Bio

Katharina Gaenssler (b. 1974, Munich, Germany), lives and works in Munich.

From 1999-2005 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Between the years of 2013 and 2014, Gaenssler was positioned as a visiting Professor at Hamburg Art Academy.

Gaenssler’s primary concern is not the perfect individual photograph. Rather, the object of her enterprise is to collect detailed pictorial information capable of translating a real location into a sophisticated spatial experience. She uses photo collage to reproduce a prismatically fractured vista, granting the observer a spatial sensation all its own. Gaenssler’s décollages – what remains after an installation is taken down – shift the perspective again while enabling the surface and habitats to correspond to the temporary appearance.

Her work has been shown in Germany and abroad, including Museum of Modern Art New York, Pinakothek der Moderne, Folkwang Museum Essen, Sprengel Museum Hanover, Lenbachhaus Munich, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Her works are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art New York, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Folkwang Museum Essen, Bavarian State Library, Bibliothèque d’Art et d’Archéologie de Genève and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden amongst others.

Her publications ‘Ephemer’ and ‘SIXTINA MMXII‘ were awarded Best German Book Design by Stiftung Buchkunst Frankfurt. Other awards Gaenssler has received include a Working Scholarship from the Foundation Kuntsfonds Bonn and the Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Trust Project Award.

World Wide Exhibitions

Gallery Exhibitions

Ilit Azoulay, Reuven Israel, David Adika, Katharina Gaenssler, Dana Levy, Mark Yashaev, Shahar Marcus, Assaf Shaham, Nira Pereg, Roy Efrat
Anna Yam, Anton Ginzburg, Biljana Djurdjevic, Dana Levy, David Adika, Gilad Ratman, Hila Karabelnikov, Ilit Azoulay, Jacob Mishori, Katharina Gaenssler, Nezaket Ekici, Nira Pereg, Noa Gur, Ohad Matalon, Oren Eliav, Reuven Israel, Robin Rhode, Shahar Marcus and Shana Moulton
Shahar Marcus, Kate Gilmore, Katarzyna Kozyra, Clare Langan

Art fairs

2015
November 6 – 8, 2015

Publications

Katharina Gaenssler

Katharina Gaenssler Archive

Katharina Gaenssler

Inventory

Katharina Gaenssler

Layered

Katharina Gaenssler

Ephemeral

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Sixtina MMXII

Katharina Gaenssler

Katharina Gaenssler TXT / IMG

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160x110 cm. incl. white margin

Katharina Gaenssler, Grid (Bauhaus Staircase) 11.13, 2016, Pigment print, 160x110 cm

383 x 1411 cm

Katharina Gaenssler, Bauhaus Staircase, 4483 photographs, each 35.3 × 23.5 cm, black and white laserprints, wallpaper paste. “Digital Image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.” Photographed by Thomas Griesel

383 x 1411 cm

Katharina Gaenssler, Bauhaus Staircase, 880 × 1643 cm. “Digital Image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.” Photographed by Thomas Griesel

383 x 1411 cm

Katharina Gaenssler, Bauhaus Staircase, 383 x 1411 cm. “Digital Image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.” Photographed by Thomas Griesel

383 x 1411 cm

Katharina Gaenssler, Bauhaus Staircase, 383 x 1411 cm. “Digital Image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.” Photographed by Thomas Griesel

Katharina Gaenssler - Bauhaus Staircase - Dessau New York Tel-Aviv, installation view, Braverman Gallery, 2016

Katharina Gaenssler - Bauhaus Staircase - Dessau New York Tel-Aviv, installation view, Braverman Gallery, 2016

Katharina Gaenssler - Bauhaus Staircase - Dessau New York Tel-Aviv, installation view, Braverman Gallery, 2016

Katharina Gaenssler - Bauhaus Staircase - Dessau New York Tel-Aviv, installation view, Braverman Gallery, 2016

Katharina Gaenssler, HD (Tower), 2012

Katharina Gaenssler, 1204 (KR), photo installation

Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (SIX) W, photo installation

Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (SIX) B, photo installation

Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (SIX) B, photo installation

Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (SIX) B, photo installation

www.Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (HDT), photo installation, Museum of Art, Stuttgart

www.Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (HDT), photo installation, Museum of Art, Stuttgart

www.Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (HDT), photo installation, Museum of Art, Stuttgart

www.Katharina Gaenssler, 1205 (HDT), photo installation, Museum of Art, Stuttgart

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