KATY KIRBACH
Lives and works in Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
2011 Royal Academy Schools, Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art, London, U.K.
2008 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, BA (Hons) Fine Art, U.K.
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Katy Kirbach + Matt Morris, RUSCHMAN, Berlin, DE
2019 Irmak Canevi + Katy Kirbach, TekTrope, Istanbul, TR
2017 Parties and Days, Bar4000, Chicago, IL
2017 From Off to On, two-person exhibit with Zoe Nelson, Yellow Door Gallery, Des Moines, IA 2013 Acid Blush, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Got the Blues for Red, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Holographic Body, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Curatorial Part Uno, Alte Münze, Berlin, DE
2017 Ex Roma IV, APT Gallery, London, U.K.
2017 Inaction, curated by Sophie Michael, Watch-It Gallery, London, U.K. 2017 Echoes, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL, USA
2014 I Cheer A Dead Man’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, U.K. 2013 Please Be Quiet, British School at Rome, Italy
2013 Woman’s Hour, HorizonVerticaal, Haarlem, Netherlands
2013 March Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2012 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2012 Abstract Critical Newcomer Awards, Kings Place Gallery, London, U.K.
2011 RA Schools Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.
2011 Night Shift, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London, U.K.
2011 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.
2010 Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.
2008 Ascension, Simon Oldfield at St Barnabas House, London, U.K.
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2019 Artist-in-Residence, TekTrope, Istanbul, TR
2013 Abbey Scholarship in Painting, British School at Rome, Italy 2011 Royal Academy Gold Medal for Excellence
2011 British Institution Award, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-2019 Lecturer, Department of Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2012 Visiting Artist (lecture), Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa
2011 Visiting Artist (lecture and tutorials), Brighton School of Art, Brighton, U.K.
2011 Visiting Artist (lecture and tutorials), Chelsea College of Art, London, U.K.
2011 Visiting Artist (lecture and tutorials), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 "Katy Kirbach: 'Parties and Days' at Bar4000" by Nicole Mauser, Chicago Artist Writers 2017"Banish the Thought / Marry the Night " by Matt Morris, essay for Parties and Days at Bar4000, Chicago
2014"Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff Feature in New De La Warr Pavilion Exhibition", Artlyst, 27 January 2014
2013 "Acid Blush" by Sara Knowland, essay for Acid Blush at Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, SE 2012"Abstraction Again?" by Charles Darwent, Abstract Critical, 23 March 2012
2011"Night Shift" by Emily Gosling, DesignWeek, 30 August 2011