ABOUT
HANNAH KUHLMANN (B. 1989, COLOGNE, GERMANY) CREATES CONCEPTUAL OBJECTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOMESTIC LIFE, SCULPTURE, AND LIGHT. HER PRACTICE CENTERS ON METAL, WHICH SHE APPROACHES NOT AS A PURELY STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, BUT AS AN INTIMATE, TACTILE MEDIUM — CONCEIVED AS ADORNMENT FOR A ROOM RATHER THAN AS FURNITURE IN THE CONVENTIONAL SENSE. HER OBJECTS OCCUPY SPACES QUIETLY, YET WITH A DISTINCT SENSE OF AUTONOMY AND PRESENCE.
QUESTIONING IDEALS OF INDUSTRIAL PERFECTION AND SERIAL UNIFORMITY, KUHLMANN CONCEIVES HER WORKS AS COMPANIONS RATHER THAN PRODUCTS. CUT, FOLDED, BENT, AND ASSEMBLED, SHEET METAL IS TREATED MUCH LIKE A PATTERN OR GARMENT: A SURFACE THAT WRAPS, DRESSES, OR FRAMES SPACE. SUBTLE SHIFTS, SEAMS, AND TRACES OF FABRICATION REMAIN VISIBLE, ALLOWING THE PROCESS TO STAY PRESENT WITHIN THE FINISHED OBJECT.
EACH PIECE IS CRAFTED BY HAND IN HER COLOGNE STUDIO AND EXISTS IN SMALL, LIMITED SERIES. THROUGH A MAKING PROCESS AKIN TO TAILORING, KUHLMANN EMBRACES IRREGULARITIES AND MATERIAL RESISTANCE, ALLOWING FORM TO EMERGE THROUGH NEGOTIATION RATHER THAN CONTROL. THE RESULTING OBJECTS OSCILLATE BETWEEN FUNCTION AND ORNAMENT, EVOKING A QUIET INTIMACY AND INVITING A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF THE MUNDANE AND THE EVERYDAY.
KUHLMANN HOLDS A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DESIGN FROM THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MAASTRICHT.
UNTIL 2025, SHE WORKED UNDER THE NAME STUDIO KUHLMANN.
ADDRESS
HARTWICHSTRAßE 101
D–50733 COLOGNE
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
CONTACT
INSTAGRAM: @STUDIOKUHLMANN
MAIL: HALLO@HANNAHKUHLMANN.HK
WHATS APP: +49 174 69 4343 1
REPRESENTATIONS
ST.VINCENTS
ANTWERP, BELGIUM
> WWW.STVINCENTS.CO
JAQUELLINE SULLIVAN GALLERY
WALKER STREET, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
> WWW.JAQUELINESULLIVANGALLERY.COM
OIGALL PROJECTS
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
> WWW.OIGALLPROJECTS.COM
UPCOMING SHOWS
2026 – “Die Senkrechte”, Katie Eva Gaj, Colonia-Haus, Cologne, Germany
2026 – “Future Object”, Oigall Projects, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne, Australia
2026 – “Meet me in the Middle”, St Vincents, Antwerp, Belgium
PAST SHOWS
2025 – “IN YEARNING”, Cour Space, Antwerp, Belgium
2025 – “bye bye bridging”, Bridging Cologne, Lisa Klosterkötter & Elena Malzew, Cologne, Germany
2025 – “Forward Furniture”, Liv Vaisberg, DDW, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2025 – “ELYSIUM”, The goodliving, Warschau, Poland
2025 – “Vol 02 Gesture of Becoming”, Forma Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2025 – “like a river, grief wants to move and flow”, Nada Rosa & Joanne Selinar, Q18, Cologne, Germany
2025 – “near, far, wherever you are”, Bureau Fomo, Vienna, Austria
2025 – “Dom Kuracyjny”, Objekt Gallery, Warschau, Polen
2025 – “All my friends are designers”, Cour Space, Antwerp, Belgium
2025 – “The semiotics of dressing”, Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery, New York, United States
2025 – “Superspatial x Comune”, Milan, Italy
2025 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 9”, Collectible Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2025 – “Born with a silver spoon”, softpower e.v., Berlin, Germany
2025 – “FORMPHILIA”, COR Space, Paris, France
2024 – “Apophotera”, Group Show, 101PS, Cologne, Germany
2024 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 8”, Nho Girl , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2024 – “Trash”, Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria
2024 – “Daisy Dream”, Live Lab Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany
2024 – “St Vincents X Mihal”, Collectible Fair, New York, United States
2024 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 7”, Collectible Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2024 – “LUCID DREAMS” – Solo Show, St Vincents, Antwerp, Belgium
2024 – “Woodland”, Schloß Hollenegg, Hollenegg, Austria
2023 – “Apophotera”, Group Show, 101PS, Cologne, Germany
2023 – “The Alligator and the Bird”, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2023 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 6, Cour Space, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 – “FARM”, Workshop/Group Exhibition, Hofgut Rimpertsweiler, Rimpertsweiler, Germany
2023 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 5”, VRB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2023 – “Planters”, Group Exhibtion, Cour Space, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 – “The Room I walk the line”, Forma Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2023 – “Lampen & Leuchten”, Group Show, Rinde am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany
2023 – “The Ephemeral Resident”, St Vincents at Collectible Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2023 – “Werkstück / Piece of Work”, Group Exhibition, Gold+Beton, Cologne, Germany
2022 – “Apophotera”, Group Show, 101PS, Cologne, Germany
2022 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 4”, Group Show, Reform, Cologne, Germany
2022 – “Ding Ding”, Group Show, Design Week Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2022 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 3”, Group Show, Orfevre Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 – “FROM EAST TO WEST” – Groupshow, Schloss Holleneg, Holleneg, Austria
2022 – Limburg Biennale, “Pigeon Fountain”, Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2022 – “BLOW SHOP Vol. 2”, Group Show, 101PS, Cologne, Germany
2022 – MULTILOGUE digital – Groupshow, Mouches Volantes, Cologne, Germany
2022 – MULTILOGUE analog – Workshop Exhibition, Gold+Beton, Cologne, Germany
2021 – GENIUS LOCI – Groupshow, Kloster Stuben, Bremm, Germany
2021 – Residency, De Meltkamer, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2021 – “New traditions”, St Vincents, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 – Limburg Biennale, “Bob’s Fountain”, Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2020 – “Speculum”, 101PS, Cologne, Germany
2020 – “New tradition”, Adorno, digital
2020 – PASSAGEN, “Pantheon Phantasma”, Alte Feuerwache, Cologne Germany
2020 – PASSAGEN, “Pantheon Phantasma Dependance”, Gold+Beton, Cologne Germany
2020 – PASSAGEN, “Agglomerat”, Hallmackenreuther, Cologne Germany
2019 – “Apophotera”, Hallmackenreuther, Cologne Germany
2019 – “POP UP Yoga²”, POP68, Cologne, Germany
2019 – Elisabeth Strouven Fonds, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2019 – ART COLOGNE, KUNSTGRUPPE‚ "Wer kann, der soll", Salon Schmitz, Cologne, Germany
2019 – Aggregat", Kunsthaus Rhenania/Werft5, Cologne, Germany
2019 – PASSAGEN, “SHINE” by Embracing Exchange, Galerie Palme–Vogelsang, Cologne, Germany
2019 – “Studio Kuhlmann x grünblaugrauinterieur” grünblaugrauinterieur, Cologne, Germany
2018 – Dutch Design Week, “SHINE” by Embracing Exchange, YKSI, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2018 – PASSAGEN‚ "Homo Ludens", Kunsthaus Rhenania/Werft5, Cologne, Germany
2017 – Dutch Design Week‚ "Studio Kuhlmann", Sectie C, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2016 – "Spaces of Desire" PILOT project space, Cologne, Germany
2015 – Dutch Design Week‚ "Change of State", Sectie C, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2015 – Salone del Mobile, "Slow City", Mafad, Ventura Lambrate, Milano, Italy
2015 – "THE REALM OF HYPERNOVA", Atelier am Bahngleis, Cologne, Germany
2014 – Art Basel, Depot Basel, "Craft & Bling Bling", Basel, Swiss
2014 – Fashionclash, "The Clash Project", Maastricht, The Netherlands
2013 – Salone del Mobile, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, "Hygiene", Ventura Lambrate, Milano, Italy
PRESS
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https://www.creative.nrw.de/news/artikel/hannah-kuhlmann.html
https://www.welt.de/icon/design/article172455032/IMM-Cologne-Neuigkeiten-von-der-Design-Week-in-Koeln.html
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