Maya Hottarek CH, b. 1990

Biography

Maya Hottarek’s artistic practice focuses on articulating the complex interactions between the individual, society and the economy. The connection to human nature is one of the most fundamental aspects in her work. By relating everyday life, her practice adresses the simplicity of complex subject areas, leading to new insights in notions of perception and conceptions of reality.

Hottarek’s comprehensive installations make use of various materials, including ceramics, collages, manual printing processes and found objects. Sound and video are often used to connect elements of her scupltural installations.

After completing her Bachelor’s degree at the HKB in Bern and a Master’s degree at the Institute of Art, Gender and Nature in Basel (FHNW) she has showcased her work in numerous exhibitons, including LISTE Art Fair Basel, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunstmuseum Appenzell and at CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel.

Maya Hottarek lives and works in Basel and Biel (CH).

Works

Universal Uterus
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Multiplying Pleasures, 2023
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Same, 2023
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Average outcome of possible, 2024
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Chaos sensitivity, 2024
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Grid core, 2024
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Introverted extrovert, 2024
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Wednesday, 2024
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Emotional support bear, 2025
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Snail math, 2025
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Snail oracle, 2025
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Sofar pretty stable, 2025
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Spaceholder, 2025
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Wyrd (past present future), 2025
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Bibliography

Lives and works in Basel and Biel (CH).

Education

Residencies

2018 Testdrive Residency, Nicosia, CY
2022 Pro Helvetia South America, Bogota, COL
Palermo Calling, Istituto Svizzero, Palermo, IT
2024 Land Residency, Lunga school, Seyðisfjörður, ISL
Open Studio, Fonderia Bataglia, Milan, IT

2026 Fondation FARB, Lubéron, FR

Grants

2018 Prix Kunstverein Biel, CH
2019 Prix Anderfuhren, CH
2020 Aeschlimann Corti Förderstipendium, CH

2023 Karriereförderung der Stadt Biel, CH

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025

There is a Sun, Haus für Kunst Uri, CH

Grid Core, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH

Snail Mathematics, PCP, Paris FR

MiArt with KALI Gallery, Milano, IT

2024

Haven, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm, SWE

Nada Villa wit Coulisse Gallery, Warsaw, PL

2023
Soft Radiation, MiArt with A.Romy, Milan, IT
Sum of its parts, A.Romy, Zurich, CH
2021
Oxidized Niche, Liste Art Fair, Basel, CH
Petri Dish Dream, A. Romy Gallery, Zurich, CH
Iomorphous Drip, Krone/Couronne, Biel, CH
2019
Sextoys for Alien, Ballostar Mobile, Bern, CH
Autopoiesis, Lokal Int, Biel, CH
Geh, umarme einen Baum (Go, Hug a Tree), Pleasure Zone, Basel, CH
2018
Hotspring, Testdrive, Nicosia, CY
IG HUL, O.T Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucerne, CH
2016
Ordinary Schmand Ceremony, Lootyland, Biel, CH
2015
VIP Club, Site Hospitalisé, Belleley, CH
2013
South, Vorie, Biel, CH
Sturmfluten (Storm Tides), Espace Libre, Biel, CH
2012
Fall Deep Blue, Lokal Int, Biel, CH

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2025

Whispers in my ear, Osnova Gallery, Valencia, SP

Onsernone Arte, Russo, CH

2024

Tempo d'oro, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH
Elements of Time, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH

So far so close, Swiss Embassy, Beijing, CN

Second Impressions, Komplot, Brussels, BE

What are we doing? City SALTS, Basel CH

Paths of desire pass though chaos, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, CH

Les Utopiste magnetique, MBAL, Le Locle, CH

2023
12 Rooms, Kunsthaus Appenzell, CH
Toast, A. Romy Gallery, Zurich, CH
2022
Under the Curse, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH
Species of Spaces, The Bass, Miami, USA
Amateur Amantes, Waf Gallery, Vienna, AT
Materia, Ferme de Tilleuls, Lausanne, CH
Haciendo y Acerto, Cali, COL
Intelleaks, N/A/S/L, Mexico City, MX
2021
Art'o'rama Art Fair, Marseille, FR
It Won't Be Silence, CAN, Neuchatel, CH
Issue de Secour, Stiftung Binz39, Zurich, CH
Von Submersion bis Subversion, Palazzina, Basel, CH
Melme, Sonnenstube, Lugano, CH
Lavender Chiffon, Blumenladen, Offenbach, DE
Autopoiesis, Museum Langmatt, Aarau, CH
2020
Situation 1 and Others, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
Habitat, Public Art Biennale, Morcote, CH
Metamorphosis o. f.e, Cantonale, Centre Pasquart, Biel, CH
Artissima Art Fair, Turin, IT
2019
INSONNE, Sonnenstube, Lugano, CH
Cursed Images, C. Rockefeller Center for Contemporary Arts, Dresden, DE
Enter the Heat, Sattelkammer, Bern, CH
2018
SUV, Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
IG HUL, Projection Festival, Bremen, DE
If it's Conceivable, It's Possible, Wallriss, Fribourg, CH
One Night/Rooftop, Offsite, Athens, GR
Fallen Manners, Les Halles, Porrentruy, CH
2017
Title on the Spot, Documenta 14, Kassel, DE
Zukunftswucher, Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH
Wenn die Leute kommen, werden zum Frosch, kleine gekühlte Melone (When the People Come, They Turn Into Frogs, Small Chilled Melon), CAN, Neuchatel, CH
Basics, Kunsthalle Bern, CH