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.

(E)xhibitions / (P)erformances (Selection)

2027 (upcoming) — “The Nature of Reflection”, Råneå konsthall, Råneå Sweden (E) 2026 — “Old Fortress”, Museum of National Architecture and Urban Life, Gyumri, Armenia (E) 2025 — "Human Work", KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany (E) 2024 — "Off the Timeline", Projectspace on the Inside, Amsterdam, Netherlands (E) 2023 — "Empty Future Hollow Now", Udstillingstedet Q, Copenhagen, Denmark (E) 2022 — "Choose Your Words Wisely", Wewerka Pavillion, Münster, Germany (E) 2022 — "In the Albersloherweg Bridge", Albersloherweg Bridge, Münster, Germany (E) 2021 — "Ferryman", A-Side Harbour, Münster, Germany (P) 2021 — "Everything is There / Untitled", Pumpenhaus, Münster, Germany (P) 2021 — "Still Polyvalent", Sputnikhalle, Münster, Germany (P) 2021 — Sant Antonius Chapel, Montepulciano, Italy (E) 2020 — "No Warranty as it is a Private Sale", Laden, Münster, Germany (P) 2020 — "Untitled", Petrikirche, Münster, Germany (E) 2019 — "Plastic Dreams", Ice Skating Palace, Münster, Germany (E) 2018 — "Peristase / Number 1", Literaturclub Köln, Cologne, Germany (P) 2017 — "People Painting People", Bunker K101, Cologne, Germany (E)

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