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

The physical engagement of the body is notably present in Fitz’s practice and traces of her creative method draw us into an exploration of the making of the work. She often uses traditional processes such as mouldmaking, casting and plaster sledging to create and activate her sculptures. Where moulds, jigs, and tools are usually seen as by-products and discarded from the viewer, Fitz presents them as objects in their own right questioning our understanding of making processes in a highly globalised and mass-produced world.

Through the use of different techniques, objects are constantly flipped, copied, mirrored, and mutated as if pushed through a metamorphosis. She works with texture, weight and the unadulterated hues of materials such as ceramic, plaster, latex, wood and steel.

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