Education
2004 – 2010
University Regensburg, Studies in Mathematics / Art, 1st State Examination, Regensburg, Germany
2007 – 2009
University Regensburg, Studies in Science of Information / Art and Aesthetic Education B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Regensburg, Germany
2010 – 2017
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Studies in Painting and Graphics at Prof. Gerhard Merz and Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt, studies of media art at Prof. Klaus vom Bruch, Munich, Germany
2016
Honored as Master Scholar (“Meisterschülerin”) of Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt
2017
Diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts at Prof. Gregor Hildebrandt, Munich, Germany
2018 – 2020
MFA Studio Art (Combined Media) at Hunter College, New York City, USA
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2026
VKP Bremen, Galerie Mitte, Bremen, Germany (upcoming)
NADA New York with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, two person presentation with Silvia Inselvini, New York, USA
A Bought Kingdom, Locust Projects, Miami (FL), USA
2024
My Heart is not a Clock, Pompei (NY), USA
NADA New York – NADA Projects with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, New York (NY), USA
2023
Falter, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
2022
Present enterprises, Lothringer 13 lokal, Munich, Germany
2021
Low affinity, GIG Munich, Germany
2020
Time’s Pace, MFA Thesis Show, 205 Hudson Gallery, Hunter College, New York, USA
2019
On Hold On, Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
In Turn In, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
3 a.m. Gallery, 866 UN Plaza, New York, USA
No Method, Yarc Gallery und Miro Center, Gwangju, South Korea
2018
Debutant exhibition of the Artist Union Munich (BBK), Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany, (as Kitty & Joy)
2017
Another world is possible, zumikon und edel extra, Nuremberg, Germany
Reagens, Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
2016
Tender is the night, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
Cosmic Latte, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Somewhere it’s still last night, A.O2_49 – Studio Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany
2014
Draußen im Dunkel, with Vesna Bursich with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Home away from home, Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions & Projects (selection)
2026
salondergegenwart x Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Kunst auf Reisen, Municipal Gallery Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
2025
Projected Ecologies, Screening presented by Lydian Stater, Non Films, Common Frequencies, Freddy’s, Brooklyn (NY), USA
Delicate Ribbons, strobe, New York (NY), USA
JAG Projects & A365 presents: The Dinner Guest, 365 Canal Street, New York (NY), USA
Finalist Exhibition, Frechen Ceramics Award, Museum Keramion, Frechen, Germany
The Moon is no Door, Heldenreizer Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2024
UNTITLED Art Miami Beach with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Miami Beach (FL), USA
Wish You Were Here: The Second Best Time Is Now, A.I.R. Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Overload, New Uncanny, New York (NY), USA
Kristallisationspunkte, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany
2023
Momentum, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Toronto with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Toronto, Canada
Nada House New York, New York (NY), USA
In/Between, New York Live Arts, New York, USA
Zeitstreifen, Kebbelvilla, Schwandorf, Germany
2022
Even a Cat Can Look at a Queen, MRS., Queens, New York, USA
Starry Night, strobe, New York, USA
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, USA
Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany
Identität nicht nachgewiesen, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
2021
To sometimes disappear, NARS Foundation Residency, New York, USA
super mARkT, Frische Lieferung, REWE Fünf Höfe, Munich, Germany
Transitions, La Pera x Neue House, New York, USA
2020
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
Hunter College MFA Thesis Spotlight, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA (online)
The Immigrant Artist Biennal, New York, USA
Thresholds, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, USA
Popular Jewelry, PAD Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Assemblage, Olympia Projects, New York, USA (online)
Alles anders with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
2019
Mostly Fine Adults, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Wiedersehen, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
3 A.M. Gallery, 866 UN Plaza, New York, USA
Subpoena, Parsol Projects, New York City, USA
2018
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
Act I, Scene II, 2nd Floor Gallery, 205 Hudson Street, New York, USA
New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
The Bogart Salon, 56 Bogart Street, New York, USA
Kombi 6, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Aufbruch, Wurlitzer Pied a Terre Collection, Berlin, Germany
Debutant Exhibition of the Artist Union Munich BBK (Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler) (Kitti & Joy), Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
Kunst für Kinder (Public Art for Children), Research Project for Quivid – The Art in Public Space Program of the City of Munich, Germany
2017
Jahresgaben (Kitti & Joy), Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
2017 – 2018
Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
2017
Upstream!east, easy!upstream (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Diplomausstellung Hello Babies, Kantine und H-series, Klasse Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste) Munich, Munich, Germany
Reflektor M Dinner, Kiosk, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Encounter Counter, Karl-Marx-Ring 7, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Fors Fortuna, Performance, upstream!east, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Reagens, Lothringer13, Munich, Germany
Sea, Sex and Sun, Galerie Christine Mayer, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Tacker, Galerie der Künstler, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2016
Zimmer frei, Künstlerausstellung im Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany
Somewhere it’s still last night, A.O2_49 – Atelier Gregor Hildebrandt, AdBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste) Munich, Munich,Germany
Otherland Support für Single, D 2015 (Bonny/Wissel), NAK, (Kitti & Joy), Aachen, Germany
Kitti & Joy invite friends, Kösk, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Tender is the night, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
Annual exhibition at Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
Junge Kunst, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, Germany
Karl & Faber Preis 2016, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Schlechte Entscheidungen, Kunstarkaden, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Machinery, easy!upstream, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Dance Dance Revolution, Hall of Mental Cultivation, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Fortune Favors Future Jitti & Koy morph edition, artist book for 100 for 10, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
2015
1 life up, Kunsthalle, (Kitti & Joy), Regensburg, Germany
Jahrhundertgaben, Weltraum, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Train&Gain with Kitti & Joy, AkademieGalerie, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Recommended by, easy!upstream, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Annual exhibition at Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
Fookbair, Alternative Buchmesse Frankfurt (Kitti & Joy), Frankfurt, Germany
Kamp Kaya, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Forevermore, 2015, Performative Intervention, Kunstverein Munich, (Kitti & Joy), Munich, Germany
Stadt der Frauen – a congress as part of the Munich Opera Festival, Munich, Germany
Kerstin Brätsch + Mount Trailer, August-Macke-Preis 2014, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Munich Contemporary Art, Aki Gallery, Taipeh, Taiwan
Home, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
Komödie der Vereinfachungen (catalogue), Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
2014
home away from home, AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany
Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist Exhibition (catalogue), Nappe Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2013
Flora, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Celeste Prize, Finalist Exhibition (catalogue), Ex-Bibli Art Center, Rome, Italy
Residencies and Programs
Locust Projects, Miami, USA, 2026
Pollinator virtual residency of mutual support, New York, USA, 2025
NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator, New York, 2024/2025
NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator, New York, 2023/2024
NARS Foundation Residency, New York, USA, 2021
La Pera Projects Residency at Neue House, New York, USA, 2021
Prizes and Awards
2026
Knight Digital Commission for A Bought Kingdom at Locust Projects, Miami (FL), USA
2025/2026
29th Bremen Award for Video Art, Germany
2025
Prof. Dr. Julius F. Neumüller Stipendium, City of Regensburg, Germany
Nominated for the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
2023
Program for the Realization of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching, State of Bavaria
2022/23
NYFA IAP, New York, USA
DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service, Travel Grant
2022
Neustart Kultur, Work Stipend, Germany
Neustart Kultur, Modul C, Germany
2020
NARS Foundation, Artist Fellowship, Brooklyn (NY), USA
P.Art Fonds, Spiegelberger Foundation
Catalogue funding, LFA Foerderbank
Project Grant, Erwin und Gisela Steiner Foundation
Spring 2020 Master’s Theses Support Grant, Hunter College, NYC (NY), USA
2018
Debutant Grant of the State of Bavaria (as Kitti & Joy)
2017
2:1 Der Muenchner Preis fuer Kunst, SoNet e.V. Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
Project Grant Emilie Porzer’sche Foundation
Project Grant, Steiner Foundation
2016
Studio funding program of the Bavarian State
Art Calendar, LFA Foerderbank
Master Scholar
Anniversary Scholarship, AdBK Munich, Germany (Kitti & Joy)
Studio funding, Fondara Immobilien AG, Steiner Foundation and Akademieverein
Funding for Kitti & Joy invite friends, Akademieverein, Munich, Germany (as Kitti & Joy)
2015
Komoedie der Vereinfachung, LFA funding
2013
Art Prize 13, Regensburg, Germany
Collections
Federal Collection of Contemporary Art of Germany (Bundeskunstsammlung)
Collection of the District of Upper Palatinate, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Cham, Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany
Municipal Gallery of the City of Regensburg, Leerer Beutel, Regensburg, Germany
Collection of Regensburg University, Germany
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
