The story of 1000 Hares begins with the life of the artist.

This timeline follows Tina Oelker’s hare from childhood to the creation of 1000 Hares
and its ongoing presence through exhibitions, publications, films and collections.

• 1973: Tina Oelker is born in Hamm, Westphalia, Germany
• 1975: Tina’s first hare (Year of the Hare)
• 1979: A rabbit is not yet a hare
• 1980: Rabbit allergy and her father’s breeding
• 1981: Tracking with dog and horse in Westphalia
• 1982: I do not understand Beuys
• 1983: Hermaphroditos
• 1984: The hare in the pepper
• 1987: Year of the Hare
• 1989: Begins studying Modern Painting
• 1990: The Ligurian recipe and the Italian avant-garde
• 1992: Research into Greek mythology
• 1994: The bronze hare by Barry Flanagan in New York
• 1995: Moves to the free and hare city of Hamburg
• 1998: Begins research and studies
• 1999: Year of the Hare
• 2001: The hare and the towers
• 2001: Field hare on checkered pattern
• 2002: Understanding Beuys
• 2002: Tina paints the hare, “Freiräume”, Schwankhalle, Bremen
• 2003: On hare hunt
• 2003: Hunting poem
• 2003: „Schützenfest (Shooting festival)“, Galerie Durchgang, Hamburg
• 2004: Diploma: “Auf Hasenjagd (On Hare Hunt)”
• 2004: “Wild on Checkered”, Kolonie Wedding e.V., Berlin
• 2005: „Schwimmer (Swimmer)“
• 2006: „The Wedding Plan“
• 2006: “Schützenfest (Shooting Festival)”, Frise, Hamburg
• 2007: „Monatshasen“ (Monthly Hares)
• 2007: “Hunting Society”, Culture Parliament, Soest (Westphalia)
• 2007: Starting gun for “1000 Hares”
• 2008: # 0100
• 2008: The father’s last silver hare
• 2008: “Let’s Beuys” – LOMU, Skam e.V., Hamburg
• 2008: „Bilder-Lieder-Abend“ with Manuel Klein
• 2008: “1000 Hares” in Teutoburg Forest
• 2008: “Checkered Hare 06” sent to Brad Pitt in Babelsberg
• 2008: Publication “Auf Hasenjagd (On Hare Hunt)”, VDM-Verlag
• 2009: City Hare Hamburg and Munich
• 2009: The European Hare at The Gershwin Hotel, New York, USA
• 2009: The Hare at Alp Galleries, New York, USA
• 2009: # 0250
• 2009: Celebration of the 250th hare at Rialto, Hamburg
• 2010: Hare workshop in the late father’s factory hall
• 2010: Falckenberg collection, Daily Hare # 0261 from 2009
• 2010: Opening of the Hare Manufactory Hamburg
• 2010: First solo exhibition at Hare Manufactory Hamburg
• 2010: Second solo exhibition
• 2010: “1000 Hares” limited edition, Kunstbetrieb 7, Ludwigsburg
• 2010: London City Hare
• 2011: Year of the Hare
• 2011: Third solo exhibition, Hare New Year’s Eve
• 2011: Fourth solo exhibition / Snuggle # 0400
• 2011: Tide TV in the Hare Workshop
• 2011: Fifth solo exhibition at Hare Manufactory Hamburg
• 2011: Sixth solo exhibition
• 2011: “One”, anniversary of the Hare Manufactory Hamburg
• 2012: Seventh solo exhibition and continues
• 2012: Imitation and hare dish
• 2012: Hare file No. 1
• 2012: Hare show, Oberhafen e.V., Hamburg
• 2012: Hare theft, Oberhafen e.V., Hamburg
• 2012: Hare file No. 2
• 2013: “# 0500”, topping-out ceremony in Hafentor7
• 2013: # 0600 and breaking the format
• 2014: Final sprint, Hares on paper
• 2014: “The Leporello”, short film
• 2014: “Shooting Festival-Reloaded”, short film and closing series of Hafentor7
• 2015: Move out of Hare Workshop, Hafentor7, Hamburg
• 2015: “Peng! (Bang!)”, Kunst im Komm, Wolfenbüttel
• 2015: “The world is a pineapple, and a hare lives inside”, Spreewerkstätten, Alte Münze, Berlin
• 2016: Hare theft, Spreewerkstätten, Alte Münze, Berlin
• 2016: Hare file No. 3
• 2016: “The Leporello”, publication
• 2017: 1000hares goes Instagram
• 2018: 1000hares.de online
• 2019: “Closed season”, documentation
• 2020: “PAUL, 2020”, first edition
• 2021: “Of Hares and Gods, No.1, 2001–2021”, publication
• 2021: “ALBRECHT, 2021”, second edition
• 2022: “#IKONEN (Icons)”, Gallery OBEN, Hamburg
• 2022: “Pandora’s Box”, Maximilianpark, Hamm (Westphalia)
• 2022: “Plato Hare”, Plan b, Künstlerforum, Bonn
• 2022: “Pineapple, 2022”, third edition
• 2023: Year of the Hare
• 2023: “KLAUS, 2023”, fourth edition
• 2023: „3 Hares and the Secretary“, Salon an der Redoute, Bonn
• 2024: “EMIL, 2024”, fifth edition
• 2024: Hare theft, Daily Hare #0439, Bar 439, Hamburg
• 2024: Hare file No. 4
• 2025: “Four Seasons”, Kryptiker, Künstlerforum, Bonn
• 2025: “ANTON, 2025”, sixth edition
• 2025: “Hare # 0713” sent to Folker Skulima in Berlin
• 2026: „Hare # 0147“ to save the Space, Hamburg
• 2026: „1000 Hasen“ LIVE-SCREEN, Hamburg