CHAMBRE D'AMIS: GREGORY FORSTNER

In collaboration with Galerie ZINK, we are pleased to welcome artist Gregory Forstner to Berching as an artist-in-residence in May 2026. During his stay, Gregory Forstner will set up his studio at the BerLi Kino in Berching and work there.

In this context, we cordially invite you to a

Brunch with Gregory Forstner*
on Sunday, May 17, 10:30am–1pm
at Engelwirt
Price: €45 per person
* Limited seating! Rsvp via mail@engelwirt.com

Followed by:
12pm: studio visit and artist talk with Gregory Forstner and Michael Zink
from 1.30pm: filmscreening of “Le Grand Bleu,” in which Gregory Forstner appeared as a child, at the Berchinger Kino.

Gregory Forstner, born in Cameroon in 1975, grew up in a French-Austrian family, navigating cultures and continents. After studying in Vienna and Nice and spending many years in Brooklyn, he now lives and works in Marseille. His painting moves between art history and the present, figuration and alienation. Forstner transforms influences ranging from Expressionism to Goya into a distinctive, intensely charged visual language. His figures—fragile humans, anthropomorphic dogs, fools, and outsiders—seem both familiar and unsettling. Shaped by a family history that spans resistance and collaboration with the Nazis, his work addresses the ambivalence of the human condition with great urgency. His works are represented in major international collections.

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Gregory Forstner “Deal”*
May 15–17, 2026

2 nights in a studio apartment
including a welcome aperitif on 15 May
including Engel breakfast on 16 May
as well as coffee and homemade cakes in the afternoon
studio preview with Gregory Forstner
including brunch on 17 May, artist talk, and film screening

€230 per person

*Subject to availability and upon request