Contemporary ceramics in Oldenburg Castle and the Powder Tower
Special exhibitions
of the Ceramic Days
Ceramics by Elena Arosio
- Winner of the "
NEUE KERAMIK 2025" Award
August 1 – September 6, 2026, at Oldenburg Castle
The Oldenburg State Museum of Art and Cultural History, in collaboration with Werkschule e.V., presents a special exhibition featuring the winner of the 2025 “NEUE KERAMIK” Award, sponsored by the European trade magazine of the same name. The upcoming exhibition features works by the South Tyrolean ceramicist.
Opening hours during the Ceramics Days:
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free admission during the Ceramics Days
Ceramic art exclusively curated.
"Brandneu - brandnew"
Best-of exhibition in the castle hall
August 1–2, 2026, in the Castle Hall
of Oldenburg Castle
On the theme of "brandnew - brandnew", the market participants submit objects and demonstrate their mastery of craftsmanship and artistic ceramics. These often unconventional interpretations of the theme provide an impressive overview of the diversity of contemporary ceramics. The Keramiktage Oldenburg are thus also a "school of seeing".
The Detlef Schmidt-Wilkens Prize for Ceramics and the Audience Choice Award will be presented to the participating artists.
Opening hours:
Saturday 11.00 - 18.00
Sunday 10.00 - 17.00
Free admission
Special work deserves special awards
!
"Ceramics in the powder tower"
July 5 – August 30, 2026, Pulverturm Oldenburg, Schlosswall 3
This year’s award winner, Maya Fenderl, transforms the medieval Powder Tower into an exotic place with her imaginative works. Luminous glazes reminiscent of Expressionism, striking ornaments that play around bold forms, and a touch of absurdity that highlights ambivalence are what give Maya Fenderl’s ceramics their unique sophistication. Whether twisted, folded, coiled, striped, wildly sprawling, or dotted, the diversity of these intuitively constructed objects is refreshingly different. Exoten is a surprising presentation that plays with nature’s organic forms, animal bodies, and identities, yet eludes any concrete categorization.
Opening Ceremony and Awards Presentation: Sunday, July 5, 2026, at 11:15 a.m.
Exhibition hours:
Friday, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Oldenburg Powder Tower on the Castle Wall
Free admission
Maya Fenderl - Exotics
Maya Fenderl, Bird, white clay, glaze, 2024, photo by Alexander Burzik
