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Katrin Korfmann
Born 1971, Heidelberg, Germany – Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education / Research
2024 – current – PhD Candidate, Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), Leiden University, NL
2023 – 2024 – Pre-PhD, Dual PhD Cente, Leiden University, NL
2020 – 2022, 2024/25 – Research Group member, Design and the Deep Future, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2000 – 2001 – Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
1996 – 1999 – Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Photography)
1997 – 1998 – Assistant to Ulay (Uwe F. Laysiepen)
1995 – 1996 – Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, DE
Solo Exhibitions
2026 – Human Nature, LUMC Gallery, Leiden, NL
2025 – Augenblick, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL
2024 – INTERACTION, ECHO, PLAY, House of Dialogue & Bradwolff & Partners, Bussum, NL
2019 – Back Stages, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CA
2019 – Back Stages, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, NL
2018 – Back Stages, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2018 – Back Stages, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2018 – Volta New York, at Kopeikin Gallery, US (FAIR)
2017 – Ensembles Assembled, Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam, NL
2017 – Photo Basel, Basel, at Kopeikin Gallery, CH (FAIR)
2017 – Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, at Boeske Projects, NL (FAIR)
2016 – 665 km, Berlinartprojects, Berlin, DE
2015 – Ensembles Assembled, Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam, NL
2015 – Hui’an, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam, NL
2015 – Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 – Ensembles Assembled, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2014 – The Library Shop / Photoireland, Dublin, IE
2014 – Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL, [cat.]
2014 – European Month of Photography Berlin Whiteconcepts, Berlin, DE
2014 – I am a Mountain, (with Jens Pfeifer) Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, CN
2014 – I am a Mountain, (with Jens Pfeifer), Gallery Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, NL
2014 – Bau Xi Photo, Toronto, CA
2013 – Galleri Andersson / Sandström, Stockholm, SE
2012 – Rado Star Prize, OFOTO, Shanghai, CN
2012 – Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
2012 – Galleri Andersson / Sandström, Stokholm/Umea, SE
2012 – Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, DE
2012 – AMC collection Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2011 – Horizon Vanished, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
2011 – Voorbeeld, Gallery Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL
2010 – Count for Nothing
2009 – Art Affairs, New York, US
2009 – Zaum Projects, Lisbon, PT
2009 – 2x2projects, Amsterdam, NL
2009 – Waiting for Julia, artMbassy, Berlin, DE
2006 – Quo Vadis, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
2004 – Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US [cat.]
2004 – Blue Octagon, El Boulevard, San Sebastian, ES, [cat.]
2003 – W139, Amsterdam, NL [cat.]
2001 – Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
2001 – Viewing the Viewer, Galeria 44, Barcelona, ES
2001 – Cucina Mobile, Plus e.V., Düsseldorf, DE
2000 – White Wall Project, Zeedijk, Amsterdam, NL
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2026 – Malta Biennale: CLEAN | CLEAR | CUT, Troy Pavilion, Malta
2026 – Art Rotterdam at Bradwolff & Partners NL (FAIR)
2026 – First Light, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL
2025 – Endurance, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL – artists include Chase Tag, Greg Colson, Katrin Korfmann, Yves Klein
2025 – Museum More, NL – artists include Koos Buster, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, David Haines, Katrin Korfmann
2024 – Shared Memory, Çanakkale Biennial: Memory to a Museum, Cer Modern, Ankara, TR – a.o. Ayse Erkmen, Katrin Korfmann
2024 – Art Rotterdam, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL
2024 – A Light Exists In Spring, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, CA – artists include Martin Klimas, Katrin Korfmann
2023 – Together, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL – artists include herman de vries, Ruta Butkute, Jaehun Park etc
2023 – Play, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, CA – artists include Jeffrey Milstein, Katrin Korfmann
2023 – Unseen, Amsterdam, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL
2023 – Intersect, Kopeikin Gallery, Palm Springs, US (FAIR)
2023 – Poubelle Sereen, Kunstkapel, Amsterdam, NL – artists include Joanneke Meester, Katrin Korfmann
2022 – Labour and Materials, C21, Kansas, US – artists include Alejandro Cartagena, Pieter Hugo, Zanele Muholi, Katrin Korfmann
2022 – Unseen, Amsterdam, NL (FAIR), Nomination Meijenburg Art Award
2022 – Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, GR
2022 – Levels of Life, London College of Communication & The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
2022 – Rolling Snowball 14, CEAC & Powerlong Art Center, Xiamen, CN
2022 – Art Rotterdam, Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam, NL
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2021 – BijlmAIR Residency, CBK Zuidoost / Bradwolff Projects / Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2020 – Stipend for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fund, NL
2019 – Best Dutch Book Designs, NL
2018 – Hartenfonds, NL
2014 – Residency, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, CN
2013 – Basic Stipend, Mondriaan Fund, NL
2012 – Rado Star Prize, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, CH
2011 – Development Grant, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, NL
2010 – Publication Grant, Fonds BKVB, NL
2009 – Residency / Grant, Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, NL
2005 – Residency / Grant, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
2004 – Basic Stipend, Fonds BKVB, NL
2004 – Vrije Ruimten Zuidas 01, Residency/Grant, NL [cat.]
2003 – 2nd Prize, Prix de Rome (Public Art), NL
2003 – Fonds BKVB, Starter Grant, NL
2002 – Fonds BKVB, Starter Grant, NL
2001 – Robert Bosch Foundation, Grant, DE
2001 – Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Residency, Biella, IT
2000 – Mama Cash Award, NL Würth Foundation, Grant, DE
1999 – Esther Kroon Award, NL
Publications (Monographs)
2019 – Back Stages, Onomatopee, NL, 124 pages, ISBN 978-94-93148-06-2
2014 – Ensembles Assembled, Onomatopee, NL, 112 pages, ISBN 9789491677199
2010 – KATRIN KORFMANN 2000/2010, d’jonge Hond, NL, 128 pages, ISBN 978-90-89102-23-2
2006 – DL81 B-767-300ER, Akademie der Künste, DE, 40 pages, ISBN 3-88331-100-6
2005 – Blue Octagon, self-published, 160 pages
2004 – Katrin Korfmann, Carl Berg Gallery / Art Affairs, US/NL, 32 pages, ISBN 90-73985-06-4
Lectures & Public Talks
2026 – Art, Art, Science, and Image-Making: A Conversation
2026 – Human Nature (
2025 – HdK and ACPA JOINT RESEARCH DAY
2025 – A Fray of Messays: Unraveling Research Toward the Deep Future
2025 – Augenblick
2025 – Ethics and Aesthetics of Artificial Images
Teaching & Other Activities
2023 – current – Advisor Mint advisory comitte, Ministery of Finance, NL
2021 – current – Senior tutor, Master Non Linear Narrative at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2010 – current – Senior tutor, Bachelor Graphic Design at the Royal Academy of Art,
The Hague, NL
2022 – 2025 – Mentor Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2020 – 2015 – Advisor Pictoright Fund (Dutch Visual Arts Copyright Foundation) , NL
2019 – Guest tutor Master Performing Public Space, Fontys Tilburg, NL
2018 – 2020 – Advisor Creative Industries Fund, NL
2018 – Guest tutor Master Fine Arts Otis College, Los Angeles, US
2016 – Guest tutor Elisava University, Barcelona, ES
2014 – 2016 – Advisor Mondriaan Fund, NL
2015 – 2020 – Board member Foundation Continuiteit Beeldrecht, NL
2015 – Board member Foundation 1800 Roeden studio spaces, NL
2009 – 2013 – Advisor committee of the arts, Amsterdam (Zuid), NL