ARTIST STATEMENT
My work at the moment consists mainly of drawings on paper and textile objects. One topic I’m dealing with at the moment is my physicality.
In the work “MAY I TOUCH U HERE?” it is important to me that saying NO is also a welcome option. And which leaves open where and how the touch can take place. The questions that interest me are:
Where does physical contact begin? What is important to me about it?
How can I express this artistically without falling into heteronormative clichés.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
1971* born in Northern Germany
1992-94 studied free art at the HfBK, Hamburg
1994-99 studied library sciences at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, diploma
1999-2004 studied illustration and design at the HAW, Hamburg
with Prof. Anke Feuchtenberger and Prof. Eun Nim Ro, diploma
Since 2004 artist in Hamburg
2022 Honorable Mention, Ida Dehmel Prize 2022
2021 Admission to the BBK Hamburg
2020 residency grant at the Kuenstlerhaus Lauenburg/Elbe
2019 Admission to the GEDOK Hamburg
Exhibitions (selection)
2023
FleischesLust (G), Galerie der GEDOK Hamburg, Hamburg
Jetzt. Alle (G), Jahresausstellung BBK Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg
2022
Teamwork (G), Schloss Agathenburg
stay. strong. resilient. (G), Jahresausstellung BBK Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg
2021
Da ist ein Kräck in allem: mit Erich Gruber (K) Galerie Petra Seiser, Schörfling am Attersee, Österreich
GRUWING, Galerie Petra Seiser, PARALLEL VIENNA, Österreich
2020
SALLY SAID SOMETHING WENT WRONG (E,K), Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe
2018
Room of One’s Own (G), Kunstverein Haus 8, Kiel
2017
Hell, das sind die anderen (G), Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
2014
Mad Girl’s Love Song (G), Stadtgalerie Lauenburg
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE IT’S EASY (G), Galerie 21, Vorwerkstift, Hamburg
2013
I Shut my Eyes and You are dead (G), Frappant Galerie, Hamburg
2012
verschiedene würmer haben einen konflikt (E), kunstNah, Hamburg
2011
Zugpferde, SchauRaum Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
2009
Emmänan Tietokirja (P–Z), Hinterkonti, Hamburg
2007
Octagon and Personal Effects (G), Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2006
I know you, but you don’t know me (G), Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, US
© Susanne Mewing