Logo says 'To Be -- Named.'
Logo says 'To Be -- Named.'
Logo says 'To Be -- Named.'
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Katharina Schnitzler

Katharina Schnitzler

Katharina Schnitzler, born in Düsseldorf in 1963, is a Berlin-based artist and educator. She obtained a Master of Arts degree from UdK Berlin (1999-2003) and prior to that, she completed a diploma in Art Therapy and Pedagogy from FH Ottersberg (1995-1999).

In 2023, Katharina Schnitzler participated in several solo exhibitions including "LUFTHOLEN" at Kunsthaus Potsdam with Ev Pommer, "INNEHALTEN" at Mianki.Gallery with Ev Pommer, and "AUF WUNDER WARTEN" at Alte Feuerwache Berlin with Ev Pommer. In 2022, she was involved in the project "AUFLÖSUNG" by H. Egger and T. Sterna at Documenta 15 in Kassel. In 2021, she exhibited "Look at the birds" with Edith Held at mianki.Gallery in Berlin and "Das Fenster, SYSTEMRELEVANTER DRUCKER" at G.A.S - station in Berlin. In 2020, she participated in "Look at the birds" with Edith Held during BERLIN ARTWEEK at Loft Pohl58 in Berlin.

Katharina Schnitzler has participated in various group exhibitions. In 2022, she exhibited at "Uferhallen Aktien" at nbk in Uferhallen Berlin during Art Week, as well as at "TROUBLED NATURE" at Kunst Haus Mitte in Berlin. She also showcased her work at "artKARLSRUHE" and "mianki & friends" at mianki.Gallery in Berlin. In 2021, she participated in "artKARLSRUHE" at mianki.Gallery. In 2020, she was part of the "40 in 40" exhibition at Museum Eberswalde in Eberswalde. She also exhibited at "POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2020," "mianki & friends," and "Zeichnungen" at mianki.Gallery in Berlin. Additionally, she showcased her work at "artKARLSRUHE" at mianki.Gallery.


Katharina Schnitzler observes, uncovers and questions assumed realities.

In her work, she overlays textures, layers of color, and text, and processes fabrics and newspaper photos. Often the background consists of countless layers. As the brushstroke is visible and pulled in different directions, structures, and patterns emerge. In doing so, Schnitzler emphasizes the materiality of her works, as the structures are reminiscent of cut-outs of fabric panels or embossed ornamental wallpaper. Often a sense of space is created. Although the background and foreground could each stand on their own, they communicate and harmonize with each other, depth of color meets abstract formal language. The essence of her work is the exploration of the "in-between". Paintings and drawings are created - installed, poetic, deep, witty, tightly interwoven, and at the same time brutal and beautiful.


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HAUT (SKIN)

Before you got a name, you were there, with your skin. As much as your name and heritage shapes you, the makeup of your skin in this world (socially and politically) is critical to your life. Your skin is your identity, your sensual experience and connection to other living beings. It envelops you and protects you, lets you know what you need for your survival. Your skin color can make you belong or feel out of place.

With my 18 color portraits, I want to make skin a sensual experience through painting and show that white - black - red - yellow - green - blue = skin, are natural mixing ratios.
Before judgmental opinions run through our heads, we look at the paint material on the wall and experience – color and materiality.

I am very curious about the reactions/experiences of the exhibition visitors.

18 x color portraits | 85 cm x 65 cm |: fabric stretched on canvas, oil paint glazed in many layers on the canvas until a color tone emerges that pulsates on the picture surface.

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Two rectangular canvases in different solid shades of brown
Two rectangular canvases in different light-skinned flesh tones.
Several canvases in different flesh tones ranging from light to dark