I am Karla (-/they) and I am a visual artist and graphic designer based in Hamburg. In my artistic work I deal with means of representation, forms of labor and public spaces. Together with accomplices I organize exhibitions in apartments and camp in exhibition spaces.
| year | title | infos | location | weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | How to survive in the Artworld of Hamburg again | Opening: 27.11.2026, 19:00 28. & 29.11 16–20:00 with Aleit Wagenbrenner and Jan Holtmann |
Hypercultural Passengers, Hamburg Veddel | hyperculturalpassengers.org |
| year | title | type | client | weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Diagrams Bundesverdienstkreuz | artistic data visualisation | HFBK Hamburg | published in Lerchenfeld #79 ⭧ |
| Klassenreise | visual identity, poster, flyer, custom typography and website design and development with kirby cms. | Hajusom e.V. | klassenreise.hajusom.com | |
| 2025 | ruthunger.com | portfolio website, design and development with kirby cms. | Ruth Unger | ruthunger.com |
| Stapel Stapel Stapeln Stapeln | book design | Young Valley Soil | ||
| Exit Strategies | digital publication | karlakrey.de/exit-strategies | ||
| 2024 | Die Neue Frau | digital publication, poster, flyer with Amira Mostafa and Liudmila Savelyeva |
HFBK Hamburg | die-neue-frau.hfbk.net |
| alenbichler.de | portfolio website | Alen Bichler | alenbichler.de | |
| KK Schirft | typeface | get KK Schirft | ||
| 2022 | Lerchenfeld 63–72 | editorial with Stina Frenz and Hanna Shong | HFBK Hamburg | hfbk-hamburg.de |
| year | title | infos | weblink | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| since 2024 | The Backrooms | exhibition series exploring contemporary positions at the
threshold
of digital
culture, virtual spaces, and
media abysses. Co-curation with: Georg Juranek, Artur Neufeld, Merlin Reichart, Stephan Thiel and Marco Wesche |
the-backrooms.de | |
| since 2020 | collaboration with Alen Bichler | Organisation and curation of (exhibition) projects in off-spaces and other places. | bichler-krey.de | |
| 2019–2021 | Fe*male Intervention | Events, performances and exhibitions around the 8th of March.
Together with: Lisa Maria Baier, Alen Bichler and Alex Lueder |
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| 2018–2019 | Bottom_Up Collective | Performance collective. Organisation of appartment exhibitions in Budapest.
Together with: Max Griesche, Nele Mai and Anna Túdos |
| year | title | infos | location | weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | How to survive in the Artworld of Hamburg | collaboration with noroomgallery | Hypercultural Passengers, Hamburg Veddel | hyperculturalpassengers.org |
| Betretener Raum | group | Studio I.S.O., Tapetenwerk, Leipzig | ||
| Werkleitz Festival 2026 Früher oder Später | group | Halle (Saale) | werkleitz.de/frueher-oder-spaeter | |
| 2025 | The Backrooms Vol. 2 | group | Atelierhaus Amsinckstraße 45, Hamburg | the-backrooms.de |
| Ambiguitäten | group | hinterconti, Hamburg | hinterconti.de | |
| Studio I.S.O. | group | Herbstrundgang, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig | ||
| Graduate Show | Klasse Digitale Grafik R 151, Lerchenfeld 2 | HFBK Hamburg | graduates.hfbk.net | |
| Annual Exhibition | Klasse Digitale Grafik R 151, Lerchenfeld 2 | HFBK Hamburg | ||
| 2024 | The Backrooms | group | Atelierhaus Amsinckstraße 45, Hamburg | the-backrooms.de |
| We all got the juice! | with Kollektiv zur schönen Mense | Kabinett, Zentralwerk Dresden | zentralwerk.de | |
| IN_VERANTWORTUNG | group | Motorenhalle, Dresden | riesa-efau.de | |
| 2023 | we work so much - who will ever see this | apartment exhibition | private address, Hamburg | bichler-krey.de |
| R36 | apartment exhibition | private address, Dresden | bichler-krey.de | |
| G15 | apartment exhibition | private address, Dresden | bichler-krey.de | |
| contain==release | annual exhibition, Klasse Digitale Grafik R 151, Lerchenfeld 2 | HFBK Hamburg | ||
| 2022 | CAMP | residency project | Galerie Ladøns, Hamburg | documentation on instagram |
| Planetarium | solo | Einstellungsraum, Hamburg | einstellungsraum.de | |
| 2021 | Keine Zeit für Zukunft | Futur 3 Festival | Kiel | |
| Frauen*zimmer 2 | apartment exhibition | private address, Dresden | ||
| STAMP Festival (altonale) | exhibition in public space | Platz der Republik, Hamburg | ||
| Palmen aus Plastik | performance together with Alen Bichler | Playa de las Teresitas, Teneriffe, ES | ||
| 2020 | Existenz: Spuren | group | Oktogon. Kunsthalle der HfBK Dresden | hfbk-dresden.de |
| Diplome 2020 | group | Oktogon. Kunsthalle der HfBK Dresden | hfbk-dresden.de | |
| Frauen*zimmer | apartment exhibition | private address, Dresden | ||
| Space Baitler for Sewing Machines | digital group exhibition concept | Galerie Ursula Walter, Dresden | ||
| fe*male intervention Ausstellung | group | C. Rockefeller Center Dresden | ||
| 2019 | Bottle | permanent installation | Lavangsnes Wunderkammer Sculpture Park, NO | wunderkammer.no |
| Kunst für Humanismus/Art for Humanism | group | Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden | ||
| The Leader’s Room/Herrschaftszimmer | 48h Neukölln | Berlin | ||
| OTTHON | performance with bottom_up collective | Budapest, HU | ||
| Bottom Up: The Leaders‘ Room | performance with bottom_up collective | Budapest, HU | ||
| 2018 | Pretend This Will Happen | apartment exhibition | private address, Budapest, HU | |
| Existenz Kapitel 1: Skizzen | group | Oktogon. Kunsthalle der HfBK Dresden | ||
| 2017 | School of Arts Vol. IV | group | Oktogon. Kunsthalle der HfBK Dresden | |
| 2016 | Rallye Dresden - Ostrava und zurück | group | Dul Michal, Ostrava CZ |
| year | title | infos | location | weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Die Neue Frau | conversation with Karla Krey, Amira Mostafa and Liudmila Savelyeva (Digital Graphics class) and Mathilda Schmidt (Stage Design) about the digital publication and the exhibition display for the exhibition The New Woman as part of the accompanying program | HFBK Hamburg | |
| 2024 | In Verantwortung | artisttalk as part of the exhibition “IN VERANTWORTUNG“ | riesaefau (Motorenhalle), Dresden | |
| 2022 | How to make Art for Public Space | Panel with Susanne Altmann, Karla Krey, Isabell Meldner and Caroline Petri | HfBK Dresden | |
| 2021 | Banden bilden! | panel on collective work mit Fe*male Intervention, In the Meantime, Tamika and Naomi Odhiambo, Tiger.Riots | online | |
| 2021 | Wir wollen die ganze Bäckerei: Feministische Organisation an der Kunsthochschule | panel with Cake and Cash Curatorial Collective and Fe*male Intervention | RC3 | watch at ccc media library |
| 2020 | Physical Rules (don‘t) Apply Here?! | Artisttalk with Paul Barsch | online | |
| 2020 | Das ist unser Raum – Podiumsgespräch zu feministischen Interventionen an Kunsthochschulen | panel with Cake & Cash Curatorial Collective | online | ⭧ |
| 2026 | Forms of Digital Publications | shortlist | ||
| 2025 | project funding | Hamburgische Kulturstiftung | ||
| 2023 | project funding | K.H. Dietze Stiftung | ||
| 2023 | project funding | Bezirksamt Hamburg Mitte | ||
| 2020 | Netzwerk Kreativ | grant | ⭧ | |
| 2020 | Kleinprojekteförderung (project funding) | Office for Culture and Monument Protection of the City of Dresden |
| 2021 – 2025 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Klasse Digitale Grafik | HFBK Hamburg | ||
| 2018 – 2019 | Erasmus Semester | University of Fine Arts Budapest, Hungary | ||
| 2015 – 2020 | Diploma of Fine Arts | HfBK Dresden |