NIKLAS GOLDBACH  

New photo work:
Drift (West End Boys)
(2026), Photo Diptychs


New video work:
For the Ages
(2026), UHD Video, 5.1, 13:40 min
Commissioned by Manifesta 16 Ruhr. Co-Produced by Fluentum, Berlin.


New texts:
Permanent Daylight Archive
, Volume 3 (PD 0101 - PD 0150)


Upcoming:
Infrastructures - Works from the n.b.k. Video-Forum collection
VOX, Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montréal, Canada
Part 1: 15.10. - 28.11.2026


Recent:

For the Ages (2026), UHD Video, 5.1, 13:40 min
Exhibition view: Manifesta 16 Ruhr, Christ-König-Kirche, Bochum, 21.06.–04.10.2026. Creative Mediators: Krzysztof Kościuczuk and Anda Rottenberg


Permanent Daylight: Leave Them All Behind (2015), Photo Series
Exhibition view: Focus on Stories, Sammlung Hackelsberger, Cabinet, Berlin, 03.05.–12.06.2026. Curated by Harald F. Theiss


Permanent Daylight: Harder Better Faster Stronger

Permanent Daylight: Harder Better Faster Stronger (2026), Photo Series


1550 San Remo Drive (2017), Video Installation
Exhibition view: Archistories – Architektur in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 29.11.2025–12.04.2026. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt


Drift (TOWN AND COUNTRY) I–VI (2026), Photo Diptychs


Drift (Scherben) I–III (2025), Photo Diptychs


Drift (Maryon Park) (2025), Photo Diptychs


A State of Happiness (2024), Mixed Media Installation
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.08.–07.12.2025. Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Permanent Daylight: The Next Day (2017), Photo Series
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.08.–07.12.2025. Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Into The Paradise Machine (2022), Video Screening & Lecture Performance
Event: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 28.09.2025. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt


Drift (Kunsthalle Karlsruhe) (2024), Photo Diptychs
Exhibition view: Niklas Goldbach: DRIFT, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe @ ZKM, 05.07.–15.10.2025. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt

 

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Drift (West End Boys)

New photo work:
Drift (West End Boys)
(2026), Photo Diptychs


Manifesta 16 Ruhr

New video work:
For the Ages
(2026), UHD Video, 5.1, 13:40 min
Commissioned by Manifesta 16 Ruhr. Co-Produced by Fluentum, Berlin.


Permanent Daylight Archive, Volume 3

New texts:
Permanent Daylight Archive
, Volume 3 (PD 0101 - PD 0150)


Upcoming:
Infrastructures - Works from the n.b.k. Video-Forum collection
VOX, Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montréal, Canada
Part 1: 15.10. - 28.11.2026


Recent (Selection):

For the Ages

For the Ages (2026), UHD Video, 5.1, 13:40 min
Exhibition view: Manifesta 16 Ruhr, Christ-König-Kirche, Bochum, 21.06.–04.10.2026. Creative Mediators: Krzysztof Kościuczuk and Anda Rottenberg


Permanent Daylight: Leave Them All Behind

Permanent Daylight: Leave Them All Behind (2015), Photo Series
Exhibition view: Focus on Stories, Sammlung Hackelsberger, Cabinet, Berlin, 03.05.–12.06.2026. Curated by Harald F. Theiss


Permanent Daylight: Harder Better Faster Stronger

Permanent Daylight: Harder Better Faster Stronger (2026), Photo Series


Exhibition view

1550 San Remo Drive (2017), Video Installation
Exhibition view: Archistories – Architektur in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 29.11.2025–12.04.2026. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt


Drift (TOWN AND COUNTRY) I–VI

Drift (TOWN AND COUNTRY) I–VI (2026), Photo Diptychs


DRIFT (Scherben) I–III

Drift (Scherben) I–III (2025), Photo Diptychs


DRIFT (Maryon Park)

Drift (Maryon Park) (2025), Photo Diptychs


A State of Happiness

A State of Happiness (2024), Mixed Media Installation
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.08.–07.12.2025.
Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Permanent Daylight: The Next Day

Permanent Daylight: The Next Day (2017), Photo Series
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.08.–07.12.2025.
Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Into The Paradise Machine

Into The Paradise Machine (2022), Video Screening & Lecture Performance
Event: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 28.09.2025. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt


DRIFT Exhibition

Drift (Kunsthalle Karlsruhe) (2024), Photo Diptychs
Exhibition view: Niklas Goldbach: DRIFT, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe @ ZKM, 05.07.–15.10.2025. Curated by Kirsten Claudia Voigt