Hannah Toticki
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Overview
Photo by: Frida GregersenHannah Toticki (b. 1984), works on subjects such as the modern-day relationship to work, productivity, and technological development, and how it influences our relationship to bodies, to sleep patterns, and to nature. Though her themes are serious, her approach is often humorous. With inspiration from fashion and theater, Toticki twists and turns everyday-like objects so that they can effectively protect us from our own effectiveness. In her aesthetic world, work and consumption are an infinite burden, and the body and its clothing are merely functional. Toticki playfully alternates between sculpture, installations, garments, and performances. Her oeuvre consists, for instance, of an embroidered sleepy eye in colorful pearls, a blue plastic swimsuit with webbed fingers, and glasses and gloves that protect the user from smartphones, by creating a gap for much-needed rest and presence.
Hannah Toticki graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Toticki has exhibited at EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Galleri Wedding, Berlin, Copenhagen Contemporary, O-Overgaden - Institute of Contemporary Art, Brandts Kunstmuseum, and HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art. She has performed at venues such as the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, the National Gallery in Prague, the Glyptoteket, and Roskilde Festival. She has received the Wessel-Bagge Scholarship, the Astrid Noack Scholarship, the StartPoint Prize at the National Gallery in Prague, and the Talent Prize from the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie CarlNielsen Scholarship. In 2022, she received a three-year working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation. -
WorksExhibitions
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Hannah Toticki: Working Animal at Rønnebæksholm
12 Sep - 6 Dec 2026Exploring the relationships between humans, animals, labour and the production of value, the exhibition reflects on a society shaped by agricultural traditions and complex systems of production. Working site-specifically with...Read more -
Hannah Toticki: Hard Water Soft Pipes at Møstings
9 Jan - 15 Mar 2026For HARD WATER SOFT PIPES at Møstings , visual artist Hannah Toticki engages with water as a fundamental condition for all life on Earth and as a resource we share,...Read more -
Hannah Toticki: A Million Times and More
22 Nov 2024 - 11 Jan 2025In Danish artist Hannah Toticki's first solo exhibition at Wilson Saplana Gallery she focuses on the concept of interconnectedness. It is manifested in a series of ambitious works, the largest...Read more -
GROUP EXHIBITION: SPRING SHOW
13 Apr - 25 May 2024It is our great pleasure to be able to welcome you all to the gallery's first SPRING SHOW, which is a group exhibition with all the gallery's represented artists: Maiken...Read more -
Hannah Toticki: Storage of the Gods at Copenhagen Contemporary
13 Oct 2023 - 11 Apr 2024The Western philosophical tradition has long declared that God is dead. In Storage of the Gods , Hannah Toticki looks at the void left behind by religious traditions and rituals...Read more -
Hannah Toticki: EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME at National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ)
28 Jan - 28 May 2023In her solo exhibition at ΕΜΣΤ, Hannah Toticki takes a critical yet often humorous approach to the conditions of contemporary working life. Exploring the notion of the “burnout society”, women’s...Read more
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