Jan-Niklas Thape is a multimedia artist focusing on video installations and film. His works often engage with violence and its manifestation in media and bodies. He’s driven by the unspoken suffering lying beneath the surface of society and it’s consequences in a contemporary world. Being in a struggle with the layers of time.

Education

2025 Meisterschüler of Aernout Mik

2022 – 2023 Exchange Master Media Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Prof. Jane Jin Kaisen

2019 – 2025 Fine Arts Studies, Kunstakademie Münster, Prof. Aernout Mik

2016 – 2018 Art History Studies, University of Cologne

Exhibitions / Performances (Selection)

2025

"Human Work" KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany (upcoming)

2024

"Off the Timeline" Projectspace on the Inside, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2023

"Empty Future Hollow Now" Udstillingstedet Q, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

"Choose Your Words Wisely" Wewerka Pavillion, Münster, Germany

"In the Albersloherweg Bridge" Albersloherweg Bridge, Münster, Germany

2021

"Ferryman" A-Side Harbour, Münster, Germany

"Everything is There / Untitled" Pumpenhaus, Münster, Germany

"Still Polyvalent" Sputnikhalle, Münster, Germany

"." Sant Antonius Chapel, Montepulciano, Italy

2020

"No Warranty as it is a Private Sale" Laden, Münster, Germany

"Untitled" Petrikirche, Münster, Germany

2019

"Plastic Dreams" Ice skating Palace, Münster, Germany

2018

"Peristase / Number 1" Literaturclub Köln, Cologne, Germany

2017

"People Painting People" Bunker K101, Cologne, Germany