Welcome
The path of the Gallery.
ART-isotope - Galerie Schöber was founded in 2000 in the idyllic backyard of Dortmund's central ring road. In addition to painting and sculpture, the focus was on prints and drawings.
The right Mixture.
From the very beginning, the mixture of solo exhibitions, themed exhibitions and projects such as the park exhibition in the St. Johannes Hospital opposite has been a cornerstone of the gallery programme.
Culture at its best: Koto.
On the occasion of the vernissage of the exhibition SCHICHTWECHSEL with works by Sandra Hoitz and Gunnar Wolf, the two koto musicians and their instruments and the sound sequences they produced were met with pure enthusiasm.
With courage to experiment.
Exhibitions such as COCOONING with works by Brigitte Dams and FACE TO FACE with paintings and objects by the Korean artist Ung-Pil Byen also took young up-and-coming artists into consideration - supplemented by international art competitions such as ARTor-Wand on the occasion of the anniversary of the ZDF sports studio.
Intermediate step: Anniversary.
Of course, a 10-year anniversary has to offer something special: The sculptures by Professor Felix Haspel travelled a long way from Vienna to create a wonderful harmony with the oil paintings by Bremen artist Gerd Lieder, which were inspired by the architecture of Frank O. Gehry.
Development: Art fairs
The Chili project provided a real buzz at the opening of the art-fair in Cologne – the gallery’s first trade fair appearance. Another highlight was the gallery’s participation in the media art fair in Essen, featuring light installations by Constantin Jaxy. A total of just under 30 trade fair appearances (art Karlsruhe, Knokke Art Fair) then brought the financial breakthrough and international recognition. Meanwhile, however, listed buildings such as the New Archive at Burg Wertheim have also gained appeal and recognition among collectors.
More than 25 years
of gallery history
… it is almost impossible to summarise the well over 110 exhibitions and the nearly 30 trade fair appearances. If this has piqued your interest and you would like to find out more, please take a look at the Exhibitions section and/or the illustrated archive covering the years 2000 to 2023 (german language).
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Status: 18.05.2026 • V26-5.16
by ART-isotope and Blocsmaster