Catharina Freuis puts focus on sociological structures manifesting themselves -
above all - in public areas, spaces that are used by several people in a "non-private" kind of situation,
such as art or work spaces. She artistically tries to raise awareness of these long established structures,
respectively habits.
All this applies to the way of observing as well, when one is looking at photographic works.
Her intent is to irritate this attitude by creating stereotype, recognizable model rooms.
These rooms experience a metamorphosis in the way that the habitual confidence has to be examined.
Catharina Freuis was born in 1985. She lives and works in Vienna.
EDUCATION
2011 2006
Diploma | University of Applied Arts Vienna, visual and media arts, photography Studies at the University of Photography, Göteborg, Sweden
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006
GLAUBE VERSUS WISSENSCHAFT. Approaching Transcience Part II, Ausarten, Karlsplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria World Event Young Artists (WEYA), New Art Exchange Gallery, Nottingham, UK Mushrooming, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria Happily Ever After, Foto-Raum, Vienna, Austria Catharina Freuis. Mein Revier (solo), Artbits Galerie, Vienna, Austria puzzled room, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria Einsichten (solo), Praterstraße 25, Vienna, Austria The ESSENCE 2011, MAK Wien, Vienna, Austria Verbote im Kunstraum, Leopold Museum, Museumsquatier, Vienna, Austria My dear Cargo, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany Raum-Konstruktionen (solo), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria Les nuits blanches, Das weiße Haus, Vienna, Austria Photokina, Cologne, Germany A Piece of Water, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria The Essence, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria Das Sofa bleibt., Ragnarhof, Vienna, Austria Nyhet, Gallery of the University of Photography, Göteborg, Sweden
SELECTED AWARDS | GRANTS
2011 2011 2011
Prohibitions in the Space of Art, EIKON Photography Competition Grant of the BMUKK for a studio in New York City Awardee of the 'Roter Teppich für junge Kunst' Emanuel und Sofie Fohn-Stipendium