Sweetwater

Sweetwater is a contemporary art gallery based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2018. The gallery works with a wide range of artists based both in Germany and abroad, with a focus on conceptual practices across media. In addition to a regular exhibition program in the gallery, Sweetwater also frequently participates in offsite projects and art fairs. The gallery currently represents ten artists: Christopher Aque, Friedemann Heckel, Sofia Defino Leiby, Luzie Meyer, Kayode Ojo, Megan Plunkett, Jesse Stecklow, Hanna Stiegeler, and Constantin Thun. Sweetwater is a member of the International Galleries Alliance.

The gallery began operations on the third floor at Kottbusser Damm 7, a former apartment building converted to offices in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin. Between September 2018 and January 2021, Sweetwater presented solo exhibitions by Kayode Ojo, Christopher Aque, Jesse Stecklow, Gaby Sahhar, Luzie Meyer, Constantin Thun, and D’Ette Nogle at the space, as well as a number of group exhibitions. In April 2021, the gallery moved to its present street-level location at Leipziger Straße 56-58, part of the Komplex Leipziger Straße. At the current location, in addition to multiple group exhibitions, Sweetwater has hosted solo exhibitions by Kayode Ojo, Christopher Aque, Sofia Defino Leiby, Luzie Meyer, HC, Megan Plunkett, Jesse Stecklow, Rhea Dillon, Hanna Stiegeler, Bill Walton, Friedemann Heckel, and Constantin Thun.

A complete list of all artists exhibited by the gallery from inception to present can be found below:Farah Al Qasimi, Helene Appel, Christopher Aque, Tolia Astakhishvili, Ewa Awe, Monika Baer, Anna-Sophie Berger, Bettina, Morgan Canavan, Florence Carr, Beth Collar, Christa Dichgans, Rhea Dillon, Gritli Faulhaber, Jef Geys, Lenard Giller, Andrew J. Greene, Marina Grize, HC, Pati Hill, Friedemann Heckel, Benjamin Hirte, Tobias Hohn, Madeline Hollander, Birgit Jürgenssen, Alexandre Khondji, Morten Knudsen, Sofia Defino Leiby, Stephen Lichty, Devin T. Mays, Luzie Meyer, D’Ette Nogle, Kayode Ojo, B. Ingrid Olson, Megan Plunkett, Nina Porter, Puppies Puppies, Carol Rhodes, Gaby Sahhar, Ari Sariannidis, Morgaine Schäfer, Asha Schechter, Max Schmidtlein, Will Sheridan Jr., Lise Soskolne, Jesse Stecklow, Hanna Stiegeler, Niklas Taleb, Hannah Taverner, Stanton Taylor, Matilda Tjäder, Constantin Thun, Valentina Triet, Bill Walton, Wang Sishun, Andy Warhol, Marina Xenofontos, Jeff Zilm