Born in 1983 in Bregenz, Lake Constance, Austria
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Born in 1983 in Bregenz, Lake Constance, Austria
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Austrian-born and based in Los Angeles where she relocated in 2017, Katherina Olschbaur was emboldened by her move to push the boundaries in the tenuous relationship between representation and abstraction, creating the distinct viewpoint in her painting practice for which she is recognized.
education
2009
- Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting, Animation Film, Stage Design), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2005
- Erasmus Exchange, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
solo shows
2024
- Perrotin, Paris, France [forthcoming]
2023
- Sirens, DANGXIA Art Space, Beijing, China
- Midnight Spill, Perrotin, Hong Kong, HK SAR
2022
- Prayers, Divinations, Nicodim, New York, NY, USA
2021
- Live Flesh, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- My Kingdom and a Horse (with Dominique Fung), Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania*
- Night Blessings, Union Pacific, London, UK
2020
- Tortured Ecstasies, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Dirty Elements, curated by Allyson Unzicker, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
2019
- The Divine Hermaphrodite, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018
- Horses, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Deep Cuts, PØST, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- WILDE REITER, OOF Books, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017
- Liquid Promises, curated by Mia Laska, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2016
- Haunted by Strokes, Galerie Werkstadt Graz, Austria
- Von Tangenten und Passanten (with Luisa Kasalicky), LLLLLL Space, Vienna, Austria*
2015
- The Opening, Brick 5 Theater, Vienna, Austria
- PONG (with Olivia Kaiser), Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna, Austria*
2013
- Über Malerei, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
- Dickicht (with Matthias Buch), Büro Weltausstellung, Vienna, Austria*
2011
- Wicked Walls, Museum auf Abruf (MUSA) – Museum on Demand, Vienna, Austria
- Schatten und Wirbel, Museum Spoerri, Hadersdorf am Kamp, Austria
- Into Deeper Lands at Open Sea, Magazin, Vienna, Austria
2008
- Unsichere Räume, Kunstraum Praterstraße 15, Vienna, Austria
2007
- Yussuf/Cermak (with Lorenz Helfer), Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria*
*Two-artist exhibitions
group shows
2024
- Vampire::Mother, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, USA
2023
- October +, Perrotin, Paris, France
2022
- Somatic Markings, Kasmin, New York, NY, USA
- The 14th Biennial of Contemporary African Art (Dak’Art), Dakar, Senegal
2021
- My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei, China
- Density Betrays Us, The Hole, New York, USA
- Women in Paris, Eric Hussenot, Paris, France
- Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, USA
2020
- PAPA RAGAZZE!, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles, USA
- Quixotic, Ramp Gallery, London, UK
- When You Waked Up the Buffalo, Nicodim, Los Angeles, USA
- A Peripheral Reverie, Penske Projects, Montecito, USA
- We Used to Gather, Library Street Project, Detroit, USA
- What’s Up Twenty Twenty, Lawrence Van Hagen, London, UK
- New Beginnings..., curated by Katherina Olschbaur, Nicodim Gallery [online]
- Hollywood Babylon: A Re-Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (presented by Jeffrey Deitch, Nicodim Gallery, and AUTRE Magazine), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019
- Kardinal König Prize exhibition, Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg, Austria
- LA on Fire, curated by Michael Slenske, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Goddess in Practice, Kunstraum Retz, Austria
- Todas Mis Damas, Mexico City, Mexico
- Trans World, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania, and Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Everlasting Light, Tim Nolas, Vienna, Austria
- Our Lady of the Flowers, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
2018
- SEED, curated by Yvonne Force Villareal, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- BioPerversity, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Formal Encounters, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
- Soft Bodies, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017
- Galerie M, curated by Bernhard Buhmann, Galerie Z, Hard, Austria
- Pictures of Nothing, curated by Arie Amaya-Akkermans, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- A Painters Table: Symposium on Painting and Change, curated by Bianca Regl, BLACKBRIDGE OFF, Beijing, China
- "moi non-moi" or "carrying owls to Athens", curated by Amer Abbas and Stefan Bidner, Wiener Art Foundation, Athens, Greece
2016
- Summer in the City, Galerie Christine König, Vienna, Austria
- Paper doesn´t blush, Αισχύλου 31, Ψυρρή, curated by Stefan Bidner, Wiener Art Foundation, Athens, Greece
2015
- Buchstabenfest, Zollamt, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
- Colour Value Vienna #1, Büro Weltausstellung, Vienna, Austria
- The Katharsis Show, Vienna Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria
- Mujeras Alcanzando la Luz, Casa Museo del Banco National, Panama City, Panama
2014
- Parallelwelten, Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
- Die große Illusion, Atelier Steinbrener / Dempf & Huber, Vienna, Austria
- Hier und Jetzt, Habsburgerwohnung, curated by Renate Quehenberger, Vienna, Austria
- Anton Faistauer Prize for Painting exhibition, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
2013
- Triangel, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
- If sport is the brother of labour, then art is the cousin of unemployment, Camp Art Space, Athens, Greece
- Wie weit willst Du gehen? Pinacoteca, curated by Ursula Maria Probst, Vienna, Austria
- Dada Restaurant, Art Athina, Independent Platform, Athens, Greece
- Picture Show, Alabama Sir Raum, Leipzig 21 Posters by 21 Artists, Magazin Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2012
- Magic Bus, curated by Tobias Pils, Museum Gironcoli, Vienna, Austria
- Abstraktion und Subtraktion, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
- Predicting Memories, Vienna Art Week, K.K. Telegraphenamt, Vienna, Austria
- Up and Down and Up, VBKÖ, Vienna, Austria
- Paliano, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria
2011
- Symbiosis: XI Biennale de la Mediterranée, Thessaloniki, Greece
- From erewhon to who knows when…, curated by Christian Egger, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Austria
- Before the movies the paintings were like the movies, moe, Vienna, Austria
- On Steep Waves, curated by Arie Amaya Akkermans, ReMap 3, Athens, Greece
2010
- Sweet Anticipation, curated by Övül Durmusoglu, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
- Georg Eisler Prize exhibition, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
- Nachbilder (with Olivia Kaiser, Stefan Wirnsperger), Galerie Elisabeth Michitsch, Vienna, Austria
- Und immer fehlt mir etwas und das quält mich, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany
- Neue malerische Positionen, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna, Austria
- MAL X, Kunstraum Goethestraße, Linz, Austria
- Unsichere Räume, Kunstraum flat 1, Vienna, Austria
2009
- Reden ist Silber Zeigen ist Gold, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Games, Kunsthalle Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
2006
- Bon Appetit, Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria
- Real, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria
2003
- R4 Zoom, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
public collections
Angerlehner Museum, Thanlheim bei Wels, Austria
Belvedere 21 Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Miami, USA
Black Rock Collection, Lagos, Nigeria
Cc Foundation, Shanghai, China
Collection of the City of Vienna, Austria
Collection of the Province of Vorarlberg, Austria
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
Illwerke Collection, Vorarlberg
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Oskar Kokoschka Centre, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Yageo Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
awards
2019
- Nominee, Kardinal König Art Prize, Salzburg, Austria
2018
- Painting Prize, Internationale Bodensee Konferenz, Lake Constance, Switzerland
2016
- Nominee, Kapsch Contemporary Art Prize, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok) Vienna, Austria
2012
- Award of Appreciation, Art and Culture Prize, Province of Vorarlberg, Austria
2011
- Start Award, Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Vienna, Austria
2009
- Theodor Körner Prize, Vienna, Austria
- Scholarship award, Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Foundation, Vienna, Austria
2006-2007
- Travel and research grant (for a project on Bruno Schulz), University of Applied Sciences, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel
2003
- Honor, Tricky Women Award, Vienna, Austria
RESIDENCIES
2021
- Black Rock Senegal, Dakar, Senegal
2017
- Red Gate Residency, Bejing, China
2016
- Annexes Bourglingster, Luxembourg
2015
- CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2013
- Arlberg Hospiz Hotel Residency, Tyrol, Austria
2009
- Domus Artium, Paliano, Italy
2023
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, JR, Koak, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Mathilde DENIZE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Hans HARTUNG, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Dora JERIDI, Susumu KAMIJO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Takashi MURAKAMI, Sophia NARRETT, Katherina OLSCHBAUR, Danielle ORCHARD, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, LEE Bae, QI Zhuo, SHIM Moon-Seup
16 octobre 2023 - 10 novembre 2023
paris
60 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS
Matignon - October+ group show
Katherina OLSCHBAUR
19 mars 2023 - 22 avril 2023
hong kong
807, K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Midnight Spill