KATY KIRBACH
Lives and works in Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
2011 Royal Academy Schools, Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art, London, U.K.
2008 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, BA (Hons) Fine Art, U.K.
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2022 Artist-in-Residence, Göz Göze, Istanbul, TR
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, DE
2021 NEUSTART KULTUR VG BildKunst, DE
2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
2020 Artist-in-Residence, Villa Lena, Italy
2019 Artist-in-Residence, TekTrope, Istanbul, TR
2013 Abbey Scholar in Painting, British School at Rome, Italy
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Katy Kirbach at RUSCHMAN at Feria Material Vol. 9, Mexico City, MX
2021 Pink Cut Pink, RUSCHMAN, Chicago, IL
2019 Katy Kirbach + Matt Morris, RUSCHMAN, Berlin, DE
2019 Irmak Canevi + Katy Kirbach, TekTrope, Istanbul, TR
2017 Parties and Days, Bar4000, Chicago, IL
2017 From Off to On, with Zoe Avery Nelson, Yellow Door Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2013 Acid Blush, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Got the Blues for Red, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Feria Material Vol. 8, RUSCHMAN, Mexico City, MX
2022 Göz Göze, Büyükada, Istanbul, TR
2022 8, co-curated with Luey Graves, Sydney Mews, London, U.K.
2021 NADA Miami, RUSCHMAN, Miami, USA
2020 A Cat May Look on a Queen, curated by Eric Ruschman, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2018 Holographic Body, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Curatorial Part Uno, Alte Münze, Berlin, DE
2017 Ex Roma IV, APT Gallery, London, U.K.
2017 Inaction, curated by Sophie Michael, Watch-It Gallery, London, U.K.
2015 Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL, USA
2014 I Cheer A Dead Man’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, U.K.
2013 Please Be Quiet, British School at Rome, Italy
2013 Woman’s Hour, HorizonVerticaal, Haarlem, Netherlands
2012 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2011 RA Schools Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.
2010 Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-2019 Lecturer, Department of Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 “Pink Cut Pink” by Marie von Heyl, essay for Pink Cut Pink at RUSCHMAN, Chicago
2017 "Katy Kirbach: 'Parties and Days' at Bar4000" by Nicole Mauser, Chicago Artist Writers
2017 "Banish the Thought / Marry the Night " by Matt Morris, essay for Parties and Days at Bar4000, Chicago
2014 "Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff Feature in New De La Warr Pavilion Exhibition", Artlyst, 27 January 2014
2013 "Acid Blush" by Sara Knowland, essay for Acid Blush at Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2012 "Abstraction Again?" by Charles Darwent, Abstract Critical, 23 March 2012
2011 "Night Shift" by Emily Gosling, DesignWeek, 30 August 2011