* 1990 Chironico (CH)
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Maya Hottarek’s artistic practice focuses on articulating the complex interactions between the individual, society and the economy. The connection to human nature is one of the most fundamental aspects in her work. By relating everyday life, her practice adresses the simplicity of complex subject areas, leading to new insights in notions of perception and conceptions of reality.
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Hottarek’s comprehensive installations make use of various materials, including ceramics, collages, manual printing processes and found objects. Sound and video are often used to connect elements of her scupltural installations.
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After completing her Bachelor’s degree at the HKB in Bern and a Master’s degree at the Institute of Art, Gender and Nature in Basel (FHNW) she has showcased her work in numerous exhibitons, including LISTE Art Fair Basel, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunstmuseum Appenzell and at CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel.
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Maya Hottarek lives and works in Biel (CH).
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Awards
2018 Prix Kunstverrein Biel, CH
2019 Prix Anderfuhren, CH
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Solo- and Duo Exhibitions
2023 Soft Radiation, MiArt with A.Romy, Milano IT
Sum of its parts, A.Romy, Zurich CH
2021 Oxidiced niche, Liste art Fair, Basel, CH
2021 Petri dish dream, A.Romy Gallery, Zurich, CH
Isomorphous Drip, Krone/Couronne, Biel, CH 2019 Sextoys for Alien, Ballostar Mobile, Bern, CH
Autopoiesis, Lokal Int, Biel, CH
Geh, umarme einen Baum, Pleasure Zone, Basel, CH 2018 Hotspring, Testdrive, Nicosia, CY
IG HUL, O.T Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, CH 2016 Ordinary Schmand Ceremonie, Lootyland, Biel, CH 2015 VIP Club, Site Hospitalise, Belleley, CH
South, Vorie, Biel, CH
Sturmfluten, Espace Libre, Biel, CH 2012 Fall Deep Blue, Lokal Int, Biel, CH
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Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2024 Les Utopiste magnetique, MBAL, Le Locle, CH
tba, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, CH 2023 2023 12 Rooms, Kunsthaus Appenzell, CH
Toast, A.Romy Gallery, Zurich, CH
2022 Species of Spaces, The Bass, Miami, USA
Amateur Amantes, Waf Galerie, Vienna, AT Materia, Ferme de tilleuls, Lausanne, CH Haciendo y acerto, Cali, COL
Intelleaks, N/A/S/L, Ciudad de Mexico, MX
2021 Art’o’rama art fair, Marseille, FR
It wont be silence, CAN, Neuchatel, CH
Issue de secour, Stiftung Binz39, Zürich, CH
From Submersion to Subversion, Palazzina, Basel, CH Melme, Sonnenstube, Lugano, CH
Lavender Chiffon, Flowershop, Offenbach, DE Autopoiesis, Langmatt Museum, Aarau, CH
2020 Situation 1 und andere, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
Habitat, Public Art Biennale, Morcote, CH
Metamorphosis o.f.e, Cantonale, Centre Pasquart, Biel, CH Artissima art fair, torino, IT
2019 INSONNE, Sonnenstube, Lugano, CH
Cursed Images, C. Rockefeller Center for the contemporary Arts,
Dresden, DE
Enter the heat, Sattelkammer, Bern, CH
2018 SUV, Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
IG HUL, Projektionsfestival, Bremen, DE
If it‘s conceivable its possible, Wallriss, Fribourg, CH One night/Rooftop, offsite, Athens, GR
Fallen Manners, Les Halles, Porrentruy, CH
2017 Title on the Spot, Documente 14, Kassel, DE
Zukunftswucher, Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH
Wenn die Leute kommen, werde ich zum Frosch, kleine gekühlte Melone,
CAN, Neuchatel, CH Basics, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
2016 Post Warm Positiv, Kunsthaus Langenthal, CH Kunst brint Rosen, Centre Pasquart, Biel, CH
2015 Deal Deal, Lokal Int, Biel, CH