Katharina Fitz is born in Austria, and lives and works in Nottingham, UK

Her work comprises of sculpture and installation often in reference to architecture and industrial process. The physical engagement of the body is notably present in her practice where traces of her creative method drawn the viewer into an exploration of the works’ making. She often uses traditional processes such as mouldmaking, casting and plaster turning to create and activate sculptural form. Where moulds, jigs, and tools are usually seen as by-products and discarded from the viewer, Fitz imports studio arrangements and objects of process into the gallery space. With her work she connects the intimate encounter with the work in the studio with the experience of the viewer.

Through the use of different techniques, objects are constantly flipped, copied, mirrored, and mutated as if pushed through a metamorphosis. This creates internally consistent structures, which respond to a specific site or series of forms that function as a riddle or game for the viewer to explore. She works with texture, weight and the unadulterated hues of materials such as ceramic, plaster, latex, wood and steel.

In installation, her sculptures are in conversation with the space. Sometimes the work functions as a sort of prosthesis, other times objects of space are decontextualised. Fitz's work challenges the vision and understanding of our environment, offering a new reading of how it could be animated, changed, or extended into something else.

Her photographic work looks at issues surrounding the changes, phenomenon and structures that we find within the city and how they affect our coexistance.