NIKLAS GOLDBACH  

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


New publication:
SAND No. 2: L-GĦARB
(2026), Magazine


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


New texts:
Permanent Daylight Archive
, Volume 3 (PD 0103–0150)


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


Recent:

For the Ages (2026), UHD Video Installation, 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


Niklas Goldbach – 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, 13.09.–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, 13.09.–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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Niklas Goldbach – Manifesta 16 Ruhr

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


Niklas Goldbach – SAND No. 2: L-GĦARB

New publication:
SAND No. 2: L-GĦARB
(2026), Magazine


Niklas Goldbach – Drift (West End Boys)

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


Niklas Goldbach – Permanent Daylight Archive, Volume 3

New texts:
Permanent Daylight Archive
, Volume 3 (PD 0103–0150)


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


Recent (Selection):

Niklas Goldbach – For the Ages

For the Ages (2026), UHD Video Installation, 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


Niklas Goldbach – 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


Niklas Goldbach – Permanent Daylight: Harder Better Faster Stronger

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


Niklas Goldbach – 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


Niklas Goldbach – Drift (TOWN AND COUNTRY) I–VI

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


Niklas Goldbach – DRIFT (Scherben) I–III

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


Niklas Goldbach – DRIFT (Maryon Park)

Drift (Maryon Park) (2025), Photo Diptychs


Niklas Goldbach – A State of Happiness

A State of Happiness (2024), Mixed Media Installation
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.09.–07.12.2025.
Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Niklas Goldbach – Permanent Daylight: The Next Day

Permanent Daylight: The Next Day (2017), Photo Series
Exhibition view: Global Fascisms, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 13.09.–07.12.2025.
Curated by Cosmin Costinaș & Paz Guevara


Niklas Goldbach – 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


Niklas Goldbach – 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