Past SAP art exhibitions

Wessel sheds light on our relationship with smartphones. As part of this process, he explores topics such as digitalization and questions relating to online surveillance and identity, while also challenging the credibility of photography.

Features creative works by young artists, highlighting parallels between Bauhaus and today’s design thinking methods.

Shows works from student photographers enrolled in Professor Martin Liebscher’s class at the University of Art and Design in Offenbach am Main, Germany.

Presents works by 12 students and master students of the Berlin University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Design (Media Art/Experimental Film).

Features 15 artists from the immense diversity of three generations of the South African art scene, reflecting the history and social structure of the country.

Presents works by people who have experienced extreme mental states as patients in psychiatric hospitals. The exhibition is an expression of inclusion that forges a link between art and the world of business.

Shows contemporary works of urban and street art from 19 globally recognized artists, including some of the most important players of this thriving art movement.

Shows an array of creative perspectives from Latin America’s vibrant art scene, including artists from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico.

Features eight approaches to the subject of Big Data by international artists in photography, video, and installation media.

Shows visionary work by 10 photographers on a range of societal issues raised by the fourth industrial revolution.

Displays photographs by Mona Breede, showcasing SAP employees in their work environment, thereby creating an exceptional portrait of the company.

Features works by artist Klaus Lomnitzer, who paints on PVC film using a technique that draws deeply on the tradition of painting on glass, creating windows on landscapes in a world between the abstract and the real.

Presents works based on the German expression figurenwelten, connoting imaginary worlds with make-believe figures that draw us out of the real world and into dreams and heightened tension.

Features Chinese art that expresses the tension between the great nation’s timeless culture and the innovative spirit of our times.

Celebrates the 40th edition of SAP Art Exhibition and SAP’s 40th anniversary at the same time, with a show of 40 illustrations – created especially for
the event – that travel back in time to 1972, the company’s founding year.

Features the work of digital art pioneer Vera Molnar, who was one of the first to use the computer as an artistic medium.

Brings the concept of sustainability to life in a tangible way based on the United Nations’ definition of sustainability. This means that each exhibit includes at least one reference to sustainability in each of the three areas of economic, environmental, and social concerns.

Focuses on people and their network of relationships with the essential elements of their living environment. Whether it’s contact with decision makers, transportation, or mobile networks, “Connections” are important and determine our lives.

Features works by Julius Popp, who overcomes conventional boundaries between art, science, and technology in his approach to his projects.

Presents photographs and installations by four photographers who approach the subject of light in different ways.

Shows works of contemporary street art by 19
artists from 10 countries.

Features works that focus on the human transformation of urban and industrial landscapes, and traces the symbiosis of technology, people, and nature.