June 26 2018. Merz Akademie Stuttgart invited me to talk about my work at “5 lectures on Illustration. #4 Martin Haake.” June 26 2018 19.30h at the Aula of Merz Akademie.

March 15 2018. The book “Verborgene Schaetze, versunkene Welten”, published by Gerstenberg Verlag, written by Silke Vry and illustrated by myself has been nominated for “Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2018”, section “Sachbuch”/”Non-fiction”. The winners will be announced in October at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

October 6 2017. A very nice review of “Verborgene Schaetze”/”Hidden Treasures” on 3 SAT Kulturzeit. https://www.zdf.de/kultur/kulturzeit/verborgene-schaetze-versunkene-welten-100.html

October 2017. Cover illustration for Cicero magazine focussing on the aftermath of the election in Germany in September 2017.

July 2017. Each year, 12500 school children from different regions of the US voted for the books they like best, organized by the International Literary Association (ILA). In 2017 “City Atlas” was selected as one of their favorite books.

October 2015. For the exhibition “Handmade in Germany”, a selection of handmade objects and cultural assets manufactured in Germany, two of my paintings go around the world. The tour starts in St. Petersburg and will also be shown in Hong Kong, Beijing, Riad, Dubai, Mexico City, New York and Toronto.