BIOGRAFIE
A German artist is Constanze Kratzsch. She was born in 1984 and spent her childhood on the island of Rügen in East Germany. She investigates the notion of transience in her art. The craft of visual poetry. Constanze Kratzsch is based in Berlin, both living and working there. The Berlin Wall Foundation in Germany has collected her work, 'Beton Spiegel'. She has previously exhibited her work at several venues, including Palazzo Ca' Zanardi in Venice, Italy; the OnArt Gallery in Florence, Italy; the CICA Museum in South Korea; and the Cello Factory Gallery in London, UK, operated by the well-known London Group Avantgarde. In 2023, her artworks were showcased in the group exhibition Ping Pong Basel at the Projektraum-m54 in both Basel (Switzerland) and Miami (USA), organized and managed by Sue Irion.
International Exhibitions
New York, Miami, Los Angeles (USA); Basel, Zurich (Switzerland); Venice, Florence (Italy); Graz (Austria); Bogota (Colombia); Odessa (Ukraine); Montpellier (France); London (United Kingdom); Copenhagen (Denmark); Bangkok (Thailand); Gyeonggi-do (South Korea)
CV
2023-25 Art School in Berlin
2014-14 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and Media in Venice, Professor Maix Mayer
2011-12 Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin, Professor Linn Schröder
2010-12 Private New School of Photography Berlin, Dr. Christiane Stahl Director of the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation
2008-10 Private Best Sabel of Photography in Berlin
2007-07 Apprenticeship with artist Jim Whiting (Luna Luna), Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei (Leipzig Cotton Mill) in Leipzig
2005-08 Apprenticeship with artist Thomas Radeloff, Sculpture Park Katzow in Katzow
2001-04 Private University of Graphics & Design in Anklam, Professor Otto Kummert
Prizes
2018
Chromatic Photography Awards – Honourable Mention
2017
Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee
Celeste Prize – Selected Longlist
ND Awards – Honourable Mention
Monochrome Awards – Honourable Mention
2016
Swiss Photo Award Collection
The Aesthetica Art Prize – Selected Longlist
Celeste Prize – Selected Longlist
2013
Professional Imagers Club Scholarship Prize – Winner
2011
Carl Zeiss Prize – Winner
Solo Exhibition
2018 Gallery Burg Klempenow - "Behind the time", Klempenow (Germany)
2015 - 2016 Visitor Center Berlin Wall Memorial - "Concrete Mirror", Berlin (Germany)
2014 Gallery ORI - "Fiction", Berlin (Germany)
Group Exhibitions
2024
Royal Blue Gallery, "Abstract Art", Virtual, London (UK)
2023
Ping Pong Basel at the Projektraum-m54 in Miami (USA)
Ping Pong Basel at the Projektraum-m54 in Basel (Switzerland)
Atelier Rotklee – "Habitate", Putbus (Germany)
James May Gallery - "Small works", sale by Artsy, Wisconsin (USA)
Atelier Rotklee – "Portrait", Putbus (Germany)
2019
The Cello Factory Gallery - "London Group", London (UK)
Nou Wave Gallery, London (UK)
CICA Museum - Czong Institute for Contemporary Art - "Abstract Mind", Gyeonggi-Do (South Korea)
The Center for Fine Art Photography - "Landscapes - In Relation to the Land", Fort Collins (USA)
2018
Onart Gallery - "Physiognomy", Florence (Italy)
Kunstgarten Graz Kulturraum and Open Air Museum – "Around You and Me", Graz (Austria)
Photo Festival 18, Zurich (Switzerland)
Kunstpause CH - "Container JJ9", open air exhibition, Zug lake promenade, Zug (Switzerland)
2017
Jorge Jurado Gallery - "Alchemic Body", Bogotá (Colombia)
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – "Electronic Salon", Los Angeles (USA)
2016
Festival Photo Odessa - "Short Story", Les Boutographies (Ukraine)
Les Boutographies - "Short Story", in Montpellier (France)
Aesthetica Art Prize - "Cormorant" presented at St. Mary's in York (UK)
2015
Palazzo Bollani Dolfin, International Art Show – Contemporary Venice 'Architectures of identities' in Venice (Italy)
XY Atelier Contemporary Art Gallery, 'International Video Art Festival' in New York (USA) Copenhagen Photo Festival' - "Short Story" in Copenhagen (Denmark)
The Ferry Gallery - "The International Experimental Video Art Festival" in Bangkok (Thailand) BAC Gallery - "Hybrid Memories" in Bogotá (Colombia)
Photo 15 in Zurich (Switzerland)
2014
Palazzo Albrizzi - International Exhibition "Morphos" – Sustainable Empires | Selected Works' in Venice (Italy)
Palazzo Albrizzi - International Art Expo "Pixel of Identities"' Part of the "Morphos" Festival in Venice (Italy)
Palazzo Zenobio final exhibition 'International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and Media' in Venice (Italy) Photo 14 in Zurich (Switzerland)
2013
Fön Art Prize - "Next to me" in Erfurt (Germany)
Kunsthalle der Deutsche Bank - "Macht Kunst" in Berlin (Germany)
Metropolitain Art Fair art fair in Munich (Germany)
2012
Schloss Ritzebüttel Exhibition "Freedom - Young Photography" (funded by the Lower Saxony Foundation) in Cuxhaven (Germany)
Gallery ORi Final exhibition of the Ostkreuz School
Gallery of the New School of Photography Berlin, final exhibition part of the 5th European Month of Photography in Berlin (Germany)
Gallery of the New School of Photography Berlin - Exhibition "Dream" in Berlin (Germany)