| Katja Davar |
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1968 born in London, lives and works in London and Cologne
From 1987 till 1990 studies at Central Saint Martins School of Art, London
From 1991 till 1993 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
From 1997 till 1999 studies at Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
Fellowships/Awards:
From 1991 till 1993
Fellowship of the DAAD
1999
DAAD Award
2002
Stiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen for media arts
2003
Nachwuchsförderung des Landes Nordrhein - Westfalen
2006
Kunststiftung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
2007
Kunstfonds Bonn e.V.
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2003/04 and 2005/06
Visiting Professor at Staedelschool Frankfurt |
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| Portfolio of Katja Davar |
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| Exhibitions with Iris Kadel: |
| 2010 Reptile Turf & Copper Alloys |
| Exhibitions with Iris Kadel: |
| 2007 The Pyramid Banker |
| Exhibitions with Iris Kadel: |
| 2005 Dinner with a Hostage |
| Exhibitions with Iris Kadel: |
| 2003 High-Rise Aviary |
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| Solo exhibitions |
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2010 |
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"Reptile Turf & Copper Alloys", Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, DE |
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2009 |
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"Appearance", Europäische Kunsthalle, Köln, DE |
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"Shadows the Surface", Kunstverein, Lippstadt, DE |
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2007 |
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"The Pyramid Banker", Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, DE |
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2006 |
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"Forking Ocean Path", Drawing Room, London, GB |
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2005 |
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"Dinner with a Hostage", Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, DE |
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2003 |
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"High-Rise-Aviary", Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, DE |
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"The Vanguard Adventure", Galerie Otto Schweins, Köln , DE |
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2001 |
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"remote host", Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, DE |
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"Stars & Stripes", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE |
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2000 |
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"no seek complete", Galerie Otto Schweins, Köln, DE |
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"Heloise & Abelard", PARKHAUS Düsseldorf, DE |
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1999 |
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"Fuzzy Box", Galerie M + R Fricke, Berlin, DE |
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1995 |
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"Der Wilde Planet und andere Geschichten" (with Torsten Slama), Lukas & Hoffmann, Köln, DE |
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1993 |
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"Pinboards" (Förderkoje), Galerie M + R Fricke, ART Cologne, Köln, DE |
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"Simply Soft Collection", Galerie M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf, DE |
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1992 |
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Etcetera TV Galerie, Landesmuseum Mainz, DE |
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2010 |
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"Neues Rheinland. Die postironische Generation", Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen, DE |
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"Neues Rheinland. Die postironische Generation", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE |
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2009 |
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"ZART", Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, DE |
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"An Edge Effect", Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, DE |
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Review Videonale 1-11, Kunstmuseum Bonn, DE |
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"Unter Wasser / Über Wasser -Vom Aquarium zum Videobild", Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, DE |
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"Pittoresk - Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild", MARTa Herford, DE |
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"Drawing Sculpture", Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Berlin, DE |
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2008 |
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"European Attitude", Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, CN |
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"Parkhaus", Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, DE |
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"Sucked in blown out", KJUBH Kunstverein, Köln, DE |
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2007 |
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"5 Jahre Vera Gliem", Galerie Vera Gliem, Cologne, DE |
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"Ausgezeichnet", Kunstverein Freiburg, DE |
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"It takes something to make something, die Sammlung Rausch", Portikus, Frankfurt a.M., DE |
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"Asia - Europe Mediations", National Museum Poznan / College of Humanities and Journalism, Poznan, PL |
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"JUST", Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne, DE |
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2006 |
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"Mima Offsite: Animated Drawing", Middlesbrough Institute for Modern Art, GB |
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"Open Office - Collected Concepts", M29 Richter & Brückner, Köln, DE |
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"His life is full of miracles", Site Gallery, Sheffield, GB |
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"The Square Root of Drawing", Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IE |
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"Lambretto", Lambrat, Milan, IT |
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Videonale Bonn, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, BG |
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"Auch das Unnatürlichste ist die Natur", Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt a.M., DE |
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"A Public Private Mystery Tour", Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, AT |
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"In the city of last things", Site Gallery, Sheffield, GB |
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2005 |
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"Offshore - Splinter", Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, DE |
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"Offshore - Splinter", Kunsthaus Essen, DE |
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"Harvest Festival", Parkhaus, Düsseldorf, DE |
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"Videonale 10", Kunstmuseum Bonn, DE |
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"Ritter an der Tankstelle", IPG, Köln, DE |
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2004 |
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"Doku/fiction", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE |
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"Art in the Hinge", Collection of the European Patent Office, Den Haag, NL |
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"ZK - Drawings from Cologne", Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, GB |
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"Paperweight", Völcker&Freunde / Pierogi Flat files, Berlin, DE |
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2003 |
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"Movies without Cinema - Animation and Contemporary Art", The House of Lords of Kunstat / The Brno House of Art, Brno, CZ |
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"Drawing One Hundred", The Drawing Room, London, GB |
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"Kunst Macht Schule 3", Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, DE |
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"Snow White - Zeichnungen", Kunstrasen, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE |
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2002 |
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"Seven pieces for one space", Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Berlin, DE |
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2001 |
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"Post Production", Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT |
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2000 |
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"Das Unmögliche möglicher machen", Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE |
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"Viva Maria III", Galerie Karin Günther, Hamburg, DE |
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Villa-Romana-Preisträger 2001, Neues Museum Weimar, DE |
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"It is the beginning of a real good friendship", Kunstverein für die Rheinland und Westfalen, DE |
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1999 |
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"Jubelpreise", Produzentengalerie, Kassel, DE |
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"Untitled", Galerie M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf, DE |
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1998 |
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"Draw Stranger Draw", Winnipeg, PLUG IN, CA |
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1997 |
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"Glockengeschrei nach Deutz", Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, DE |
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1995 |
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"Grazer Fächerfest", Forum Stadtpark Graz, Österreich (mit Torsten Slama), AT |
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1994 |
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"Homegrown", Galerie Daniel Buchholz, (Lotusclub), Köln, DE |
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| Publications |
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2009
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven: “unter Wasser / über Wasser - Vom Aquarium- zum Videobild”. Hrsg. Viola Weigel, Kerber Verlag.
2007
The Drawing Room, London: Katja Davar, Penguin Books, London.
Kunstverein Freiburg: "Ausgezeichnet", p. 16-17.
2005
Kiron Khosla: "Die schlimmsten Befürchtungen", Texte zur Kunst, September 2005, p. 175.
Pirkko Ratgeber: "Katja Davar", Flash Art, Oktober 2005, p.132.
Georg Elben: "Videonale 10", Bonn.
2003
Emmanuel von Stein: "Ein behinderter Satellit hüpft durch die Landschaft", Kölner Stadt- Anzeiger, Oktober 21st 2003.
Jutta Voorhoeve: "Poesie der Technologie", DE:BUG, no. 67,
January 2003, p.31.
2002
Ursula Damm: "Katja Davar", Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen,p. 57.
Tom Holert: "Tom Holert on Katja Davar", Artforum International, January 2002, p. 128.
2001
Thomas Kriegisch: "Brücken in das ´digitale Chaos´", Grafschafter Nachrichten, September 22nd 2001.
Jutta Voorhoeve: "Vom Computer zur Nähmaschine" Bonn Express, February 24th 2001.
Thomas Kliemann: "Zurück zu den Wurzeln: Vom Pixel zum Stick-Stich", General Anzeiger, Bonn, Februar 22nd 2001.
Jutta Voorhoeve: "Lines and Words", Kölner Stadt Revue, no 2,
February 2001, p. 81.
2000
Sigrid Nebelung: "Spiegelatt Poliert", Handelsblatt,
May 12th/13rd 2000, p. G4.
Barbara Hess: "Katja Davar", Flash Art, March/April 2000, no. 211, p. 118.
Frank Frangenberg: "Katja Davar", Kunstforum, April/June 2000,
no. 150, p. 399-400.
Uta M. Reindel: "Einsame Kreaturen", Kölner Stadtanzeiger, February 26/27th 2000.
1998
Wayne Baerwaldt: "Draw stranger", Tea and Sympathy, Plug in cahier, 1998/1999, p. 107.
1993
Manfred Hermes: "Katja Davar", Flash Art, November 1993, no. 173,
p. 116.
Helga Meister: "Gemütlichkeit der Katzen", Westdeutscher Zeitung, September 6th 1993.
1992
Janet Koplos: "3 Rooms, 3 Artists", Art in America, no.11,
November 1992, page 152. |
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