Charlotte Hanmann is a Danish photographer, painter and graphic artist, capturing the urban environment with processed photographs.
Biography
Charlotte Hanmann was born on 20 July 1950 in Copenhagen. Her parents were Poul Frederik Hanmann, a painter, and Inger Hanmann who attained fame with her enamel art work, on display for example in Copenhagen Airport and at the former Landesbank. In 1973 she studied initially at the School of Architecture and obtained a degree in civil engineering. As her interest was in art, she continued her studies at the School of Applied Arts and received a degree in art in 1985. She also trained at AKAD college in 1988 and continued with courses in the fields of stamping, screen printing, and lithography. She honed her technique in mixed media and in new techniques such as transposition of photographs over sandblasted woodcuts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during 1994. She also benefited from training under a grant from the Danish Arts Foundation during 2002. She has held exhibitions at: Filosofgangen, Odense in 2009 ; Lyngby Kunstforening, Copenhagen in 2010; at Stege Bibliotek, Bispegarden Kalundborg, Pakhuset, and Nykøbing Sjælland in 2011; at the Norske Kirke, Copenhagen, in 2012, 2013 and 2014. As a professional photographer, her works have been exhibited in group exhibitions in the House of the Holy Ghost, Copenhagen, Odense's Art Gallery Filosoffen and in Silkeborg. In 2010 and 2015, the Lyngby Cultural Society presented her works in solo exhibitions.
Exhibitions
Hanmann has exhibited her art work at a large number of exhibitions such as in:
1984 Svendborg Art Association; and Artists Summer Exhibition, Tistrup
1985 Svendborg Art Association; Artists Summer Exhibition, Tistrup; West Zealand juried art exhibition; and photographers juried art exhibition in Billund
1986: Artists' Easter Exhibition, Aarhus; photographers juried art exhibition, Billund; Autumn Art ExhibitionDen Frie, Copenhagen
1993: Gallery Marius Summer Exhibition; Solo exhibition of graphics, paintings and photos at Nådada, Copenhagen
1994: Solo exhibition at Gallery Site 250, Alaska, US; Quebec International Miniature Art Biennial; the Museum IV International Triennale der Kunst at Lublin, Poland of the Polish Ministry of Culture where she received the medal and prize for her photos and was the sole representative from Denmark
1995: 44 graphic works at Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter in Svolvær Lofoten, Norway, then as a traveling exhibition in Northern Norway
1996: Exhibition at Danske Bank's headquarters in Copenhagen.
1998: Exhibition of graphics at the American Embassy; 107 works of graphics and photos exhibited at Cobra's Sophienholm
2000: Exhibition of graphics at Gallerie Zenit's Christmas show; and Nude drawing exhibition, Gallopperiet, Christiania
2001:Christmas exhibition of art on paper, Slovenia