Mathilde Tijen Hansen is a german-turkish photographer born in Cologne and grew up in Berlin, where she lives and works. She studied with Ludwig Rauch at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, graduating in 2024. Her work explores urban spaces and how political power shapes their structure, use, and perception.
Selected group exhibitions – upcoming and past
Gute Aussichten – Young German Photography 2024/2025: Städtische Galerie Nordhorn (2026); Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe (2026); Deichtorhallen Hamburg, PHOXXI, House of Photography (2025); Landesmuseum Koblenz, House of Photography (2025) – Atmosphären und Stoffwechsel, Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin (2024); Threads, One Minute Space, Athens Photo Festival Official (2024); Achtzehn, Graduation Exhibition, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie / konnekt.berlin (2024); Die Rose ist ohne Warum, Schloss Neuhardenberg (2020).
Awards
2025 – Winner, Gute Aussichten – Junge Deutsche Fotografie 2024/2025
2024 – Finalist, August Sander Prize, SK Stiftung Kultur
Publications
2025 – Monopol, article “Straße der offenen Fragen” featuring Sonnenallee, August 2025
2025 – PhotoNews, cover story and double-page spread on Sonnenallee, September 2025
2024 – tip Berlin, photo spread on Sonnenallee, May 2024
2024 – Edited (collaboration between the photo editing departments of Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie and ICP New York), group publication featuring Sonnenallee