Katharina Mayer

(German, born 1958)

bagel by katharina mayer

Katharina Mayer

Bagel, 2006

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bordoli by katharina mayer

Katharina Mayer

Bordoli, 2012

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purdy by katharina mayer

Katharina Mayer

Purdy, 2005

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Biography

Timeline

1958
Born in Rottweil am Neckar
1982 - 1987
Studied art history in Freiburg
1988 - 1993
Studied photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Prof. Bernd Becher and Prof. Nan Hoover
1995
Since this time, the artist has been teaching photography
1996
New York grant, Ernst Poensgen Stiftung, Düsseldorf
1998
Projekt Maria Frieden
1999
Cooperatively founded X Onomato, artist video archive
2000
Founded the Schule für künstlerische Fotografie (School for artistic photography) with Birgitta Thaysen
2001
Aenne Biermann Prize, Gera
2004
Welde art prize 'Passion'

Exhibitions

2008
Katharina Mayer. Paula Modersohn-Becker. Eine Begegnung., Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen
Familienangelegenheiten, Kunstverein Hildesheim
2007
Frauen und Berge, Kultur Rhein-Necktar e.V. Stadtbibliothek, Ludwigshafen (solo)
2006
Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf (solo)
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz (solo)
Kunstverein Eislingen (solo)
Kunstverein Detmolt (solo)
2005
Galerie Purdy & Hicks, London (solo)
Städtische Galerie, Orthez, France (solo)
Metronom, Barcelona (solo)

Literature

2006
Frauen und die Berge, with Florence Hervé, Editions Slatkins
Portrait Variation, Edition Braus
2005
Mythische Orte, wit Iris Schuermann-Mock, Gerstenberg Verlag
Hotshoe, London, Art Review, London, Ryuko Tsushin
2004
Frauen und das Meer, with Florence Hervé, Gerstenberg Verlag
2003
Carrie und Ich, photo book, Modo Verlag Freiburg
2001
sister, photo book with audio CD, Wienand Verlag Cologne
1999
Séance, artist book