Katerina Olschbaur

Ep.173 features Austrian-born and based in Los Angeles where she relocated in 2017, Katherina Olschbaur (b. 1983) was emboldened by her move to push the boundaries in the tenuous relationship between representation and abstraction, creating the distinct viewpoint in her painting practice for which she is recognized. She graduated from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Recent exhibitions include Sirens, Dangxia, Beijing (solo);Midnight Spill, Perrotin, Hong Kong (2023, solo); Somatic Markings, Kasmin, NewYork (2022); Prayers, Divinations, Nicodim, New York (2022, solo); Dak'Art:African Contemporary Art Biennale, Dakar (2022); Live Flesh, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2021–2022, solo); Dominique Fung and Katherina Olschbaur: My Kingdom and a Horse, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2021, two-artist); Night Blessings, Union Pacific, London (2021, solo), Tortured Ecstasies, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles(2020, solo); Dirty Elements, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine (2020, solo); Hollywood Babylon: A Re-inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Jeffrey Deitch, Nicodim, AUTRE Magazine, Los Angeles (2020); The Divine Hermaphrodite, GNYP Gallery, Berlin (2019, solo); and Horses, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2018, solo). In 2021, she was selected for the second year of Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock residency in Dakar, Senegal. Portrait image courtesy of Georgianna Chang Artist http://www.katherinaolschbaur.com/ Nicodim https://www.nicodimgallery.com/artists/katherina-olschbaur Perrotin https://leaflet.perrotin.com/view/464/midnight-spill Dangixia  https://dangxia.art Perrotin film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjgt0n9j0cg Bazaar https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A-rasX0j8q0Zuy7U3VFiIw W Magazine https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MM2ak-JZTnFvuGGpU-USSA Whitehot Magazine https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/live-flesh-at-nicodim-gallery/5272 Blackrock Senegal https://blackrocksenegal.org/katherina-olschbaur-2/ Repaint History https://repainthistory.com/blogs/artists/katherina-olshbaur Contemporary Art Friday https://contemporaryaf.com/katherina-olschbaur/