About me

My name is Lars Rummel.

I am a queer and non-binary artist, curator, and creative producer working at the intersections of painting, installation art, and immersive media formats. My practice is deeply rooted in emotional intuition, audience participation, and a commitment to social impact.

I hold an academic background in Media Culture (MA) as well as Media Studies and Psychology (BA), which has profoundly shaped my understanding of storytelling and audience engagement. For several years, I established and curated the immersive DOK Neuland exhibition and the XR Conference DOK Exchange at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. In these roles, I explored how immersive technologies can tell stories that transcend traditional media boundaries, while also reflecting on the responsibilities of cultural institutions in advocating for human rights.

Over the years, I have collaborated with international institutions such as the Goethe-Institut in Toronto and Beijing, the Institute of Documentary Film in Prague, and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education in Berlin. My curatorial practice is guided by a desire to democratize access to art, foster dialogue between artists and audiences, amplify unheard voices, and challenge established hierarchies within cultural spaces.

I am a self-taught painter and installation artist based in Leipzig, where I have been working as a freelancer since 2022. My artistic work emerges from a deep emotional intuition and operates at the intersection of painting, text, and interdisciplinary installations. My paintings are autobiographical, existing between external and internal references, as I seek to translate emotions into tangible forms. Combining expressionist intensity with surreal imagery, my works oscillate between chaos and structure, reflecting universal questions of identity, pain, and healing.

A recurring theme in my work is the search for healing—whether through processing personal experiences in my paintings or creating resonant spaces for collective co-creation. I aim to connect technology, art, and society, making emotional and political topics tangible while establishing art as a democratic tool for societal change.

For me, art is a bridge between individuals and communities. Art is connection.