Hanna Mattes
b. 1980, Germany
Hanna Mattes (b.1980, Munich, Germany), studied Fine Arts at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and Linguistics at Freie Universität zu Berlin. With an interest in that which lies beyond optical capture – be this screen or lens, the filmic or the celestial – Hanna takes photographic processes as a point of departure. Through different modes of direction and documentation, her work expands fantasies, creating multiverses, where a viewer is led to question notions of ‘real’ and ‘fallacy.’ Select exhibitions include: Take Me To That Landscape, live online performance with David Rothenberg for K. Verlag at Printed Matter New York Art Book Fair (2021); 20x20, WEB, Berlin (2020); Cooking for the Apocalypse, curated by Jack Faber, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (2020); Three Pieces, Gallery Lauwer, The Hague (2020); Macrodoser, with Anna Steinert, Salon Gallery, Berlin (2019); B, Belmacz, London (2019); The Cosmic Sublime, curated by Lumen Studios, Pie Factory Margate, London (2019); Stromlinien, Interaudio, Berlin (2019); Astronomia, Arte e Religione, with Lumen Residency in Atina, Italy (2018); Wild Encounters, curated by La Wayaka Current, Guest Projects, London (2018); If I Was Your Girlfriend - A Jam, Belmacz, London (2018); Searching for the Cold Spot, Belmacz, London (2017); Collectivism - Collectives and their quest for value, Foam, Amsterdam (2017); On the Distant Horizon, curated Joe Wolek, BLAM, Los Angeles (2016); InterKontinental, Belmacz, London (2016); Carbon Content, curated by Marc Philip van Kempen, Kreuzbergpavillion, Berlin (2015); Atelier von Soßenberg - 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin (2015) The Nutcracker, Belmacz, London (2014); Plastic Poetics, Salon Mutlu, Berlin (2014); Circus TM, Belmacz, London (2014); Encounter, with Pim Leenen, ACF – Amsterdam Centre for Photography (2013); Light / Colours, Huis Marseille – Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (2013); 48 Stunden Neukölln, Kohleladen, Berlin (2012); She Views Herself – Emerging Women Artists and the Self-Portrait, Bank Oddo, Paris (2012); Day for Night, LMCC, New York (2011); To The Netherlands, Diplomat Gallery, Philadelphia (2011); New York, New York, Open Atelier, Kohleladen, Berlin (2011); Digitaal? Analoog!, Huis Marseille – Museum voor Photography, Amsterdam (2010); Theater & Fotografie, Galerie Kampl, Munich (2010); Fleetstreet – Tagebuch eines Theaters, Fleetinsel, Hamburg (2009); Work in Progress – Het Proces, Amsterdam Centre for Photography (2008); Cheap Like Wow!, UAMO Festival, Kunstarkaden Munich (2008); Aan de rand, Gallery Aan de Wand, Amsterdam (2007); Contrasten Fotomanifestatie Gouda, Stadsgalerie Gouda (2006); een selectie - eindexamen Fotografie, Amsterdam Centre for Photography (2006). Hanna lives and works in Berlin and Amsterdam.