Katharina Mouratidi
born 1971
lives and works as a photographer and artist in Berlin, Germany
Education and Career:
Since 2013 Elected member German Photographic Association (DGPh)
Since 2008 Executive director Society of Humanistic Photography (GfHF)
Since 2001 Photographer and Artist
1999–2001 Master's Degree in Fine Arts and postgraduate studies of Visual Communication, Art College Berlin-Weissensee
1993–1999 Study of Fine Arts, Art College Berlin-Weissensee
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 "Backstage Heroes - Alternative Nobel Prize Laureates"
Palau Robert, Barcelona, Spain
2012 "Backstage Heroes - Alternative Nobel Prize Laureates"
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz Austria
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
"The Other Globalisation"
Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr, Austria
2011 "The Other Globalisation"
Goethe-Institute, Athens, Greece
2010 "Katharina Mouratidi, Reportagen 2000 - 2010"
Loftgalerie Peter Gregor, Berlin, Germany
2009 "Sarayacu – a village in resistance to oil drilling"
URANIA, Berlin, Germany
2007 "The Other Globalisation"
Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006 "The Other Globalisation"
Photokina, Cologne, Germany
Foto&Photo, photography festival, Cesano Maderno, Italy (catalogue)
"Breast Cancer"
Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China (catalogue)
2005 "The Other Globalisation"
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Main train station, Stuttgart, Germany
2004 "Breast Cancer – Faces"
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece (catalogue)
2003 "Breast Cancer"
Rencontres Photographiques du Mois d’Octobre, Orthez, France (catalogue)
Gallery "Le Bar Floréal", Paris, France
2002 "Breast Cancer"
Exposure, photography festival, Hereford, Great Britain (catalogue)
Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
Forum de l´Image, Musée de l´Histoire de la Médecine, Toulouse, France
Primavera Fotográfica, La Capella de l´Antic Hospital de la Santa Cruz, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
2001 "Breast Cancer – Faces"
Central Library, Mahón, Menorca, Spain
Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, Germany
Exhibition Participation:
2014 Wissenschaftspark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
"The Critical Camera"
2013 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Australia
"Breast Cancer"
Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
"Kunst jetzt Draußen"
Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
"Transformation"
2012 11th International Photography Festival, Aleppo, Syria
"Global Change - Personal Story"
Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
"The Critical Camera"
Sala de Columnas, Logrono, Spain
"¿Heroínas o víctimas? Mujeres que conviven con el cáncer"
2011 Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Fotografias Coleção Joaquim Paiva"
Fotomanias, festival of photography, Malaga, Spain
"¿Heroínas o víctimas? Mujeres que conviven con el cáncer"
2010 Trinity Church Museum, New York, USA
"Picturing an Ethical Economy"
2009 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA
"Recent Acquisitions"
XIII Bienal de Fotografia, Mexico City, Mexico
"Discoveries of the Meeting Place"
Espai Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, Spain
"Mujeres abriendo caminos"
2008 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, USA
"The Power of One"
Tomo Art Center, Bejing, China
"Retrospection Lianzhou 2005-2007"
Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
"Querköpfe"
Fotologia 6, Festival Internacional de Fotografia, Bogota, Columbia
"Breast Cancer"
Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Sustainability and Transparency"
FotoFest Houston, Texas, USA
"Discoveries of the Meeting Place" (catalogue)
2007 George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
"What We're Collecting Now"
2006 Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
Photosynkyria - 18th international festival of photography
"Post.doc" (catalogue)
Tsihritzis Foundation of the Visual Arts, Athens, Greece
"The Photographic Portrait: From Trace to Allegory" (catalogue)
Maison d´ Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
"m+m & friends" (catalogue)
Les Rencontres d´Arles, photography festival Arles, France
"Photo Folio Gallery"
2005 Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
"REALITÄTEN I: MACHTFAKTOR WIRTSCHAFT" (catalogue)
2004 Salon MIPS 2004, Paris, France
"regard rebelle"
Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
"ich, du, er, sie, es – corporate genders"
Musée d´art et d´histoire, Geneve, Switzerland
"La collection M+M Auer"
2003 Zentral- und Landesbibliothek, Berlin, Germany
"Die 100 besten Plakate 2002" ("The 100 Best Placards 2002", catalogue)
2002 Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
"THEMA:FRAUEN:THEMA" (catalogue)
Galerie d´Art Du Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhone, Aix-en-Provence, France
"Femmes – femmes. Regards de femmes – Femmes regardées" (catalogue)
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
"Nackt" (catalogue)
2001 Zentral- und Landesbibliothek, Berlin, Germany
"Die 100 besten Plakate 2000" ("The 100 Best Placards 2000", catalogue)
Collections:
George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Lianzhou Photography Museum, Lianzhou, China
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, Germany
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA
Collection Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collection M+M Auer, Switzerland
Teaching Assignments and Lectures:
2012 Teaching assignment
Art-College Berlin, Department of Visual Communication, Berlin, Germany
2011-2012 Teaching assignment
Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie und Gestaltung, Berlin, Germany
2011 Visiting professorship
Art-College Berlin, Department of Visual Communication, Berlin, Germany
Lecture
Goldsmiths, University of London, Great Britain
Workshop
Fotomanias, festival of photography, Malaga, Spain
2009-2010 Teaching assignment
Art-College Berlin, Department of Visual Communication, Berlin, Germany
Art-College Berlin, Department Raumstrategien, Berlin, Germany
Scholarships/Grants:
2009 Project grant Maecenia-Foundation, Germany
Project grant Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Germany
"Ideenwettbewerb Lateinamerika", Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Germany
2008 "Etwas bewegen", Grant awarded by the "Hopfner-Foundation", Germany
2007 "Alternative Media Prize 2007", Germany
2006 "Photography Now - one hundred portfolios", Wright State University, USA
"Prix de l´Édition Photo Service", Rencontres d´Arles, France
2004 Project grant VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
2003 Competition Winner, "Die 100 besten Plakate 2002" ("The 100 Best Placards 2002") for the series "The Other Globalisation"
2002 NaFöG-grant (grant awarded by the Berlin City Council)
2001 "German Study Prize" awarded by the "Koerber-Foundation" for the series "Breast Cancer"
Diploma of Honour, "Die 100 besten Plakate 2000" ("The 100 Best Placards 2000") for the series "Breast Cancer"
1999–2001 Study scholarship awarded by the "Heinrich-Böll-Foundation"
1997 DAAD/Erasmus scholarship
