Kathleen Knauer

My name is Kathleen Knauer and I was born and grow up in 1981 in Saalfeld / Thuringia / Germany
Since 2006 I life and work in Mannheim.

I love travelling, nature, oceans.

I' m looking for new exhibitions, art-collectors, gallerys.

My current work attempts to explore and tame the "controlled accident". The format I choose to do this usually consists of a painting with two spatially separated planes. The background is a kind of "color space" that provides a stage for the controlled accident, which appears as foreground gestures.
The choice of colors to fill the space comes from a process of intense reflection, usually while looking at an empty canvas. I allow this decision to be spontaneously directed by my feelings. After the first application of color, many different creative and graphical factors will influence how I proceed. Open and closed shapes, glazed and thick paint, complementary and warm or cold contrasts create tension within the painting that inspire further reflection. There is also tension between the spontaneous, gestural accents and the structures that are crafted through careful deliberation. My main emphasis is on color and its form. It can be smooth, rough, thick, thin, aggressive or affectionate.
Afte...

2006 - 2010 studies visual arts at Freie Kunstakademie Mannheim / GER
2010 diploma of visual arts (final year project at Michael Witlatschil)
2013 reception at BBK Mannheim / GER
since 2018 lectureship at Freie Kunstakademie Mannheim / GER

solo shows

2018 Agua, [Kunst]PROJEKTE, Mannheim (with Susana Reberdito) (GER)
2016 Sparkasse Heidelberg / GER
2016 Kunstverein Schwetzingen / GER
2016 Galerie Art Priori Mannheim / GER
2016 Galerie Bode Karlsruhe / GER
2015 Kunstverein Worms e.V. / GER
2014 Galerie Bode Karlsruhe / GER

art fairs

2016 art KARLSRUHE / GER
2015 art KARLSRUHE / GER
2015 ARTMUC / GER

group shows (selection)

2020 Back to Future, Kunstverein Ladenburg, Ladenburg (GER)
2020 Coronale, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim (GER)
2020 Bilder einer Ausstellung, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim (GER)
2019 NKR Call, NKR – Neuer Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (mit dem Künstlerkollektiv die KUNSTPIRATIVEN
Künstler: Kassem / Knauer / Lundius / Ohl / Pinkas / Voit) (GER)
2019 Das kleine Format, [Kunst]PROJEKTE Mannheim (GER)
2019 AUSGEBADET, Altes Volksbad Mannheim (GER)
2018 Black Box(es), Casino Luxemburg, Forum d’art contemporain, Luxemburg (LUX) 
2018 Black Box(es), Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken (GER)
2017 Black Box(es), Faux Mouvement, Centre d’art contemporain, Metz / FRA
2016 Mein Lieblingsbild, BBK Mannheim, Mannheim
2015 10 Jahre Galerie Bode, Karlsruhe / GER
2015 Galerie Bode, Karlsruhe / GER
2014 ...