In Köln geboren, arbeitete zuerst in Wien als Werbegraphikerin. Um frei handeln zu können, suchte sie das Entkommen in die Kunst mit großem Arbeitseinsatz an der Kunsthochschule Kassel. Glück will diszipliniert werden. Nach Abschluss des erfolgreichen Studiums der freien Kunst besuchte sie den postgraduierten Studiengang der Kunsthochschule für Medien in Köln. Sechs Jahre war sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin von Bjørn Melhus dem Bereich der virtuellen Realitäten tätig um auf dieser Basis ihre künstlerische Position auszubauen und zu manifestieren.
Studium
1994-2001 Studium der Freien Kunst an der Kunsthochschule Kassel, Klasse Urs Lüthi
2001-2004 Postgraduierter Studiengang bei Valie Export, Marcel Odenbach und Horst Königstein, Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln
2005-2011 Künstlerisch-Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Klasse Bjørn Melhus, Kunsthochschule Kassel
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
2010 Catrine Val, “BIG BANG, Politics of the body” Galerie König, Berlin
2009 Catrine Val, “Ich bin ein Anderes”, Stiftung Starke, Berlin
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
2016 “Who are your #femaleheroes?”, Köln, Germany
2015 festival Outono Fotográfico, Ourense, Spain
2015 IDENTITÄT Südflügel Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany
2015 FAB Fabulous, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel, Germany
2015 Feld+Haus Gallery zeigt “FEMINIST ” Fotofever, Paris 13th-15th November, France
2015 Trancendence, Lotus Chronicle Metzgalerie, Koblenz, Germany
2015 PhotoVisa 2015, in Krasnodar, Russia
2015 INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL – HYDERABAD 2015
2015 Gallery PhBroking, Arles, France
2015 MUSEfest Paris 2015, France
2015 Women in the History of Philosophy: Methodological Reflections on Women´s Contributions and Influence, Helsinki
2015 “ENTROPY, I AM AN OTHER“, Kaundu Museum of Fine Arts; Taipei, Taiwan
2015 “NO SOUL FOR SALE“, FELD+HAUS, Frankfurt; Germany
2015 “MOSTYN Open 19” Llandudno, UK
2015 “Festival Circulation(s) 2015, Paris, France
2015 “Philosophers, the lotus chronicle“ Kochi-Muziris Biennale India, India
2014 PepperhouseResidency 2014, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India
2014 “HOPE & FAITH “, Encontros da Imagem 2014, Portugal
2014 “Visible White”, Celeste Prize 2014, Florenz, Italy
2014 “Futurology “, Album Cover Manic Street Preachers, Uk
2014 bangaloREsidency 2014, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India
2014 “WE, THE ENEMY” European Media Art Festival, Germany
2014 “HUNGRY STILL“, QUAD Gallery, Derby, England
2014 Reflection – Aesthetical References 8th Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Germany
2014 The International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund, Cologne, Germany
2014 European Prospects Symposium 6 / 7 March, UK
2013 PHILOSOPHERS is selected under the Top-20 of foliPORT
2013 HIGH RESOLUTION, International Video Art Festival, Bari, Italy
2013 blind date | MAMA
2013 “PRINCESSES“ WARSAW PHOTO DAYS, Poland
2013 Spezifikation # 1,“HIGH RESOLUTION“, FELD + HAUS, Gallery; Frankfurt, Germany
2013 MUMBAI WOMEN‘S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, India
2013 FIVAC Festival, International Video Art Festival of Camagüey, Cuba
2013 “Liquid Borders”, International Video Art Festival, Bari, Italy
2013 FALSEFAKES, Centre de la photographie Genève, Swiss
2013 FIVAC Festival, in Camaguey, Cuba
2013 HYBRID IDENTITIES – International Art Festival of Photography, Edinburgh, Uk
2013 Diffusion- Photography Festival”, Cardiff, UK
2013 Internationale Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund / Köln, Germany
2013 “manoeuvre” Galerie König, Hanau, Germany
2012 FEMINIST is nominated for the German Fotobuchpreis 2013, Germany
2012 ID / Identities, Koza Visual Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Artist in Residence, Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania
2012 COMMODITY FETISHISM, Video Screening at 29. DokFest, Kassel
2012 Runners-up, „KAUNAS PHOTO STAR 2012“, Lithuania
2012 FEMINIST is published by Kehrer, Heidelberg, Germany
2012 Shortlisted for the award of the Renaissance Photography Prize London 2012, UK
2011 “Gaze on what i gaze at” Art Museum at The Art Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2011 “SECOND LIVES: JEUX MASQUÉS ET AUTRES JE” Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2011 Live Amno, Museum of Contenporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 “HUMAN RIGHTS”, Fondazione Opera dei Caduti Rovereto, Italy
2010 “StartUP” Sala Birolli, Verona, Italy
2009 “Bilder auf Abruf. Images Recalled”, 3. Foto-Festival, Kunsthalle Mannheim
2008 “Monkey Up” Plug In, Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel
Auszeichnungen
2013 Third price “KLAPPE AUF”, FILM FESTIVAL Hamburg, Germany
2013 European 3 Prize of the Jury Film festival „KLAPPE AUF“, Hamburg,Germany
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Born in Cologne, Germany, Val started out her career in Vienna, Austria working in the field of advertising, as a commercial artist. Feeling unfulfilled in this profession, Val fled to the arts, beginning the course of studies at the Art Academy in Kassel/Germany. She eagerly perused her studies there. Upon successful completion of her BA, Val attended post-graduate studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien in Cologne. Graduating from there, she worked for 6 years as an assistant lecturer to Bjørn Melhus at the Art Academy in Kassel, in the field of virtual reality, where she further developed her artistic position.
Education
1994-2001 Studies Art at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel (Urs Lüthi)
2001-2004 Postgraduate Studies, Degree Course in Media Arts (teachers include Valie Export, Marcel Odenbach and Horst Königstein; tutor, Valie Export) at the Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne
2005-2011 Assistant Professor, Art Academy Kassel Class of Bjørn Melhus
Solo Shows (Selection)
2010 Catrine Val, “BIG BANG, Politics of the body” Galerie König, Berlin
2009 Catrine Val, “Ich bin ein Anderes”, Stiftung Starke, Berlin
Group Shows (Selection)
2016 “Who are your #femaleheroes?”, Cologne, Germany
2015 festival Outono Fotográfico, Ourense, Spain
2015 IDENTITÄT Südflügel Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany
2015 FAB Fabulous, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel, Germany
2015 Feld+Haus Gallery zeigt “FEMINIST ” Fotofever, Paris 13th-15th November, France
2015 Trancendence, Lotus Chronicle Metzgalerie, Koblenz, Germany
2015 PhotoVisa 2015, in Krasnodar, Russia
2015 INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL – HYDERABAD 2015
2015 Gallery PhBroking, Arles, France
2015 MUSEfest Paris 2015, France
2015 Women in the History of Philosophy: Methodological Reflections on Women´s Contributions and Influence, Helsinki
2015 “ENTROPY, I AM AN OTHER“, Kaundu Museum of Fine Arts; Taipei, Taiwan
2015 “NO SOUL FOR SALE“, FELD+HAUS, Frankfurt; Germany
2015 “MOSTYN Open 19” Llandudno, UK
2015 “Festival Circulation(s) 2015, Paris, France
2015 “Philosophers, the lotus chronicle“ Kochi-Muziris Biennale India, India
2014 PepperhouseResidency 2014, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India
2014 “HOPE & FAITH “, Encontros da Imagem 2014, Portugal
2014 “Visible White”, Celeste Prize 2014, Florenz, Italy
2014 “Futurology “, Album Cover Manic Street Preachers, Uk
2014 bangaloREsidency 2014, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India
2014 “WE, THE ENEMY” European Media Art Festival, Germany
2014 “HUNGRY STILL“, QUAD Gallery, Derby, England
2014 Reflection – Aesthetical References 8th Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Germany
2014 The International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund, Cologne, Germany
2014 European Prospects Symposium 6 / 7 March, UK
2013 PHILOSOPHERS is selected under the Top-20 of foliPORT
2013 HIGH RESOLUTION, International Video Art Festival, Bari, Italy
2013 blind date | MAMA
2013 “PRINCESSES“ WARSAW PHOTO DAYS, Poland
2013 Spezifikation # 1,“HIGH RESOLUTION“, FELD + HAUS, Gallery; Frankfurt, Germany
2013 MUMBAI WOMEN‘S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, India
2013 FIVAC Festival, International Video Art Festival of Camagüey, Cuba
2013 “Liquid Borders”, International Video Art Festival, Bari, Italy
2013 FALSEFAKES, Centre de la photographie Genève, Swiss
2013 FIVAC Festival, in Camaguey, Cuba
2013 HYBRID IDENTITIES – International Art Festival of Photography, Edinburgh, Uk
2013 Diffusion- Photography Festival”, Cardiff, UK
2013 Internationale Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund / Cologne, Germany
2013 “manoeuvre” Galerie König, Hanau, Germany
2012 FEMINIST is nominated for the German Fotobuchpreis 2013, Germany
2012 ID / Identities, Koza Visual Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Artist in Residence, Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania
2012 COMMODITY FETISHISM, Video Screening at 29. DokFest, Kassel
2012 Runners-up, „KAUNAS PHOTO STAR 2012“, Lithuania
2012 FEMINIST is published by Kehrer, Heidelberg, Germany
2012 Shortlisted for the award of the Renaissance Photography Prize London 2012, UK
2011 “Gaze on what i gaze at” Art Museum at The Art Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2011 “SECOND LIVES: JEUX MASQUÉS ET AUTRES JE” Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2011 Live Amno, Museum of Contenporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 “HUMAN RIGHTS”, Fondazione Opera dei Caduti Rovereto, Italy
2010 “StartUP” Sala Birolli, Verona, Italy
2009 “Bilder auf Abruf. Images Recalled”, 3. Foto-Festival, Kunsthalle Mannheim
2008 “Monkey Up” Plug In, Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel
Awards
2013 Third price “KLAPPE AUF”, FILM FESTIVAL Hamburg, Germany
2013 European 3 Prize of the Jury Film festival „KLAPPE AUF“, Hamburg,Germany
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