Goldsmiths Exhibition Exchange Project
Exhibition exchange project between the Art Department des Goldsmiths, University of London and HFBK Hamburg
In 2010, an exhibition exchange took place between the Goldsmiths and the HFBK. It was organized by Roman Liška, a student of both universities. Ten Goldsmiths students and eleven HFBK students exhibited in each others’ universities and in bars in each other’s cities, stayed at each others’ houses and supported each other, and got to know each others’ university systems.
This very successful exchange project has been extended as a regular cooperative event: Both universities send a group of up to 10 students to the other university once a year. The visiting students will stay with the resident students taking part in the programme. An exhibition of the visiting students’ work – lasting perhaps three days – will be held on the premises of the host university. The exchange programme also includes group tutorials with professors and tutors of the host university. Travel costs are covered by the visitors’ own university.
Application
You can apply until 6 November 2025 for the next exhibition exchange in February/March 2026. To do so, please complete the online application form and then upload your portfolio to our cloud. In addition, your HFBK professor must support your participation via e-mail to silva.jaehrling@hfbk.hamburg.de.
On 13 November 2025, the AG Internationales decides on your participation.
In the event of particular financial challenges that could prevent participation in the exchange, international students in particular are asked to contact the designated contact persons at an early stage (in cases of hardship, visa fees, for example, may be reimbursed).
Previous exhibitions
| 2025 | February 14–16 in Hamburg Goldmiths Luggage Jacob Andrews, Sasha Ahuja, Rhiannon Dunn, Enoch Hitchcock, Kip Ives, Yoobin Lee, Maryam Ojikutu, Phelim Owens, Noah Perkins, Anna Webb Chivite |
March 21–22 in London Room with a View Cecilie Bøcher Carlsen, ana zeno de courcy, Alexander von Holtum, Julia Sylvana Koch, Ona Lillet, Jun Long, Nozomi Ngceni, Anastasiya Okshina, Nicolai Olesen, Rita Barbro Wilcke |
| 2024 | February 9–11 in Hamburg Goldsmiths vs HFBK: Who Will Win? Nicole Di, Benjamin Emmott, Kylie Marume, Max Melvin, Dawi Moxon, Chantel Okwesa, Sofia Serpa Arango, Wentao Sun, Lucas Taberna, Frank Wates |
March 20 in London Studio B Ariadna Alarcon Castells, Omid Arrabay, Agnes Eeg-Olofsson, Blanka Györi, Eliza Lorenz, Polly Maher, Priyanka Sarkar, Eun Jung Sim, Lili Süper, Loerdy Wesely |
| 2023 | February 9–11 in Hamburg The London Look Riley Richards, Alexander Heard, Hannah Dempsey, Pepe Mason-Bradshaw, Phoebe Bowen-Hill, Hannah Sophia Guerriero, Saul Smith, Rebecca Stenfors, Han Gao, Jessie Kaulbach |
March 24 in London 2 Nice Belia Brückner, Eve Larue, Sanna Leone, Morgana de Mello, Joke Schmidt, Charly Spiegelfeld, Sophia Queiro Suarez, Martha Szymkowiak, Eliza Wagener, Maja Wietfeldt |
| 2022 | February 11–20 in Hamburg From LONDON with Love Ollie Elphick, Polly Plowden, Isaac Blakeborough, Evie Berwick, Mia Shaw, Felix Fuller-Kerley, Lowri Whiskerd, Dong Eun Tae, Sophie Edwards, Nicola Malcolm |
March 22 in London From Hamburg with Love Luzia Cruz, Luise Hamm, Benjamin Janzen, Naomi Klumpp, Sophia Leitenmayer, Yujue Liang, Fabian Lübke, Aya Onodera, Elizaveta Ostapenko | Avalon Café, London |
| 2020 | February 6–8 in Hamburg Goldschmidt(’s) Rosa Brentnall, Sebastian Coates, Elizabeth Deacon, Aidan Hendrickse, Eve Jefferies, Aimee Lyon, Janaki Mistry, Lova Ranung, James Sibley, Babette Whiting |
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| 2019 | February 7–9 in Hamburg How Much is a Chunk? Lynn Chang, Jeno Davies, Eilidh Delves, Kirsty Felix, Honey Hambley, Ollie Jacob, Anna Monkman, Andia Newton, Reuben Martindale, Noah Verbeeten |
March 21 in London stay together for the kids Marc Botschen, Xin Cheng, Elisa Goldammer, Iris Helena Hamers, Conrad Hübbe, Wonek Lee, Xinyi Li, Sofia Mascate, Chloe-Rose Purcell, Anna Stüdeli |
| 2018 | Feburary 8 in Hamburg Have Fun Be Kind Rachel Ashton, Rafael Escardo Espejo, Phoebe Evans-Clarke, Alice Fraser, Amber Hahn, Charlie Hodgson, Minho Kim, Antonio Lopez Espinosa, Lisa Vigorelli, Tara White |
March 15–16 in London Abendstund hat Gold im Mund Noémi Barbaglia, Robert Bergmann, Luca Borsato, Max Eicke, Mara Ittel, Yi Li, Sohorab Rabbey, Franziska Windolf, Lars Witte, Julia Annelies Wycisk |
| 2017 | February 9–11 in Hamburg Isthmus Kobby Adi, Grace Collins, Rufus Genn, Scarlett Hirst, Tamao Narukawa, Conrad Pack, Violeta Paez Armando, Francesco Palombi, Cuan Roche, Mark Sequeira |
March 16 in London Focal Point Within The Small Garden Marvin Almaraz Dosal, Fabio Cirillo, Elisabeth Moch, Daniel Jasser, Lila-Zoé Krauß, Nina Kuttler, Anne Pflug, Pia Scheiner, Saskia Senge, Nina Zeljković |
| 2016 | February 18–19 in Hamburg Carapace Clémentine Bedos, Abigail Brothers, Joseph Brown, Rosie Dowd-Smyth, Pietro Librizzi, Ione Milne, Paolo Mischenko, Jennifer Milner, Nan Moore, Lydia Wood |
March 16 in London Koryaka 1 Pachet Fulmen, Denis Kudrjasov, Shira Lewis, Takeo Marquardt, Stella Rossié, Caspar Sänger, Maximilian Schuch, Jonathan Spörke, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Xiyao Wang |
| 2015 | February 18–20 in Hamburg I Love The Water Kieran Carter, Michael Clements, Holly Hunter, Finn McKenna, Heather Reid, James Slattery, Daniel Tebano, Giulia Tommasi, Joshua Wirz, Margita Yankova |
March 18–20 in London Cold Hands Warm Friends Marion Fink, Julie Gufler, Jonas Hinnerkort, Yu-Ling Hsueh, Charlotte Livine, Magdalena Los, David Reiber Otálora, Niclas Riepshoff, Wiebke Schwarzhans, Paul Spengemann |
| 2014 | February 20–21 in Hamburg To Fly To Serve Shristie Budhia, Minnie Casey, Maudie Gibbons, Jessie Harris, Sam Kenswil, Nayu Kim, Elsbeth King, Mark William Lewis, Jessica Mai Walker, Joseph Winter |
March 19 in London Journeys are made by the people you travel with Charlotte Arnhold, Sungeun Choi, Gina Fischli, Jens Franke, Fion Pellacini, Judith Rau, Laura Schick, Pablo Schlumberger, Margot Zweers |
| 2013 | February 13–15 in Hamburg BEEF Lauren Aldridge, Racheal Crowther, Rosie Hastings, Billy Howard, Martin Kozlowski, Daisy Parris, Charles Pryor, James Sturkey, Rosie Taylor, Jala Wahid |
March 13–16 in London Katja Aufleger, Tomma Brook, Asana Fujikawa, Rachel Hughes, Claire Macé, Dominik Mayer, Fidel Morf, Kathrin Sohn, Sung Tieu, Tilman Walther |
| 2012 | February 15–17 in Hamburg Kate Moss Maeve Brennan, Nicole Buning, Nicola Guy, Yujin Jung, Guthrie Mitton-McKellar, George Nesbitt, Jenny Nygren, David Shipway, Rebecca Voelcker, Jenny Wells |
March 15–17 in London Top 10 Andrea Becker-Weimann, Sarah-Christina Benthien, Barbara Dévény, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Constanze Kresta, Sung Won Moon, Alice Péragine, Ida Roscher, Yps Roth, Markus Ruscher |
| 2011 | February 24–27 in Hamburg Now I can Live Than Clark, James Connick, Isabel Denny, Elizabeth Greenaway, Drew Hoad, Dominic Humphries, William Joys, Beth Ka Lau, Hannah Regel, Anna Sebastian |
March 24–25 in London W. T. Fox—What The Fox Christiane Blattmann, Sonja Dürscheid, Lars Hinrichs, Konstanze Klecha, Annika Kahrs, Martin Meiser, Stefan Mildenberger, Julia Phillips, Aleen Solari, Johanna Tiedtke |
| 2010 | February 16–20 in Hamburg Komm, gib mir Deine Hand Mia-Nelle Drøschler, Sam Edkins, James Green, Rae Hicks, Emmie McLuskey, Marlon Rabenreither, Luis Rodríguez, Lauren Squires, Chloe Stead, Miho Tajima |
March 17–20 in London Sie liebt dich Angela Anzi, Ina Arzensek, Till van Daalen, Marlene Denningmann, Max Frisinger, Verena Issel, Suse Itzel, Gitte Jabs, Nico Jungel, Sebastian Kubersky, Katharina Simons von Bockum-Dolffs, Anna Steinert |