Katharina Fitz is born in Austria, and currently lives and works in Nottingham, UK
Her work comprises sculpture and installation often in reference to architecture and industrial process. The physical engagement of the body is notably present in Fitz's practice where traces of her creative method draw the viewer into an exploration of the work. She often uses traditional processes such as mouldmaking, casting and plaster turning to create and activate sculptural form. Fitz challenges the hierarchy and value of objects and imports jigs, tools and moulds into the exhibition space to bridge the gap between the studio and the gallery atmosphere.
Through the use of different techniques, objects are constantly flipped, copied, mirrored, turned and mutated as if pushed through a metamorphosis. The work is constantly evolving from one stage or material into another. 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 prosthesis, whereas other times objects of space are decontextualised. Fitz's work looks at 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 within urban space.
Her work comprises sculpture and installation often in reference to architecture and industrial process. The physical engagement of the body is notably present in Fitz's practice where traces of her creative method draw the viewer into an exploration of the work. She often uses traditional processes such as mouldmaking, casting and plaster turning to create and activate sculptural form. Fitz challenges the hierarchy and value of objects and imports jigs, tools and moulds into the exhibition space to bridge the gap between the studio and the gallery atmosphere.
Through the use of different techniques, objects are constantly flipped, copied, mirrored, turned and mutated as if pushed through a metamorphosis. The work is constantly evolving from one stage or material into another. 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 prosthesis, whereas other times objects of space are decontextualised. Fitz's work looks at 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 within urban space.
| Education |
| 2016-19 MFA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| 2006-08 Photography and Film, Instituto Sant Ignasi, Barcelona, ES |
| Solo/Two Person Shows |
| 2020 | When Seams Become Audible, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK |
| 2018 | KATHARINA FITZ & JESS PRICE, Re-Imagine The City, Artcore Gallery, UK |
| Group Exhibitions |
| 2022 | (TBC/Upcoming) Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK | 2022 | (04/Upcoming) Sagmeister & Walsh. Beauty, Vorarlberg Museum, AT |
| 2021 | Ingram Prize, Unit1 Gallery/Workshop, London, UK |
| 2021 | The Magic of the Real, LCB Depot, Leicester, UK |
| 2021 | Preparations, Lateworks, London, UK |
| 2021 | [in]visible cities, Mexican UK Arts Society, London, UK |
| 2021 | Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK |
| 2020 | Five Hides, Manor Place Baths, curated by ThorpStavri, London, UK | 2020 | CONTACT, World of Fad, curated by ThorpStavri, Online |
| 2020 | Dialogos, Studio Block M74, Mexico City, MX |
| 2019 | Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, UK |
| 2019 | Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Leeds Art Gallery, UK |
| 2019 | NAE Open, New Art Exchange, UK |
| 2019 | MFA Degree Show, Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| 2019 | Kunstankaeufe 2018, Galerie allerArt, Bludenz, AT |
| 2018 | Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, CH | 2018 | Aftermath, Nottingham Contemporary Gallery, UK |
| 2018 | Off-Centre Photofestival, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK |
| 2018 | Photokina, represented by Felix Schöller Group, GER |
| 2018 | Mélange de Fruits, Primary Gallery, UK |
| 2018 | Open Borders, Orgelfabrik, GER |
| 2017 | FETTEJahre, Villa Claudia, AT |
| 2017 | Contemporary Art Ruhr, Zeche Zollverein, GER |
| 2017 | GrenzWERTig, Galerie Art dOsera, CH |
| 2017 | Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, UK |
| 2017 | Screening, Voies Off Festival, Arles, FR |
| 2017 | Event1, Primary Gallery, UK |
| 2016 | Chatarra, 10 years of Bilbao - Bregenz Artist Exchange, Bildraum, AT |
| 2016 | Castle Open, Castle Gallery, Nottingham, UK |
| 2016 | Boarded-up Houses, City Projections curators: Nina Keel, Anna Vetsch, CH |
| 2016 | Fenster 61, Berlin, GER |
| 2016 | Our Cities Surrounded, Online |
| 2015 | Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, FL |
| 2015 | Bilbao Arte Artists, Bilbao Arte Center for Contemporary Art, ES |
| 2015 | Felix Schöller Award, Cultural Historic Museum Osnabrück, GER |
| 2015 | 8xneu, Villa Claudia, AT |
| 2015 | Creadores, La Térmica Malaga, ES |
| 2015 | Dornbirn Houses, Copenhagen Photofestival, DK |
| 2015 | Heimat X, Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, GER |
| 2015 | Malaga Crea, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, ES |
| 2015 | Kleisterweiber, Berin, GER |
| 2015 | Barrio Irala, Achtmalneu, Villa Claudia, AT |
| 2014 | An ocean of possibilities, Twentsewelle Museum, NED |
| 2014 | Bilbao Arte Artists, BilbaoArte Center for Contemporary Art, ES |
| 2014 | An ocean of possibilities, ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, SGP |
| 2014 | An ocean of possibilities, Fries Museum, NED |
| 2014 | Querschnitt, Stadtmuseum Dornbirn, AT |
| 2014 | Kontakt, Arena Glashaus, Berlin , GER |
| Awards/Grants |
| 2021 | Ingram Prize, Ingram Collection, UK |
| 2021 | DYCP grant, Arts Council England, UK |
| 2021 | Studio bursary, Arts Council Vorarlberg, AUT |
| 2021 | Work Stipend, Arts Council Vorarlberg, AUT |
| 2020 | Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Award, Royal Society of Sculptors, UK |
| 2020 | Selected for London Bronze New Editions, UK |
| 2020 | Work Stipend, Arts Council Vorarlberg, AT |
| 2019 | Bloomberg New Contemporaries Artist, UK |
| 2019 | One Thoresby Street Production Award, UK |
| 2019 | Studio grant, Arts Council Vorarlberg, AT |
| 2019 | MFA student award, Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| 2018 | Gilbert Bayes Scholarship for sculptors, UK |
| 2017 | Lens Culture Exposure Awards |
| 2016 | Scholarship Nottingham Trent University, MFA, UK |
| 2016 | Project Funding, Austrian Arts Council, AT |
| 2016 | International Photography Awards | 3. place - Architecture |
| 2015 | Moscow International Foto Awards, 2. place, Architecture |
| 2015 | Felix Schöller Awards, Finalist | Architecture, GER |
| 2015 | Malaga Crea, Special Mention, ES |
| 2014 | International Photography Awards | 2. place - Architecture |
| Public Collections |
| Ingram Collection, UK |
| Vorarlberg Museum, AT |
| Bilbao Arte Foundation, ES |
| Malaga City Heritage Museum, ES |
| City Museum Dornbirn, AT |
| Residencies |
| 2020 | One Thoresby Street, UK |
| 2018 | Re-Imagine The City, Artcore, UK |
| 2017 | ExperiMentor, New Art Exchange, UK |
| 2015 | Bilbao Arte Center for Contemporary Art, ES |
| 2015 | La Térmica, Malaga, ES |
| Teaching |
| 2021 | Guest Lecturer, MFA Nottingham Trent University UK |
| 2021 | Artist Coach/Mentor, Real Creative Futures, NAE, UK | 2020 | Guest Lecturer, MFA Nottingham Trent University UK |
| Festivals |
| 2018 | Off-Centre Photofestival, UK |
| 2015 | Wiesbadener Fototage, DE |
| 2015 | Copenhagen Photofestival, DK |
| 2014 | Noorderlicht Photofestival, NED |
| 2014 | Singapore International Photography Festival, SGP |
| Publications |
| 2021 | Keen je ketens, Noorderbreedte Magazine, NL |
| 2021 | Boarded-up Houses, Proof Magazine, UK |
| 2020 | [A]Real Touch, Coronart, Ludvig Rage, Berlin, GER |
| 2020 | AIT Architectural Magazine, Malaga Paracosmic Houses |
| 2019 | Catalogue Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019, UK |
| 2019 | Axisweb Artist Feature, Artist of the Month, UK |
| 2019 | Catalogue Kunstankaeufe des Landes Vorarlberg, AT |
| 2019 | IGNANT magazine, online feature |
| 2019 | Artist Feature, Vorarlberger Nachrichten, AT |
| 2018 | Artist Feature #HorstundEdeltraut, online magazine |
| 2018 | Catalogue 'Off-Centre Festival', UK |
| 2018 | Catalogue 'Re-Imagine the City' Artcore Gallery, UK |
| 2018 | Catalogue 'Open Borders' European Cultural Days Karlsruhe, DE |
| 2018 | Catalogue 'Aftermath' Nottingham Contemporary, |
| 2018 | Goethe Institute London Feature - 'Boarded-up Houses', UK/DE |
| 2017 | DOMUS Magazine Article "Boarded-up Houses" |
| 2017 | Photonews Portfolio Feature "Chatarra" |
| 2017 | Garten + Landschaft Magazin |
| 2017 | Lens Culture Magazine Feature - 'Boarded-up Houses' |
| 2017 | Catalogue Bilbao - Bregenz - Artist Exchange |
| 2017 | Il Post Newspaper Feature Article - 'Malaga - Paracosmic Houses', IT |
| 2016 | Goethe Institut Madrid Feature - 'Malaga - Paracosmic Houses', DE |
| 2016 | Lens Culture Jurors Pick Feature - 'Malaga - Paracosmic Houses' |
| 2016 | International Photography Awards Book, USA |
| 2015 | Artist Feature Mole Empire Art Magazine |
| 2015 | Catalogue Bilbao Arte, ES |
| 2014 | GEO-Magazin "KOSMOS", DE | 2014 | International Photography Awards Book, USA |
| 2014 | Catalogue Noorderlicht Festival, NED |
| 2014 | Artist Feature Insiderei Magazine, AUT |
| 2014 | Kunst Magazine "Kunst Vorarlberg", AUT |
| 2014 | PHOTONEWS Magazine, Portfolio, DE |
| 2014 | Catalogue Bilbao Arte, ES |
| 2014 | Zitty Magazine Berlin, DE |