Simone Haack
Born 1978, Gyhum (Germany)
Lives & works in Berlin
Focus
Contemporary figurative painter working at the intersection of realism and the uncanny.
Biography
Simone Haack is a German contemporary painter born in Rotenburg an der Wümme in 1978. She grew up in northern Germany and studied at the University of the Arts Bremen under Katharina Grosse and Karin Kneffel. She also studied at the Unitec School of Design in Auckland, New Zealand, and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She lives and works in Berlin.
Her paintings combine realistic imagery with mysterious, dreamlike elements. Through figures and imagined settings, she explores human fragility, perception, and the relationship between physical and psychological experience. Her work is associated with New Magical Realism, using realistic techniques to create worlds that extend beyond everyday reality.
Haack received the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting in 2006. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Germany, France, and Denmark.
Simone Haack is a German contemporary painter born in Rotenburg an der Wümme in 1978. She grew up in northern Germany and studied at the University of the Arts Bremen under Katharina Grosse and Karin Kneffel. She also studied at the Unitec School of Design in Auckland, New Zealand, and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She lives and works in Berlin.
Her paintings combine realistic imagery with mysterious, dreamlike elements. Through figures and imagined settings, she explores human fragility, perception, and the relationship between physical and psychological experience. Her work is associated with New Magical Realism, using realistic techniques to create worlds that extend beyond everyday reality.
Haack received the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting in 2006. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Germany, France, and Denmark.
Simone Haack is a German contemporary painter born in Rotenburg an der Wümme in 1978. She grew up in northern Germany and studied at the University of the Arts Bremen under Katharina Grosse and Karin Kneffel. She also studied at the Unitec School of Design in Auckland, New Zealand, and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She lives and works in Berlin.
Her paintings combine realistic imagery with mysterious, dreamlike elements. Through figures and imagined settings, she explores human fragility, perception, and the relationship between physical and psychological experience. Her work is associated with New Magical Realism, using realistic techniques to create worlds that extend beyond everyday reality.
Haack received the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting in 2006. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Germany, France, and Denmark.
Practice
Contemporary figurative painter working at the intersection of realism and the uncanny.
Her meticulously staged compositions explore identity, desire, and psychological tension, drawing from both art history and contemporary culture.
Contemporary figurative painter working at the intersection of realism and the uncanny.
Her meticulously staged compositions explore identity, desire, and psychological tension, drawing from both art history and contemporary culture.
Contemporary figurative painter working at the intersection of realism and the uncanny.
Her meticulously staged compositions explore identity, desire, and psychological tension, drawing from both art history and contemporary culture.
Background
Trained at the University of the Arts Bremen (master student of Karin Kneffel), with further studies in Auckland and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Winner of the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting.
Trained at the University of the Arts Bremen (master student of Karin Kneffel), with further studies in Auckland and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Winner of the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting.
Trained at the University of the Arts Bremen (master student of Karin Kneffel), with further studies in Auckland and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Winner of the Willi Oltmanns Prize for Painting.
Positioning
Technically refined.
Psychologically charged.
A strong voice in contemporary European realism.
Technically refined.
Psychologically charged.
A strong voice in contemporary European realism.
Technically refined.
Psychologically charged.
A strong voice in contemporary European realism.
Collections & Exhibitions
Exhibited internationally, including in Paris, Berlin, and Hamburg.
Works held in major public collections such as the Art Collection of the German Bundestag, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, and the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.
Artworks exhibited at N°OW'HERE"
Geflecht, 2024
