Art Companions in the workshop: Heike Feddern and Eberhard Szejstecki in dialogue
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Art Companions in the workshop: Painting, drawing and visual memory in Gelsenkirchen-Buer
With Art Companions, the workshop in Gelsenkirchen-Buer opens an exhibition on September 4, 2026, that brings together two influential positions of the local art scene: Heike Feddern and Eberhard Szejstecki. The presentation promises an art experience between narrative painting, precise form language, and that exhibition atmosphere for which the workshop has stood for decades as a vibrant place of cultural education. Admission is free. ([werkstatt-ev.de](https://www.werkstatt-ev.de/))
Heike Feddern: Between Appearance and Being
Heike Feddern works on a visual world in which presence and memory, fiction and reality intertwine. Her painting draws from myths, fairy tales, and allegorical narratives; at the same time, grotesque, poetic, and psychologically charged figures shape her works. The artist, born in 1963 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, studied painting and illustration at FH Dortmund and has been working as a freelance artist since 1993. In the context of art history, her work appears as contemporary figurative painting with clear narrative condensation. ([heikefeddern.de](https://www.heikefeddern.de/vita/?utm_source=openai))
Eberhard Szejstecki: Space, Structure, and Industrial Memory
Eberhard Szejstecki developed a distinctive artistic language from his biographical closeness to the working world of the Ruhr area. The city of Gelsenkirchen describes his works as network structures, spatial grids, and mining panoramas, in which underground and aboveground landscapes are mathematically precisely intertwined. His works connect technical accuracy with an almost archaeological view of industrial landscapes and their traces in collective memory. ([gelsenkirchen.de](https://www.gelsenkirchen.de/de/stadtprofil/stadtgeschichten/gelsenkirchener_persoenlichkeiten/manfred_szejstecki.aspx))
The workshop as a historical and vibrant art place
The workshop at Hagenstraße 34 is not just an exhibition space, but has been a growing center for art and culture in Gelsenkirchen since 1976. The association describes its spaces as a place for exhibitions, music, literature, and theater; the gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., for events starting half an hour before the beginning. For the Art Companions exhibition, the workshop thus provides an ideal setting: close, immediate, and shaped by the tradition of artistic exchange. ([werkstatt-ev.de](https://www.werkstatt-ev.de/))
What visitors can expect
Art Companions offers a concentrated look at two artistic handwriting rooted in Gelsenkirchen and yet pointing far beyond regional boundaries. Feddern relies on narrative spaces full of metaphors, while Szejstecki focuses on structural clarity and industrial topographies. Together, a dialogue emerges between imagination and analysis, between painting and drawing, between personal biography and cultural memory. Those seeking art with depth, context, and sensuality will find an exhibition with a lasting impact here. Visit the show live at the workshop and experience the aesthetic experience on-site. ([gelsenkirchen.de](https://www.gelsenkirchen.de/de/_meta/veranstaltungskalender/89363-heike-feddern-alles-hat-seine-zeit))
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