Katharina Arndt
About
Katharina Arndt is a contemporary artist from Germany who lives and works between Berlin and Barcelona. She studied Fine Arts at Braunschweig school of art and later on obtained her Master of Fine Arts by John Armleder.
She does this through artificial mediums such as PVC film, lacquer paper and Plexiglas with glossy acrylic paint and lacquer markers, using glossy texture to represent our plastic and materialistic culture. The focus of Arndt’s practice is the observation of digital communication and the portrayal of mass consumption in the digital age. Her cartoon figures are a reflection on how we express ourselves in the digital arena and how we are becoming ever obsessed with the digital world whilst losing ourselves in the physical. Fast, reduced, almost childlike, motifs and medium ironize the contemporary mass consumerist aesthetic of a decadent, abundant society in picturing her everyday life.
Many paintings with beach references, sunburns, and even Spanish brands of drinks like beer cans or juices can see the influence of Barclona on Arndt. She also thinks clothes and accessories give a perfect impression of the spirit of the age we are living in. The stark contrast between reality and fantasy in her artworks reflect the artist’s livelihood in her young age in the East side of Germany, back when there wasn’t any food in supermarkets. She is deeply perplexed by the absurdity of our modern day-to-day activities and behaviors, and adopts a seemingly childish way of painting as an attempt to step back and look at things as they genuinely are.
EDUCATION
2005 Fine Arts at HBK Braunschweig
2006 Master of Fine Arts by John Armleder
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Solo
2021
“forever YOUNG” Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona
“private BEACH” SommerFrischeKunst, Bad Gastein
“EASY EASY” Framed, Berlin
“never not pretending” FANG Studio, Leipzig
2020
“Faye Dunaway on Mondays” Strayfield Gallery, Kopenhagen
2016
“VIRTUAL REALITY” ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin
“FINAL GIRL” FB69 – Galerie Kolja Steinrötter, Münster
“E V E + A D A M” FB69 – Galerie Köln
“NOT CRY IN PUBLIC” Larry, Berlin
2014
“BORED TO DEATH IN PRARDISE” Gallery Majke Hüsstege, Hertogenbosch/NL
“NO HELL – NO HEAVEN” Hornsleth&Friends Gallery, Kopenhagen/DK
2013
“LOSING CONTROL” FB69, Münster
2011
“MY THERAPIST SAID …“ FB69 Cologne, Köln
“BEAUTY IS THE HARDEST DRUG” Two Window Project, Berlin
2010
“ONCE UPON A TIME” bar babette, Berlin
“EVERYTHING LOOKS SMALLER FROM ABOVE” projekthaus, Hamburg
Group
2021
“Art Auction” Weserhalle, Berlin
„29 at Reinbeckhallen“ BODE Projects, Berlin
„Höhenrausch #2“ Collectors Room, Hamburg
„3 Wünsche frei 2.0“ Kulturquartier, Erfurt
„Hallen #2“ Räume XS meets Wilhelmhallen, Berlin
„RUW“ Galerie Schmalfuss, Berlin
„Recognizing the Unseen“ The Garage, Berlin
„Bridge for Art“ Art Garage, Barcelona
„needful things“ Uxval Gochez Galerie, Barcelona
„Spring Art Auction“ Weserhalle, Berlin
„Luxus Naturae“ BcmA, Berlin
2020
„art still flourishes“ Visual Space, London
„Paganismus“ Neues Kunsthaus, Ahrenshoop
„Paradox Paradise“ Bunch Of Kunst in Quarantine, VR-room
2019
„Dark and Stormy“ Espronceda Center&Culture, Barcelona
„FUTURA“ Arte Aurora Galeria, Barcelona
„I like it real.“ Schau Fenster, Berlin
„bildSCHÖN“ Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg
2018
„Paranoia“ Edmond Gallery, Berlin
„8 Frauen“ Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg
„Jealous needs you“ Saatchi Gallery, London
„KUNSTgenuss GENUSSkunst“ Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg
„Not in the mood to save the world“ CODEX, Berlin
„sneaky paradise“ Lachenmann Art, Konstanz
„Schwarzer Flamingo“ Galerie Hartwich, Rügen
2017
„La Table Ronde“ DISKURS Berlin
„Let’s buy it! – Kunst und Einkauf“ LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen
„Ladies Night“ Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2015
„FLEISCHESLUST“ Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden
„FLESH & BLOOD“ galerie t, Düsseldorf
„VON OBEN SIEHT ALLES KLEINER AUS“ Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin
„DEATH & SEXUALITY II“ Schaufenster, Berlin
„SALOON“ Sexauer Galerie, Berlin
„DEATH & SEXUALITY“ FB69, Münster
2014
„MONEY WORKS PART 2“ Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
„LA COLECTIVA“ galerie t, Düsseldorf
„CROWS“ FB69, Münster
2013
„PAN AMSTERDAM“ artfair, Gallery Majke Hüsstege, Amsterdam/NL
„YOU SHOULD BE …“ Petra Rietz Galerie, Berlin
2012
„THE END OF THE WORLD“ FB69, Münster
„LAST ORDERS“ dorisberlin, Berlin
2011
„ZEITENWENDE“ ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin
„THE DEAD GIRLS LITANY“ FB69, Münster
„… SO EIN VERSCHWENDERISCHES GEFÜHL“ dorisberlin, Berlin
2010
„KEEP THE ILLUSION ALIVE“ Videoholica, Varna/BG
„.MOV“ plusnull, Leipzig
„NADELARBEIT“ Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen, Berlin
COLLECTION
2018
Saatchi Collection, London | Print „Faye Dunaway on Mondays“
aeroplastic, Brüssel | Leuchtschrift „Wanna look good naked“
2016
Sammlung Haupt, Berlin | Zeichnung „Tyler“
PRESS
2021
La Vangardia | „POSTALES NEGRAS DE SOL Y PLAYA“
LES NOUVEAUX RICHES | „INTERVIEW MIT KATHARINA ARNDT“
METAL Magazine | „UTOPIC FANTASIES OF ETERNITY“
GALLERYTALK.net | „SOLID GOLD #11“
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