about

 

In the work of Nora Hansen (she/her, German-Irish), narratives are intricately crafted through language and code. Her diverse practice – spanning textiles, poetry, performance, drawing, sculpture, and installation – originates from a deep fascination with storytelling, role-play, psychoanalysis, and feminist discourse. Drawing from both real as well as historical and future-oriented events, her work invites viewers to engage with their own narrative consciousness. (Lisa Oord, 2023)

Nora completed her studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as Meisterschülerin under Rosemarie Trockel and has received scholarships from Kulturamt Köln, Kunststiftung NRW and Ministry of Culture, NRW, Germany.

Recent presentation of Nora´s work include Half-Light, KW-Institut for contemporary art (Berlin, DE, 2024), I am the House, I said, Omstand – Space for Contemporary Art (Arnheim, NL, 2024), Subversive Threads, Neuer Kunstverein Mittelrhein (Neuwied, DE, 2024), Blue Binding Ribbons, Temporary Gallery (Cologne, DE, 2024), Antigone Pitched, Ballhaus Ost (Berlin, DE, 2023), Subconscious, Artothek – Raum für Junge Kunst (Cologne, DE, 2023), Echo Chamber, Avlskarl Gallery (Kopenhagen, DK, 2023), The Poetry of Passing, Alte Tankstelle Deutz (Cologne, DE, 2023), dollhouses (Cologne, DE, 2023).

Further exhibitions include L‘intrus REDUX, Westfälischer Kunstverein (Münster, DE, 2019), Nora Hansen & Saemundur Thor Helgason, Lady Helen (London, UK, 2019), Heaven, Bob´s Pogo Bar, KW Institute of Contemporary Art (Berlin, DE, 2017), What are you willing to do?, At7 (Amsterdam, NL, 2017), Advancing Together, Changing Room (London, UK, 2017) and Das Fest, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, DE, 2014).

Nora lives and works in Cologne.