My name is Alex Hanke, I am a designer and print maker in the field of illustration and graphic design. Some years ago I was born in the wild lands of east Germany. Early I discovered how to eat a yummy pencil and what to do with funny stuff like paper and walls. So I started working for different clients back in the early days of 1998, long before I moved out to Cologne and afterwards to the small city of Hildesheim to graduate in Corporate Design in 2008. In the same year I established the label “Zum Heimathafen” to separate my art driven mind from the day-to-day graphic design job. At the moment I’m working as a freelance artist and creating posters, shirts or flyers as well as Corporate Design and packaging solutions for clients arround the world. So feel free to drop me a line to get more information about the little empire.
Take care!
ASSORTED exhibitions
GIG POSTERS 11-12/2017 Solo Exhibition
@ Soultunes (Magdeburg/D)
FLATSTOCK Barcelona & Hamburg
INK & RIDE 08/2017
@Millerntor-Stadion Hamburg
BERLIN GRAPHIC DAYS 01/2017
@Urban Spree
FLATSTOCK Barcelona & Hamburg
FINDERS KEEPERS 03/2016
@Lokomotiv Verkstedet (Copenhagen/DK)
GIG POSTERS 02-04/2016 Solo Exhibition
@ Burnout Records (Hamburg/D)
COLORED GIGS #7 09-10/2015 Poster Convention
(München, Leipzig, Dresden/D)
FLATSTOCK #52 09/2015 Poster Convention
@ Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg/D)
FLATSTOCK #50 07/2015 Poster Convention
@ Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago/USA)
POSTERS ROCK 07/2015 Groupshow
@ »Zanne« Festival (Catania/IT)
FLATSTOCK #49 05/2015 Poster Convention
@ Primavera Sound (Barcelona/ES)
LeGigPoster? #2 11/2014 Poster Show
@ LeGuessWho? Festival (Utrecht/NL)
COLORED GIGS #6 09-10/2014 Poster Convention
(Leipzig, Dresden/D)
FLATSTOCK #47 09/2014 Poster Convention
@ Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg/D)
FLATSTOCK #44 05/2014 Poster Convention
@ Primavera Sound (Barcelona/ES)
PULS Festival 11/2013 Groupshow
@ BR-Rundfunkhaus (München/D)
LE GIG POSTER? 11/2013 Groupshow
@ Le Guess Who? Festival (Utrecht/NL)
POSTERS ROCK 11/2013 Groupshow
@ Casa dell Architettura (Rom/IT)
COLORED GIGS #5 11/2013 Poster Convention (Dresden/D)
FLATSTOCK #42 9/2013 Poster Convention
@ Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg/D)
FLATSTOCK #39 05/2013 Poster Convention
@ Primavera Sound (Barcelona/ES)
Romantik 2.0 06/2012 Groupshow
@ Altstadtkrankenhaus (Magdeburg/D)
Urbane Begegnungen mit Klassik 03/2012 Groupshow
@ Laeiszhalle (Hamburg/D)
Benutzeroberfläche Stadt 11/2011 Groupshow
@ Kunstmuseum Kloster u. l. F. (Magdeburg/D)
Gruun gemaakt 08/2011 Groupshow
@ Noorderzon Festival (Groningen/NL)
Do It Green 05/2011 Groupshow @ LOKAL (Hamburg/D)
Woodblocks 10/2010-11/2010 Urbanpiraten
@ Blauer Bock (Magdeburg/D)
ART to SHOP 06/2010-07/2010 Urbanpiraten
@ Never Ending (Magdeburg/D)
We need no future 04/2010-06/2010 Soloshow
@ Augapfel (Magdeburg/D)
Art Fabriqué 08/2009-08/2009 Urbanpiraten
@ Noorderzon Festival (Groningen/NL)
Jobs and schools
01/2002 – 06/2002 espressivo / Internship
07/2002 – 06/2003 jacco – Werbung und Marketing / Internship
08/2003 – 07/2005 Köln International School of Design
08/2005 – 10/2005 SWM Magdeburg – Marketing / Internship
03/2006 – 08/2008 Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim / Bachelor of Arts
1998 – today Freelancer
Published Work
The DESIGN AND DESIGN Book of the year Vol. 1
(Index Books / ISBN: 8496309800)
The DESIGN AND DESIGN Book of the year Vol. 2
(Index Books / ISBN: 8492643412)
KOLK. Ausgabe 1 (Hunger Verlag)
Typoshirt One (Gingko Press / ISBN: 8492643552)
Fresh Box: Cutting Edge Illustrations (Daab / ISBN: 3942597071)
Pastime
Music – playing (I used to play bass/guitar in different bands) / listening / concerts,
photography, travelling, looking
Record Label Confidence Records 2004-2007
Concert Group Cpt.Emo Networks 2005-2008
Urbanpiraten Collective 07/2008-today
Illustration Brand Zum Heimathafen 05/2008-today
