NO. 01
“The Hidden Fire Beneath a Pile of Wood”
Lennox Ahlskog, 17
厝火积薪
Lennox lived in Shanghai for five years and feels a deep connection to China
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羊年绘画比赛
Year of the Goat painting competition 2027An exhibition by the Audi Confucius Institute Ingolstadt
About the exhibition
58 people aged between 5 and 79 painted, drew, collaged and digitally illustrated the goat.
To mark its tenth anniversary, the Audi Confucius Institute Ingolstadt invited everyone to paint, draw, collage or digitally illustrate the goat. Each person could submit one work in portrait format, with their own title and entirely without artificial intelligence.
Some wrote a chengyu into their picture, others looked for the goat in the mountains, in the garden or in a dream. There are fire goats, a goat of the five elements, yin and yang, and an old goat painting her own portrait.
- Dates
- 16 to 30 October 2026
- Opening
- 16 October 2026, with the anniversary celebration
- Venue
- Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
- Opening hours
- same as the THI library
- Works
- 58
- Age
- 5 to 79 years
- Format
- A1 prints on easels
- Selection
- Visitors and jury choose twelve pictures for the 2027 wall calendar
Eighth across the line
In the Chinese calendar, every year bears the name of an animal. There are twelve of them, and they follow each other in a fixed order. An old legend tells that the animals earned their places in a great race. The goat came eighth. Its year begins on 6 February 2027, by the traditional reckoning a year of the fire goat.
- 鼠Rat
- 牛Ox
- 虎Tiger
- 兔Rabbit
- 龙Dragon
- 蛇Snake
- 马Horse
- 羊Goat · 8
- 猴Monkey
- 鸡Rooster
- 狗Dog
- 猪Pig
美 měi · beautiful
Goat or sheep
The character 羊 (yáng) does not distinguish between goat and sheep. Both are meant, and both appear in this exhibition. People born in a year of the goat, such as 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 or 2015, are said to be creative, calm and to have a fine sense of beauty.
How deeply the goat is rooted in the language shows in the character 美 for “beautiful”, which has 羊 at its top. And because 羊 sounds exactly like 阳, the character for light and warmth, the old New Year greeting 三阳开泰 is often written 三羊开泰: three goats bringing luck and a good start. Two works carry this title, No. 34 and No. 35.
The works参赛作品
All works were printed in A1 format and can be seen from 16 to 30 October 2026. The exhibition shows every entry, in alphabetical order by name, with titles in German and Chinese. The numbers are the numbers on the easels.
A warm thank you to everyone who took part. You show how many faces a single animal can have.
NO. 02
No Scapegoat at All
Fee Badenius, 40
非替罪羊也
NO. 03
“The Goat Is Colourful”
Judie Baschin, 47
色彩缤纷的山羊
30 × 30 cm, collage on waste paper
fraupingartwork
NO. 04
Threads of Happiness
Viola Benkenstein, 46
幸福的丝线
Created together with Zimo Wang
NO. 05
Mountaineer
Kristina Benz, 46
登山者
NO. 06
Old Goat. A Self-Portrait
Rosemarie Bernauer, 70
老山羊：一幅自画像
NO. 07
Peaceful Companions
Annika Bien, 28
和睦的伙伴
bien.couleur
NO. 08
Many Roads Lead to the Goal, You Just Have to Dare to Take Them
Kerstin Budde, 43
心之所向，足之所至
Pencil and coloured pencil drawing
NO. 09
Looking into the Evening Sun
Rosemarie Decker, 58
凝望夕阳
NO. 10
The King Goat, Standing for Love, Peace and Success
Aranka Dorotic, 63
象征爱、和平与成功的羊王
NO. 11
Líng
Veronika M. Dutz, 52
灵
Deliberately breaks with the cliché of the purely passive, gentle animal. On the left is the chengyu 羚羊挂角 (líng yáng guà jiǎo), a symbol of absolute mastery. The title 灵 (inspiration, spirit) carries the radical for fire (火) in its lower part.
NO. 12
The Eternal Playground
Svenja Eisele, 36
永恒的游乐场
Charcoal drawing
NO. 13
Happy Goat! (:
Janina Evers, 39
快乐的山羊！
Painted entirely with brush and acrylics
NO. 14
Spring Whispers
Nele Flader, 17
春日低语
NO. 15
Ziega Kahlo
Johanna Freund, 36
山羊卡罗
NO. 16
Carnation Mountains
Karina Fuchs, 27
康乃馨山峦
Coloured pencil on paper
NO. 17
What You Knew
Viktoria Ganswind, 32
你所知道的事
NO. 18
Yin and Yang
Franziska Gerloff, 39
阴与阳
Oil
NO. 19
“Companions on the Way”
Claudia Harbauer, 67
同路人
Health, love, strength, happiness. Monotype collage (Chinese characters)
NO. 20
Between Sky and Rock
Claudia Haskell, 42
天岩之间
NO. 21
Goats Are Great
Brigitte Heck
山羊真棒
2026, 36 × 26 cm, urban sketching
NO. 22
Curiosity
Elisabeth Hetzer, 15
好奇心
2026, oil on canvas, 33 × 33 cm
NO. 23
Mountain Goat
Stephanie Jacoby, 39
高山之羊
NO. 24
The Goats of the Five Elements
Clarissa Jensen, 50
五行之羊
Drawn in pastels on artist paper, original size A4
NO. 25
Towards the Light
Carolin Johann, 23
迎向光明
NO. 26
You Can Do It …
Diane Jordan, 59
你一定能做到……
Never lose sight of your goal
NO. 27
The Path of the Goat
Sabrina Karthun-Strijbos, 45
山羊之径
Girgentana goat in watercolour, decorated with fineliners and edited digitally
NO. 28
Willi
Sylvia Kester, 61
威利
Stubborn? No. Simply strong in character!
NO. 29
Yin & Yang
Nicole Kwaczynska, 29
阴与阳
NO. 30
True Love
Katharina Litkiewicz, 63
真爱
Oil on canvas
NO. 31
Goat Welfare
Alexandra (Xela) Lüddecke, 62
山羊的福祉
NO. 32
Goats on the Stone Path, Stillness in Mountains and Fields
Linlin Luo, 41
羊行石径，山野清宁
NO. 33
Goat Bleat Bleat Bleat
Sibylle Maxheimer, 62
山羊咩咩咩
NO. 34
All Good Things Come in Threes
Jana Marie Mayer, 19
三羊开泰
The characters show the saying 三羊开泰 (sān yáng kāi tài)
NO. 35
San Yang Kai Tai
Michelle Anastasia Mehr-Jüppner, 27
三羊开泰
NO. 36
Fire Goat 2027
Melanie Mohr, 56
2027火羊
NO. 37
“Year of the Goat”
Stefanie Mörk, 62
羊年
NO. 38
“Flora-Oriented Fauna”
Mikkel Muurholm, 46
亲近草木的生灵
A tribute to plant-eating farm animals, with the goat in focus. Acrylic on wood, 2026, approx. 30 × 40
NO. 39
Trust
Nadine Neuhoff, 33
信任
NO. 40
Magic of Colour
Susanne Petzke, 59
色彩的魔力
My picture uses several colours with deep symbolic meaning: gold, silver, yellow, orange, green, turquoise and red. It also shows Chinese lanterns, the goat, the year and a quote by Confucius.
NO. 41
“The One Goat That Blossomed from the Dream …”
Chantal Puffe, 39
那只从梦中绽放的山羊……
A tribute to a poem by Eva-Maria Strittmatter
NO. 42
Hope
Christiane Roos, 56
希望
Watercolour
NO. 43
“Fire Goat”
Monika Runge
火羊
NO. 44
Ilse the Funny Goat
Katica Samleit, 61
快乐的山羊伊尔丝
Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 50 cm
NO. 45
In the Goat’s Garden
Olga Sartison, 33
在山羊的花园里
NO. 46
Crazy Goat
Sandra Schindler, 43
疯狂的山羊
“a little crazy is completely normal”
verschiedenArt
NO. 47
The Guardian of Peace
Eva Schmiederkal, 31
和平的守护者
NO. 48
San Yang
Marianne Schwenger, 65
三羊
Canvas 130/80 cm, acrylic
NO. 49
Here Comes the Goat!
Viktoriya Semenova, 50
山羊来啦！
Digital image (A4), with mixed-media elements
NO. 50
New Little Horns
Marlitt Siebert, 25
新长的小角
Acrylic on wood
NO. 51
The Year of the Goat Awakens
Richard Stoll, 66
羊年苏醒
Picture and poem by me
NO. 52
The Year of the Goat, May It Bring Love, Peace and Happiness
Britta Vogelsang, 63
愿羊年带来爱、和平与幸福
Painted with watercolours and fineliner, mixed media
NO. 53
Nanny Goats · Britta
Britta Weidemann, 55
母山羊 · 布丽塔
NO. 54
“We See Beauty and Are Content”
Michael Wiegand, 61
我们看见美好，便心满意足
70 × 60 cm, acrylic and red chalk on canvas
NO. 55
The Longest Journey Begins with the First Step
Ilse Wittmann, 79
千里之行，始于足下
NO. 56
Bringer of Fire (Lilies)
Yuetong Zhou, 26
带来火（百合）的人
NO. 57
Goat in the Mountains
Milo Ziegler, 5
山中之羊
NO. 58
The Year of the Goat
Susanne (Sanne) Ziesenies, 59
羊年
16 October 2026
The exhibition on the anniversary day
Twelve pictures for 2027
Which pictures do you like best? On the opening day, guests could tick up to twelve pictures on a ballot and drop it into the ballot box.
The twelve pictures for the 2027 wall calendar are chosen by the guests’ votes and the jury’s judgement. We will announce the result after the exhibition ends on 30 October.
得票最多的作品将收录于2027年挂历。
Exhibition catalogue · 展览图录
Browse the catalogue
The catalogue shows every entry, in alphabetical order by name, with titles in German and Chinese. Format 23 × 23 cm, 36 pages.