Susanne Hammer

Susanne Hammer, 1960, Leutkirch, Germany.
 
­­Education:
2004-06 Studies at University of Applied Arts - Studies of Art Education (arts with professors Erwin Wurm; Michael Kienzer, handicrafts with professors Ernst Beranek; James Skone), Vienna; 2006 University graduation
1986-93 Studies at University of Applied Arts Metal Product Design (Carl Auböck), Vienna; 1993 University graduation
1986 Master craftsman’s diploma in goldsmithery, Pforzheim
 
Selected exhibitions:
2016 reFashioning Austria, Shanghai Art Museum Liu Haisu, Shanghai
2015 Schmuck 1975 - 2015, MAK-Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna
2012 Fault lines, V&V Gallery, Vienna (solo)
2013 Loot – MAD about Jewelry, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
2013 Eligius-Preis, Traklhaus, Salzburg/MAK, Vienna
2012 Die Sammlung Schullin, Graz
2011 Fremde Federn, kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz, Vienna, Munich
2009 Graphit, Keramik, Stein, Metall, Zauner Gallery, Linz
2009 Festival for fashion&photography, Guerilla Store curated by Robin Schulié, Vienna
2008 In addition, Schlossmuseum, Linz,
2007 Eligius-Preis, Traklhaus, Salzburg/MAK, Vienna
2006 Short Storys, MAK-Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna (solo)
2003-04 Valuable links, Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna, Centre Céramique, Maastricht
2003 Re-view, Wako Hall, Tokio
2002 Über kurz oder lang (with Andrea Halmschlager), V&V Gallery, Vienna (solo)
2001 Very Austrian, Galerie Hippotesi, Barcelona, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
2001 Schmuck & Fotografie, Linder Gallery, Kißlegg (solo)
2000 Designmensch – Körper, Hüllen, Oberflächen in der Gestaltung der Gegenwart, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
2000 Kunst hautnah, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2000 Jewellery from Austria, Designcenter Osaka, Ueno Mori Museum Tokio, Designcenter Nagoya
1999 Jewellery beyond Borders, Siena Gallery, Lenox
1999 Schmuck 99, IHM Munich
1999 Orientierungshilfen, Friederike Glück Gallery, Stuttgart (solo)
1998 Recent European Jewellery, De novo, Palo Alto
1998 Orientierungshilfen, V&V Gallery, Vienna (solo)
1997 In neuer Reihung, Schwäb. Gmünd, Hanau, Pforzheim
1996 Schmuck, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
1994 Rings, Galerie Helene Poree, Paris
1993 Reihungen, V&V Gallery, Vienna (solo)
1993 A Sparkling Party, Antwerpen
1993 Schmuck, Friederike Glück Gallery, Stuttgart (solo)
1991 Ausstrahlungen Schmuck 1936 – 1991, travelling exhibition/Austria
 
Grants, Awards and Residences:
2015 Artist residency at Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute Suzhou, China
2005 1st Prize of the Eligius Jewelry Award of the Provincial Government, Salzburg
1997 Honorable Mention/Schmiedt Prize 97, Vienna
1997, Laudatory Mention/Friedrich-Wilhelm-Müller Contest: ‹In neuer Reihung›, Schwäbisch Gmünd
1995 Artist residency at the Solitude Castle Academy, Stuttgart
1992 1st Prize of the Chamber of Commerce / Exportable Quality Product, Vienna
1986 Young Designers Award of the International Craft Show, Munich
 
Collections and Acquisitions:
Provinciaal Veiligheidinstituut, Antwerpen
Bundeskanzleramt/ Kunstsektion, Vienna
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
MAK-Museum for Applied Arts/metal collection, Vienna
Private collections

Artists Talks and Lectures:
2016 Lecture at V&V Gallery Vienna
2015 Lecture at Art & Design Technology Institute, Suzhou
2002 Lecture at the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
2001 Lectures at the Department of Handicrafts Education/Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2000 Lecture at the Jewelry Symposium Zimmerberg
 
Collaborative Projects:
2016 100 Ways To Wear A Necklace V&V Gallery, Vienna
2015 20 Ways To Wear A Necklace Suzhou
2008 Schmucktauschbörse, MAK – Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna
2006 Schmucktauschbörse MAK – Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna
1996 Walking Gallery, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
 
Curatorial Projects:
2010 Jury member for  the Eligius Jewelry Award of the Provincial Government, Salzburg
2000 Jury member for the Jewelry and Gems Award, Idar Oberstein
1999/00 Initiator and organizer of ‹Turning-Point - Jewelry from Austria, together with Fritz Maierhofer, exhibition and catalogue, St. Pölten, Klagenfurt, Vienna, Sheffield

Professional Developments:
2015 Workshop Jewelry out of the Unexpected, Art & Design Technology Institute, Suzhou
Since 2009 Teacher of Jewelry Design at Secondary School of Applied Arts, Jewelry and Fashion Design, Herbststraße Vienna
2008 Workshop Ill and Isolated Children Connected at Wilhelminenspital, Vienna
2007-14 Project leader College Jewelry Design at Secondary School of Applied Arts, Jewelry and Fashion Design Herbststrasse, Vienna
2000 Short-term teaching assignment at the University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf
Since 1996 Teacher of sculptural design and metalwork at Secondary School of Applied Arts, Jewelry and Fashion Design, Herbststraße, Vienna
1996 Flora, Project for Hans Schullin, Graz
1995 Design Workshop Graz, together with Fritz Maierhofer, Graz

Ecke Gallery, Augsburg, Germany
V&V Gallery,Vienna, Austria