Katherina Heil

Born in Hamburg, Germany

mail[at]katherinaheil.de
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"Cosmic phenomena have always served as inspiration for mythologies and stories. Exploring them and imagining the ‘self’ in the ‘big picture’ inspires our creative urge, and helps us make sense of ourselves and our lives in the universal context. The interpretations and visualizations of the cosmos’ create spaces, give us an awareness, and a broad idea of experiencing space and time. Placing the human being as a thinking being with a mind and a body - with a ‘self’ - in the context of the idea of an expanding universe is a recurring theme in my artistic work."
(Katherina Heil 2024)


.EDUCATION
2013-2015 MFA Fine Art, AKV St.Joost, Den Bosch/ Breda, NL
2011 Master class of James Higginson, Fine Art Photography, Berlin, DE
2009 - 2011 Cultural Science Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, DE
2006-2009 BA Photography/ Visual & Motion Design, Berlin Technical University of the Arts, Berlin, DE

.SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
forthcoming shows
2024 (group) Yellow Gallery, Leiden, NL
2025 (duo) Galerie Hyle, Hamburg DE

.SOLO & DUO shows
2023
– (Solo) Betrachtungsräume - experimentelle Intervention | Galerie Ladøns, Hamburg DE
– (Duo) Stand der Dinge – Katherina Heil & Alexander Kadow | Qvartr Gallery, Hamburg DE
– (Duo) L∞p – Katherina Heil & Rik Möhlmann | Galerie 21, Vorwerkstift, Hamburg DE
– (Duo) Intangible Scopes – Katherina Heil & Alexander Kadow | Villa Heike Berlin DE
2022
– (Duo) We are just sitting in a room, drawing, until the walls are full – Katherina Heil & Rik Möhlmann | home gallery Den Haag NL
– (Duo) Zwischen oben und Unten – Katherina Heil & Alexander Kadow | Galerie LinksRechts Hamburg DE
2020
– (Duo) Spacial Drift – Andrea Acosta & Katherina Heil | Exgirlfriend Gallery Berlin DE
2019
– (Solo) Dunes, Meteors, and Spaceships | The Orchid and The Wasp Amsterdam NL
– (Solo) Cosmographia | A-DASH project space Athens GR
2018
– (Solo) Passerby | Nida Art Colony, Nida LT
– (Solo) Spinning on the grid | galerieGallery, Rotterdam NL
2017
– (Solo) Things can be seen more easily in motion | De Fabriek Eindhoven NL

.GROUP shows
2024
– ST LAB 2024: As Found+ | Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen NL
– The Sea We Want To Sea | Korea Foundation, Seoul KR
– Another Grand Day Out - Antwerpen Art Week | Kiekencentrale Antwerp BE
2023
– gegenSÄTZE | Xpon-art Gallery Hamburg, DE
– This Is One Landscape, Divided – Jiajia Qi, Katherina Heil, Meta Drčar | Billytown Gallery The Hague NL
– JETZT:ALLE | Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg DE
2022
– RSVP #2 | Billytown Gallery The Hague, NL
– Nice To See you - Editions | Exgirlfriend Gallery Berlin DE
– RSVP #1 | Billytown Gallery The Hague NL
– Sensory Threshold LAB 2022 - Holy Grid | Billytown Gallery The Hague NL
2021
– POSITION. 2.0 | Fabrik der Künste Hamburg DE
– Sensory Threshold LAB 2021 – OHRIVERSUM | De Fabriek Eindhoven NL
2020
– No View, The Radio, online publication of my video piece "Touching A Mountain" | WEST The Hague NL
– Online Exhibition/ Art Fair | not cancelled - Netherlands NL
2019
– Ceramic on the Spot | Willem Twee Kunstruimte 's-Hertogenbosch NL
2018
– DayTripper | Kioskas Gallery Neringa LT
2017
– Identify your limitations, acknowledge the periphery | VITRINE Gallery, Basel CH
2016
– in the corner of the eye | Kaus Australis, Rotterdam NL
– Time out of mind, curated by Whatspace | Billytown Gallery, The Hague NL
2015
– Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict | WHATSPACE Tilburg NL
– the collection - Graduation show MFA | Greylight Projects Brussels BE
– It could be the goldfish is mistaking the bow-tie for a football | Gallery Boetzelaer | Nispen Amsterdam NL
2014
– presentation for Bucharest, in conversation with Tudor Bratu | Make A Point Bucharest RO
– There & There - no(w)here | VORT platform Den Bosch NL
2013
– XOHOUILLE, in conversation with Emmanuel Lambion | W-O-L-K-E Brussels BE
– Macht-Kunst | Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle Berlin DE
2012
– De-Construction-Re-Construction | Galerie L'Atelier-KSR Berlin DE
– Transient Museum | Freies Museum, Berlin DE

.ARTIST RESIDENCIES / working periods
Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, NL (2024)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL (2017, 2021)
A-Dash, Athen, GR (2019)
Nida Art Colony, Nida/ Vilnius, LT (2018)
Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NL (2016, 2017)
EKWC, Oisterwijk, NL (2016)
New York, USA, study trip / MFA, (2015)
Bucharest AiR, working period/ MFA, RO (2014)
W-O-L-K-E Brussels, working period/ MFA, BE (2013)
New York, USA, study trip/ BA Photography, Class of Prof. Matthias Leupold, Todd Weinstein (Guest tutor NYC) (2007)

.GRANTS
Stroom Den Haag, SPOT exhibition grant (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, Project Grant/ Binnenlandateliers/ International Presentation (2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Embassy of The Netherlands in Korea, Exhibition Grant (2024)
Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin Lichtenberg (District Cultural Fund) exhibition grant (2023)
CBK Rotterdam, O&O (2021)

.ARTIST TALKS / PRESENTATIONS
forthcoming
2024 Sally's Fault, Artist Talk & Presentation, Amsterdam, NL
(past)
2024 Fonds Kwadraat, Artist Talk & Presentation, Den Haag, NL (2024)
2023 Frans Masereel Centrum, Artist Talk & Presentation with Billytown, Kasterlee, BE
2023 Udstillingstedet Spanien19c, Lecture/Symposium, Aarhus, DK
2022 FSK Radio Hamburg, Interview w/ Carsten Rabe & Madeleine Lauw, 'Der Lächelnde Hase - Künstler*innengespräche', Hamburg, DE
2022 Tent/Melly Rotterdam, Artist Talk w/ Gili Crowel (Fonds Kwadraat) & CBK Rotterdam, NL
2021 Fabrik der Künste, Interview w/ Carsten Rabe (Curator), Lucia Heffner, Madeleine Lauw (curatorial assistance), Hamburg, DE
2019 A-DASH space, Symposium, Sensory Threshold LAB: Cosmographia - Symposium & Exhibition, Athen, GR
2019 De Fabriek, "Residency Talks / Generator" Eindhoven, NL
2018 Nida Art Colony, Lecture/ "Nida Reading groups" (initiator) - in collaboration with the fellow artists in residence, Nida, LT
2016 Kaus Australis, Artist Talk, "Text and language within artistic practice" w/ Anabel Lange, Bas vd Hurk, Rotterdam, NL
2015 BREW Brussels, Artist Talk/ Presentation, Master Thesis Event, BE

.WORKSHOPS & TEACHING
2024 "Territory Threshold Atlas - Drawing and Space", collective drawing workshopduring ST Lab 2024: As Found+, at Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL
2024 "Color As Found - Paint making and painting workshop with found materials", workshop during ST Lab 2024: As Found+, at Kunstfort
Vijfhuizen, NL
2022 Workshop for students of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, during ST Lab 2022: Holy Grid!, Billytown, NL
2018 NAC-Reading Group, initiated during my residency at Nida Art Colony, Nida, LT
2016 Studio visits for students of Laurens Colleges in collaboration w/ (former) Witte de With CCA, Rotterdam, NL
2015 "Artistic Choices – the meaning in the materials", Workshop for BFA Students, AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL
2014 "How to use – sources and working conditions",Workshop for BFA Students, AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL
2014 "Building up an exhibition" - workshop developed in collaboration w/ Marnix van Boetzelaer, Amsterdam, NL
2012 "Inszenierte Fotografie" Guest tutor, Department of Photography, Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule, Berlin, DE

.REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS / offline and online (selection)
2024 Monthly Art South Korea Online-review, 'The Sea We Want To Sea' curated by Heeseung Choi (KR)
2024 ArtViewer Online-review, 'The Sea We Want To See'
2023 Exhibition Review by Junghyun Kim about 'This Is One Landscape, Divided' in Billytown
2023 Lost Painters Online-review, 'This Is One Landscape, Divided'
2023 ArtViewer Online-review, 'This Is One Landscape, Divided'
2023 YYYYMMDD Online-review, 'This Is One Landscape, Divided'
2023 Unser Norden | TV | Regional cultural news TV report, NDR DE
2023 ZEIT.DE | 'Elbvertiefung' about 'Jetzt:Alle' at Kunsthaus Hamburg' | 07.02.2023, DE
2023 Abendblatt | Print & online 'Jetzt:Alle at Kunsthaus Hamburg' | 15.02.2023, DE
2023 Kunsthaus Hamburg | Exhibition Catalog: Jetzt:Alle, DE
2022 FSK Radio Hamburg | Radio interview: 'Der lächelnde Hase - Artist Talks mit Carsten Rabe und Madeleine Lauw', DE
2022 Landesverband Hamburger Galerien e. V., Frühling | Sommer 2022 | Gallery Booklet (Hamburg Galleries Association), DE
2021 BBK Hamburg | Exhibition Catalog: POSITION. (Carsten Rabe, Hamburg), DE
2021 Exhibition Catalog: Sensory Threshold Lab - Ohriversum, Artist Book, self publishe (Katherina Heil, Alexander Heil), NL
2020 "Cosmic Latte", Artist Book, self published (Katherina Heil), NL
2017 Exhibition review by Gemma Medina Estupiñán (Art historian, curator) about my solo exhibition 'Things can be seen more easily in motion', NL

.ONGOING COLLABORATIONS
2019 - today; Sensory Threshold LAB - Platform for interdisciplinary exchange through art (Initiator and Co-curator)
2019 - today; Billytown artist initiative, The Hague NL

.AFFILIATIONS
Stroom Den Haag Center for Art and Architecture; International Association of Art (IAA); BBK Hamburg; VG Bildkunst. DE; Sensory
Threshold LAB - Platform for interdisciplinary exchange; Billytown artist-run initiative, Den Haag NL











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