Katja Strunz

Katja Strunz is a German contemporary artist born in Ottweiler in 1970. Known for her sculptures and installation works, her work focuses on the relationship between architecture and memory. Through her work, Strunz uses industrial materials and geometric forms to create sculptural structures that explore temporality and the fragility of memory. Her works often evoke a sense of nostalgia and contain references to history and culture, as well as modernist and post-war architecture. Strunz has exhibited her work worldwide, including at the Venice Biennale and Documenta 13 in Kassel. She has also had solo exhibitions at renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt and the Kunsthalle Basel. In addition to her sculpture and installation work, Strunz has also explored other media such as drawing and photography. In her drawing series "A to Z," for example, she uses a pyrography technique to create abstract images resembling letters of the alphabet. Strunz studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and currently lives and works in Berlin. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards and scholarships, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm Scholarship.