Kathrin Günter (Germany) has been exploring extensively gossip, star behaviour and the phenomenon of paparazzi photography. Throughout various media, formats and techniques her series “Star Shots” exposes the allegedly scandalous world of celebrity and paparazzi photography.
Further researches and investigations focus on photo chemical processes, spirit photography and other invisible phenomena of the early twentieth century. After successfully materialising the doppelgaenger of certain living stars in her “Celebrity Darkroom”, her latest coup is the design of a Celebrity Tarot Deck. She exhibited worldwide and her work is part of several public and private collections.
In 2000 she was awarded the BFF Award for one of the best diploma in Photography and in 2013 she received the International Teletext Art Award.
Awards and grants
2013
International Teletext Art Award
2002
Project Grant – VG Bild Kunst, Bonn
2000
BFF AWARD 2000, Köln
Activities and features
2014
Jury Member for ITAF 2014 international Teletext Art Award
Jury Member of photography competition “Tous Paparazzi!”, WIPPLAY, Paris / France
Feature: TV Interview for Abendschau in the context of the International Teletext
Festival, rbb Fernsehen, Berlin
Feature: Photomediations Machine – Plattform for contemporary photography:
Haunted Hollywood, Poltergeist Paparazzi & Ghostly Glitterati —> http://photomediationsmachine.net/ curated by Joanna Zylinska (Goldsmith
University, London)
Feature: Magazine: “Occulto Issue e” – : Haunted Hollywood, Poltergeist Paparazzi & Ghostly Glitterati
2012
Publication: Kathrin Günter – Star Shots, Aglu Publishing, UK, 2012 (Monography)
Solo Exhibitions (selections)
2018
“Blende”, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2017
“The Empty House”, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2016
Seance, janinebeangallery, Berlin (two person show)
2015
SPOTLIGHT VS DARKROOM – Kathrin Günter
JCYM privateoffspace, Frankfurt am Main
2014
Star Shots and ITAF – International Teletext Art Festifal, FISH Showroom, Helsinki, Finland
2012/2013
Star shots 3, Haunted Hollywood, Poltergeist Paparazi & Ghostly Glitterati, Galerina Steiner, Berlin
2008
Star shots 2, artMbassy, Berlin
Star shots 2, PICTA, Photographers Fair, Hamburg
2007
Star shots 2, Galerie kulturreich, Hamburg
2002
STAR SHOTS, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich
2001
STAR SHOTS, Goethe Institut New York / USA
2000
STAR SHOTS, Galerie 11, Verlagshaus Gruner+Jahr, Hamburg
STAR SHOTS, Galerie Kunstadapter Wiesbaden
1999
STAR SHOTS, Galerie Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
Group Exhibitions (selections)
2019
Anna Borowy, Peter Doherty, Kathrin Günter, Sebastian Mögelin
INTERLUDE, Studio Wiehre, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Kathrin Günter at Friends with Books: Art Book Fair Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
„ORF TELETEXT trifft Kunst“ at Ars Electronica Festival „Out of the Box – die Midlife-Crisis der Digitalen Revolution“, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2018
Frieze LondonRegent’s Park, “Another World”, exhibition curated by Tracey Emin
2017
Proud Collectors, artists: Peter Doherty, Daniel Richter,
Banksy, Kathrin Günter and more at The Grand, Berlin
Benefiz-Kunstauktion, Berlinische Galerie Museum of Modern Art, Berlin
MIANKI Galerie, Berlin
PARK, Galerie im Turm, Berlin
„Ja zum Bild“, Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany
„Ladies‘ Night“, Feinkunst Krueger, Hamburg, Germany
„Fad and Fury“, janinebeangallery Berlin
SCOPE Basel, janinebeangallery, art fair, Switzerland
2016
MUTA in L‘ unique works of MUTA Museum of Teletext Art collection
at L‘ unique is an art center in Caen Normandy, France
The Killing Moon, three person show, janinebeangallery, Berlin
Berlinischen Galerie, museum for modern art, Berlin
MIANKI gallery, Berlin
EIGEN + ART Lab “Free WiFi/ Gratis WLAN”
// concept by Brendan Howell
artists: Katrin Günther, the Scandinavian Institute of Computational Vandalism, Antonio Roberts, TeYosh, Daniel Rourke, Silvio Lorusso and Renee Carmichael
Art Amsterdam, featured by janinebeangallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014
OCCULTISMS-> Humble Arts Foundation, hafny.org, New York City
UNDERCOVER,-> Neue Heimat Berlin, Berlin
ITAF 2014,-> rbb Fernsehstudio, Berlin
Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars and Artists.-> Centre Pompidou-Metz, Frankreich [Katalog]
-> Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main [Katalog]
FATAL, -> Kunstquartier Bethanien, Projektraum, Berlin
2013
INTERNATIONAL TELETEXT ART FESTIVAL ITAF
->Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
->ARD Haupstadt Studio, Berlin
->ARDtext, ORFtext, SWISStext
->Musterzimmer Showroom for contemporary art, Berlin
PARALLAX VIEW, FixC cooperative, Helsinki, Finland
2012
International Teletext Art Event, ITAF,
->Pflueger 86, Showroom for contemporary art, Berlin
->ARD TEXTRAY 2012
“Making History”,-> MMK Zollamt, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt [Katalog]
The Crystal World Open Laboratory,-> Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin
2011
OccultoFest,-> Ausland, Berlin, Germany
100 Tage Kunst,-> Verein Düsseldorfer Künstlerinnen e.V, Germany
Awake Are Only the Spirits – On Ghosts and their Media-> CoCA – Centre of Contemporary Art Torun, Torun
Casting,-> Galerie “visite ma tente”, Berlin
2009
Voyeur,-> Whitechapel Late Nights, Whitechapel Gallery, Red Velvet Curtain Cult, London, UK
Wach sind nur die Geister,-> HardwareMedienKunstVerein, Phoenixhalle Dortmund [Katalog]
Urban Jealousy, 1st Roaming Iran Biennial,-> Belgrad
2008
Scope Miami,-> vertreten durch die Galerie artMbassy Berlin Miami/USA
„Jahresgaben“,-> Haus der Fotografie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Urban Jealousy, 1st Roaming Iran Biennial,-> Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Tickle attack!-> Backlight Festival, international Triennial for Photography, Tampere/Finnland [Katalog]
Prix VoiesOff,-> Rencontres, Arles/France
Urban Jealousy,-> 1st Roaming Iran Biennial, Istanbul/Turkey
2007
Making Up,-> Gallery artMbassy, Berlin [Katalog]
Appropriazione indebita,-> NT Art Gallery, Bologna
Appropriazione indebita,-> artMbassy, Berlin [Katalog]
2005
Spezialitäten,-> Gall Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
Die Elf – Das Beste,-> 3. international Triennil for Photography, Gallery Elf, Publishing House Gruner+Jahr,
Hamburg [Katalog]
2004
Showroom,-> Galeria T4, Barcelona / Spanien
Die Poesie de Funktionalen,-> Industriemuseum, Chemnitz [Katalog]
KISSING THE MIRROR,-> Raid projects, Los Angeles / USA [Katalog]
WIRKLICH WAHR!, Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien,-> Ruhrlandmuseum Essen [Katalog]
2003
GEOMETRY OF THE FACE,-> National museum of Photography, Kopenhagen / Denmark [Katalog]
2002
HOLLYWOOD REVISITED,-> Kunstmuseum Aarhus / Denmark [Katalog]
2001
MOVING PICTURES,-> 5. int. Phototriennial Esslingen, Villa Merkel [Katalog]
PREVIEW – REVIEW,-> GalleryKunstadapter Frankfurt [Katalog]
COOL CUTS (MOVIE PASSION),-> Space Kitchen Gallery Seoul / Korea
KUNST UND KUR – ÄSTHETIK DER ERHOLUNG,-> Kunsthaus Meran / Italien [Katalog]
ART COLOGNE,-> Köln / BRD, represented by Gallery Andreas Grimm
ART FRANKFURT,-> Frankfurt / BRD, represented by Gallery Kunstadapter
2000
REINHARD WOLF Preis,-> Ausstellungsbeteiligung, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
AUSGEZEICHNET,-> Photokina Köln [Katalog]
AUSGEZEICHNET,-> Design Zentrum Stuttgart [Katalog]
1999
FASHION AND EROTIC IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY,-> Salon Galerie, Bremen
MEDIEN,-> Gutenberg Pavillion Mainz
Workshops
2010
Thought-o-graphy on 16mm film; Worm Institut fuer Medienkunst, Rotterdamm /NL
Thought-o-graphic cities, at Psychogeophysics Summit, Space Gallery, London / UK
2009
Light Unseen, Thought-o-graphic workshop, micro research berlin
Thought-o-graphic experiments, HMKV Dortmund
2008
Ephemeral exposures, instant images: pinhole photography, micro research berlin