Hanna Kučera (b. 1996) lives and works in Vienna. Her artistic practice navigates the tension between play and work, fiction and reality, and professionalism and parody. Through varying forms of “para-play,” she explores the conditions of artistic professionalization, the emancipatory potential of play, and the paradoxical experience of moving forward while simultaneously feeling stuck.
She studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, under the guidance of Christian Sery, Iman Issa, Diedrich Diederichsen, and Nora Schultz, among others.
Her works have been presented internationally in exhibitions and performative formats, including in Vienna, Dresden, Marseille, Bonn, Bregenz, and Washington, D.C. Her awards include the Birgit Jürgenssen Prize, the Federal Prize for Art Students, and a multi-year scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation.