Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill
Claudia Hill by Dorothea Tuch
EducationFIT, Parsons[1][2]
OccupationArtist
Known forTextile art
Websitehttps://claudiahill.com/

Claudia Hill is a German artist, based in Berlin whose practice centers on textiles.[3] She explores themes of interconnectedness [4] through textile-based processes and forms.[5] Her work[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] has been presented internationally at venues including Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien mumok,[14][15] Shedhalle Zürich, [16] Centre Pompidou, [17][18] Paris Internationale,[13] Les Rencontres Internationales,[19] ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe,[7] BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music,[20] HAU Hebbel am Ufer,[21][22][23] Broadway theatre,[24] the Smithsonian Institution[25] and as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin.[26]

Background and education

Hill was born in Germany and comes from a line of tailors of Czech origin on her mother's side.[27] In 1993, she moved to New York to study contemporary dance [8][2] where shortly after, she enrolled at FIT and Parsons.[1][2] At the same time, she began to work as a costume designer[28] and was admitted to the United Scenic Artists in 1997. She returned to Europe in 2008 and now lives in Berlin,[29] where she became an active member of the performing arts scene[30][21][22][31][32][33] as a costume and stage designer.[34][35][36][37][38] Since 2021, she has developed a visual art[39] [40] practice focused on weaving.[41]

Textile art

Shedhalle Zurich, exhibition photo by Carla Schleiffer
Social Fabric Earth Return, publication photo by Ariko Inaoka

In 2011, she initiated the long-term book project, Social Fabric Earth Return,[42] which addresses themes of interconnectedness[43] and was published in 2021. Released in conjunction with an exhibition[44] of the same name during Gallery Weekend Berlin,[45] the publication features contributions by CA Conrad, Rirkrit Tiravanija, The Wooster Group, and other artists from around the world. Since then, she has developed textile installations that sometimes incorporate elements of film and performance.[46][47][48] Also in 2021 she started a series of collectively woven tapestries using a late 19th-century wooden loom.[49] Her practice is influenced by exchanges with weaving communities in the Andes and engages with materials, authorship and forms of connection.[50]


Collaborations

Her work in costume design and performance informs the collaborative and performative aspects of her practice.[51] She created the costumes for William Forsythe's Decreation in 2003[8][52] and for The Wooster Group's production of Hamlet in 2007.[53][54] Among others she became a frequent collaborator of the choreographer Meg Stuart, creating costumes for Sketches/Notebook in 2013,[7][55]Hunter in 2014,[56] and Glitch Witch in 2024.[57]

Fashion (1998–2011)

In 1998, she founded two fashion labels, the eponymous Claudia Hill and The Number After 10,[58] both of which were presented and sold in Japan, the US and Europe, at her own store,[59] and high-end boutiques, such as Barneys New York and Fred Segal[60][61] as well as exclusively at private salons in limited editions.[29][58] Her New York Fashion Week.[62][63] shows were deemed unconventional and took the form of performances or installations,[64] often in collaboration with other artists, such as Asymptote Architecture[62] or Skúli Sverrisson.

References

  1. 1 2 sal (November 2001). "Claudia Hill: Konzeptmode aus N.Y.". Bolero (in German). ISSN 1420-3944. Sie wechselte zum Fashion Institute of Technology und auf die Parson's School of Design [She changed to the Fashion Institute of Technology and to Parson's School of Design]
  2. 1 2 3 Giordano, Kevin (Fall 2000). "Collector Items". *Surface. ISSN 1091-806X. came to New York in '93 to study dance, but switched to fashion at FIT and Parsons
  3. ↑ "Impulstanz Artist Biography". ImPlusTanz. Wiener Tanzwochen. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Claudia Hill is a Berlin-based cross-disciplinary artist
  4. ↑ "Claudia Hill : Social Fabric Earth Return - Les presses du réel (book)". Lespressesdureel.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "DAMN Magazine". Damnmagazine.net. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ Nehring, Elisabeth (2018-06-08). "Claudia Hill". In Hebbel am Ufer (ed.). Unacknowledged Loss: Kunst und Rituale [Unacknowledged Loss: Art and Rituals] (Paperback) (in German and English). Berlin: Theater der Zeit. pp. 22–27. ISBN 978-3957491633.
  7. 1 2 3 Kaminski, Astrid (2013-03-04). "Dance Moves". Frieze. No. 9. pp. 24ff. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2020-12-24. The entire first part of Sketches belongs to Hill.
  8. 1 2 3 Magel, Eva-Maria (April 26, 2003). "Kleidung, nicht Kostüm". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ISSN 0174-4909.
  9. ↑ Bickmann, Walter; Kolde, Doris (2019-12-16). "Eye Sea". Tanzformum Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Abteilung Kultur, Referat VD. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Costume design & Stage: Claudia Hill
  10. ↑ "Breaking the Circle". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Claudia Hill: Producer, Costume Designer
  11. ↑ "Kŏn′voi′". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-08. Claudia Hill: Director, Producer, Costume Designer
  12. ↑ "Key Visual for Tanz im August 2016". Claudiahill.com.
  13. 1 2 "Paris Internationale 2019". Paris Internationale. Retrieved 2021-01-08. 18 October 2019 16:00, 19 October 2019 16:30, Chakra Sessions Performance, Claudia Hill
  14. ↑ Impulstanz. "Unstable Nights". Mumok. Retrieved 2021-01-08. fashion and costume designer Claudia Hill, who has worked for William Forsythe, The Wooster Group and Meg Stuart
  15. ↑ "Research Archive 2019 - Vladimir Miller & Claudia Hill & Julian Weber & Roberto Martinez". Impulstanz.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Shedhalle – Claudia Hill Co-Weaving". Shedhalle.ch. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Program". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2021-01-10. Sketches/Notebook, 11-14 Dec 2013, Grande Salle
  18. ↑ Leonard, Stephane (2015-12-12). Inside the Magic Cave: short documentary Sketches/Notebook. Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods. Retrieved 2021-01-10 – via Vimeo.
  19. ↑ "Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin". 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2021-01-08. 7pm, Claudia Hill, Stephane Leonard: Kon'voi', Vidéo expérimentale, 4k, couleur, 9:23, Allemagne, 2017
  20. ↑ "Love as a Battlefield, or Playground". The New York Times. New York City. 2009-10-09. p. C3. ISSN 0362-4331.
  21. 1 2 "Unacknowledged Loss". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  22. 1 2 "Unacknowledged Loss II". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  23. ↑ Kaminski, Astrid (March 2018). "Fähigkeit zur Freiheit" [Freedom Ability]. Tanzraum Berlin (in German). No. March/April 2018. Berlin, Germany. pp. 12–13. ISSN 2193-8520.
  24. ↑ Wesley, Jay (2005). "High on the Hill". Zoo. No. 8. ISSN 2210-2558. Hill has created costumes for Broadway productions like RENT
  25. ↑ "Not All Black and White". Wallpaper. April 2001. ISSN 1364-4475. when the Smithsonian picks up one of your designs from the Broadway production of RENT for its permanent collection
  26. ↑ "Discoveries 2021 - Galleries and artists". Gallery-weekend-berlin.de. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  27. ↑ Schipp, Anke (June 27, 2004). "Auf Tuchfühlung". Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909.
  28. ↑ Blech, Volker (April 24, 2003). "Hüllen, die enthüllen" [Envelopes that reveal]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). ISSN 0949-5126. Sie macht Kostümbilder für Theater und Film [She creates costume designs for theater and film]
  29. 1 2 Atwan, Shahar (2010-11-24). "Something intimate in shopping for elite couture". The International Herald Tribune. p. 9. ISSN 0294-8052. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Hill displays only at special events, during which items can be ordered with a personal fitting.
  30. ↑ "Claudia Hill". Xing.
  31. ↑ "Supernova #1". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10. from 4pm Claudia Hill: Flags from Tomorrow, Claudia Hill: Kŏn'voi'
  32. ↑ "Supernova #2". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10. from 4pm Claudia Hill: Flags from Tomorrow, Claudia Hill: Kŏn'voi'
  33. ↑ "Raimunda Build a Flag". Künstlerin Claudia Hill
  34. ↑ "Pharmacist or Balloonist". Costumes: We fit in them
  35. ↑ "Ding Dong". By and with: [...] Claudia Hill [...]
  36. ↑ "The Clearing". Costumes: Claudia Hill
  37. ↑ "Water Sports". Costumes: Claudia Hill
  38. ↑ "Who's afraid of Raimunda". Künstlerin Claudia Hill
  39. ↑ "[erp] Claudia Hill: 'Social Fabric Earth Return' | Efremidis | Galleries". Frieze.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  40. ↑ "Exhibitions". ZURICH ART WEEKEND. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  41. ↑ "Social Fabric Earth Return — After 8 Books". After8books.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  42. ↑ "Social Fabric Earth Return". Bomdiabooks.de. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  43. ↑ "Claudia Hill - Social Fabric Earth Return". Printedmatter.org. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  44. ↑ "Berlin – „Social Fabric Earth Return" – Claudia Hills Poncho-Kunstprojekt in der Efremidis Gallery". Schabel-kultur-blog.de. September 5, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  45. ↑ "Efremidis - Megan Marrin, Claudia Hill - Discoveries". Gallery-weekend-berlin.de. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  46. ↑ "Weaving Roots". Barenzwinger.berlin. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  47. ↑ "Gedanken spielen Verstecken". Hauskunstmitte.de. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  48. ↑ "Gedanken spielen Verstecken". Ephra.org. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  49. ↑ "here we leave solid ground : Kate Werble Gallery". Katewerblegallery.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  50. ↑ "ITS INTERVAL ISSUE 6 LEGACY". Online.fliphtml5.com. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  51. ↑ "KWG PR : here we leave solid ground..." (PDF). Katewerblegallery.com. 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  52. ↑ Siegmund, Gerald (2004), William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung, Berlin: Henschel Verlag, pp. 78, 114, ISBN 3-89487-472-4
  53. ↑ Brantley, Ben (November 1, 2007). "Looks it not like the King? Well, More Like Burton". The New York Times. pp. E1 and E12. ISSN 0362-4331. costumes by Claudia Hill
  54. ↑ "Associated Artists of The Wooster Group". Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  55. ↑ "Sketches/Notebook". Damaged Goods.
  56. ↑ "Hunter". Damaged Goods.
  57. ↑ "Damaged Goods / Meg Stuart". Damagedgoods.be. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  58. 1 2 Pfeiffer, Alice (2010-12-28). "Breaking the Cycle: Claudia Hill". Interview. ISSN 0149-8932. Retrieved 2021-01-10. Ms. Hill cruises from city to city and organizes fashion happenings— an apartment affair this winter in Paris, followed by a stop in a boutique in Tel Aviv.
  59. ↑ "Glanzpunkte, Mixen Sie Perlen, Duft, & Haute Couture". Elle Decoration Germany. January–February 2005. p. 46. ISSN 0941-7303.
  60. ↑ "Eiskalt für die Avantgarde" [Ice-Cold for the Avantgarde]. Deutsch (in German). August 2004. bei Barneys New York, Louis Boston oder Fred Segal in L.A. [at Barneys New York, Louis Boston or Fred Segal in L.A.]
  61. ↑ Storey, John (September 2004). "Claudia Hill". Madame Figaro, Taiwan. ISSN 1608-5396.
  62. 1 2 Rashid, Hani; Couture, Lise Anne; Katsanos, NA; Karaiskakis, G (2002), "Flux", Journal of Chromatography A, vol. 934, London: Phaidon Press, pp. 31–49, doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)01277-8, ISBN 0-7148-4172-2, PMID 11762762, archived from the original on 2008-12-15, retrieved 2009-04-06
  63. ↑ Fashion Tsushin (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: TV Tokyo. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  64. ↑ Quinn, Bradley (2009), Textile Designers at the Cutting Edge, London: Laurence King Publishing, pp. 68–73, ISBN 978-1-85669-581-7, archived from the original on 2010-01-05, retrieved 2009-04-06, Hill eschews traditional catwalk shows and presents her collections through performances, installations and presentations
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