Kathrin Sonntag
Kathrin Sonntag (born 1981) is a visual artist who works in photography, sculpture, film, and installations. Her work has been exhibited in museums including the Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Kathrin Sonntag
- Born
- 1981 · Berlin.
- Occupation
- artist · photographer
- Education
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages
- German
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Kathrin Sonntag (born 1981) is a visual artist who works in photography, sculpture, film, and installations. Her work has been exhibited in museums including the Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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Kathrin Sonntag (born 1981) is an artist and photographer. The artist was born in Berlin.
Kathrin Sonntag studied at Berlin University of the Arts. The artist worked in Berlin. Languages used include German.
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Life and work
Life and work
Sonntag earned her BA and MA in Visual Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany, studying under Lothar Baumgarten. Sonntag's work experiments with perception and new ways of seeing. She often juxtaposes everyday objects with pieces of art and the tools of artists in works that take the form of photography, film, installations, and sculpture. In "Everything and All of That," Sonntag and other artists blurred the boundary between artist studios and galleries. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described Sonntag's use of illusion as "subtle," and Berliner Zeitung wrote that her exhibit "Double Take" at the Galerie Kamm had visitors "trip over doublings," led visitors into illusions and traps in a manner that is "charming" and shows "a sense of humor."
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• Heute bleibe ich daheim... (2003, Galerie sphn, Berlin) • Kathrin Sonntag (2007, white light, Düsseldorf) • Dracula's Ghost (2009, Galerie Kamm, Berlin) • Superkalifragilistigexpialigetik (2009, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst GAK, Bremen) • Mittnacht (2009, Swiss Institute, New York City) • ES (2010, annex14, Bern) • Zum bunten Schwein (2010, with Jan Molzberger, Samsa, Berlin) • Mühsam ernährt sich das Einhorn (2011, Kunstverein, Hamburg) • Green Doesn't Matter When You're Blue (2013, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen) • Abwesen (2013, Pinakothek der Moderne - Schaustelle, Munich) • I see you seeing me see you (2014, Cooper Gallery, Dundee) • Things doing their thing (2018/2019, Kindl-Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin)
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• Leopards in the Temple (2010, SculptureCenter, New York) • Made in Germany (2012, Hannover) • Everything and All of That (2013, Simone Subai Gallery, New York) • Goetz Collection at Haus der Kunst, Part 6 (2014, Haus der Kunst, Munich) • Hausrat (2014, Museum Langmatt, Baden) • Photo-Poetics (2016, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City)
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. The same evidence establishes that kathrin Sonntag is recorded as human. Institutional cataloguing adds that kathrin Sonntag is recorded with the occupation artist. Institutional cataloguing adds that kathrin Sonntag is recorded with the occupation photographer. It is also recorded that kathrin Sonntag is recorded with the occupation installation artist. Recorded with the gender female. Born in Berlin. It is also recorded that kathrin Sonntag worked at Berlin.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16107354-2, Ausstellung Futur Intérieur von Kathrin Sonntag, Preisträgerin der Dr.-Georg-und-Josi-Guggenheim-Stiftung 2009 (2010 : Zürich).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- “Kathrin Sonntag”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q23417003: Kathrin Sonntag
General reference · Wikidata
Awards
• 2009: Dr. Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation Prize • 2009: Swiss Art Award • 2012: DAAD Research Scholarship, New York • 2013: Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn • 2013: Swiss Art Awards, Basel
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- 1."Photo-Poetics: An Anthology." Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- 2."Kathrin Sonntag." Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- 3.Kathrin Sonntag Swiss Institute. www.swissinstitute.net.
- 4.Hetherington, Alexander. Aesthetica Magazine – Kathrin Sonntag: I See You Seeing Me See You, Cooper Gallery, Dundee. Aesthetica. 2014.
- 5.Yorker, The New. Cover Story: A New Goings On About Town. The New Yorker. 2013-09-12. 0028-792X.
- 6.Made In Germany Zwei in Hannover Dann Untersucht Mal Schoen." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- 7.Scheder, Beate. Ein Ei steht auf der Spitze, ein Hammer schwebt in der Luft: Kathrin Sonntag in der Galerie Kamm: Die geheime Welt der Dinge. Berliner Zeitung.
- 8.Hannover, Sprengel Museum Hannover, kestnergesellschaft, Kunstverein. Kathrin Sonntag / Artists - Made in Germany Zwei. www.madeingermanyzwei.de.
- 9.Kunstbulletin. www.kunstbulletin.ch.
- 10.Galerie Kamm : Kathrin Sonntag. www.galeriekamm.de.
- 11.Kathrin Sonntag » GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst Bremen. www.gak-bremen.de.
- 12.London, ArtFacts.Net Ltd. Überblick - Einzelausstellung: Kathrin Sonntag - ES - annex14 - Raum für aktuelle Kunst. www.artfacts.net.
- 13."Kathrin Sonntag at Kunstverein Hamburg." Contemporary Art Daily. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- 14.Kathrin Sonntag. 1. Oktober - 30. Dezember 2011. www.kunstverein.de.
- 15.Aspen Art Museum: Kathrin Sonntag: Green Doesn't Matter When You're Blue. www.aspenartmuseum.org.
- 16.24 07 04 08 Kathrin Sonntag. Abwesen – Schaustelle. schaustelle-pdm.de. 24 July 2013.
- 17.SculptureCenter. SculptureCenter Exhibition - Leopards in the Temple. sculpture-center.org.
- 18.Everything and All of That: Charles Mayton, Kathrin Sonntag, and Erika Vogt « Simone Subal Gallery. www.simonesubal.com.
- 19.Pictures in Time — Sammlung Goetz at Haus der Kunst. Exhibition 25.01 – 15.06.14. Haus der Kunst. 2014.
- 20.Administrator. Stiftung Langmatt - Sidney und Jenny Brown - Household. www.langmatt.ch.
- 21.Preisträger » Guggenheim Stiftung. Guggenheim Stiftung.
- 22.Design, Erskine. Frieze Magazine Archive Archive Kathrin Sonntag. www.frieze.com.
- 23.BAK - Bundesamt für Kultur - Dienst Kunst. www.bak.admin.ch.
- 24.Stiftung Kunstfonds. Stiftung Kunstfonds - Stipendiaten und geförderte Projekte - Arbeitsstipendien. www.kunstfonds.de.
- 25.BAK - Bundesamt für Kultur - Bildergalerie Art Awards 2013 - PreisträgerInnen und Werke. www.bak.admin.ch. August 2025.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16107354-2, Ausstellung Futur Intérieur von Kathrin Sonntag, Preisträgerin der Dr.-Georg-und-Josi-Guggenheim-Stiftung 2009 (2010 : Zürich).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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