Stefan Bircheneder - Paravent

September 20 - November 18, 2025

Contemporary Trompe-l’œil

The Illusionists. Sensory Deception

in cooperation with KV Neuhausen

The Illusionists brings together a group of artists who engage in acts of deliberate misdirection—bending vision, texture, and space to confound perception. Rooted in the tradition of trompe-l’œil, but reaching beyond the eye, this exhibition explores how contemporary artists employ illusion as both technique and critique.

In an age saturated with simulation, sensory deception becomes a tool of resistance and revelation. Hyperreal paintings blur into sculptural space, surfaces deceive the hand, our mind gets confusing signals. Here, the gallery becomes a site of perceptual uncertainty—where reality fractures and reforms under the pressure of doubt.

Sensory deception in this exhibition is an exploration of the limits and flaws of human perception — a poetic interrogation of how we experience reality. It can evoke wonder, discomfort, or revelation, forcing us to question what is real and how we know it.

Events

Vernissage

September 20th, 11 am – 1 pm

Brunch with artists

RSVP

Art Alarm

Saturday, September 20th 11 am – 8 pm

Sunday, September 21st 11 am – 6 pm

Exhibiting Artists

Stefan Bircheneder (*1974 in Vilshofen, lives and works in Waldmünchen)

Laura Dauchet (*1997 in Bayonne, France, lives and works in Brussels, Belgium)

Ninon Hivert (*1995 in Les Lilas, France, lives and works in Montpellier/Paris)

Suah Im (*1988 in Bucheon, South Korea, lives and works in Stuttgart/Berlin/Paris, Member of KV Neuhausen)

Marie Lienhard (*1978 in Montferrier, France, lives and works in Stuttgart, Member of KV Neuhausen)

Lydiane Lutz (*1981 in Stuttgart, lives and works in Ulm)

Timo Grimm (*1990 in Hamburg, lives and works there)

Emilie Picard (*1984 in Strasbourg, France, lives and works there)

Valo Valentino (*1987 in Mexico, lives and works in Stuttgart)

Nikolas Wild (*1999 in Reutlingen, lives and works in Stuttgart)

Marina WitteMann (*1984 in Moscow, Russia, lives and works in Sankt Ingbert)

Downloads

Marina WitteMann at EXOgallery

Marina WitteMann

The Surface is Enough

2025
Acrylic, newspaper, fixatives on canvas
104 x 174 x 9 cm

Suah Im

Begegnen III - Mock-up

2025
fabric with epoxy resin, metal, synthetic hair
dimensions varied

Suah Im - Begegnen III
Stefan Bircheneder - Paravent

Stefan Bircheneder

Privatsphäre

2018
paravent, oil on canvas
180 x 180 cm

Emilie Picard

Un vrai bonhomme

2023
acrylic on canvas
200 x 140 cm 

Emilie Picard at EXOgallery
Marie Linehard at EXOgallery

Marie Lienhard

You are here (Proxy) - Mock-up

2025
Interactive mirror installation, LED matrix, Raspberry Pi, motion sensor, half-silvered mirror glass, Edition 3 + 1 AP
approx. 70 x 35 cm

Ninon Hivert

Symbolons et Occurences (detail)

2024
painted ceramic
dimensions variable 

Ninon Hivert at EXOgallery
Timo Grimm at EXOgallery

Timo Grimm

Beauty of Simplicity

2022
oil on canvases
135 x 90 cm