About Us ...
... how we got to open a gallery and our mission.
First and foremost, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the many enthusiastic visitors to our gallery in Ascona on Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The worldwide praise for the exceptional curation of the various artworks is endless, and that makes us very proud and happy. Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback!
In our familiar old home, the Ruhr region, we are already receiving very similar feedback in Essen. Our visitors are delighted by the wide variety of glass sculptures and the beautiful thematic display. A thousand thanks to everyone who helps to spread the word about us here!
Here is an initial report that the WAZ published online after our opening and printed in Essen on April 25, 2025 (unfortunately only in german): https://www.waz.de/lokales/essen/article408819721/glaskunst-warum-es-eine-schweizer-galerie-nach-essen-zieht.html?cx_testId=26&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s
A little about us: We have been collecting art objects since 2010. We first became aware of studio glass in 2016 and have acquired various works in the years since, which literally bring us joy every day and always bring a smile to our faces.
We offer all interested parties – including (art) teachers and their students – a kind of free art museum with free guided tours in German or English, 5 days a week (Tuesday to Saturday), or additional tours by appointment!
Our exhibition features approximately 450 works of art by around 100 international artists from approximately 40 different countries and from all continents. Young artists are also welcome; the youngest (Hungarian) artist is currently 26 years old.
The videos of the various artists on our information displays, in which they demonstrate their production techniques, are also very impressive. Visitors are often amazed and thrilled when they discover the glass "jewels" in our shop windows.
Due to the gigantic production in Murano, many visitors have only ever seen blown glass. While we have blown glass from various continents in our exhibitions, we primarily show molten glass (cast glass), including holograms and engravings, "fusing," as well as cold-glued colored glass from America, cold-glued glass with mirrors from Eastern Europe, and even glass wall sculptures or glass pictures worked with hammer and chisel.
Because we fundamentally don't want to simply display sculptures against white walls, but rather create appropriate dialogues, we place sculptures outside the display windows in dialogues with paintings, photographic works, collages, or wall sculptures made of wood, glass, or metal.
We now have seven different exhibition themes in our gallery spaces: "Refreshing Water," with many matching works of art in the colors blue, transparent, and silver-gray (paintings and photographic works as well as sculptures, including glass waves). Other themes include "Lovely Moods" and, of course, "Shiny Glass," which can be found in many display windows. "Noble Dark" and "Beauty of Nature" are also very popular. We aim to reach a very young audience with "Pop Art" and colorful glass, as well as sculptures that look like bubble wrap. The new theme is "Red," because this color was missed by our visitors last year.
With our carefully curated concept, we want, on the one hand, to bring a whole new world closer to all art collectors. On the other hand, with this exceptionally beautiful visual experience, we also reach many people who have never had any access to art before. However, our presentations are always just suggestions from us; all works can, of course, also be purchased individually!
The number of galleries online is growing rapidly, and this naturally provides art buyers (if they specifically search for them) with a gigantic selection of works of art. And an online presence saves the respective portals expensive commercial space and high personnel costs. Ultimately, however, a photo of a work of art on the internet is unfortunately incomparable with reality, which is why collaborating artists are increasingly demanding more physical galleries, as the 1:1 experience is irreplaceable and the works are perceived completely differently in the original. Often, the intensity and luminosity of the works of art cannot be captured at all in photos – at least, that's what we hear almost daily in our gallery spaces.
The works we select from a wide range of artists complement a wide variety of interior design styles and colors, and currently range in price from €150 to €50,000. For Scandinavian, Asian, or British-style interiors, we offer minimalist artworks or works from nature, for example.
Our stated goal is to offer artworks that create a unique and positive ambiance in your own home, at work, in company entrance areas, in doctor's waiting rooms, and in hotel lobbies.
Great artworks have a positive impact on your personal living space and your work environment
and can change your life for the better.
So don't miss out on "calorie-free happiness hormones" in your everyday life!
With our commercial background, we act as art dealers. This is a relief for many artists, as their works are not only intended to be exhibited, but above all, sold. We will have achieved our goals if our gallery's all-round feel-good concept brings a completely new and fresh wind to the art world of North Rhine-Westphalia.
We look forward to your visit to our new premises in Essen an der Ruhr and extend a warm welcome!