Maysun Kellow - Project Management

Since 2010, Atelierhof Werenzhain e.V. has been a consistent center for visual arts in Lower Lusatia, led by Maysun Kellow and Iris Stöber. The concept of forming a cross-district art platform developed from years of collaboration with local art and cultural groups. With Michaela van den Driesch, Maysun Kellow oversaw the launch of the openart Lausitz Biennale and now acts as the project’s managing director.

Mail: kellow@openart-lausitz-biennale.de
Tel.: 035322-32797

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Michaela van den Driesch – Artistic Director

Born in Dresden, Michaela van den Driesch is a freelance artist, author, and expert in art and architecture history. She studied fine art in Dresden and furthered her education in philosophy, art history, and archaeology in Heidelberg and Berlin. Since the 1990s, she has undertaken numerous artistic and curatorial projects in Berlin, Lusatia, and abroad, and she has published research on the architectural history of significant buildings.

Mail: van-den-driesch@openart-lausitz-biennale.de

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Laila Lille Khayati - Deputy Project Manager

Laila Lille Khayati was deputy manager at Anupama Kundoo Atelier GmbH in Berlin and coordinated contributions to the Architecture Biennials in Rotterdam and Chicago. Her main responsibilities included project management and budget oversight. She also managed the Marcus Steinweg office in Berlin, organized exhibitions at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and oversaw the Roger Anger, L'artiste exhibition in Auroville, India.

Mail: khayati@openart-lausitz-biennale.de

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Christin Botzenhard - Technical Director

Christin Botzenhard studied architecture in Kiel and Marseille. She is a stage/set designer and props master, responsible for technical equipment and logistics for theater, music festivals, and art exhibitions. The exploration of “lost places” has long shaped her work. In Lusatia, she also explores the history of her Sorbian ancestry.

Mail: botzenhard@openart-lausitz-biennale.de

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Jan Henselder - Visual Studies Scholar

As a visual studies scholar, Jan Henselder creates intermedial strategies for archives, art, and museums. In his research project, Fragments of Yesterday—Securing Evidence, he investigates new ways of representing knowledge at the convergence of scholarly theory and artistic practice.

Mail: henselder@openart-lausitz-biennale.de
Tel.: 0170-4826376

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Caroline Kühne – Assistant to the Artistic Director

Caroline Kühne studied art, visual history, and French in Berlin. Beginning in 2022, she worked as a curatorial trainee and later as a curator for paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures at the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in Cottbus. She is also pursuing a PhD at BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg.

Mail: kuehne@openart-lausitz-biennale.de

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Berit Lehmann – Office

Berit Lehmann has extensive experience as an executive assistant. Based in the Elbe-Elster district and closely connected with Atelierhof Werenzhain for many years, she offers organizational support for the openart Lausitz Biennale in office management.

Mail: office@openart-lausitz-biennale.de
Tel.: 035322-32797