna Keimeyer

Please download Flyer for information:

NEWS

 Welcome to my new exhibitionS.

See you there :)

Thursday 23.2. - 4.3.23; Andy Warhol in Me, Haze Gallery, Bülowstraße 11, 10783 Berlin

Opening: 23.2. 19-22h, Artist speech at 20 h, Monday - Friday: 11-15h, Saturday: 13-16h

Wednesday 8.3. - 18.3.23; Triumph of the Women, Haze Gallery, Bülowstraße 11, 10783 Berlin

Opening: 8.3. 19-22h, Monday - Friday: 11-15h, Saturday: 13-16h

Saturday 1.4. - 1.8.2023; Ambivalent, Notagallery, Potsdamer Str. 124,10783 Berlin

Opening: 1.4. 19-22h

BERLIN, 2022

ICONIC PORTRAIT 偶相 at BBA Gallery Artist Prize Exhibition 2022
02 June to 19 June 2022

Please vote for me for the BBA Artist Award: click to vote
 
Thursday, 02 June 2022 Press Opening
Friday, 03 June 2022 Artist Talk 18:00

Saturday, 04 June 2022 Vernissage and AWARD NIGHT
20:00 winners announcement

The installation is open daily from 11:00-19:00
and by appointment


address:
Kühlhaus Berlin, Luckenwalder Straße 3, 10963 Berlin

Munich, 2019

THE FACE WITHIN and POOL AROUND ME
13 September to 19 September 2019

Vernissage Friday, September 13th at 6 pm.
Enjoy a welcome drink before the performance at 7 pm

The installation is open daily from 7-9 pm
and by appointment

Daily live performance at 7:30 pm

Solo show by Johanna Keimeyer by Galerie Benjamin Eck taking place at Benjamin Eck Projects featuring my newly developed performance and video installation THE FACE WITHIN and underwater photography POOL AROUND ME, during Open Art Munich.

address:
BENJAMIN ECK PROJECTS, Müllerstr. 46A, 80469 München

This exhibition explores deeper questions about identity and the core fundamental values that make us human.
In the live performance, THE FACE WITHIN, I seek to make the inner world visible asking "what do I feel?" while cameras project Johanna Keimeyer and the audience on screens. 

San Diego, 2019

Parallel Screens
4 July to 11 August 2019
Part of group show by 1805 Gallery at the Porto Vista Hotel featuring new video of THE FACE WITHIN (8 min.)
Curated by Brunno Silva

HONG KONG, 2019

MARCH 23 - 31 2019
Part of group show by HKWALLS & UEBERFORMAT during Art Basel Hong Kong featuring POOL AROUND ME photographs.

NEW YORK, 2019

MARCH 07 - APRIL 03 2019
Part of group show by NEW YORK ART GALLERY during Armory Week, showing featured POOL AROUND ME photographs.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 2017

September 8, 2017 at Spring Place NYC.

Film screening and panel discussion moderated by Adrian Madlener (TL Magazine) with Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim (HG Contemporary) and David Kettner (Picsters TV).

Please watch a teaser of the film here (15 sec)

Thank you everyone for joining!

Support provided by Franck Glaizal and Jan Roessner.

Film Premiere at SOHO House BerLin 2017

September 4, 2017 at SoHo House Berlin

Film screening and panel discussion moderated by Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Therme Art Program) with David Kettner (Picsters TV) and Monica Salazar (Berlin Art Link).


Great to see everyone again!

Film SCREENING at SPEKTRUM BerLin 2017

Film screening and panel discussion moderated by Frank Schröder (iHeart Berlin).

October 15, 2017 at Spektrum

Thank you for coming!