Peter Maria Volkhardt, Artist

Peter Maria Volkhardt (born 1997 in Aachen) lives and works in Cologne. His work lies at the intersection of video, performance, drawing, text and film, and he understands history as a gateway to present-day possibilities. He explores the points at which contemporary forms of historical consciousness manifest in language, imagery and social conditions. In his practice, he approaches these moments by disrupting clear, quasi-documentary starting points through an associative and improvisational process. He works both individually and within collectives, including the artist group Kollektiv des Guten Willens.

In 2026, he presented the solo exhibition Aufruhr 500 – drei Projektionen für Münster with Kollektiv des Guten Willens at the Krameramtshaus in Münster. In 2024, he and Max Wigger opened the solo exhibition Choose Your Donkey at the Volksbankforum in Münster. He has participated in several group exhibitions including Gyumri Art Week in Gyumri (2026), Junge Nacht at the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf (2025), Off the Timeline at Project Space on the Inside in Amsterdam (2024), Love Letters #1 at Mujuryoku Sessions in Tokyo (2023), and the Muzyka w Starych Balicach Festival in Krakow (2023). His screenings and performances have taken place at the Julia Stoschek Foundation (Flatten the Curve, 2025); the Förderverein für Aktuelle Kunst Münster (Digital Dream Utopia, 2024); daoodac during Art Weekend in Zurich (Straight Outta Münster, 2024); and the Theater im Pumpenhaus (Culture and Emotion in Capitalist Realism, 2021). In addition, the play Der Schlachtenberg und der Tod der Millennial Left will have its world premiere at the Theater im Pumpenhaus in October 2026, which he is directing as part of the Kollektiv des Guten Willens.

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