Hinze's artistic approach touches on contemporary and historical discourses about art and architecture, which she transfers into new formats, such as at the Archiv Massiv in Leipzig, at Acud Macht Neu and Plattenpalast in Berlin, the BMW branch at Alte Messe in Leipzig or at Haus Blumenthal, Händelallee 67 in Berlin's Hansaviertel district.
In her work, Hinze tackles the complexity of varying methods and approaches in order to question pictorial spaces and visual content. She is interested in finding independent structural and aesthetic means, via which her work can challenge the power of drawing and painting to influence the observer, the materiality of the line in contrast to the pictorial surface and the possible multidimensionality of both media. The transition between media influences the very core of her work. She examines the potential meaning of drawing and painting in the liminal zones between the drawn line and the painted surface in tangible surroundings,[2] as she does between an artistic mind-set and a sphere of social activity. Thematically, her work deals with concepts such as presence and permeability, visibility and invisibility, and disappearance, all from the most variant perspectives. These aspects are examined as moments of motion, as moments of appearance and acts of concealment. Maria Hinze's work is concerned with the relationship between humans and their surroundings. The human body functions as a physical medium for storing both the conscious and subconscious. Hinze comprehends herself as a storage medium for images of a world of language and form, which is rooted in the subconscious and, as such, precedes her own thought structures – intangible knowledge is translated into language and tangible space.
Translated by Pete Littlewood.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2020 „Neues Leben, neue Zeit“ wall drawing, Haus Blumenthal, Hansaviertel Berlin
2011"Broken Circle", with Falko Teichmann, Hans Leser, M. Rux, Souterrain-Berlin
2010 "The Mess We Made", Archiv Massiv, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
2010 "When An Area Is Enveloped By Fog It Appears Larger More Sublime", with M. Rux/Ellenschneider, Lukas Lonski, Kiki Bohemia and Chez Mieke, Wald und Wiese alias Fog Puma, bar25, Berlin
2009"Both Sides Of A Swing Door Are Swaying Open And Shut, As If Blown By A Breath Of Wind Or The After-effects Of Someone Passing Through", Plattenpalast, Berlin
2009"He Persists in Silence", Enblanco project space, Berlin
2008"Dem neuen Himmel eine neue Erde", Diplom Galerie Pierogie, Leipzig/Brooklyn
Selected group exhibitions and projects
2020 “Herzschwingen - Tension of Human Life – The Heartbeat and Myocardial Contraction“, curated by Maria Hinze, with Kimberley de Jong and Jason Sharp, Laura Fong Prosper, Nele Brönner, Aidan Girt, Gambletron, Mike Moya, Kevin Doria, Nick Kuepfer and others; Meinblau e.V. Projektraum, Pfefferberg, Berlin
201648 Stunden Neuköln, Cherie Sundays No 7 // nothing happens, with Laura Fong Prosper i.a., Berlin
2015"Display", with Ayumi Rahn, Christian Otto, Johann Lurf, Karl Lemieux, Michael Part, Walter Obholzer, Pinacoteca Wien, Vienna
2014"Neue Regeln", with Peder K. Bugge, Takehito Koganezawa, Arne Schreiber, curated by Anne Fäser, Isabel Holert, Felix Laubscher, Plattenpalast, Berlin
2014"Paradis de la Crème", with Falko Teichmann, M. Rux, Talis and Gatis Silde, Naked Lunch, Berlin
2013"Let it go", with Fiete Stolte, Kerstin Gottschalk, Melissa Steckbauer, Rainer Neumeier a.o., Souterrain-Berlin
2013"Transitory Rituals", curated exhibition, with Hanako Geierhos, Souterrain-Berlin
2013 fashion collection, "Fernzeichen" mit Lesole, Berlin
2012 participation in group exhibition "Timed Up and Go Test", with Florian Schmidt, Kartenrecht, Kitty Kraus, Ulf Aminde a.o., Souterrain-Berlin
2012 participation in group exhibition "Let it Flow let it Go", with Christian Egger, Dominique Hurth, Thomas Janitzky a.o., Souterrain-Berlin
2012 participation in group exhibition "Temporary Home",[9] video performance, parallel event to Documenta, Kassel
2011"Er hockte in der Zeit und konnte sie nicht an sich bringen", with Alexandra Leykauf, Eiko Grimberg, Michael Part, Norbert Witzgall a.o., Auguststr. 35, Berlin
2011 participation in group exhibition, "Heavy Papers", Galeri Merkur, Istanbul
2011 participation in group exhibition, "Offensichtlich öffentlich", curated by Peer Golo Willi, Berlin
2010 participation in group exhibition, Canakkale Biennale, "Fiktional, Realities, Transformations", Canakkale
2010 studio presentations, Akademie der Künste, Düsseldorf, class Tal R
2009 work presentation, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
2009 Lubok, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
2008 book project "Dem neuen Himmel eine neue Erde", with Raymond Pettibon, limited edition
2008 group exhibition of the final year class, HGB Leipzig
2007 ALS-Immendorf-Initiative of Charite Hospital Berlin, class Immendorf (Düsseldorf), class Rauch (Leipzig), class Richter (Berlin)