In Germany currently represented by: kulturreich gallery in hamburg, http://www.kulturreich.de

recent projects:

Star shots 2 - ongoing
Thoughtography: Research and studies of the invisible in photography
A photomystical journey in progress - ongoing

Art Collections:

Art collection of Deutsche Bank / Frankfurt / Germany
Museum of Photography, Burghausen / Germany
Space Kitchen Gallery / Seoul / Korea
Kunstkomission Esslingen / Germany
International forum for Photography, Frankfurt / Germany

Awards:

2000 BFF FOERDERPREIS 2000, Cologne / Germany
2002 Project grant of Kulturwerk der VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn / Germany

Selected Solo and group Exhibitions

2007
Kathrin G�nter-Star shots 2, kulturreich gallery, Hamburg [solo show]
Making up, artMbassador, Munich
Making up, artMbassy, Rome/Italy
Making up, artMbassy, Berlin
Appropriazione indebita, NT art gallery, Bologna/Italy
Appropriazione indebita, Widerrechtliche Aneignung - artMbassy, Berlin

2005
Spezialit�ten, Gallery Feinkunst Kr�ger
Die Elf - Das Beste, Gallery Elf, Verlagshaus Gruner+Jahr, 3. internationale Triennale of Photography, Hamburg / germany [catalogue]

2004
Showroom, Galeria T4, Barcelona
Die Poesie de Funktionalen, Marianne Brandt Wettbewerb, Industriemuseum, Chemnitz [catalogue]
KISSING THE MIRROR, Raid projects, Los Angeles / USA [catalogue]
�WIRKLICH WAHR!�, Realit�tsversprechen von Fotografien, Ruhrlandmuseum Essen
[catalogue]

2003
GEOMETRY OF THE FACE, National museum of Photography, Kopenhagen / Denmark [catalogue]

2002
STAR SHOTS, Gallery Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich / Germany [solo show]
HOLLYWOOD REVISITED, Kunstmuseum Aarhus / Denmark � [catalogue]

2001
STAR SHOTS, Goethe Institut, New York [solo show]
MOVING PICTURES, 5. int. Phototriennale Esslingen, Villa Merkel [catalogue]
PREVIEW - REVIEW, Galerie Kunstadapter Frankfurt[catalogue]
COOL CUTS (MOVIE PASSION), Space Kitchen Gallery Seoul / Korea
KUNST UND KUR - �STHETIK DER ERHOLUNG, Kunsthaus Meran / Italy [catalogue]
ART COLOGNE, K�ln, represented by Galerie Andreas Grimm
ART FRANKFURT, Frankfurt, represented by Galerie Kunstadapter

2000
STAR SHOTS, Gallery 11, Publishing House Gruner+Jahr, Hamburg [solo show]
STAR SHOTS, Gallery Kunstadapter Wiesbaden [solo show]
REINHARD WOLF Preis, Museum f�r Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
AUSGEZEICHNET, Photokina K�ln [Katalog]
AUSGEZEICHNET, Design Zentrum Stuttgart [Katalog]

1999
STAR SHOTS, Gallery Feinkunst Kr�ger, Hamburg [solo show]
FASHION AND EROTIC IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Salon Galerie, Bremen /
MEDIEN, Gutenberg Pavillion Mainz

Publications

�Moving Pictures�, Photographie und Film in zeitgen�ssischer Kunst, Hatje Cantz Verlag
�Hollywood revisited�, Kunstmuseeum Aarhus
�Geometry of the face�, The National Museum of Photography, The Royal Librairy
�Wirklich Wahr!�, Realit�tsversprechen von Fotografien, Hatje Cantz Verlag
�Focus auf�, Kalender des Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin

Artist statement:

The work of german artist Kathrin G�nter is based on the idea, that the observer and the observed, the so called “Beobachtungsopfer”, emanate from the very same movement and/or motivation.
In the photographic series Star shots, the artist stages herself as a star, who is being observed and caught through the lense of a paparazzi. The work “Iridium” plays with the invisible eyes which observe every step and eventually start to threaten you, even though you will never see them, as there is nobody else but your very own self. �Unidentified� demonstrates different descriptional layers of yet invisible memory, imagination and their confusion through recreating so called reality.
Her recent work, “Laborinth, a photomystical journey in progress” is also about catching the invisible, but here the focus lies on her own phantoms and hallucinations. This work is strongly and playfully connected to thoughtographic theories of the early 20th century.

G�nter participated in many international solo and group exhibitions, including USA and Asia and her work is part of several museums and art collections. After many years living in Munich, Hamburg, Perugia and Barcelona she now lives and works in Berlin / Germany.

Website: fotokatie.com
Contact email: katie@fotokatie.com

education
University of Tennessee, mfa, 2010
Memphis College of Art, bfa, 2004

internships
Studio Assistant, Adrienne Outlaw, Nashville, TN, 2005-2007

awards
Alex Camp Memorial Travel Fellowship Award, 2003
Lillian Moss Memorial Merit Award, 2003
JR Hyde Merit Scholarship, 2002
Cum Laude Honors, 2004
MCA Dean�s List, 2001, 2002, 2003
MCA Portfolio scholarship award, 2000

solo exhibitions
Closed Media, G. Pillow Lewis Library, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2003
Surveillance, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2008

group exhibitions
Graduate Preview Exhibition, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2007
Once Upon A Garden, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum Art, Nashville, TN, 2007
Glow, The Bar Car, Nashville, TN, 2005
How to Start a Revolution, Marathon Village, Nashville, TN, 2005
BFA Exhibition, Brode Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
Sculpture Department, Lower Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
Painting and Drawing, Lower Gallery, Memphis Collage of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
Paint the Bluff Blues, Painted Planet Artspace, Memphis, TN, 2002
Collage Times Four, Painted Planet Artspace, Memphis, TN, 2002

juried exhibitions
EarthWorks Invitational, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2006
juror: Sher Fick
Transitions, Space 211, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2005
jurors: Tom Thayer, Andrew Kaufman
Faculty Selects, Memphis College of Art, Brode Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2002
curator: Susan Maakestad
The Figure?, Cossit Gallery, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN, 2002
curator: Robert Riseling

Alicia M. Beach
Artist Statement

Throughout my life I have felt a strong connection with animals. Several experiences of seeing death and decay of animals I had strong friendships and adorations for as a child, has forced me to reveal these feelings of distraught as an adult. I am interested in relationships between animals, people, and nature. I want the viewer to see the beautiful and grotesque, alluring and repulsive, and the synthetic verses organic. The experiences evoked by my installations should allow the viewer to choose to see my created environment as torturous or honorable. Am I trapping or letting free? Am I creating homage or merely informing?

Website: Alicia Beach
Contact email: alimbeach@mac.com