Studio Visit with Henri Haake

In his paintings and drawings, Henri Haake explores the poetic rhythms of everyday life through a process shaped by memory, perception and synthesis. Drawing from personal experience, observation, and art history, his work unfolds as a dialogue between past and present, the visible and the obscured. Layering, overpainting and experimentation are central to his practice, with traces of earlier gestures and submerged forms emerging through the surface. Figures and narratives often appear only to be blurred or concealed, resulting in compositions that remain unresolved and prompting viewers to return and look anew. Color plays a subtle yet powerful role, evoking a resonance that is felt more than seen. Beyond mere surface, it becomes a way of sensing—shaping mood, softening forms, and guiding emotional connection. Moving between the playful and the philosophical, his work creates layered spaces where the familiar becomes symbolic—inviting reflection on life and how we experience the world. 

Selected exhibitions

2024
BAD GATEWAY, Obelus, Berlin, DE (s)
FLOATING WORLDS, NAVE, Lisbon, DE (s)
My Body is a Temple, Studio Hanniball, Berlin, DE
TOURIST, crowded (Salon am Moritzplatz), Berlin, DE
SHUDDER MORNINGS, Cabin, Berlin, DE
BE MY GUEST, NAVE, Lisbon, PT

2023
Another Day at the Office, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin, DE
Dammi i colori, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa, PT
OMG, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin, DE (s)
DREAMLINER, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK (s)
 
2022
Honey Lotion, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin, DE (s)
GOING PLACES, Nicole Gnesa, München, DE

2021
At A Moment In Time, Jahresgaben 2020, Kunstverein Arnsberg, DE

2019
The Golden Age presents: Haake – Poznanska, KM28, Berlin, DE (duo)
WHAT'S LEFT FROM PARADISE, Rundgaenger, Frankfurt am Main, DE (duo)
all out „small“ closing, KWADRAT, Berlin, DE

2018
Panorama, Vienna, AT (s)
demi-gros, Les Valseuses, Berlin, DE
That´s all right mama, XXY-Raum für Kunst, Berlin, DE

*(s) solo exhibition

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