SUSANNE HAMMER *1960

Born in 1960 in Leutkirch/Germany. Lives in Vienna. 1986 Diploma as goldsmith  1986 -1993 studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna - product design in metal.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

V&V gallery: ‘Reihungen’ (1993 Vienna); F. Glück gallery: ‘Schmuck’ (1996 Stuttgart); Academy Schloss Solitude: ‘Schmuck/Manipulationen’ (1996 Stuttgart); V&V gallery: ‘Orientierungshilfen’ (1998 Vienna); F. Glück gallery: ‘Orientierungshilfen II (1999 Stuttgart); H. Linder gallery: ‘Schmuck & Fotografie’ (2001 Kißlegg) V&V gallery: ‘Überkurzoderlang - together with A. Halmschlager (2002 Vienna);MAK – Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art: ‚Short Storys’, Jewellery 1996-2006 (Vienna 2006); F. Glück gallery: ‚Short Storys’ (Stuttgart 2007); MAK-Designshop: After Work Meeting Point, MAK - Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art (2010 Vienna); V&V galery: ‚fault lines’ (2012 Vienna) Wien, Galerie V&V im Rahmen der 'Wiener Schmucktage': Interaktives Schmuckprojekt - 100 Ways To Wear A Necklace (2016 Vienna)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection):

University of Fine Arts: ‘Zeichen am Körper’ (1987 Linz); Jewellery 1936 - 1991: ‘Ausstrahlungen’ (1991 Vienna); ‘A Sparkling Party - Ausgewähltes zeitgenössisches Silbergerät aus Europa’ (1993 Antwerpen); MAK - Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art: ‘Zum Lieben, zeitgenössischer Schmuck’ (1998 Vienna); The Wetsman Collection: ‘New Ceramic & Jewellery’ (1998 Birmingham); 422 gallery: 4 Positionen im Schmuck (1999 Gmunden); Special Show of the Trade Fair Munich: ‘Schmuck ‘99’ (1999 Munich); Austrian Culture Institute ’Schmuck aus Österreich (1998 Tokyo); Austrian Culture Institute: ‘Schmuck aus Österreich’ (1999 Mailand); Dokument-ationszentrum für Moderne Kunst: ’Turning point’ (1999 St. Pölten, 2000 Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Heiligenkreuzerhof Vienna; Museum of Applied Arts: ‘Körper, Hüllen, Oberflächen in der Gestaltung der Gegenwart’ (2000 Hamburg); Lesley Craze Gallery: ‘Very Austrian’ (2000 London); Designcenter Osaka, Ueno Mori Museum Tokyo, Designcenter Nagoya: ‘Jewellery from Austria’ (2000); Turning point’ (2001 Sheffield);  Electrum gallery: ‘Jewellery from Austria’ (2001 London); Congress Innsbruck: ‘Kunstwerk/ Handwerk (2001 Innsbruck); SOFA/Charon Kransen: (2001 New York/Chicago); V&V gallery: ‘Schneekristall, Swarovski secrets and more’ (2001 Vienna); Schmuckforum: ‘Very Austrian’ (2001 Zurich); Aurum gallery: ‘Very Austrian’ (2001 Frankfurt); Wako Hall: ‘Re-view‘, Schmuck aus Österreich (2003 Tokyo); Heiligenkreuzerhof, „Die Möglichkeit, die Wirklichkeit, der Mensch“, Milleniumsprojekt - Sammlung Bollmann (2003 Vienna); Centre Céramique: ‚Valuable Links‘ (2003 Maastricht); Museum für Volkskunde: „Valuable links“ (Vienna 2004); Künstlerhaus: „30 aus 83“, (2004 Klagenfurt),; Österreich-isches Generalkonsulat: ‚Mixed Media’ (2004 Krakau); V&V gallery: „Fotografie Dreidimen-sional“ (2004 Vienna); Galerie im Traklhaus, WerkStadt Graz: Exhibition Eligius-Preis’ (2005 Salzburg, Graz); Brigitte Berndt gallery: „Donauaufwärts“ (2006 Regensburg); Schloss-museum Linz: „In addition“ (2008 Linz); Guerilla Store/ ‚festival for fashion & photography’ curated by Robin Schuliè (2009 Vienna); Zauner gallery: Graphit, Keramik, Stein, Metall (2009 Linz); kunst.wirt.schaft/ Literaturhaus: Fremde Federn – Wortschmuck ( 2011 Graz); Vienna, V&V gallery: Fremde Federn – Wortschmuck; KASU: Fremde Federn – Wort-schmuck (2012 Vienna, Munich); Exhibition Eligius-Preis’ (2012 Salzburg, 2013 Vienna); LOOT/Museum of Arts and Design (2013 New York); SCHMUCK 1975 -2015 (2015 MAK Vienna); Handwerk & Form (2015 Andelsbuch); 2016 Shanghai, Art Museum Liu Haisu: reFashioning Austria; 2017 Berlin, me Collectors Room Berlin/Stiftung Olbricht: 'Fashion: Objects, Concepts & Visions'2018 Budapest, New Budapest Gallery, (Bálna): 'Design Without Borders';

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: Award of the International Trade Fair/Jugend gestaltet (1986 Munich); 1.Award of the WHK/Markenprodukt (1992 Vienna); Fellowship at the Academy Schloss Solitude (1996 Stuttgart); acknowledgement Schmiedt-Preis (1997 Vienna); Commendation/Friedrich Wilhelm Müller- Competition (1997 Schwäbisch Gmünd); 1. Award/ Eligius-Schmuckpreis (2005 Salzburg); Fellowship at Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute (2015 China); 2018 DESIGN WITHOUT BORDERS Award for jewelry, Budapest

PROJECTS/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/JURY MEMBER: Director of the Graz Design Workshop together with Fritz Maierhofer (1995 Graz); Flora, Project for Hans Schullin (1996 Graz); Walking Gallery, Interactive project at Academy Schloss Solitude (1996 Stuttgart); Initiator and organizer of ‹Turning-Point›, Jewelry from Austria, together with Fritz Maierhofer, exhibition and catalogue (1999/00 Vienna/Klagenfurt/Vienna/Sheffield); Lectures at the Department of Handicrafts Education/Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, Great Britain (2001/02); Short-term teaching assignment at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (2000 Düsseldorf); Lecture at the Jewelry Symposium, Zimmerberg, Germany Jury member for the Jewelry and Gems Award of the City of Idar Oberstein, Germany (2000); Schmucktauschbörse› MAK – Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art Vienna (2006 Vienna); Schmucktauschbörse MAK – Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art Vienna ( Vienna 2006); Project leader College Jewelry Design at Secondary School of Applied Arts, Jewelry and Fashion Design, Herbststraße (2007-14 Vienna); Workshop ‹Ill and Isolated Children Connected› at Wilhelminenspital (2008 Vienna); Jury member for  the Eligius Jewelry Award of the Salzburg Provincial Government (2010 Salzburg); Workshop Out Of The Unexpected ar Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute, (2015/16 Suzhou/China)

COLLECTIONS: Antwerpen Provinciaal Veiligheidinstituut (1993);Vienna Bundeskanzleramt/ Kunstsektion (1993); Vienna, MAK-Museum for Applied Arts/metal collection (1998/1999); Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (2000); City of Vienna (2000); Vienna, MAK-Museum for Applied Arts/metal collection (2006) and private collections