Philip Wiegard

Wendy vs Tinkerbell is a newly commissioned bar and workshop space by Philip Wiegard at Dortmunder Kunstverein. Between 2025 and 2027, it serves as a laboratory for practical and intercultural knowledge exchange, centered around arts and crafts. Philip Wiegard developed two custom wallpaper designs using a baroque paste paper technique, Herrnhuter Kleisterpapier. During his 2025 Easter break workshop Kids’ Factory , the wall papers were co-produced by local children who received an hourly payment for their work.

The resulting patterns are named after two female characters from the Peter Pan story - Wendy and Tinkerbell - whose contrasting personalities stage a playful tension between the rational and the magical, the solid and the fluid. Until 2027, the space will host a diverse programme of music events and workshops in collaboration with local partners, transforming the space into a hub for aesthetic practices, physical experience and sharing skills.

Philip Wiegard (*1977, lives in Berlin) is a visual artist and works with sculpture, photography, FIMO and painting. He studied at UdK Berlin and Hunter College New York. His work has been exhibited worldwide, often in combination with workshops, including at: Galerie Crone, Vienna (2024), HKW, Berlin (2021); Between Bridges, Berlin and Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (both 2018).

Wendy vs Tinkerbell is a project as part of the Kreativ.Quartiere Ruhr program, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and implemented by ecce - european centre for creative economy GmbH.

Cooperation partners 2025:
Atelier Amore e.V., Rekorder / Tonbande e.V., Salon Atelier e.V., Verein für tamilische Künstler e.V., VKII-Ruhrbezirk e.V. (Verein Kamerunischer Ingenieur*innen und Informatiker*innen) / Ankoppeln

Wendy vs Tinkerbell is a project as part of the Kreativ.Quartiere Ruhr program, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and implemented by ecce - european centre for creative economy GmbH.

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