Solo Exhibition in Paris!

As part of a new joint initiative, the Maison Heinrich Heine and the Claussen-Simon Foundation are promoting the international visibility of emerging voices in contemporary art. stART.up alumni are given the opportunity to present a solo exhibition at the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris. During the one-month exhibition period, the artist will live and work in one of the on-site guest studios, and is provided with space to connect with the Parisian art scene and expand their professional network. Depending on the artist and the exhibition theme, workshops and artist talks may also be included.

The residency also offers opportunities for collaboration with other Paris-based institutions such as the Goethe-Institut Paris, the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte or the Deutschen Historischen Institut.

Andrés Muñoz Claros – artist in residence 2025

Searching for his own cultural identity, Andrés Muñoz Claros, born in Bogotá, travelled to the Amazonian rainforest, birthplace of his mother, Leticia. He set down his impressions and experiences in more than fifty drawings and paintings. Far from feeling like an “explorer” of uncharted territory, the artist moved like one of many tourists in his own country. The thicket of the jungle became a metaphor for the many questions that arose for the artist.

Overwhelmed by the explosion of colour, he started working in black and white. It was only later that he began using his own colour-palette to recreate the atmosphere of his travels. Disruptive perspectives and reduced forms are unique to his work. In this way, Andrés Muñoz Claros creates intuitive and raw paintings.

The residency at Maison Heinrich Heine is accompanied by the exhibition “Aproximaciones”

Maison Heinrich Heine

Founded in 1956, the Maison Heinrich Heine is a renowned German-French cultural institution in Paris. Many students from around the world live in on-site student lodgings at the Cité internationale universitaire campus. The institution, with its diverse arts program, symposia, readings as well as concerts and exhibitions, is the cultural heart of the Cité international, the surrounding neighbourhood and the German community of Paris.  

Aproximaciones

March 19th until April 20th 2025

Opening: March 18th, 19:30 h

Visiting hours: daily 10:00 – 18:00 h
Fondation de l’Allemagne – Maison Heinrich Heine
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
27c, Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris

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