Friday, May 1 to Saturday, June 20, 2026
Opening on April 30 at 7 pm, in conjunction with the Berlin Gallery Weekend 2026
Opening times during Gallery Weekend: Friday (May 1) and Saturday (May 2) 11 am - 7 pm, Sunday (May 3) 10 am - 6 pm
The second edition of our annual showcase of outstanding figurative realist art with artists of the gallery and guests. The works shown range from classical figurative painting to disrupted realism and sculpture. Participating artists: Sabatino Cersosimo, Tiana Christie, Clement Loisel, Kathrin Landa, Kerstin Dzewior, Caroline Gates and Sorina von Keyserling (sculpture).
With the second edition of the Salon der Realisten, the C&B Reichert Galerie Berlin presents a group exhibition dedicated to contemporary figurative and realist art. The exhibition opens on Thursday, 30 April 2026 at 7 pm, on the eve of Gallery Weekend Berlin.
The “Salon der Realisten” is an annual exhibition organised by the gallery, bringing together artistic practices that engage in diverse ways with reality, perception and pictorial tradition. The works on display range from classical figurative painting to fragmented, expanded forms of realism, as well as sculpture. What they share is an intense preoccupation with visibility, materiality and the relationship between representation and interpretation.
The exhibition draws on the tradition of historical salons and transposes their concept into the present day: as an open format that allows for diversity and fosters dialogue between different artistic positions. In an age of a digital deluge of images, the “Salon of Realists” makes a conscious statement regarding the enduring relevance of representational art and the practice of painting.
With the second edition of the Salon, the C&B Reichert Gallery is consistently continuing its commitment to contemporary realist positions and establishing the format as a recurring meeting place for collectors, curators and an art-loving public.
Exhibiting Artists
Sabatino Cersosimo
Sabatino Cersosimo (born 1974 in Turin) lives and works in Berlin. In the summer of 2012, he began painting on steel using oxidation, and since then the concepts of time, will and chance have been decisive for the development of his work. In doing so, he must inevitably accept that the process eludes his control. Unpredictability and the consequences of his decisions play a decisive role. His paintings highlight the metamorphic nature of art. Here we witness how a work of art develops, changes and, in some cases, mutates into other forms, much like the elements of nature on our planet.
Tiana Christie
Tiana Christie (b. 1997) is a Jamaican-born painter who lives and works in Berlin. Her figurative paintings offer an intimate and emotional insight into domestic life, interpersonal relationships and spirituality, whilst romantically interweaving elements of nature.
Tiana holds a BFA in Visual Communication – Illustration and Painting from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and an MA in Visual and Experience Design from the University of Europe for Applied Sciences.
Kerstin Dzewior
Kerstin Dzewior (born 1975 in Berlin) is a painter. And she paints women. In her realistically precise paintings, she portrays the childlike innocence, the erotic allure and the graceful form of women. Yet the spaces in which she places her figures remain mysteriously empty. Sometimes she is surrounded by a structure, then it is a glow, or an abyss opens up. Kerstin finds inspiration in everyday situations – in a pose, a gesture that begs to be explored. The artistic process begins with a sketch in acrylic, which is painted over until it feels right. Only then does oil hit the canvas and the separation from the original motif takes place.
Caroline Gates
Caroline Gates (*1997) lives and works in Greenville, South Carolina. In 2021, she completed her studies in painting with an MFA at the New York Academy of Art.
A gentle yet eerie dream logic pervades her tranquil, sparse interiors. Moments seem to hang in limbo – a solitary figure, a scrap of fabric, a shadow that appears to move of its own accord. Gates deconstructs colour not merely to depict, but to psychologise, by shaping shadows into quasi-characters that hint at hidden selves or alter egos. Her paintings resemble film stills from a half-forgotten memory, leaving the viewer in this strange liminal space between presence and absence.
Sorina von Keyserling
Sorina von Keyserling (b. 1972, Frankfurt am Main) is a renowned German sculptor who lives and works in Berlin. Her artistic practice focuses on figurative sculpture and portraiture, and she is particularly known for her realistic and psychologically sensitive depiction of the human form.
The central theme of her work is the human being in their quiet, intimate moments. Von Keyserling does not seek to idealise or embellish, but rather to explore the connection between a person’s inner being and their outward appearance.
Kathrin Landa
Kathrin Landa (born 1980 in Tettnang, Lake Constance district) is a painter and is regarded as a representative of the New Leipzig School. She studied painting and graphic art under Friedemann Hahn at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz, and under Sighard Gille and Annette Schröter at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. Kathrin has lived and worked in Berlin since 2011.
Her works are characterised by the technical precision and preference for representational art typical of the New Leipzig School. An intense engagement with her subjects and, in particular, the ability to convey emotional depth, define Landa’s work to date.
Clément Loisel
Clément Loisel (*1985, Boulogne-Billancourt, F) is a French visual artist known for his realistic oil paintings and charcoal drawings. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 2010.
He studied Fine Art in Montreal at Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).