Katharina Fritsch was born on 14 February 1956 and is a German sculptor.
13 Facts About Katharina Fritsch
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Katharina Fritsch first studied history and art history at the University of Munster and, in 1977, transferred to Kunstakademie Dusseldorf where she was a student of Fritz Schwegler until 1984.
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Katharina Fritsch is known for her sculptures and installations that reinvigorate familiar objects with a jarring and uncanny sensibility.
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Katharina Fritsch attracted international attention for the first time in the mid-1980s with life-size works such as a true-to-scale elephant along with replicas of everyday objects like a large display stand filled with statues of Madonna.
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Katharina Fritsch's art is often concerned with the psychology and expectations of visitors to a museum.
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Katharina Fritsch uses these models to create moulds, from which the final sculptures are cast in materials such as plaster, polyester and aluminium.
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Katharina Fritsch takes photographs of the model, trying out ideas and recording the details of the model's position.
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Katharina Fritsch still uses human models for the face and hands of her figures.
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In 2001, Katharina Fritsch was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munster, a post she held until 2010.
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Katharina Fritsch is currently Professor of Sculpture at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf.
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Katharina Fritsch has staged a large number of solo shows and exhibitions at museums and galleries across the world.
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Katharina Fritsch has participated in many group shows, including the Biennale of Sydney, the 46th Venice Biennale, the 48th Venice Biennale, the Gwangju Biennale, the 54th Venice Biennale, and the 59th Venice Biennale.
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Katharina Fritsch has been represented by Matthew Marks Gallery in New York since 1994, and has exhibited with White Cube in London.