Vernissage - Peter Rigney & Nicola Sczersputowski

A new month, a new exhibition! We’re excited to invite you to the opening of our FKKB members Peter Rigney and Nicola Sczersputowski’s exhibition at the FKKB Gallery in Hotel Berlin, Berlin.Alongside the works displayed in the gallery, you can also look forward to Nicola’s mural and Peter’s new sculptural installation, Lessons for the Next Planet.

Come by! Admission is free, and no registration is necessary. Both artists will be present.

Peter Rigney 

For Peter Rigney, Berlin is part of the personal narrative woven into the fabric of his art. His work reflects the complex interplay of autobiographical and historical threads that shape this vibrant metropolis.

Born in 1972 in the American Sector of West Berlin to a Pan Am pilot, Peter left the city before he could consciously appreciate it. However, he returned at the age of eight, reconnecting with his Berliner roots. After his family's relocation back to California following Pan American Airlines' bankruptcy in the early '90s, Peter remained in the city to pursue a lifelong exploration of creativity.

Rigney's visual art is part of a broader artistic journey that encompasses text, language, spoken word, and music. Fueled by an intrinsic desire to create, he merges these diverse channels to express his unique perspective. 

Nicola Sczersputowski

Before 2020, Nicola Sczersputowski focused solely on oil painting and later explored screen printing. In her current work, she has expanded her techniques, moving from traditional cross-stitch to a more dynamic approach that mirrors the fluidity of brush strokes and drawing.

Now, her large-scale stitching is combined with screen-printed collages of overdrawn photographs. While her earlier oil paintings featured gold leaf details (as in “Holy Whore”), her new pieces incorporate neon color contrasts and subtle graphic accents through embroidery.

The motifs are derived from staged photo shoots (“Viola,” “Whores’ Glory”) or spontaneous street photography (“Subway”). The theme revolves around self-determined women at the brink of youth and adulthood, capturing both the promise of the future and the ambiguity of potential setbacks.