Francesca Hummler

Francesca Hummler (b. 1997) is a German-American visual artist and researcher specializing in photography, currently based in London, England. She received her B.A. in Media Arts and B.S> in Biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego in 2019. She earned a Master's in Photography with distinction for her dissertation, "American Identity and Photographic Healing," from The Royal College of Art in London, England, in 2022.

Hummler is deeply interested in identity issues, drawing from her experience as the daughter of German immigrants in the United States. Her work explores the archive, familial intimacy, and generational trauma, often utilizing self-portraiture influenced by the concept of photo-therapy to untangle her sense of self. Recently, she has expanded her therapeutic practices to photograph others, offering solace as they work through their traumas.

In 2021, she was selected as one of the laureates of the Carte Blanche Étudiants award and displayed her work at Paris Photo. In 2022, she won the Young Talent Award from the Vonovia Award for Photography, with her work displayed in the Sprengel Museum. Her work has been collected by the Odunpazarı Modern Museum in Türkiye, featured in the Hamburg-based magazine Photonews, and she has been interviewed by Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

In May 2023, Hummler had her first solo exhibition in Erlangen, Germany, followed by her second solo show in London in September 2023 as part of the Deptford X Festival. Her series “Das Kuckucksei” or “The Cuckoo's Egg” was published in the January 2024 issue of Artforum magazine. Her next solo exhibition, featuring her newest work “Rituals,” opens in October 2024 at the Crypt Gallery in London.