Hanna Burkart

Hanna Burkart (b. 1989, Vienna, Austria) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice operates at the intersection of site-specific art, performative research, and applied artistic exploration. Burkart lived and worked more than seven years, without a permanent home or studio, investigating and documenting alternative modes of dwelling and movement. Her artistic research focuses on contemporary nomadic ways of living, daily rituals like walking and sleeping, as well as the cultural techniques of habitation. By immersing herself in the places she seeks to engage with, Burkart explores strategies of adaptation to different spatial and social contexts. The conscious appropriation and redefinition of spaces form the foundation of her broader artistic practice, which includes objects, installations, and architectural interventions. She documents and expands her experiences through photography, text and drawings. Her ongoing performance series Sleeping International shows more than 600 different sleeping places she has inhabited. Burkart works in extraordinary contexts around the globe, including Senegal, Japan, Brazil, New York, and diverse urban and rural regions across Europe. Her work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions, among them in Warsaw (PL), Abene (SEN), Freiburg (DE), Tokyo (JPN), Bregenz (AT), Vienna (AT), Como (IT) and Linguaglossa (IT). She is the recipient of multiple awards and fellowships, including the BMKOES Outstanding Artist Award, the City of Vienna Annual Grant, and the Hans Hollein Grant, among others. Hanna Burkart holds a Master s degree in Fine Art as well as a Master s degree in Industrial Design from the University of Applied Arts Vienna.