Creative Thinking & Creation

I offer my clients workshops to help them develop new ideas and serve as a creative sounding board. I assist them with brand communication or develop and execute photography projects. Sometimes it’s all of the above, sometimes just a small part of it. When requested, I also handle project management or oversee the printing process, and occasionally design furniture for an art project.

And when I reach the limits of my capabilities, I can draw on a wonderful, reliable network that has grown over the years.

My office has been located in the Speicherstadt for 20 years, in a beautiful 19th-century building. For about 14 years now, I’ve not only shared office space with Annett Schuft, but we’ve also worked together to serve many of our clients.

I usually carry out my freelance photography projects with my partner Oliver Schumacher.

Portrait of Nicole Keller, NDR, March 2022

Brief Biography

  • Freelance Creative Director, Photographer, and Artist | Hamburg | 2006 – present
  • Design Director | Various renowned agencies (Landor, Syndicate, and Dragon Rouge) | Hamburg | 1997–2006
  • Work assignment | Landor Agency | San Francisco | 1996
  • Studied Communication Design and Photography | Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and Ecole Estienne Paris | 1992 to 1996

Books

  • Call it Corona | Edition Bildperlen | 2023
  • Genußhelden für Hamburg | Junius Verlag | 2019
  • Jubiläumsbuch 25 Jahre Dialog | Umweltstiftung Michael Otto | 2019
  • City-Hof, An- und Einblicke | Junius Verlag | 2018
  • Jubiläumsbuch | 5 Jahre Joachim Herz Stiftung | 2015
  • Hotel Reichshof Hamburg | Wasmuth Verlag | 2015
  • Hamburger Küche | Junius Verlag | 2014
  • Shanghai Straßenküchen | AT Verlag | 2012
  • Ausstellungskatalog Jugendstil & Altersklasse | Körber-Stiftung | 2012
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | Parallelen und Gegensätze | Senatskanzlei Hamburg | 2009
  • Hamburg-Osaka | Parallelen und Gegensätze | Senatskanzlei Hamburg | 2009
  • Hafenbuch Hamburg | Junius Verlag | 2008
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | Buch zum 20-jährigen Partnerschaftsjubiläum | Senatskanzlei Hamburg | 2006
  • Täglich Hamburg | Junius Verlag | 2006

Exhibition List

  • Bild der Frau | Jupiter | Hamburg | Oktober 2024
  • Architexturen | Galerie Rieck & Galerie Elbchaussee | Hamburg | April 2024
  • Photomino | Horizonte Öffnen | Levantehaus | Hamburg | September 2023
  • Waste Of Time | Freelens Gemeinschaftsausstellung Vom Wasser | Jupiter | Hamburg | September 2023
  • Architexturen | Galerie Rieck & StudioGalerie Othmarschen | Hamburg | August 2023
  • Photomino | Horizonte Öffnen | Landesvertretung HH | Berlin | Juni 2023
  • Provisorium | Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis architekturbild e.V. | Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) | Frankfurt a. M. | Mai 2023
  • Städtische Verdichtung | HH Architektursommer | Galerie Multiple Box | Hamburg | Mai 2023
  • Photomino | Galerie Multiple Box | Hamburg | November 2022
  • Städtische Verdichtung | Ein Monat Baulultur | Jupiter | Hamburg | November 2022
  • Dilemma | Gruppenausstellung | Jupiter | Hamburg | Oktober 2022
  • Städtische Verdichtung | Triennale Expanded | Kraftwerk Bille | Hamburg | Mai 2022
  • Wir geben Hamburg Perspektive | Kultursäulen | Hamburg | 2021
  • City-Hof, An- und Einblicke | Credit Exhibit | Hamburg | 2019
  • City-Hof, An- und Einblicke | HH Architektursommer | Galerie Multiple Box | Hamburg | 2019
  • Hotel-Reichshof | Galerie Multiple Box | Hamburg | 2015
  • Jugendstil & Altersklasse | CCH, Kirchentag | Hamburg | 2013
  • Jugendstil & Altersklasse | Heinrich-Heine-Haus, Cité Universitaire | Paris | 2013
  • Jugendstil & Altersklasse | Goethe Institut | Montpellier | 2012
  • Jugendstil & Altersklasse | Körber-Stiftung | Hamburg | 2012
  • Shanghai Straßenküche | Galerie Multiple Box | Hamburg | 2012
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | Expo, Hamburg Haus | Shanghai | 2010
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | Hanse-Office | Brüssel | 2010
  • Tales of two cities | Urban Planning Museum | Shanghai | 2009
  • Hamburg-Osaka | Rathaus | Osaka | 2009
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | China Summit Handelskammer | Hamburg | 2008
  • Real Shanghai | Gemeinschaftsausstellung Shanghai Urban Public Space | Landsend | Hamburg | 2008
  • Hamburg-Shanghai | Rathausdiele | Hamburg | 2008
  • Täglich Hamburg | HH Architektursommer | Galleria Passage | Hamburg | 2006

The Artist’s Early Work

Unfortunately, there is no information available regarding what the young artist intended to convey with this piece. I am asking for your help and will publish your submissions with the most beautiful interpretations here.

The most likely explanation at this time comes from S. Beckmann, Hamburg: “The young artist, who initially depicted forms she had diligently learned, suddenly plunges intuitively into a creative, highly emotional process. She creates her own form, not in color, but in neutral white. And she fills it wildly with all the shapes that happen to fit inside. An experimental path toward condensation, already evident here, as the beginnings of interdisciplinary creativity. Just like that. Not thought out—only felt.”

Nicole Keller Interdisziplinäre Kreation

c/o Verinion, Am Sandtorkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, info@nicolekeller.de, Mobil: 0171-79 43 872