Katharina Fitz is born in Austria, and currently 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 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 questions the hierarchy and value of objects in a mass-produced and highly globalised world 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. Fitz works with texture, weight and the unadulterated hues of materials such as ceramic, plaster, latex, wood and steel.

In installation, the work is often in conversation with the space. Sometimes it functions as a sort of prosthesis for its environment, whereas other times it is de-contextualised. With her work she 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 within urban space.