Statement

Simone Karl‘s work explores the relationship between the
objectsof disposable society characterized by overconsumption
and producers, consumers, people, spaces and the environment.

She deals with a religion of plastic that turns artificial objects
into highly desirable objects of pleasure and throws them away
in the next moment. The abundance of plastic and the constant
new purchase have created a layer of garbage, which is
increasingly coming into the spotlight of our time - like a silent parallel society of trash.

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The sculptures, installations and objects of Simone Karl are developing out of the tracks of this society of plastic. They emancipate themselves and face the viewer as expansive personalities in a material afterlife. An inanimate object
becomes an organism to which something unpleasantly independent and mobile is attached. A second life, detached
from purpose and human needs, emerges and becomes a
self-reflective system.

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The origin of the objects used always plays a central role.
Growing up in a family of traditional craftsmen, material, form
and purpose are essential means of communication for the
artist - a language of body experience that can function beyond spoken languages.

The finished works move between irony, provocation, sensuality
and a quiet seriousness. The installative and sculputral work is always a process that arises from the exploration of (non) places, cities and situations. A process that continues in the reflection during the exhibition while the works are charged by the conversations and impressions of the visitors.

Scholarships

2020 Was zählt!, project funding, Claussen-Simon-Stiftung

2020 Kunst kennt keinen Shutdown, project funding, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung

2020 #takecare, project funding, Fonds Darstellende Künste

2019/2021 Studio scholarship at Mümmelmannsberg, Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg

2018/2019 Annual scholarship stART.up, Claussen-Simon-Stiftung

2014 Project scholarship, HAW Hamburg

Residencies

2021 Goyki 3 Art Inkubator, Sopot (PL)

2019 REFUGIUM, Presidio da Trafaria, Trafaria/Lisbon (PRT)

2019 Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Worpswede (DE)

2018 Layerjeva hiša, Kranj (SVN)

2012 Associazione Progetto Turistico Civitella d’Agliano (IT)

Awards

2020 Anfachen Award (DE)

2019 Nominated for the Blooom award, Dusseldorf (DE)

2019 Winner of the Art-in-Architecture competition, Bodenheim (DE)

2018 Nominated for the art award of the city Fürstenwalde (DE)

2018 Winner of the "Construct Deconstruct" competition, Forward Festival (AT/CH)

2017 Collage award of the Willi Münzenberg Forum Berlin (DE)

2014 :output Award (DE)

2014 Winner of the "Mut zu Wut" poster competition (DE/GB)

Teaching Experience

2021

Ideenfindung - oder: wie man beim Spaziergehen den heiligen Gral findet, Claussen-Simon-Stiftung

2019

Huldigung des Unscheinbaren, Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Stadtteilschule Mümmelmannsberg

Solo/Duo Exhibitions

2022

hungry eyes, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE) 

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2021

en theos, Altes Rathaus Fürstenwalde (DE) 

Schichtarbeit, MOM Art Space, Hamburg (DE)

Somatisches Bauen, Vorwerkstift, Hamburg (DE)

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2020

hungry eyes (Screening), Westwerk, Hamburg (DE) 

Liaison, Kunstverein Erlangen (DE) 

Fass das nicht an, Altes Zollamt Rothenburgsort (DE) 

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2018

Der stille Organismus, Einzelabfertigung, Hamburg (DE)

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2015


add art, vangard, Hamburg
 (DE)

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2014

Inkarnation, Weinerei Nürnberg (DE)

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2021

Collecting Yourself/Notizen des Sammelns, Galerie im Marstall Ahrensburg, Ahrensburg (DE) 

[.] weiter.machen, Kunsthaus, Hamburg (DE)

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2020

Anfachen Award, Winner exhibition - Hamburg 

Fass das nicht an - Altes Zollamt Rothenburgsort, Hamburg (DE) 

Körper - ORi, Berlin (DE) 

2019

SHIFT - beyond the binary, Frappant, Hamburg (DE)

Collagistas Festival, Maison du Peuple de Saint Gilles, Brüssel (BEL)

Position/Forum, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg (DE)

KAOS International Festival Of Contemporary Collage, Layerjeva hiša, Kranj (SVN)

Neue Einheit, Raum linksrechts, Hamburg (DE)

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2018


Mann fällt in Loch, weil er denkt, dass es sei Kunst, Kraftwerk Bille, Hamburg (DE)

9. Miniatur in der bildenden Kunst, Kunstgalerie Altes Rathaus Fürstenwalde (DE)

New Rave, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg (DE)

KAOS International Festival Of Contemporary Collage, Layerjeva hiša, Kranj (SVN)

HAARPR8, Atelier der Kosmonauten, Berlin (DE)

disappear, Edel Extra, Nürnberg (DE)

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2017

Was nützen Ihnen die Tatsachen? Wenn sie nicht wissen, was sie damit anfangen sollen, Willi Münzenberg Forum, Berlin (DE)


Konnexion, Raum linksrechts, Hamburg (DE)


Collagistas Festival, Stecca 3.0, Mailand
 (IT)

Moon Exhibition, Alte Kongresshalle, München (DE)

2016 


add art, Schipper Company, Hamburg
 (DE)

Hexagon, Galerie Supplement, Göttingen
 (DE)

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2015

Rundgang, Finkenau, Hamburg
 (DE)

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2014


Sommerkollektion, Quelleversandhaus, Nürnberg
 (DE)

Mut zur Wut 2014, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Berlin, London (UK/DE)

London
Queer Ass Unicorn Festival, K4 Nürnberg
 (DE)

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2013

Werkschau der Absolventinnen, TH Nürnberg (DE)

Catalogues/Books

2021

noli me tangere, catalogue

Collecting yourself/Notizen des Sammelns, catalogue

en theos, catalogue

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2020

Wir haben uns an eine Welt gewöhnt. Wir gehen in eine andere über., artist book

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2019

REFUGIUM, catalogue

SHIFT - beyond the binary, catalogue

KAOS International Festival Of Contemporary Collage, catalogue

Collagistas Festival, catalogue
Position.Forum/Ausstellung, catalogue

Worpswede 2019, catalogue

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2018


Mann fällt in Loch, weil er denkt, es sei Kunst, catalogue

9. Miniatur in der bildenden Kunst, catalogue

KAOS International Festival Of Contemporary Collage, catalogue

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2017

Der stille Organismus, catalogue

Posture Magazine, Issue 4, feature

Beautiful Monsters, Collagistas Festival, catalogue

MAKING THE CUT Vol.1 - Worlds best collage artists, art book

2016 


Bruderherz, artist book

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2015

add art vangard, catalogue

Indie Magazine, Issue 47, magazine

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2013

Kuboshow Messe für junge Kunst, catalogue

Ich bin es nicht. Ich bin´s., artist book