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Tina Oelker, geboren 1973 in Hamm-Westfalen, ist eine deutsche Künstlerin mit Wohnsitz in Hamburg. Sie studierte Design und Malerei in New York City und Hamburg. „Durchgang“ in der Milchstrasse und „Hafentor7“ am Hamburger Hafen waren ihre ersten großen öffentlichen Projekte. Ihre „1000 Hasen“ erlangten internationale Aufmerksamkeit und sind als Gesamtwerk bis heute unveröffentlicht. Mit „25 Farben Stockholm“ ist sie wieder in der abstrakten Malerei angekommen. Seit 2021 performed und improvisiert Oelker auch auf größeren Bühnen. Ihre Lyrik und Prosa ergänzen ihr Werk auf abstrakte Weise, ohne es selbst zu erklären. Sie veröffentlicht mit „Hasen und Göttern N° 1, 2001 – 2021“, ihr erstes Künstlerbuch. 2023 folgen die „Arbeitsnotizen einer Malerin“, eine Zusammenfassung ihrer lyrischen Texte, Prosa und Karteikartentexte der letzten 20 Jahre.
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Photo © Karin Elmers / Bier @Lammsbräu
Tina Oelker, born 1973 in Westphalia, is a German artist, based in Hamburg. Her ability to create things from within and to simply dare to do so already characterized her in her youth. Detached from family and other norms, she is constantly reinventing herself and experimenting in various disciplines. Her galleries „Durchgang“ and „Hafentor7“ were her first large and public projects. With the launch of 1000 Hasen Tina gained greater attention. She completed the 1000 originals at the end of 2014 and has been painting abstractly ever since. Both the variety of her hares and her entire repertoire of the last 30 years result in a painting that is entirely her own. She creates a series of vital and powerful paintings in interaction with poetry, prose, concepts and current happenings. The artist often takes up her works again and integrates them into ongoing processes. This results in entire work complexes that she consciously creates and assigns independently of linear time sequences. The artist is often in self-experimentation. As with method acting, Tina captures the themes layer by layer. She then renders them in her abstract way to reveal their authenticity.
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1973 born in Hamm-Westphalia, Germany, lives and works in Hamburg since 1995
1989 – 1994: Evening classes for modern painting, Eckart Wendler, Hamm-Westphalia
1990 – 1994: Exhibition assistance, Federico Schiaffino, Castello Brown, Portofino, Italy
1991 – 1993: Nude drawing as a guest at the University of Applied Sciences and Academy in Cologne and Düsseldorf
1994: The Art Students League of New York, Hillary Holmes Class, NYC, USA
1995: School of Visual Arts, Monica Wellington Class, New York City, USA
1998 – 2004: HAW-Hamburg, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg
(Prof. Ryoram Merose, Prof. Klaus Waschk, Prof. Hartmut Gudenau,
Prof. Michael Lingner (HfbK), Prof. Franz Erhard Walther (HfbK))
2004: Diploma Design, On the Hare Hunt – The Hare as a Motif in Art and Culture
2003 – 2005: Durchgang, producer gallery, Milchstrasse 21 A, Hamburg (founder and curator)
2010 – 2014: Hafentor7, producer gallery, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (founder and curator)
2007 – 2014: 1000 Hasen Manufacture, Hamburg (production)
2015 – 2025: 25 Farben Stockholm (production)
2022: Die Kryptiker (co founder and curator)
2008 – Art Award AIR, Artist in residence, Gershwin Art Hotel NYC, USA
2010 – 1st prize, Noble Design Project, Hamburg, Germany
2022 – 1st prize, Art Empire Award, online
2024 – Art´partment, Berlin (groupshow) | Kryptiker @ Art Artist, Düsseldorf (curator/group) | Transitions, The Space, Hamburg (group) | Gesellschaftsabend N° 28, Klippkroog, Hamburg (solo/tartistalk) | Everyone but Caspar, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg (group) | 2023 – Arbeitsnotizen einer Malerin, 2003 – 2023 (publication) | Shaped by time, The Space Hamburg (group) | Eisige Versionen, Barlachhalle K, Hamburg (group) | Sense of belonging, The Space, Hamburg (group) | Waves, The Space, Hamburg (group) | Kryptiker, Salon an der Redoute, Bonn (curator/group) | 2022 – 2nd Edition, Art Empire (online) | Co-founder of the artist group, Die Kryptiker (The Cryptics) | Tina Oelker Secretariat, 150 Years Fritz Hansen, Design Museum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (performance) | Tina Oelker Secretariat, Jazz and the City, Salzburg, Austria (performance) | Pandora ́s Box, Maximilianpark, Hamm Westf. (solo) | Art is a matter of the mind, kunstgruppe plan B, Künstlerforum Bonn (group) | Pandora ́s Box, Galerie OBEN, Hamburg (solo) | # Ikonen, Galerie OBEN, Hamburg (solo) | 2021 – Search therapy center outside Berlin, Elmshorn (project) | Die Bank, indoor mural in a former bank branch, Worms, Germany (project)
2020 – Veracity Report Part 2 (online) | 2019 – West of where the sun goes down, No Man ́s Art Gallery, Amsterdam (groupshow) | 2018 – Gesellschaftsspiel @ David Peterman ́s Love Podium, Klosterfelde Edition, Berlin (performance) | Explorer, Views of art, Sir Hotel, Hamburg (ongoing project) | 2017 – Veracity Report (project) | 2016 – Gesellschaftsabende (ongoing project) | The banquet of the 7 wise men, interdisciplinary installation, Alte Münze, Spreewerkstättem, Berlin (solo) | 2015 – The world is a pineapple and a hare lives in it, Spreewerkstätten, Alte Müntze, Berlin (solo) | Peng!, Kunst im Komm, Wolfenbüttel, Germany (group) | 2014 – Shooting festival reloaded, Closing event, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (curator) | Black Arts Club, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (solo) | Macht, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (curator) | Das Leporello, radioplay and shortfilm, Hafentor7, Hamburg | Das Leporello, radioplay and shortfilm, Chelsea Apt., New York City, USA (premiere) | 2013 – The Waitingroom, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (solo) | Black Arts Club, Hafentor7, Hamburg (solo) | Position. BBK, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg (group) | # 500, 1000 Hasen, Hafentor7, Hamburg (solo) | 2012 – N° 5, No Man ́s Art Gallery, Paris, France (group) | Tag des offenen Oberhafens, Oberhafenquartier, Hamburg (curator) | Punkte und Pixel, Hafentor7, Hamburg (co curator) | Double Truuble, Tal R, Daniel Richter and Werner Büttner class + graduates of academy of art Vienna, Hamburg and Düsseldorf @ Hafentor7, Hamburg (co curator) | City Hares, Hafentor7, Hamburg (solo) | 2011 – Eiskeller, Tal R class @ Hafentor7 (co curator) | Red Russian Ballroom, Hafentor7, Hamburg (curator) | Bloody Marriage, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (solo) | Oelker + Schiaffino, Believe, Hafentor 7, Hamburg | Oelker + Schiaffino, From Port to Port, Hafentor 7, Hamburg | No Man´s Art Gallery @ Hafentor7, Hamburg (group) | # 400, 1000 Hasen, Hasenmanufaktur Hamburg (solo)
2010 – Wild bleibt wild, Hafentor7, Hamburg (solo) | 1000 Hasen, Kunstbetrieb 7, Ludwigsburg, Germany (solo) | Hasenjagd, KunstRaum Hamm (solo) | Frappant, Open Air Filmfestival, Hamburg (group) | 2009 – The European Hare, Alp Gallery, New York City, USA (group) | European Hare, Gershwin Art Hotel, New York City, USA (solo) | Wild, Galerie Forum, Bialystok, Poland (solo) | 2008 – Let‘s Beuys – LOMU, Skam e. V., Hamburg (group) | Replacement, Kunstverein Hamm, Hamm-Westf. (solo) | Das Jagdzimmer, Schloss Ippenburg, Bad Essen (solo) | Bilder- und Liederabende mit Manuel Klein, Poolstr., Hamburg | 2007 – Jagdgesellschaft, Kulturparlament Soest e. V., Morgnerstiftung, Soest (group) | Animalia, Museum Kamen, Kamen (solo) | 2006 – Schützenfest, Frise – Künstlerhaus, Hamburg (group) | Homerun, KunstRaum Hamm (solo) | The Wedding Plan, Projekt B-22, Hamburg (solo) | Ball-of-Fame, Umspannwerk, Berlin (group) | Deer Devine, Lunalanding, B-22 group, sculpture@City Nord, Hamburg | 2005 – Schwimmer, Galerie Hafen + Rand, Hamburg (solo) | Grenzenlos, Kunstverein Plauen, Plauen, (group) | Mund zu Mund Befruchtung, Park Group, Hamburg (solo) | Live Painting , Camel-Circle Projekt, Peute, Hamburg | 2004 – Beautiful People Performance, 23 cr Gallery, London, England (group) | Kommunikative Materialversammlung, Durchgang, Hamburg (curator) | Wild!, Die Wohnung/Wedding, Lange Nacht der Museen, Berlin (solo) | Cum grano salis, Durchgang, Hamburg (curator) | Viewing appointment, Kontorhaus, Gängeviertel, Hamburg (curator) | Supermarkt, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg (group) | 2003 – Shooting festival, Durchgang, opening event (curator) | b present , Pinasberg, St. Pauli, Hamburg (solo) | Freiräumen, Schwankhalle, Junges Theater Bremen (performance) | 2001 – Amok 2001, index, Hamburg (group)
2000 – 24 brennt, private call, Hamburg (solo) | Mystik and Erotic, Erotic Art Museum, Hamburg (solo) | 1998 – Live Painting, Schmidts Tivoli Theater, Hamburg | Living People, Erotic Art Museum, Hamburg (performance) | Mystik und Erotik, Galerie Arterie, Hamburg (solo) | 1996 – Life Painting, La Cage, Reeperbahn, Hamburg (performance) | Naked Lunch Hommage, Tempelhof, Hamburger Berg 12, Hamburg | 1995 – Top hat and the red coat, Tunnel and Club USA, New York City, USA (performance) | 1990 – Die Bürde der Nachtfische (The burden of the night fish), Hapag-Lloyd Galerie, Hamm-Westf. (solo)
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