19.06.2025 to 12.08.2025
Artfestival
with 8 different artists
A warm invitation to MUMA's Kunstsommer 2025
From June 19 to August 12, our gallery will be transformed every Thursday evening from 7 pm into a lively place for art, encounters and exchange.
You can expect changing exhibitions of exciting artists, inspiring talks and summer evenings with cool drinks at our bar - we look forward to seeing you!
“Art is undoubtedly one of the purest and highest elements of human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors the flowers, so art colors life.”
Parviz Tehrani
19.06. – 24.06. – Opening 19.06. | 19:00 h
Parviz Tehrani was born in 1952 in Isfahan, Iran, and has lived in Germany since 1986. He has been working with ceramics since 1990 and has been teaching at the adult education center in Hamburg since 2004. In 2011 he was recognized as a freelance artist and since 2013 he has also devoted himself intensively to painting.
His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Germany, China and Switzerland, most recently in 2024 at the Pashmin Art Gallery in Hamburg. Tehrani was a member of the ADK-Hamburg and the Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk.
As a Persian artist in Germany, he sees art as his true home - a space in which he can express his feelings and thoughts beyond the constraints of society.
Opening Hours: Fr 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Sa 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | So 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Mo 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Di 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr
Petra Kost
26.06. – 01.07. – Opening 26.06. | 19:00 h
Petra Kost, born in Hamburg in 1959, stands for art that is not only aesthetic, but also existential: complex, touching, surprising - and always deeply human. In a time marked by division, isolation and polarization, the question is more urgent than ever: How can we connect - with ourselves, with others, with the world?
Her exhibition „relate“ is an invitation to encounter the complexity of human experience with an open heart and an alert eye. The artist Petra Kost uses acrylic, oil, drawing and poured paint to create multi-layered pictorial spaces in which opposites such as loneliness and closeness, hope and doubt coexist. Her works move between intuition and intention and are a visual plea for unity in contradiction. In Petra Kost's paintings, relationships become an experience - open, lively and touching.
Opening Hours: Fr 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Sa 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | So 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Mo 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Di 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr
Melissa Gile & Lauren E. Godfrey
03.07. – 08.07. – Opening 03.07 | 19:00 h
Immerse yourself in „Gardens of Being“ - a colorful group exhibition that takes visitors on a dreamlike journey where floral motifs and personal memories merge. This immersive exhibition brings together a diverse selection of artworks - from luminous sculptures to expressive paintings - and revolves around central themes such as roots, growth and the human need for security.
Melissa Gile, an American multimedia artist with a studio in Hamburg, draws her inspiration from personal experiences and nature. Her works reflect the subtle connections between physical well-being and emotional depth - between joy, tranquillity and romance. Her luminous sculptures are both mesmerizing and calming, inviting you to pause and immerse yourself in your own dream world.
Lauren E. Godfrey, also an American artist, is a painter, mother and nature lover who lives in Hamburg. She invites you into her secret garden, a place full of magic and mystery, where creativity unfolds freely. In her vibrant and dynamic works, she creates a dream-like reality in which mystical landscapes, ethereal figures and impressions of her surroundings merge into a harmonious dance.
Together, Gile and Godfrey invite visitors into a shared dreamscape, a place where imagination flourishes and every step through the exhibition is an opportunity to find inner peace and rekindle dreams.
Opening Hours: Fr 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Sa 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | So 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Mo 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Di 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr
Sabrina Gatzlaff
10.07. – 15.07. – Opening 10.07. | 19:00 h
Sabrina Gatzlaff, born in 1996, lives and works in Hamburg as an architect and visual artist. After studying architecture in Dresden (graduating in 2021), she has devoted herself increasingly to painting since 2023. Her artistic passion has accompanied her since childhood and developed from realistic portrait drawings to an intensive examination of the female body.
In her expressive acrylic works, mostly in shades of gray, she captures emotions and the uniqueness of female body shapes - with the aim of touching viewers deeply. We are delighted to be able to present this talented young artist with a solo exhibition in our gallery.
Opening Hours: Fr 16:00 – 20:00 Uhr | Sa 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr und 17:00 bis 20:00 Uhr | So 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr und 17:00 bis 20:00 Uhr | Mo 17:00 – 20:00 Uhr | Di 17:00 – 20:00 Uhr
Elena Lincke
17.07. – 22.07. – Opening 17.07. | 19:00 h
For Elena Lincke , colors are her language - powerful, intuitive and emotionally charged. Growing up in a creative environment full of inspiration, music and movement, she developed a keen sense of aesthetics and expression at an early age.
She works predominantly in large formats with acrylic paints, pigments, oil pastels and spray paint. Her works are created from a mixture of inner images and spontaneous impulses - always in the flow of the creative process. She finds inspiration in nature, design and cultural impressions from theater, opera and dance. The impressions of these places - their moods, staging and emotional depth - are reflected in her visual language.
Opening Hours: Fr 14:00 – 20:00 Uhr | Sa 14:00 – 20:00 Uhr | So 14:00 – 18:00 Uhr | Mo 11:00 – 15:00 Uhr | Di 11:00 – 15:00 Uhr
Astrid Waterstraat & Kosi is Franziska Narzinski
24.07. – 29.07. – Opening 24.07. | 19:00 h
Emotions leave traces - not always visible, but tangible. The exhibition „Emotional Echoes“ is dedicated to those moments in which feelings do not fade away, but continue to have an effect as a quiet echo. Two artistic positions approach this phenomenon from different perspectives: abstract, figurative, multi-layered.
Astrid Waterstraat works with abstract color surfaces that make inner states visible. Her works open up pictorial spaces - permeable, multi-layered, atmospheric. Between impressionistic lightness and expressive depth, she creates compositions in which meanings overlap and shift. It is about transitions, about change, about the ephemeral. Her works invite reflection - on time, perception and the power of the unspoken.
Kosi is Franziska Narzinski combines figuration with abstraction. Her visual language is reduced and pointed, infused with dry humor and a quiet cynicism. Social and political references are recognizable, but remain subtle. The figures in her works act with restraint - they assert their presence without explaining themselves. Her compositions rely on allusion rather than clarity and develop their effect in the aftermath.
“Emotional Echoes” is not about the moment, but about the intensity with which it continues to have an effect in silence.
Öffnungszeiten: Fr 10:00 – 14:00 Uhr und 16:00 bis 19:00 Uhr | Sa 11:00 – 19:00 Uhr | So 11:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Mo 14:00 – 19:00 Uhr | Di 14:00 – 19:00 Uhr
Faith Hesselmann
31.07. – 05.08. – Opening 31.07. | 19:00 h
British artist Faith Hesselmann lives and works in Hamburg and paints primarily in acrylic. Her works are a tribute to the healing power of nature—to its ability to nourish, revitalize, and connect us with ourselves. With bold colors, expressive brushstrokes, and dynamic forms, she invites viewers to immerse themselves in the landscape and develop their own relationship with the depicted scenery.
“The Shape of Land“ is her first solo exhibition. The series began at the end of 2023, shortly after her move from England to Germany. The paintings are less geographical scenes than emotional maps: a visual exploration of belonging, longing, and transformation. Each image reflects a geography of the self, characterized by places from past and present, and those that only exist in feeling. With increasing abstraction, the focus shifts from the depiction of real landscapes to their emotional expression. Bold colors and richly textured surfaces lend the works a palpable presence.
Opening Hours: Fr 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Sa 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | So 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Mo 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Di 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr
Maja Herrmann
07.08. – 12.08. – Opening 07.08. | 19:00 h
Maja Herrmann grew up in North Rhine-Westphalia and came into contact with art at an early age through her mother, a watercolor painter. She developed her artistic skills autodidactically - driven by curiosity, perseverance and a keen sense of color and composition. Maja Herrmann has lived and worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg for over 16 years. In her studio, she creates abstract acrylic paintings with clear dynamics, luminous worlds of color and depth rich in structure.
Maja Herrmann's abstract paintings combine intense color effects with harmonious composition and multi-layered structure. Inspired by everyday life, travel and sensual impressions, she creates works that fill rooms with vibrancy and atmosphere - powerful images as an expression of an authentic artistic signature.
Opening Hours: Fr 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Sa 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | So 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Mo 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr | Di 12:00 – 16:00 Uhr
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