about

(*1997 in Germany; living and working in The Hague, Netherlands)

My practice is located within a methodological framework of images, research, archives, and collaboration. The starting point of my work often lies in the personal discovery of a place, or detail within a place, that I am not yet familiar with. By taking photographs, collecting existing information, conducting fieldwork, and simply spending time in these locations, I first investigate my personal perception of the site to then draw a broader interpretation which finally forms the work.
    Recent sites of exploration include newly-built neighbourhoods (Vinex-wijken), Gravity Roads, apartment complexes, and a US army training area. While the process and elements of my work may initially appear analytical, the outcomes raise questions and propose reflections on the relationship to and our positioning within our surroundings. A reoccurring methodology is going through a great amount of documents/archive in order to end up with carefully picked out elements, that I then expand on again, which bring a surprising, often humorous element to the work. I aim to offer a perspective that triggers a dialogue about the spaces we inhabit and navigate daily—spaces we may never have consciously considered. I enjoy to share my curiosity and the excitement of not yet knowing but therefore discovering with those who encounter my work.
    My autonomous practice is inevitably carried by what I do parallel to it. Working in collaboration motivates and inspires me. This collaborative activity spans from exchanges with others in the research process of my works, over publishing and designing books with and for artists, to curating and facilitating exhibitions.

contact

mail: hannahschleifer(at)posteo.de
instagram: @hannah_schleifer

since 2024 I am running the publishing project ringelpress:
www.ringelpress.com
instagram: @ringelpress

education

(09-11/2024)
Internship at Outerspace Press,
Berlin, Germany

(2020-2024)
BA Photography at Royal Academy of Art,
The Hague, The Netherlands

(02/2023-05/2023)
Internship at KULT Books,
Stockholm, Sweden

(2016-2019)
Apprenticeship Product Photography,
Nürnberg, Germany

forthcoming:

Reliable Surface, atSUNSET, The Hague together with Enrico Carpi, opening 12th of June 2026

Full Pivot, Helsinki (FI), opening 29th of May 2026

Group shows:

2026    A box set with three corners, Het Archief Artspace, Rotterdam (NL)
2026    46 folding chairs, puntWG, Amsterdam, NL
2025    The Hague Independent Publishing Event, Paradise, The Hague (NL)
2025    Please RSVP, The Servers, The Hague (NL)
2024    Mapaway, Institute of Cartopology, Vaals (NL)
2024    The Hague Independent Publishing Event, Paradise, The Hague (NL)
2024    UNFOLDING FUTURES, Futures Hub, Amsterdam (NL)
2024    KABK Graduation Show, The Hague (NL)
2023    , the pigeons took the house, Brouwersgracht 25, The Hague (NL)
2023    As Above, So Below, Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague (NL)
2022    The World, The Now, The End, council+, Berlin (DE)
2022    We do/are Photography, Photoszene Köln, Cologne (DE)

residencies

2023    Artistic Research Residency at the Institute of Cartopolog, Vaals (NL)