--- title: Haci Sami Yaman description: Berlin Outsider Artist | HighTech & Kunst Award 2019 | Trauma, Time & Consciousness url: https://www.artsume.com/a/haci-sami-yaman type: artist createdAt: "2026-10-20" updatedAt: "2026-10-21" disciplines: - Painting - Drawing - Digital Art - Mixed Media - Paper Arts location: Berlin, Germany website: https://www.instagram.com/hacisamiyaman/ birthYear: 1973 --- # Haci Sami Yaman *Berlin Outsider Artist | HighTech & Kunst Award 2019 | Trauma, Time & Consciousness | Painting, Drawing, Digital Art, Mixed Media, Paper Arts | Based in Berlin, Germany* ## Artist Statement I build images from points, lines, signs and numbers. Repetition becomes rhythm: a way of moving through memory, time and inner experience. My Codex-A systems are a personal visual language connecting perception, consciousness and transformation. I work through proximity, touch, breathing and movement. As a nearly blind artist, I encounter the image with my whole body. The Open Studio at the Alexianer St. Hedwig-Kliniken Berlin offers a place of exchange and continuity, while my artistic choices remain my own. My work moves between the fleeting instant, the imagined nanosecond and the long duration of a paper roll. Circular and 360-degree arrangements let me explore attention as something that can turn, surround and return. Numbers become rhythms and visual relationships. Energy and atmosphere name felt intensities, while light and layered signs suggest processes that remain unseen. These are artistic and philosophical investigations of subjective experience. Digital processes and AI extend this exploration into symbolic constellations and imagined spaces. I use AI as a creative and accessibility tool under my direction. My physical originals, AI transformations with a documented source and fully generated images belong to distinct strands of the practice. Where a digital image’s exact source process has not yet been documented, its presentation says so. I want the work to create an encounter between inner and outer worlds, between different ways of sensing, and between people. Viewers are invited to take their time, follow the signs and discover their own relationships within them. ## About Haci Sami Yaman (born 19 June 1973 in Siegen, Germany) is a Berlin-based self-taught visual and Outsider artist. His practice spans acrylic painting, drawing, mixed media, monumental paper works and experimental digital art. For around ten years, the Open Studio (Offenes Atelier) at the Alexianer St. Hedwig-Kliniken Berlin has provided a setting for his artistic development and exchange. Points, lines, calligraphic signs and numerical sequences accumulate into personal Codex-A systems. Colour, repetition and rhythm connect his investigations of memory, trauma, spirituality, relationships, subjective time, perception and consciousness. Alongside several hundred smaller and medium-sized works, he has created paper rolls reaching up to 25 metres. Digital images, videos and AI-involved studies extend this vocabulary into imagined spaces, circular diagrams and symbolic constellations. Nearly blind, Yaman works through close engagement with surfaces, touch, movement and an inner sense of orientation. He uses AI assistance on his own terms to support access and develop artistic possibilities while retaining authorship and artistic direction. Physical originals, documented AI transformations and generated imagery are distinguished wherever their production history is known. Selected exhibitions include Naturale Systeme with Beatrice Guder at Galerie ART CRU Berlin (2018), annual exhibitions at Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, and the solo exhibition Trauma ReCoded at Galerie Kulturhaus Spandau (2025–2026). He received the HighTech & Kunst art prize from KRATZER AUTOMATION AG in 2019. His work was selected for the 28th Annual Art and Sales Exhibition, Kunsthaus Kannen, 25 October 2026–31 January 2027. His work has also been presented at St. Nikolai Church, Berlin-Spandau. His project series In Beziehungen (In Relationships) explores human connections. Profile photograph: Angela Kröll. ## Curriculum Vitae ### Exhibitions - **Oct. 25, 2026–Jan. 31, 2027** - *28th Annual Art and Sales Exhibition*, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany, Selected for forthcoming group exhibition, opening 25 October 2026; participating with six works. Note from the artist: This exhibition has not yet opened as of 21 October 2026. The linked portfolio entry documents three photographic details of one selected original artwork (approximately 200 × 78 cm), not three different works. The artist confirms participation with six works in total. Exhibition: 25 October 2026–31 January 2027; opening 25 October at 14:00. Source: https://www.kunsthaus-kannen.de/ausstellungen/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/28-jahres-und-verkaufsausstellung/ - **Sept. 19, 2025–Jan. 17, 2026** - *Trauma ReCoded*, Galerie Kulturhaus Spandau, Berlin, Germany, Solo Note from the artist: Public exhibition title: Trauma ReCoded. The artist also refers to the exhibition as Trauma Recorder. Anahita – Die Weiblichkeit des Universums / The Femininity of the Universe, circa 2024, is linked here according to the artist’s identification of the work. Exhibition dates: 19 September 2025–17 January 2026. Source: https://kunstkalender.berlin/de/orte/institutionen/galerie-kulturhaus. The earlier 25-metre roll presented at Kunsthaus Kannen was a different work; the 2026/2027 Kannen exhibition is separate from Anahita. - **Oct. 22, 2023–Jan. 28, 2024** - *25th Annual Art and Sales Exhibition*, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany, Group, Original exhibition title: 25. Jahres- und Verkaufsausstellung - **June 15–July 14, 2018** - *Naturale Systeme*, Galerie ART CRU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Two-person, With Beatrice Guder - **Dec. 1, 2017–Jan. 15, 2018** - *Arcadia – In the Quest for Beauty*, Galerie ART CRU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Group ### Award - **2019** - HighTech & Kunst art prize, KRATZER AUTOMATION AG, Germany ## Portfolio ### Balkonien – Toni and Thoma: The Art of Growing (2026) Nature, Memory and Transformation – Haci Sami Yaman, Berlin, 2026 For approximately six years, my Berlin balcony has been a place of observation, artistic reflection and occasional botanical adventures. Through my tomato plants Toni and Thoma, I explore growth, transformation, natural cycles, inherited characteristics, scent, taste, memory and the transmission of information between generations. Living with severe visual impairment, caring for these plants can be both challenging and wonderfully amusing. Their branches grow in unexpected directions, sometimes making their own rules. Following their adventurous growth can be difficult, and branches occasionally break. Occasionally, I even joke that my tomatoes receive more attention for their beauty than I do. Yet these small encounters with nature bring me joy, laughter and inspiration. Balkonien forms part of my wider artistic reflections on creation, perception, memory and the changing structures of life. It is conceptually connected to my monumental artwork Anahita, while remaining an independent observation of living nature. This video documents a stage of the 2026 growing season on my balcony in Berlin. --- ### Anahita – Process and Installation Views (2026) Supplementary photographic documentation of Anahita – The Femininity of the Universe by Haci Sami Yaman. These four views belong to the documentation of the same monumental original roll, created circa 2024; they do not represent four additional paintings. This companion entry exists because Artsume allows a maximum of five images per entry. The main artwork record contains five further views: https://www.artsume.com/a/haci-sami-yaman/works/anahita-the-femininity-of-the-universe-2024 The photographs show a further surface detail, the work in a gallery setting and the artist handling and unrolling sections. Other artworks visible in the room or beside the roll are contextual background and are not presented as parts of Anahita. Original support: specially prepared, compressed nonwoven material. Techniques described by the artist include acrylic and mixed media, surface preparation, sanding, polishing, drawing, numerical and calligraphic structures, and natural fragrances. Overall original: up to approximately 25 metres long and approximately 75–78 centimetres wide. These are the approximate dimensions of the whole roll, not of each photograph. Yaman identifies this documentation with his presentation at Galerie Kulturhaus Spandau, Berlin, in 2025–2026. His own exhibition wording is Trauma Recorder; public announcements use Trauma ReCoded. The existing CV retains the publicly documented exhibition title. No Kunsthaus Kannen exhibition is linked to this Anahita entry. Photographs supplied by the artist. The portfolio year 2026 refers to this documentation presentation, not to a verified date for each photograph. Original artwork date: circa 2024. --- ### Details of a Larger Original Artwork – Haci Sami Yaman (2026) These three photographic views show different sections of a single original artwork by Berlin-based Outsider Artist Haci Sami Yaman. They are documentation of one physical work, not three separate artworks and not AI-generated images. The complete artwork measures approximately 200 × 78 cm (length × width), as specified by the artist. These dimensions refer to the whole original, not to the individual photographs. The exact materials, original title and creation year have not yet been documented. The displayed title is descriptive; 2026 refers to this portfolio presentation. The detailed views invite visitors to explore layered structures, spontaneous artistic gestures, symbolic registers and the relationships between individual elements and the larger composition. The work has been selected for the forthcoming 28th Annual Art and Sales Exhibition at Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster, Germany, alongside works by numerous other artists. Haci Sami Yaman is participating with six works, as confirmed by the artist. Exhibition dates: 25 October 2026 – 31 January 2027; opening: 25 October at 14:00, according to the institution’s current announcement. Kunsthaus Kannen holds particular personal and artistic significance for Yaman. He values his longstanding connection with the Alexianer artistic network. His artistic development is also closely connected with the Open Studio (Offenes Atelier) at Alexianer St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, where he works as an independent Outsider Artist. These relationships support artistic dialogue, creative independence and exchange within inclusive and Outsider Art. No official institutional representative role is claimed. Artist: Haci Sami Yaman Images: Three photographic details of one original artwork, supplied by the artist. Overall original dimensions: Approximately 200 × 78 cm. Exhibition: 28. Jahres- und Verkaufsausstellung 2026/2027, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany. Official exhibition information: https://www.kunsthaus-kannen.de/ausstellungen/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/28-jahres-und-verkaufsausstellung/ --- ### The AI of the Future Asks: What Happened in the Past? (2026) *Single-channel digital video (AI-assisted)* HSY – Codex of Time, Consciousness and Energy What if artificial intelligence in the future could look back into the past and ask: What happened to human consciousness, memory, time and energy? In this experimental AI-assisted video artwork, Berlin-based Outsider Artist Haci Sami Yaman explores the interaction between past, present and future through his personal artistic coding systems. His visual research brings together numerical structures, nanosecond-based calculations, symbolic energy formations, multidirectional thought streams and the concept of 360-degree perception. Within his artistic universe, time is imagined not simply as a linear sequence but as a complex field of interacting, separating, overlapping and transforming processes. Thoughts emerge, divide, reconnect and develop into multifunctional structures. Energy formations interact across imagined dimensions of memory, consciousness and time. The artist’s personal coding systems — CA1, CA2 and CA3 — connect biographical time, cosmic symbolism, numerical registers and spiritual reflection. A central element is the HSY 99-year life codex, incorporating a symbolic lifetime expressed in nanoseconds: HSY-19730619-505228N080128E-3125724000000000000 The expanded artistic notation is: HSY73-CA1CA2CA3-K99ΣSC13 These systems are personal, conceptual and artistic interpretations rather than experimentally established scientific measurements. Through artificial intelligence, original ideas, numerical structures and visual imagination enter a new form of dialogue. The video raises a question about humanity’s future: Will the artificial intelligence of tomorrow become an interpreter of the thoughts, memories and invisible histories of yesterday? An experimental exploration by Haci Sami Yaman of the relationships between time, perception, consciousness, transformation and the unknown. Artist: Haci Sami Yaman Location: Berlin, Germany Artistic field: Outsider Art / AI-Assisted Digital Art / Experimental Visual Research Process note: AI-assisted digital video. A specific physical source artwork has not been documented; no direct derivation from a particular painting or drawing is claimed. Duration: approximately 54 seconds. The portfolio year 2026 identifies this presentation. --- ### Codex-A — Digital Studies: A Selection from Flickr (2026) *Digital image series (AI-involved)* Portfolio selection assembled in October 2026 from Haci Sami Yaman’s Flickr album Digital Compositions – Symbols and Perception. The project year refers to this presentation, not to a verified production date for every image. These digital/AI-involved studies explore circular and 360-degree arrangements, numerical signs, imagined cosmic spaces and subjective experience of time. Nanoseconds, energy and atmosphere function as elements of the artist’s visual and philosophical vocabulary. Selected images: • HSY – Digital Composition No. 001 – CA8. A luminous globe within interlaced rings, bearing CA8 OMNIA VITAE. Flickr ID 55600457675; uploaded 19 October 2026. • HSY – Digital Composition No. 002 – HSY73. Golden circular diagrams surrounding HSY73 CA1 → CA8. Flickr ID 55600058056; uploaded 19 October 2026. • Signals across a Blue Cosmos (editorial display title). Golden structures in deep blue space carrying the artist’s condensed Codex signature. Flickr ID 55600974134; uploaded 20 October 2026. Process record: digital imagery with AI involvement in the artist’s practice. Image-specific records do not yet establish whether each image was fully generated or transformed from a particular original artwork. No direct source painting is claimed. These images are presented separately from physical originals. Physical dimensions, materials and individual production dates are unrecorded. Existing Flickr numbers and inscriptions are preserved; no new chronological artwork numbers are assigned. Source album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hsy-outsider-art-germany/albums/72177720336228425 © Haci Sami Yaman. --- ### Anahita – The Femininity of the Universe (2024) *Acrylic and mixed media on specially prepared compressed nonwoven material* ANAHITA – THE FEMININITY OF THE UNIVERSE Monumental Mixed-Media Artwork by Haci Sami Yaman Anahita is a monumental artwork created by Berlin-based Outsider Artist Haci Sami Yaman around 2024. Extending up to approximately 25 metres, the work explores creation, femininity, consciousness, transformation and the symbolic relationship between humanity and the universe. The artwork was developed on a specially prepared, compressed nonwoven roll through an intensive physical and artistic process. Multiple layers of material and acrylic colour were applied and worked with palette knives and other tools. The surface was refined, sanded and repeatedly polished under considerable pressure, then treated with cotton before intricate drawings, numerical structures and calligraphic elements were introduced. Natural fragrances became another important part of the process, connecting visual expression with touch, memory, scent and emotional experience. The artist describes these fragrances as vegan in origin. He recalls the pleasure of rubbing them into the surface: moments of laughter and feeling as though he were on cloud nine. This sensory and emotional experience belongs to the work’s creation story. Anahita explores the artist’s interpretation of energy formations, evolving structures of consciousness, human history, mythology and the transmission of knowledge across generations. Mathematical formulas, numerical sequences and symbolic registers represent imagined interactions, reactions, transformations and mutations within interconnected fields. The work also reflects on ancient representations of divine powers and their continuing presence in cultural memory, religious traditions and human consciousness. Yaman’s personal CA1, CA2 and CA3 codex systems connect biographical time, cosmic symbolism and spiritual reflection. Nanoseconds, multidirectional thought streams and imagined energy fields form part of this visual and philosophical language; they are artistic interpretations, not experimentally established scientific laws. Through Anahita, Yaman seeks to create a dialogue between physical matter, artistic imagination, spirituality, memory and the forces of creation. WORK RECORD Original title: Anahita – Die Weiblichkeit des Universums. Date: circa 2024; the displayed year is approximate, according to the artist. Support: specially prepared, compressed nonwoven material. Techniques: acrylic, mixed media, surface preparation, sanding, polishing, drawing, numerical and calligraphic structures, and natural fragrances, as described by the artist. Overall dimensions: up to approximately 25 metres long and approximately 75–78 centimetres wide. These refer to the whole roll, not to an individual photographed section. Images: photographs of one original physical artwork, supplied by the artist. The supplementary entry Anahita – Process and Installation Views documents the same roll. EXHIBITION CONTEXT The artist identifies Anahita with his presentation at Galerie Kulturhaus Spandau, Berlin, 2025–2026. He refers to the exhibition as Trauma Recorder; public announcements use Trauma ReCoded. The existing exhibition record retains the publicly documented title and dates, 19 September 2025–17 January 2026. Sources: https://kunstkalender.berlin/de/orte/institutionen/galerie-kulturhaus and https://artscendo.de/werk/ohne-titel-viii/ Balkonien is a separate project of nature observation that is in conceptual dialogue with this work; its plants are not materials of the Anahita roll. --- ### Sea (mare) (2018) *Felt-tip pen on paper* Original physical drawing by Haci Sami Yaman, 2018. Felt-tip pen on paper, 50 × 70 cm. Part of his drawing practice exploring rhythm, signs and interconnected visual structures. This image documents the original work; it is not AI-generated or AI-reworked. Original title: mare. Work data and image source: https://artscendo.de/werk/mare/ --- ### Wild (2018) *Felt-tip pen on paper* Original physical drawing by Haci Sami Yaman, 2018. Felt-tip pen on paper, 60 × 40 cm. A work from his exploration of signs, rhythm and personal visual systems. The image documents the original artwork; it is not AI-generated or AI-reworked. Published title: wild. Work data and image source: https://artscendo.de/werk/wild/ --- ### Constant (Konstante) (2018) *Felt-tip pen on paper* Original physical artwork by Haci Sami Yaman, 2018. Felt-tip pen on paper, 82 × 60 cm. The work belongs to his practice of developing personal visual systems through drawing. This portfolio image documents the original artwork; it is not AI-generated or AI-reworked. Original title: Konstante. Work data and image source: https://artscendo.de/werk/konstante/ ## Links - **Website:** https://www.instagram.com/hacisamiyaman/ - **instagram:** https://instagram.com/hacisamiyaman - **other:** https://www.artrabbit.com/people/hacisamiyaman/artist - **other:** https://www.artgraduates.com/artist/haci-sami-yaman?lang=de - **other:** https://artscendo.de/artist/haci-sami-yaman/ - **other:** https://www.flickr.com/people/hsy-outsider-art-germany/ - **other:** https://www.alexianer-berlin-hedwigkliniken.de/st-hedwig-krankenhaus/leistungen/besondere-angebote/offenes-atelier/online-galerie/haci-sami-yaman - **other:** https://www.art-cru.de/haci-sami-yaman/