About

The Studio is the Temple

Lotte Hauss is a Hamburg-based artist working with painting, textile sculpture, installation and performance. Her practice moves between historical image traditions and contemporary forms of storytelling, with a particular interest in mythology, religious imagery, ritual and the construction of cultural memory. Longside her individual practice, Lotte Hauss works collaboratively with Marc T. Suess as Maison Douce, developing performances, installations and ritual-based works.

Photo by Anja Beutler

“My art is a silent dialogue between life, death and beauty, my mortal heart and the eternal cosmic forces.”

Traditional techniques such as oil painting and portraiture meet materials including wool, gold and bones. Historical and visual research is combined with intuitive and body-based methods, allowing documented knowledge, speculation and imagination to exist alongside one another.

“When you are born, you enter this world in a gush of blood and shit. There is screaming, then you suck milk from your mother's breast. To me, the experience of giving birth, witnessing the passage into this world on the edge of life and death, was vital to accept that there is something like holiness and to feel life without restraints.”

PRESS

Interview with Voyage LA, Sept 2024
“Rising Stars: Meet Maison Douce”
“It’s all about keeping things weird and scared at the same time.”

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Interview with the CanvasRebel Magazine 2023
Talking about my mission and journey as an artist
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-lotte-hauss/

Artcollective Maison Douce Interview with the CanvasRebel Magazine 2023
On purpose, visions and artistic expeditions
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-maison-douce/

CV

Born

1984, Hamburg, Germany

Education

2013 Master Class studies (Meisterschülerstudium) in painting, Prof. Adamski, Dresden University of Fine Arts (HFBK), Germany

2011 Diploma in sculpture and painting, Class of Matt Mullican, Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK), Germany

Academia
Lecturer, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Teaching in the fields of visual media, art, and contemporary artistic AI practice.

Instructor for Sculpting Techniques, VHS Hamburg
Instruction in sculptural methods with a focus on contemporary approaches and material experimentation.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 “Saint Inbetween”, Exhibition and performance, The Fool, Berlin, Germany
“Rites of Spring”, Exhibition and performance, Art Salon with Morgen Contemporary Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2025 “Between Worlds” Mega Contemporary Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
“The Master’s House is on Fire”, Exhibition and live performance, Pandora Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Totem”, Soiree and open Studio, Loft in Winterhude, Hamburg, Germany
“Vor meiner Tür”, BBK Jahresausstellung, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany

2024 Performance „Rauhnächte“(mit Maison Douce Art Collective) English Theater Hamburg , Hamburg
"250 Druckgrafiken für Caspar David Friedrich“ Greifswald, Germany
"EVERYONE BUT CASPAR!“ Kunsthalle Niendorf - Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany
“Urban Witchcraft”, Mothership Studio & Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2023 "Imagine Transparency", Jupiterhaus, Hamburg, Germany
Nominierung für das Residenzstipendium “BODØ LAND ART PROJECT“ der Europäischen Kulturhauptstadt . Norwegen) und Singulart Gallery,
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2022 "Zuckerbrot und Stille“, Gut Zahren, Zahrentin, Germany
"Blockstadt“, Artstadt/Jupiterhaus, Hamburg, Germany

2021 "From Ashes to Eden“, Savoir Vivre, Hamburg, Germany

2020 "CODE 5“, Atlantik München, Munich, Germany (with H.P. Adamski, Peter Bömmels)

2019 "Tod & Verderben“, Bunkerhill-Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2015 "Internationaler Cranach Preis“, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany

2013 "Position“ (BBK Hamburg), Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg, Germany

2012 "Zwischen uns“, Epicentro, Berlin, Germany

2010 "TaRtort Tiefgarage“, Hammerbrook , Hamburg, Germany "Körper/Teile“, Frappant e.V., Hamburg, Germany

2009 "Der Bohèmistische Leichnam“, Harburger Kunstverein, Hamburg , Germany

2008 "Künstliche Räume“, Schloss Agathenburg, Stade, Germany

Awards

2023 Nomination for Artist in Residence “BODØ LAND ART PROJECT“
European Capital of Culture 2024 Bodø (Norwegen) und Singulart Gallery,

2015 Nomination for "Internationaler Cranach Preis“, LutherstadtWittenberg, Germany

2009 Award "Kunstparkt Berlin“, Berlin, Germany

Solo Exhibitions
2012 "Der Wallfahrtsort der Fliegen“, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, Germany

2010 "Wir lichten aus im Morgengrauen“, Frappant, Hamburg, Germany

2008 "Jagdzimmer“, Pow Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

Interviews

The story behind the Future Artefacts series

Lotte Hauss Instagram

Maison Douce Artcollective Instagram