My work examines pop-cultural narratives, with a particular focus on how power is articulated within pop and subcultural visual worlds—such as cartoons, video games, or collectible card games. I am especially interested in the intersection between overt fiction, which does not claim to be serious, and the subtly conveyed notions of an assumed reality. In my view, these visualized stories contribute to a process of “worlding,” that is, to an overarching narrative about the world. The visual languages of these media function as a highly accessible vocabulary, which is why I see it as my artistic task to interrogate them and to use them as a mirror for pressing contemporary issues—such as the simultaneous collapse of digital utopias alongside an escalating climate catastrophe.

Nick Horter, 2026

• 1995 born in Görlitz
• 2018-21 Studies of painting at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig (HGB) with Prof. Christoph Ruckhäberle
• 2022 - Studies of interdisciplinary painting at the HGB with Prof. Anne Speier
• 2024 Diploma at the HGB
• lives and works in Leipzig

Einzelausstellungen

• 2026 Dystopian Scholar, Gallery Kleindienst, Leipzig
  All I see is Christimas Cards (mit Aleksandar Smederevac), BSMT, Leipzig
• 2024 Trees and Flowers, Gallery Kleindienst WESTSIDE, Leipzig
  2022 Mantra of Vengence, Gallery Kleindienst WESTSIDE, Leipzig
  

Ausstellungsbeteiligungen

• 2025 Sunset Wayfarers, An Introspective Monument, Berlin
  Lust ein Schwimmendes Tier, Jenny #12, Vienna
  2023 No Parents, Simile, Leipzig
  2022 Herbstprojäckchen, Bauhausuniversität, Weimar
  Soft Crush, Kunstverein Aalen