Susi Hinz  is an artist whose multimedia practice explores entities as interfaces and transitions — between human identity and natural function, organic matter and technological systems.



Hinz’s artistic practice unfolds through hybrid constellations of material – often activated by inquiries into trans- and posthumanist theory and attuned to dialogues with contemporary neuroscience. Her sculptural works navigate the porous boundary between organic substance and technological structure, tracing emergent formations of materiality, identity, and perception in an era of embodied technologies.

The body appears not as a fixed entity, but as a fluid interface – malleable, permeable, overwritten by and interwoven with systems of technics. Shaped by her origins and the socio-economic aftermath of post-reunification East Germany, her objects resonate between industrial function, tactile labor, and conceptual precision. At the core lies a persistent question: What does it mean to have – or to become – a body, in a world where biology is programmable and identity increasingly diffuse?

Her approach to materials is guided by an acute sensitivity to their physical agency and symbolic charge. Through experimental configurations, new relations emerge – beyond taxonomic or binary frameworks. These assemblages become spaces of potential transformation, where the boundaries between body, machine, and social imagination momentarily dissolve.



Education


2021–2023 MA Fine Arts
Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW


2011-2016BA Fashion-Design
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin

2007-2010Vocational Training as a Fashion Tailor, Münchberg


Akademia


seit 2023Since 2023 — Teaching and Head of the Sewing Studio, Doing-Fashion
University of Art and Design FHNW Basel

2023CoCreate - Seminar at FHNW Basel

AI & Education
Hochschulen der FHNW

2017Guest Auditor, Faculty of Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin

Residency

2022Art Space Rythmus Messy Camnbio, Basel

2020–2021 Callie’s, Berlin

Publication / Catalogue

2025
NEUF TROIS Exhibitions nov2022 - may2024, pub.: Kollektiv Neuf Trois, Basel

2024 HYDRABABY III, pub.: Kunstbibliothek der Stiftung Sitterwerk, St.Gallen

2019 To Play Without Fear, Interview with OE MAGAZINE, online, unselect; Festival-Katalog, pub.: Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin

2018 Vitrine 01, pub.: Franziska Harnisch, Berlin

Kunst braucht Zeit braucht Kunst, 15 Jahre Galerie, pub.: Galerie am Leewasser & Familie Amstad, Brunnen(CH)

Artspring 2018, Festival-Katalog, pub.: Milchhof e.V., Berlin

2017 Affen, Steine, Kühlerhauben, Mart Stam Preis 2016, pub.: Mart Stam Gesellschaft, Förderverein Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Mart Stam Stiftung für Kunst + Gestaltung, Berlin
Apolda European Art&Design Award 2017, pub.: Wirtschaftsförder-Vereinigung Apolda Weimarer Land e.V., Apolda

Heute verschmelzen die Grenzen, Interview mit i-D. vice Magazine, online

2016 Flesh Bones Mind, Filmpremiere & Interview, OE Magazine, Berlin


Grants / Awards


2024Werkbeitrag Fine Arts
Kunstkredit BS, Basel

2021Research Grant Fine Arts
Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin

Grant for Digital Media
BBK Neustart Kultur, Berlin


2020Working Grant
Callie’s, Berlin

2019Mart Stam Absolventenförderung
Mart Stam Gesellschaft, Berlin

2016Mart Stam Award
Mart Stam Gesellschaft, Berlin

Nomination for European Art & Design Award 2017 Wirtschaftsförder - Vereinigung Apolda - Weimarer Land e.V., Apolda
Nomination for Bloom Award by Warsteiner, Köln

2013 Deutschlandstipendium Weißensee Kunsthochschule und Bundeshaushalt Berlin

2009 Germany’s Best Fashion Seamstress
IHK Bayreuth und Berlin