ABOUT
Rahel grote Lambers (b. 1996 in Eschwege, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. She studied Fine Arts at HFBK Hamburg and the Facultat de Belles Arts at Universitat de Barcelona. At HFBK Hamburg she studied in the classes of Prof. Simon Denny and Prof. Rajkamal Kahlon, completing her MFA in 2024 in the class of Prof. Simon Denny.
Her artistic practice includes painting, sculpture and installations. In her work Rahel grote Lambers explores political ideologies and their powerful visual narratives in public and digital space. By placing politically charged narratives and aesthetics in the context of their underlying ideological framework, she deconstructs and recontextualizes visual elements, images and objects, thus constructing new layers of meaning. Her artistic practice engages with the visual language of political ideologies, creating both a playful exploration and critical examination of structures of power and dominance.
Rahel grote Lambers is part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation.
EDUCATION
2021 - 2024
Master of Fine Arts, HFBK Hamburg
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts, HFBK Hamburg
2020
Universitat de Barcelona
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS / PRIZES
2024
HFBK Freundeskreis Project Sponsorship
2023 - 2024
Scholarship at the invitation of Künstlerhaus Lauenburg as part of the collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation
2022 - 2023
Deutschlandstipendium HFBK Hamburg
2022
Ursula-Schneider-Prize awarded by Freundeskreis des Museums der Arbeit e.V.
2019
efc Travel Grant from the European Cultural Foundation for the realization of a group exhibition in Košice
SHOWS AND PROJECTS (selection)
2024
salondergegenwart curated by Christian Holle
2024
The New Me, ICAT der HFBK Hamburg curated ba Anne Meerpohl
2024
ICAT Part Time Commitment Series: Out of my Head and Into Your Body, Lothringer 13, München,as a part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation, curated by Lisa Britzger
2023
Familiar Framings, Kunstverein GASTGARTEN e.V., Hamburg (solo show) curated by Heiko Lietz
2023
Situation/Position/Condition, Institute for Contemporary Art & Transfer (ICAT) der HFBK Hamburg curated by Sjusanna Eremjan und Stefan Aue
2022
Art During Times of Crisis, HFBK Galerie, Hamburg curated by Amna Elhassan
2022
I DON‘T WORK ON WEEKENDS, Kunstverein Göttingen as a part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation, curated by Vincent Schier
2022
TraditiNOen, Hinterconti e.V., Hamburg curated by Maik Gräf und Stefan Mildenberger
2021
Conditions of a Necessity, Staatliche Kunsthallen Baden-Baden, curated by Patricia Reed and Egemen Demirci
2021
echoes remain forever, TESTIVAL auf dem Campus Esche Berlin as a part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation, curated by CCCCCOMA e.V.
2019
Resistance II, Frappant e.V. Hamburg as a part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation
2019
Resistance I, Vunu Gallery, Košice, Slowakei as a part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation, curated by Nikolas Bernáth
2018
Thoughts on Space, Klub der Künste OffSpace Deichtorhallen Hamburg (solo show) Overseascontainer of Deichtorhallen Hamburg
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Catalogue salondergegenwart
2023
Phantoms of Belonging - On Nostalgic Images and their Politics
TALKS (selection)
2024
Have we passed peak collective?, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg Symposium on the topic Working in Solidarity as part of the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation (ehem. Yours truly LoL), Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2023
SALON RAAD, Hamburger Kunsthalle Artist Talk und Filmscreening of the Videoessay Heimattreu in collaboration with Kunstverein Gastgarten e.V.
2022
Kommunale Galerien Berlin - Tagung: Schöpfen ohne Erschöpfung – Nachhaltigkeit im Kunst und Kulturbetrieb, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst Berlin, conversation between the artist collective otc - Observant Thick Conversation, Vincent Schier and Linnéa Meiners: What a way to make a living – Zu emotionaler Nachhaltigkeit und deren Voraussetzungen
2021
Kultur eröffnet, Universität Hamburg, Filmscreening of the Videoessay Heimattreu followed by a discussion
2019
Der Offene Mund: HYPERVENTILATION, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Performance in collaboration with Delia Prezioso as part of the event Der Offene Mund: Hyperventilation