EDUCATION

Hunter College, New York City, USA
2020 MFA Studio Art (New Genres)

Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany
Painting and Graphics with Prof. Gerhard Merz and Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt
2016 Honored as Master Scholar (“Meisterschuelerin“) of Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt
2017 Diploma Fine Arts

University of Regensburg, Germany
Parallel degrees Mathematics / Information Science
2010 (First State Examination)
2009 (B.A.)

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

NEW INC Y10, the New Museum’s cultural incubator, New York 2023/24
Nominated for the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
Program for the Realization of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching, State of Bavaria, 2023
NYFA IAP, New York, USA, 2022/23
DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service, Travel Grant, 2022/23
Neustart Kultur, Work Stipend, Germany, 2022
Neustart Kultur, Modul C, Germany 2022
NARS Foundation, Artist Fellowship, Brooklyn, 2020
P.Art Fonds, Spiegelberger Foundation, 2020
Catalogue funding, LFA Foerderbank, 2020
Project Grant, Erwin und Gisela Steiner Foundation, 2020
Spring 2020 Master’s Theses Support Grant, Hunter College, NYC, 2020
Debutant Grant of the State of Bavaria, 2018 (as Kitti & Joy)
2:1 Der Muenchner Preis fuer Kunst, SoNet e.V. Munich, 2017 (as Kitti & Joy)
Project Grant Emilie Porzer’sche Foundation, 2017
Project Grant, Steiner Foundation, 2017
Studio funding program of the Bavarian State, 2016
Art Calendar, LFA Foerderbank, 2016/17
Master Scholar, 2016
Anniversary Scholarship, AdBK Munich, 2016 (Kitti & Joy)
Studio funding, Fondara Immobilien AG, Steiner Foundation and Akademieverein, 2016
Funding for Kitti & Joy invite friends, Akademieverein, Munich 2016 (as Kitti & Joy)
Komoedie der Vereinfachung, LFA funding, 2015
Art Prize 13, Regensburg, 2013

RESIDENCIES


NARS Foundation Residency, New York, USA
La Pera Projects Residency at Neue House, New York, USA

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2023
Falter, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

2022
Present enterprises, Lothringer 13 lokal, Munich, Germany

2021
Low affinity, GIG Munich, Germany

2020
Time’s Pace, MFA Thesis Show, 205 Hudson Gallery, Hunter College, New York, USA

2019
ON HOLD ON, Municipal Gallery Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
IN TURN IN, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
3 a.m. GALLERY, 866 UN Plaza, New York, USA

2018
Debutant Exhibition of the Artist Union Munich (BBK), Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)

2017
Kitti & Joy feat. Marina, edel extra, Nuremberg, Germany

2016
Dance Dance Revolution, Hall of Mental Cultivation, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Cosmic Latte, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Somewhere it’s still last night, Raum49, Munich, Germany

2015
Train & Gain with Kitti & Joy, AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Home, Gallery MZ, Augsburg, Germany

2014
draussen im dunkel, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
home away from home, AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2023
Nada House New York, USA
Zeitstreifen, Kebbelvilla, Schwandorf, Germany
Momentum, Neues Museum Nuremberg, Germany
In/Between, New York Live Arts, USA

2022
Starry Night, strobe, New York, USA
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany
Even a Cat Can Look at a Queen, MRS., Queens, NY, USA
Nearly 6 Years of Project Art Distribution, Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, USA
Present perfect, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, Germany
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, USA
P.A.D. Retrospective, Purchase College, State University of New York, USA
Identität nicht nachgewiesen, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany

2021
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
In with the Old, P.A.D., Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, USA
Hang Ten, The Catskills Rockaway, New York, USA
Lost and found, GiG Munich, Germany
To Sometimes Disappear, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
SUPERMarKt, Frische Lieferung, REWE Fünf Höfe, Munich, Germany
Transitions, organised by La Pera Projects, Neue House, New York, USA

2020
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
Hunter College MFA Thesis Spotlight, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA (online)
The Immigrant Artist Biennial, New York, USA
Thresholds, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, USA
Popular Jewlry, PAD Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Assemblage, Olympia Projects, New York, USA (online)
Alles anders, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

2019
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
Spaetgaben, Empfangshalle, Munich, Germany
No Method, Yarc Gallery und Miro Center, Gwangju, South Korea
Mostly Fine Adults, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, USA
Close to Nico, Institut für Moderne Kunst, Atelier- und Galeriehaus Defet, Nuremberg, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Wiedersehen, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
Subpoena, Parsol Projects, New York City, USA

2018
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich
Act I, Scene II, 2nd Floor Gallery, 205 Hudson Street, New York, USA
The Bogart Salon, 56 Bogart Street, New York, USA
Kombi 6, Bethanien, Berlin (as Kitti & Joy)
Aufbruch, Wurlitzer Pied a Terre Collection, Berlin
Kunst fuer Kinder (Public Art for Children), research project for Quivid – the Art in Public Space Program of the City of Munich, Germany
Wir schwimmen alle im gleichen Wasser, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany

2017
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Another world is possible, Institut of Moderne Art, Zumikon, Nuremberg, Germany
Tacker, Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Sea, Sex and Sun, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Reagens, Lothringer13 Halle, Munich, Germany
upstream!east, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Hello Babies, Diploma Show, Kantine and H-Series, Class of Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK Munich, Germany

2016
Fortune Favors Future Jitti & Koy morph edition, artist book for 100 for 10, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Zimmer frei, Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
machinery, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Karl & Faber Grant 2016, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Junge Kunst, Kuenstlerhaus Marktoberdorf, Germany
Tender is the night, Gallery Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
Annual Exhibition, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Germany
Kitti & Joy invite friends, Koesk, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Otherland Support for Single, D 2015 (Bonny/Wissel), NAK, Aachen, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)

2015
Recommended by, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Jahrhundertgaben, Weltraum, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Forevermore, performative intervention, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany(as Kitti & Joy)
Fookbair, alternative Bookfair, Frankfurt, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Kamp Kaya, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (as Kitti & Joy)
Annual Exhibition, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Germany
Stadt der Frauen – ein Kongress, State Opera Festival, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Kerstin Braetsch with Mount Trailer, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Munich Contemporary Art, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Komoedie der Vereinfachungen, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)

2014
Arte Laguna Prize (shortlisted), Finalist Exhibition, Nappe Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2013
Flora, Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Celeste Prize (shortlisted), Finalist Exhibition, Ex-Bibli Art Center, Rome, Italy

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Federal Collection of Contemporary Art of Germany (Bundeskunstsammlung)
Collection of the District of Upper Palatinate, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Cham, Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Regensburg, Leerer Beutel, Regensburg, Germany
Collection of Regensburg University, Germany
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Identität nicht nachgewiesen, Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung des Bundes, Hirmer, 2022
Repeatedly reaching for answers not quite to grasp, Essay for Jonah Gebka, Take your Time, Boutwell Schabrowsky Gallery, Munich, Germany, 2021
Geometric Times, Linguistic Spaces, Hammann von Mier Verlag, Munich, Germany (solo), 2020
Kunst für Kinder, Quivid – the Art in Public Space Program of the City of Munich, Germany ,2019
NICO – Wie kann die Luft so schwer sein an einem Tag an dem der Himmel so blau ist, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien Austria, 2019
Premium Discount, Hammann von Mier Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2018 (Kitti & Joy, solo)
Zimmer frei im Hotel Mariandl 2000 – 2017, Kulturreferat Munich, Germany 2018
Salon der Gegenwart 2017, Hamburg, Germany, 2017
KAYA, editied by Eva Birkenstock, Kunsthaus Bregenz A r e n a, Series Volume 4, 2016
Fortune Favors Future Jitti & Koy morph edition, ReflektorM & melville brand design, Germany 2016
Munich Contemporary Art, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015
Komoedie der Vereinfachung, LFA Katalog, Munich, Germany, 2015
Arte Laguna 13.14., MoCa, Modern Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy, 2014
Celeste Prize 2013, On Demand Editions, Italiy, 2013

ARTIST TALKS

Artist Talk and Writing Workshop, Academy of Fine Arts Munich 2023
Artist Talk, Hunter College New York, Ceramic Department, 2022
Online Discussion with Dr Beth Lord (University of Aberdeen) and Magdalena Wisniowska, 2021
Online Artist Talk with Sabine Adler (M.A.), Part Talks, Instagram Series 2021
Artist Talk with Mon Muellerschoen as Kitti & Joy, Academy of Fine Art Munich, 2017
Artist Talk with Dr. Jenny Nachtigall, Institute for Modern Art, Nuremberg 2017