VITA

Livia Hanson is known for her experimental and transdisciplinary art, expressed in various media such as performance, installation, painting, and video. A central theme in her work is the question of identity and gender, particularly in relation to queer identities and feminist perspectives. She often critically engages with prevailing notions of gender roles and beauty ideals, creating space for alternative narratives and perspectives. Her artworks are often very sensual and take the viewer on an journey that can be both challenging and uplifting.

In 2023, she has been nominated for the "A New Gaze 4 - Vontobel Contemporary Photography Prize."

She began to study art at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts in Kiel, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication Design with a focus on Photography. She then deepened her knowledge at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig, studying Photography under the guidance of Prof. Tina Bara and Prof. Joachim Brohm, eventually graduating with a diploma in 2021. To broaden her artistic and personal horizons internationally, she also studied for a year as a scholarship recipient of the DFJW (German-French Youth Office) at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie - ENSP Arles and at the Villa Arson in Nice, France.

Livia Hanson lives and works as a freelance artist in Leipzig, Germany.
Since 2022, she is the artistic assistant to Jörg Gläscher.

EXHIBITIONS

2023

- SLUG, Leipzig // May 2023

- R.A.R.O Ateliers, Buenos Aires (ARG)

2021

- Diplom Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts HGB // October 2021 // Leipzig (DE)

- Diplom Presentation at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts HGB // September 2021 // Leipzig (DE)

- Forum for contemporary photography // Artist Portraits // PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award 2021

with Evelyn Richter, Pan Walter & Cihan Cakmak // March 2021 // Dresden (DE)

- A&O Kunsthalle // Building Bodies Exhibition // 12-28.03 2021 // Leipzig (DE)

- Open studios at the Academy of Fine Arts HGB // April 2021 // Leipzig (DE)

- Kunstverein - art gluchowe e.V. // Schloss Forderglauchau - Glauchau (DE)

2020

- Bezüge II, Konnektor - Forum der Künste // 5. und 6.09.2020 // Hannover (DE)

- 'Translating Art, Ein Kunstspaziergang' // 17.07. - 12.08.2020 // a project of Interaction Leipzig e.V. Leipzig (DE)

- Open studios at the Academy of Fine Arts HGB, Leipzig (DE)

- Fos-sur-terre II // 14.-28.01.2020 // L’Artothèque Miramas (FR)

with Lewis Baltz, Gabriele Basilico, John Davies et Jean-Louis Garnell

2019

- Work in Progress // July 2019 // Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles (FR)

- Espace Van Gogh Arles (FR)

- Open studios at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, HGB Leipzig (DE)

2018

- Little Big Galerie Arles (FR)

- project space Obrońców Stalingradu 17 in Szczecin (PL)

- Artlake Festival, Lichterfeld-Schnacksdorf (DE)

- Feel-Festival, Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf (DE)

- A room that Gallery, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig (DE)

- Open studios at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, HGB Leipzig (DE)

2016

- One Page Gallery, München (DE)

- Open studios at Academy of Fine Arts Kiel (DE)

2015

- Open studios at Academy of Fine Arts Kiel (DE)

2012

- Gallery Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)

PROJECTS

2021 Jonathan Bruns, Translation Project Documentation, University of Fine Arts Berlin (DE)

Since 2019 Member of the Fotobus community by Christoph Bangert (DE)

2019 Participation at the movie “L'auberge de jeunesse”, Julien Carreyn, Misa Films, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)

Cooperation with Julien Carreyn and Extramentale Arles (FR)

2018 IN TIME / with Stefan Riebel in cooperation with the Academy of Art in Szczecin (PL)

2018 Requiem for Lumumba, Carsten Saeger, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig (DE)

2012 Kunstlabor, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (DE)