“Hans Haacke has been based in New York since 1965. His strong political, cultural and social concerns are reflected in his installations, texts and sculptures, which often borrow from non-art sources such as corporate advertising, questionnaires or scientific experimentation in order to convey their message. He has been included in four Documenta exhibitions and represented Germany, winning a Golden Lion award at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Retrospectives include the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1987), and at dual german venues: Deichtorhallen, Hamburg and Akademie der Kunst, Berlin (2006-7).”
Hans Haacke
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| last name: | Haacke |
| first name: | Hans |
| birthday: | August 12, 1936 |
| birth-place: | Cologne (Germany) |
Summary
Biography
| 1956-60 | Graduates the Staatsexamen (equivalent of M.F.A.) at the Staatliche Werkakademie (State Art Academy) in Kassel |
| 1960-61 | Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17, Paris |
| 1961 | Scholarship student at the Tyler School of Fine Arts at the Temple University in Philadelphia |
| 1962 | Moved to New York |
| 1963-65 | Returns to Cologne. Teaches at Pädagogische Hochschule in Kettwig and other institutions |
| 1966-67 | Teaches at University of Washington in Seattle, at the Douglas College, at the Rutgers University in New Jersey and at the Philadelphia College of Art |
| 1967 – 2002 | Teaches at Cooper Union in New York (Professor of Art Emeritus) |
| 1973 | Guest Professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg |
| 1979 | Guest Professorship at Gesamthochschule in Essen |
| 1994 | Guest Professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg |
| 1997 | Regents Lecturer at the University of California in Berkeley Lives in New York (since 1965) |
| 1960 | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) |
| 1961 | Fulbright Fellowship |
| 1973 | John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship |
| 1978 | National Endowment for the Arts |
| 1991 | College Art Association Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement Deutscher Kritikerpreis for 1990 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Oberlin College |
| 1993 | Golden Lion (shared with Nam June Paik), Venice Biennale |
| 1997 | Kurt-Eisner-Foundation, Munich Honorary Doctorate Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
| 2001 | Prize of Helmut-Kraft-Stiftung, Stuttgart |
| 2002 | College Art Association Distinguished Teaching of Art Award |
| 2004 | Peter-Weiss-Preis, Bochum |
| 2008 | Honorary Doctorate, San Francisco Art Institute |
| 2009 | Roland Preis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Freie Hansestadt Bremen |
References
- Gere, Charlie 2008. Digital culture. London:Reaktion Books
- Reichardt, Jasia, et al., Brown, Paul, et al., eds. 2008. White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press
- Rosen, Margit, ed. 2011. A Little-Known Story about a Movement, a Magazine, and the Computer's Arrival in Art: New Tendencies and Bit International, 1961-1973. Karlsruhe (Germany) & Cambridge, MA (USA):ZKM & MIT Press
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