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| 1958 | Born in Rottweil am Neckar |
| 1988-1992 | Studied photography, Art Academy Dusseldorf under Professor Bernd Becher and video with Prof. Nan Hoover |
| 1996 | Lecturer for Photography, University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf Academy and Federal Wolfenbuttel, Germany |
| 2005-2008 | Lecturer in photography at the Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld, Germany |
| 2009-2010 | Visiting Professor at the College of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, project faitiche |
| 2011 | Curator of Exhibitions and lyrical correctness, Jewish Halacha Cultural Festival 2011 in NRW |
| 2012 | Professorship Photographie, btk Berlin, Campus Iserlohn |
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| Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Solo and Group Exhibitions (selected)
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| 2016 | Mit anderen Augen, Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, exhibition participation |
| Der typologische Blick, Sk Stiftung Köln, exhibition participation, Germany |
| Fliegende Heimat, Galerie Lausberg, Photoweekend Düsseldorf, Germany |
| The Surface Labyrinth, Bethanien Berlin, Germany, exhibition participation |
| 5050 Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany, solo exhibition |
| 2015 | Desperate Housewives, exhibition participation, travelling exhibition |
| Piano Pieces, exhibition participation, Salzburg Museum, Austria |
| Alter Duo, Plan D Düsseldorf, Germany, with Andrea Isa |
| 2014 | Hauptsachen, Das andere Gesicht der Becher Schule, Galerie Lausberg Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, solo exhibition |
| Mayer & Mayer, Forum Kunst Rottweil |
| Locus focus chatterbox |
| 2013 | De sculptura, Museum Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria |
| Galerie Abtart Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2012 | ganz privat, Gruppenausstellung, Städt.Galerie Lüdenscheid |
| 2011 | Theatrum Familiae, solo exhibition, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Click Clique, group photography exhibition, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Theatrum Familiae, solo exhibition, Städtische Galerie, Offenburg, Germany |
| Family - image and presentation, with Eve Mahn, City Museum, Leinfelden, Germany |
| 2010 | Faitiche, solo exhibition, Kunstverein Roter Pavillon, Bad Doberan, Germany |
| 2009 | Guest, Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf, group exhibition, 14 photographs and Video artists, 100th anniversary museum familia ocean and domestic, with Birgitta Thaysen exhibition, book signings |
| Family life, group exhibition, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany |
| 2008 | Paula Modersohn-Becker and Katharina Mayer - an encounter solo exhibition, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany |
| Art History for the History of Art, group exhibition, curator Martin Hochleitner, Fotohof, Salzburg, and Blickle Foundation |
| 2007 | Familia, Photography, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Feast of Friends, Photography, fifty fifty Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Borderland - Flying Home Country (Pictures of Youths), Chats Palace in London, sponsor Deutsche Bank London, and IFA Stuttgart |
| No standard - Out of Order / Catherine Mayer and Shahryar Nashat, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Foundation |
| 2006 | Sèance, solo exhibition, Upper Austrian Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria |
| Personal propaganda, solo exhibition, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany |
| Carrie and I, solo exhibition, Kunstverein Detmold, Germany |
| 2005 | Katherina Mayer, photography, solo exhibition, Gallery Purdy& Hicks, London |
| Faked, solo exhibition, Städtische Galerie, Orthez, France |
| Faked, solo exhibition, Metronome, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2004 | Sèance, solo exhibition, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2003 | Solo exhibition, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Germany |
| Solo exhibition, Art Forum Rottweil, Germany |
| Solo exhibition, IG Metall Frankfurt, Germany |
| Solo exhibition, Goethe Institute London |
| 2002 | Photography and Film, Society for Art, Lübeck, Germany |
| 2001 | Municipal Museum Kalkar, Germany |
| 2000 | The injured Diwa, group exhibition in Innsbruck, Munich, Baden-Baden |
| Photography in Düsseldorf, with Christine Sommerfeld, Chris Muller and Nina Schmitz, Gallery Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Group exhibition, exchange scholarship in the CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Centro Cultural Cajastur, Revillagigedo Palace, Gijon, Spain |
| Sala de Exposiciones rekalde, Bilbao and Municipal Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Germany |
| Back and forth, art collection & videos of guests, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Sèance, group exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany |
| Japan and the West, Paula Moderson Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany |
| Photography and Video, Purdy& Hicks Gallery, London |
| Photography in Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Miss.You, group exhibition at the Art Museum, Fribourg, Germany |
| Participation Photo Biennale Amsterdam, NL |
| Wonderland, group exhibition, Küppersmühle MA, curator Barbara Hofmann |
| Of bodies and other things, travelling exhibition to Berlin, Prague, Moscow, Bochum, curator Klaus Honnef, with publication |
| Solo exhibition at Purdy& Hicks Gallery, London |
| Participation, Paris Photo |
| Wall Street Rising, Art Downtown II, New York, USA |
| Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Group exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, Berlin, collection Deutsche Bank |
| 1999 | Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Solo exhibition, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, USA |
| Faked, group exhibition, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, sponsored by Fuji |
| Participation photo days, Herten, Germany |
| Faked, solo exhibition, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1998 | Solo exhibition, photography and video, Fuji, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1997 | Solo exhibition, Galerie Van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL |
| Solo exhibition, photography, film and performance, St. Peters, Lübeck, Germany |
| 1996 | Habitus, group exhibition, Salzburg Fotohof, Acoustic projection, with Joachim Rüsenberg, Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1995 | Attitude, photography, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Living picture performance with Barbara Herbert, performance days, Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1994 | Farewell performance with Barbara Herbert, artist Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Solo exhibition, Gallery DB - S, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1993 | Control - Photography, solo exhibition, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Germany |
| 1992 | The conductor, concerted action, five languages, performance, Art Academy Düsseldorf, Cup-class, group exhibition, Cultural Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Projects and Films
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| since 2011 | "Ich lebe mit der Kunst", Filmessay about the art collector Willi Kemp, first release approx. April 2017, museum kunstpalast Düsseldorf |
| 2016 | Fliegende Heimat, Mobile photo, film and sound studio with Axel Grube, Düsseldorf |
| 2011 | Heiliges Land betreten, film essay, Israel |
| bis 2011 | diverse film projects |
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Scholarships and awards
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| 2010 | Israel-Scholarship by the city of Düsseldorf |
| 2004 | WeldeKunstpreis; Scholarship of the Women's Culture Office, Krefeld |
| 2001 | Aenne-Biermann-Preis, Gera |
| 1999 | Transfer, Exchange Schloarship (Spain) by the Culture Office NRW |
| 1996 | New York-Scholarship, Ernst Poensgen-Stiftung, Düsseldorf |
| 1993 | Photo award of the town of Essen |
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Publications
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| 2016 | Ausstellungskatalog Mit anderen Augen, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| getürkt, Book, Kettler Verlag |
| 2011 | Schrein muss sein, Artist Book with Jean-Christophe Ammann |
| 2009 | familia, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg |
| 2006 | Variation Portrait, Berlin |
| 2005 | Mythische Orte, Gerstenberg Verlag Hildesheim |
| 2004 | Frauen und das Meer, Gerstenberg Verlag Hildesheim |
| 2003 | Carrie und Ich, Modo Verlag Freiburg |
| Von Körpern und andern Dingen, Klaus Honnef, Bonn |
| 2001 | Sister, Wienand Verlag Köln |
| 1999 | Séance, Artist Book with Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf |
