1984
born in Regensburg, Germany
2004 – 2010
University Regensburg, Studies in Mathematics / Art, 1st State Examination, Regensburg, Germany
2007 – 2009
University Regensburg, Studies in Science of Information / Art and Aesthetic Education B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Regensburg, Germany
2010 – 2017
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Studies in Painting and Graphics at Prof. Gerhard Merz and Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt, studies of media art at Prof. Klaus vom Bruch, Munich, Germany
2016
Honored as Master Scholar (“Meisterschülerin”) of Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt
2017
Diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts at Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt, Munich, Germany
2018 – 2020
MFA Studio Art (Combined Media) at Hunter College, New York City, USA
lives and works in Munich, Germany and New York City, USA
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Falter @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
2022
Present enterprises, Lothringer 13 lokal, Munich, Germany
2021
Low affinity, GIG Munich, Germany
2020
Time’s Pace, MFA Thesis Show, 205 Hudson Gallery, Hunter College, New York, USA
2019
On Hold On, Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
In Turn In @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
3 a.m. Gallery, 866 UN Plaza, New York, USA
No Method, Yarc Gallery und Miro Center, Gwangju, South Korea
2018
Debutant exhibition of the Artist Union Munich (BBK), Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany, (as Kitty & Joy)
2017
Another world is possible, zumikon und edel extra, Nuremberg, Germany
Reagens, Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
2016
Tender is the night, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
Cosmic Latte @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Somewhere it’s still last night, A.O2_49 – Studio Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany
2014
Draußen im Dunkel, with Vesna Bursich @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Home away from home, Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions and Projects (selection)
2024
Kristallisationspunkte. Salz und Zucker in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim, Germany
2023
Momentum, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Toronto @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany
Nada House New York, USA
In/Between, New York Live Arts, New York, USA
Zeitstreifen, Kebbelvilla, Schwandorf, Germany
2022
Even a Cat Can Look at a Queen, MRS., Queens, New York, USA
Starry Night, strobe, New York, USA
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, USA
Art Karlsruhe @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany
Identität nicht nachgewiesen, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
2021
To sometimes disappear, NARS Foundation Residency, New York, USA
super mARkT, Frische Lieferung, REWE Fünf Höfe, Munich, Germany
Transitions, La Pera x Neue House, New York, USA
2020
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
Hunter College MFA Thesis Spotlight, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA (online)
The Immigrant Artist Biennal, New York, USA
Thresholds, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, USA
Popular Jewelry, PAD Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Assemblage, Olympia Projects, New York, USA (online)
Alles anders @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
2019
Mostly Fine Adults, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Wiedersehen, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
3 A.M. Gallery, 866 UN Plaza, New York, USA
Subpoena, Parsol Projects, New York City, USA
2018
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
Act I, Scene II, 2nd Floor Gallery, 205 Hudson Street, New York, USA
New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
The Bogart Salon, 56 Bogart Street, New York, USA
Kombi 6, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Aufbruch, Wurlitzer Pied a Terre Collection, Berlin, Germany
Debutant Exhibition of the Artist Union Munich BBK (Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler) (Kitti & Joy), Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
Kunst für Kinder (Public Art for Children), Research Project for Quivid – The Art in Public Space Program of the City of Munich, Germany
2017
Jahresgaben (Kitti & Joy), Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
2017 – 2018
Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
2017
Upstream!east, easy!upstream (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Diplomausstellung Hello Babies, Kantine und H-series, Klasse Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste) Munich, Munich, Germany
Reflektor M Dinner, Kiosk, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Encounter Counter, Karl-Marx-Ring 7, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Fors Fortuna, Performance, upstream!east, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Reagens, Lothringer13, Munich, Germany
Sea, Sex and Sun, Galerie Christine Mayer, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Tacker, Galerie der Künstler, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2016
Zimmer frei, Künstlerausstellung im Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany
Cosmic latte @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Somewhere it’s still last night, A.O2_49 – Atelier Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste) Munich, Munich,Germany
Otherland Support für Single, D 2015 (Bonny/Wissel), NAK, (Kitti & Joy), Aachen, Germany
Kitti & Joy invite friends, Kösk, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Tender is the night, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
Annual exhibition at Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
Junge Kunst, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, Germany
Karl & Faber Preis 2016, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Schlechte Entscheidungen, Kunstarkaden, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Machinery, easy!upstream, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Dance Dance Revolution, Hall of Mental Cultivation, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Fortune Favors Future Jitti & Koy morph edition, artist book for 100 for 10, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2015
1 life up, Kunsthalle, (Kitti & Joy), Regensburg, Germany
Jahrhundertgaben, Weltraum, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Train&Gain with Kitti & Joy, AkademieGalerie, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Recommended by, easy!upstream, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Annual exhibition at Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
Fookbair, Alternative Buchmesse Frankfurt (Kitti & Joy), Frankfurt, Germany
Kamp Kaya, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Forevermore, 2015, Performative Intervention, Kunstverein Munich, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Stadt der Frauen – a congress as part of the Munich Opera Festival, Munich, Germany
Kerstin Brätsch + Mount Trailer, August-Macke-Preis 2014, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Munich Contemporary Art, Aki Gallery, Taipeh, Taiwan
Home, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
Komödie der Vereinfachungen (catalogue), Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
2014
draußen im dunkel @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
home away from home, AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany
Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist Exhibition (catalogue), Nappe Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2013
Flora @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Celeste Prize, Finalist Exhibition (catalogue), Ex-Bibli Art Center, Rome, Italy
Prizes and Awards
2018
Debütantenförderung des Freistaates Bayern, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2017
Projektförderung, Emilie Porzer’sche Stiftung, Germany
Projektförderung, Steiner Stiftung, Germany
2016
Bayerisches Atelierförderprogramm für bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Germany
LFA Förderbank, Kunstkalender, Germany
Meisterschülerin
Jubiläumsstipendium, AdBK München, (Kitti & Joy), Germany
Atelierförderung, Fondara Immobilien AG, Steiner Stiftung und Akademieverein, Germany
Förderung für Kitti & Joy invite friends, Akademieverein (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2015
Komödie der Vereinfachung, LfA Katalogförderung, Germany
2013
Kunst.preis 13, Regensburg, Germany
Collections
Federal Collection of Contemporary Art of Germany (Bundeskunstsammlung)
Collection of the District of Upper Palatinate, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Cham, Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Regensburg, Leerer Beutel, Regensburg, Germany
Collection of Regensburg University, Germany
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
