KATHARINA THERESA MAYR describes herself as an interdisciplinary process artist, underlining her philosophy and believe in the process of the artwork itself. The artist doesn’t believe in over explaining her works, much more important and meaningful in her opinion, is the creation and preservation of the invisible abstract space between the artwork and its observer. It is an ephemeral, intimate room for pure communication which should not be touched, it is a sacred moment. Her artistic practice evolves around diverse components, including abstract large-scale drawings, the written and spoken word, performative and intuitive processes with physical tangents.
The artist works conceptually, exploring topics including sociocultural spaces, abstract and architectural spaces and their inhabiting groups. She is constantly experimenting on how to stretch concepts like language, the tool of performance and 2D-drawings. Because only in between the lines, between the gaps, is it possible to create friction and therefore energy, something outside the known, something interesting.
2018 – 2021
BA / Free University of Bolzano / Faculty Design and Art Major Art / Bolzano / IT
2009 – 2011
Diploma / die Glasfachschule / Kramsach / AT
solo exhibition
artist residency & group exhibition
group exhibition “Negotiating Images” curated by Eva Leitolf and Giulia Cordin
(Studio Image; Free University of Bolzano)
group exhibition “Negotiating Images” curated by Eva Leitolf and Giulia Cordin
(Studio Image; Free University of Bolzano)
audio-installation “The petrol station as a transfer site and passage point”
an artistic experiment within the sociocultural site of the petrol station as a place of transition — an audio diary
group exhibitions as semester shows
installation “A Shelter. Hommage & respect towards a stranger“; group exhibition with Massimo Bartolini and Luca Trevisani;
a drawn advert; special edition of the magazine Turris Babel, issue 09/2019; initiated by Paul Thuile
Alchemilla Frauenkalender 2023: artistic concept and graphic design (2022; South Tyrol, IT);
Cover designs for Deep Fix Records (UK); cover designs for music producer George Munro (UK, AT);
Snowboard design for Baguette Boards (AT), commissioned works/private collections;
Initiation of the project un.art.clothing (2015 – 2018): Fashion-Label (traditional hand screen printing;
handcrafted leather bags in limited editions);
Skateboard design for Xdouble (independent skate store in Innsbruck/AT; 2017)
Texts in English for the artist book of Philipp Klammsteiner “The social incident” (2022; South Tyrol, IT);
Opening speech for the solo exhibition of Philipp Klammsteiner “The social incident” (2022; Galerie Prisma, South Tyrol, IT);
Text in English for the music producer George Munro (UK, AT)