Hannah Cooke
Born in Munich in 1986, Hannah Cooke’s work deals with structures and social expectations. How can standards be broken down? Upon which power structures are our systems built? Who are its big players? Cooke observes, researches, analyses and creates new associations. Her work often uses humour to encourage you to stop and think. She uses various forms, including performances, installations, photography and video art. Hannah Cooke lives and works in Paris, where she is currently participating in the Cité internationale des arts residency programme.
Artworks
Vita
Diploma in Media Art | Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (GER)
Study of Artistic Research | University of Amsterdam (NLD)
born in Munich (GER)
Awards & Scholarships
Scholarship / Art Fund Foundation
MO_Kunstpreis | Museum Ostwall | Dortmund (GER)
Scholarship | Neustart Kultur Stiftung | Kunstfonds
Art Award of the 25th Karlsruhe Artists' Fair (GER)
Project funding | Neustart Kultur | Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Scholarship for the Promotion of Artistic Practice | Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Project funding | Interdisciplinary funding pot between art and science from the City of Karlsruhe (GER)
Residency, SOLO Quarantine | ato | Karlsruhe (GER)
Mother Art Prize 2018 (Shortlist)
Artist Residency in Motherhood
Prize from the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kunst und Medientechnologie e.V./ZKM for the feminist collective FAK
Exhibitions (selection)
Rebellion des gemeinen Mannes – 500 Jahre Bauernaufstand | Kunsthalle Vogelmann | Heilbronn (GER)
It´s time. To see. To be seen. | Chennai Photo Biennale - Lalit Kala Academy | Chennai (IND)
On the Horizon Care | Mothers*, Warrior, Poets | Gedok Stuttgart (GER)
Motherother | The NewBridge Project | Newcastle (GBR)
How to face Picasso | Kunstmuseum Heidenheim (GER) (Solo show)
Julia Armutt (Régionale 24 ) | Kunsthalle Mulhouse (FRA)
ON/OFF – Questions of Timing | Schau Fenster | Berlin (GER)
Update! Die Sammlung neu sichten | Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe (GER)
Sleepy politics | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AUT)
25. Karlsruher Künstler*innenmesse | Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe (GER)
MO_Kunstpreis 2022 | Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U (GER) (Solo show)
Motherhood | Syker Vorwerk | Syke (GER)
Middlesbrough Art Weekend | Middlesbrough (GBR)
Da werden Weiber zu Hyänen | CC99 | Karlsruhe (GER) (Solo show)
Artist must be beautiful | Regionale 22 | Accélérateur de particules | Strasbourg (FRA)
Mothers, Warriors and Poets* | Kunstverein Wagenhalle | Stuttgart (GER)
Reflecting The Sharing Moment | CAFA (CHN)
Uncurtain | Institut français | Stuttgart (GER) (Solo show) (catalog)
#YaratOnline: Virtual Exhibition | Yarat Contemporary Art Space | Baku (AZE)
60 Days Lockdown Life | LuxelakesA4 Art Museum | Chengdu (CHN) (c)
Ada vs. | Playground London (GBR) (Solo show)
Waving with my phantom limb | Cité internationale des arts Paris (FRA) (Double exhibition)
Mother Art Prize | Mimosa House | London (GBR)
Mitgliederausstellung | Badischer Kunstverein | Karlsruhe (GER)
Perceiving the non human I | Parkhaus im Malkasten Park | Düsseldorf (GER)
Perceiving the non human II | V8 | Karlsruhe (GER)
Beyond | ZKM & HfG | Karlsruhe (GER)
In the Open | Kleine Humboldt Galerie | Berlin (GER)
22. Bundeswettbewerb | Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (GER)
31.2 laufende Meter | Badischer Kunstverein (GER)
Hängung #1 | GersonHöger Galerie | Hamburg (GER)
International Bed-in | Zwischenraum | Karlsruhe (GER)
Olohuonenäyttely | Pengerkatu 19 | Helsinki (FIN)
Regionale 15 | Künstlerwerkstatt L6 | Freiburg (GER)
Means To An End | Cité, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (GER)
Means To An End | D21 | Leipzig (GER)
Means To An End | Kreuzbergpavillon | Berlin (GER)
Regionale 13 | Kunstverein Freiburg (GER)
Déjà-vu? Die Kunst der Wiederholung von Dürer bis YouTube | Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (GER)
Confess giddiness | Galerie Anna Klinkhammer | Düsseldorf (GER)
Carte blanche Artforum – Künstlerkreis Ortenau | Offenburg (GER)
Publications & Catalogs
Caring Infrastructures – Transforming the Arts through Feminist Curating | Hg. Dr Sascia Bailer (P)
Who is afraid of mothers? | Dr. Larissa Kikol | Kunstforum International
Motherhood Hg.: Nicole Giese-Kroner, Syker Vorwerk – Center for Arts and Media
Body of Work, Hg.: FAK | Karlsruhe (GER) (P)
Kunststudentinnen und Kunststudenten stellen aus | Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (GER) (C)
K., Haid-und-Neu-str.6, Hg: Angela Stiegler | Berlin (GER)
Versal 10 | Hg.: Megan M. Garr | Amsterdam (NDL) (P)
Welch schöne Utopie | Wilhelmspalais | Stuttgart (GER) (C)
dOCUMENTA (13) Kritik | Art Studies & Media Theory HfG Edition | Hg.:University of Arts and Design | Karlsruhe (GER) (P)
Artist Talks, Lectures & Panels
Artist Talk | with Mascha Salgado de Matos M. A. | Kunstakademie München (GER)
Panel Discussion "Mothers in and outside of art" | with Anita Singh and Dr. Katharina Görgen | Chennai Photo Biennale | Goethe Institut Chennai (IND)
Artist Talk | Invited by Dr. Yana Prinsloo | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (GER)
Panel discussion | Göttinnen und Fußabstreifer | Kunstmuseum Heidenheim (GER)
Artist Talk | Museum Ostwall (GER)
Podiumsdiskussion | Der Pfad der Künstler*innen — Bedeutung und Aufgabe der Künstler*innen | Nordbecken Atelier | Karlsruhe (GER)
Workshop | Vom Empören zum Empowern | Kunstmuseum Basel (CH)
Artist Talk | PH in der Majolika | Karlsruhe (GER)
Artist Talk & Panel | Elternschaft und Kunstbetrieb Digitale conference | Dresden (GER)
Challenging Collectivity Lecture | Postgraduate Congress of the University of Frankfurt (GER)
Stadt Gestalten/ Creating Cities Lecture | die Anstoß | Karlsruhe (GER)
Panel discussion | Berlinische Galerie (GER)
Artist Talk | Accélérateur de particules | Strasbourg (FRA)
Panel discussion | Kunsthalle Mannheim (GER)
Artist Talk | Vika | Halle (GER)
Artist Talk | Wunder der Prärie | Mannheim (GER)
Artist Talk | Kunstverein Wagenhalle | Stuttgart (GER)
Artist Talk | Institut français | Stuttgart (GER)
Body of Work Lecture | V8 | Karlsruhe (GER)
Body of Work Lecture | Lothringer 13_Florida | Munich (GER)
Press & Interviews
TV Portrait I “Aufstand gegen die Mächtigen – 500 Jahre Bauernkriege” by Kristine Harthauer I SWR Kultur 02/2025 (GER)
Radio Interview | Zeitgenossen with Dietrich Brants | SWR2 02/2024 (GER)
Interview | Picasso is a red flag | Crisp Magazin
TV Interview | “Motherhood”: Muttersein in der zeitgenössischen Kunst | NDR Kultur Journal (GER)
Article | “Das letzte Tabu” | by Larissa Kikol | DIE ZEIT & Courrier International (FRA)
Text „Aggressive Energie umlenken“ | FR7/Frankfurter Rundschau (GER)
Radio Interview | “Frauen in der Kunst – ohne Kind?” | WDR (GER)
Interview | “Der Kunstbetrieb muss elternfreundlicher werden!" | with Ferial Karrasch | Monopol Magazin 04/2021
Interview | “Motherhood and art. Where is the solidarity?” | with Natalie Wichmann | Schirn Kunsthalle 11/2021
Artikel | “Das Kinderlos” | by Antje Stahl | Republik Magazine 11/2021
„Gekommen, um zu bleiben“ | by Hannah Klein | Kunststadt Stadtkunst Zeitschrift 12/2021
Podcast Interview | Irgendwas mit Kunst
Studio visit by Michael Hübl | Badische Neueste Nachrichten (GER)
Teaching & Workshops
Workshop "Who is afraid of mothers?" | Chennai Photo Biennale Goethe Insitut | Chennai (IND)
Lectureship | Macromedia Hochschule Stuttgart
"Caring Resistance" Workshop with Seraphine Meya | Kunstakademie Kassel
"Sleeping Resistance" Seminar by Seraphine Meya and Hannah Cooke | University of Arts and Design | Karlsruhe