Niklas Taleb

Niklas Taleb (b. 1986, Munich) studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, where he lives and works. He was founder and co-curator of the exhibition space Belle Air in Essen (2014–17). Taleb was awarded the Peter Mertes Scholarship of the Bonner Kunstverein in 2020. His recent solo and duo exhibitions include Sies+Höke, Caprii, Düsseldorf (2025); Edouard Montassut, Paris (2024); Cell Project Space, London (2023); CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux (with Phung-Tien Phan) (2022), 15 Orient, New York (2022), and Lucas Hirsh, Düsseldorf (2020). His work was shown at Sapieha Palace, Vilnius (2026), 15th Kaunas biennial (2025); Kunsthalle Winterthur (2024); La Sira, Paris (2022); Bonner Kunstverein (2022); Peach, Rotterdam (2021); The Wig, Berlin (2021); Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (2020); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2020); and Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middelburg (2019).